… just keep movin’ right along.
Friday, August 17, 2012:
Only five miles of trail were on the agenda today – between the slopes of North Crocker Mountain and a little road called Stratton Brook Pond Road just north of ME highway 27.
Hmmm … Stratton Brook Pond Road … the name is almost as long as the road itself.
As I mentioned yesterday, the logistics of the road crossings here are limiting my options. I was done hiking by 1PM. As it turns out I probably could have done the 8 mile section of trail that I finished today in one day rather than taking three (two on the trail and a rain day in between), but hindsight is always 20-20.
I prefer foresight – I’m looking forward to traversing the Bigelows in two days – 8 miles of trail each day. It will feel good to do a full day of hiking for a change!
But what about ‘now-sight’. What did I see on today’s hike? Well, the title of this post pretty well covers it. There was a lot of pretty, damp, mossy woodland – flush and vibrant with the soaking from yesterday’s all-day rain. But there were no vistas, no side trails, no landmarks at all – nothing to photograph but parking areas at two road crossings.
So I had to create my own little point of interest:
And then I found another bored hiker, pretty much stalled on the trail. He seemed to like his own display better than anything else he was encountering. And I kind of agree … nice coat of camouflage on this three-inch-long hairy little dude. Never seen anything like him – wonder if he dropped in from another planet …
… yep, had to find my own ‘points of interest’ today.
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Below is the map of today’s hike with an extraneous line connecting the two parking places I used and with a link to a few more photos-mostly of parking areas and road crossings:
AT Day 207 – slopes of N Crocker at EveryTrail
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