Photos #15 100 mile wilderness to Katahdin

8/31 Day 173

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8/31 Day 173: Mom met us on top of Katahdin!

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8/31 Day 173: And mom came with more food!

8/31 Day 173: find the large rock

8/31 Day 173: The Knife's Edge

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8/31 Day 173: looking down at Chimney Pond

8/31 Day 173: The Knife's Edge

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8/31 Day 173: Looking over at the Knife's Edge

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8/31 Day 173: The crowd we traveled through the 100 mile wilderness around. (Minus Stanley Thermos). A Grandpa and his son Otto, doing the 100 mile wilderness and Katahdin section. Two section hikers finnishing up a 10 year hike of the AT. And Goose and I, finishing up our thru.

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8/31 Day 173: So we realized that the camera lense was full of condensation from being in the sun. So we aired it out while we ate and then took a few more summit pics that came out alot clearer.

8/31 Day 173: Celebrating at the top

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8/31 Day 173: Our first round of Katahdin Summit pics were obstructed by condensation in the camera lens. Did my best to clear them up without photoshop.

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8/31 Day 173: Thru-hike the AT... check!

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8/31 Day 173: Katahdin! We did it!

8/31 Day 173: almost there. can see the sign

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8/31 Day 173: Goose on the Tablelands

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8/31 Day 173: On the table lands. 1.6 miles left of the Appalachian Trail!

8/31 Day 173: Tablelands

8/31 Day 173: Tablelands

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8/31 Day 173: Up up up!

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8/31 Day 173: Climbing Katahdin!

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8/31 Day 173: Goose fending off bad guys.

8/31 Day 173: Katahdin Stream Campground Ranger Station

8/31 Day 173: My kids day pack for the big K.

8/31 Day 173: Class 1 Day! Perfect!

8/30 Day 172: Big Niagra Falls

8/30 Day 172: Big Niagra Falls

8/30 Day 172: Big Niagra Falls

8/30 Day 172: Big Niagra Falls

8/30 Day 172: Big Niagra Falls

8/30 Day 172: Fording The lower fork of Nesowadnehunk Stream after the hurricane. This was not supposed to be a ford. There was a high water trail. We did not take it.

8/30 Day 172: Fording The lower fork of Nesowadnehunk Stream after the hurricane.

8/30 Day 172: Mt Katahdin viewed just north of Abol Bridge on AT.

8/30 Day 172: Mt Katahdin viewed just north of Abol Bridge on AT.

8/30 Day 172: Our silly hotel lobby that we stayed in for 2 nights before Katahdin waiting out the hurricane, and one night after.

8/29 Day 171: Signed the 2011 Thru-hiker's cealing panel at the AT Cafe in Millinocket, ME

8/29 Day 171: AT Cafe

8/28 Day 170: Hitching into our last town. Millinocket, ME

8/28 Day 170: Hurricane Irene changed many hiker's plans.

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8/27 Day 169: Best sunset of the trip!

8/27 Day 169: Best sunset of the trip!

8/27 Day 169: Sunset over Rainbow Lake

8/27 Day 169: sunset

8/27 Day 169: Sunset

8/27 Day 169: Sunset

8/27 Day 169: Goose washing the pot for the last time

8/27 Day 169: The last real trail dinner. 5.5 months of angel hair spaghetti with dehydrated veggies, tomato powder, basil, and parm cheese. And I still love it!

8/27 Day 169: last dinner in 100 mile wilderness

8/27 Day 169: clouds over Rainbow lake

8/27 Day 169: Rainbow Lake from the picnic table

8/27 Day 169: Goose setting up camp while I cook dinner.

8/27 Day 169: Goose setting up the tent.

8/27 Day 169: These feet walked from GA to ME

8/27 Day 169: Rainbow Lake

8/27 Day 169: Our last stealth spot on Rainbow lake

8/27 Day 169: Rainbow Lake. The perfect spot for our last stealth camping night.

8/27 Day 169: Beach on unmarked side trail. Our final stealth spot.

8/27 Day 169: Lots of random boats in the woods for the "Millinocket Lake Flying Service"

8/27 Day 169: loon

8/27 Day 169: Stop at Rainbow Stream Lean-to. Only 5 miles till dinner. Hurricane Irene is coming tonight/tomorrow so want to get ourselves as close to Millinockett as possible.

8/27 Day 169: I love the woods!

8/27 Day 169: Bear

8/27 Day 169: Outlet Stream from Murphy Pond

8/27 Day 169: Pollywog Stream

8/27 Day 169: Goose at Pollywog Stream

8/27 Day 169: Baby watching us as we go by.

8/27 Day 169: Walking by moose mom and baby. Don't make mom mad!

8/27 Day 169: mom and baby.

8/27 Day 169: Mom and baby moose. From across Crescent Pond.

8/27 Day 169: Lunch #2 spot (aka a piece of cheese). Crescent Pond.

8/27 Day 169: There's the big K!

8/27 Day 169: The end is in sight :( Katahdin in the background. 16 mile line-of-site, 36.3 trail miles to go.

8/27 Day 169: Lake Nahmakanta viewed from Mt Nesuntabunt.

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8/27 Day 169: 3ed view of Katahdin. From Nesuntabunt Mtn. 16 mile line-of-site to katahdin. 36.3 trail miles left.

8/27 Day 169: Goose got a wooping zero skips with the "perfect" skipping rock he found.

8/27 Day 169: Crazy hiker

8/27 Day 169: I was severely low on food. All I had for lunch was a few pieces of cheese to last me the next few days. Stanley Thermos saved the day by finding this Honey Granola in a privy. Unfortunately it was disgustingly stale and I would have much rather eaten cardboard. But I ate it anyway.

8/27 Day 169: Swimming in Nahmakanta Lake.

8/27 Day 169: Nahmakanta Lake.

8/27 Day 169: Just eating her breakfast.

8/27 Day 169: Moose breakfast time.

8/27 Day 169: beetle

8/26 Day 168: Dinner time!

8/26 Day 168: Dinner spot by Nahmakanta Stream.

8/26 Day 168: Pemadumcook Lake

8/26 Day 168: Pemadumcook Lake

8/26 Day 168: Pemadumcook Lake

8/26 Day 168: View of Katahdin from Pemadumcook Lake. Our second view of K1. It got so much bigger!

8/26 Day 168: Lower Jo-Mary Lake

8/26 Day 168: AT on Sandy beach on Lower Jo-Mary Lake

8/26 Day 168: Lower Jo-Mary Lake

8/26 Day 168: Lower Jo-Mary Lake

8/26 Day 168: Mushrooms

8/26 Day 168: Our favorite fungus. Thick yellow grass.

8/26 Day 168: We sprinted to this cooler yelling "trail magic trail magic!!!" and all that was in it was a stuffed animal trying to get south. Still hungry...

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8/25 Day 167: half way through the 100 mile wilderness, the hard stuff is done, and now I find a rock Goose hid in my bag!

8/25 Day 167: And now we take pictures of rocks too. I liked this one. The geologist we were traveling with on and off told us that it was brought here from a glacier.

8/25 Day 167: Maine is the mushroom state.

8/25 Day 167: swolen arm from bee sting.

8/24 Day 166
8/24 Day 166: Beautiful red berries.

8/24 Day 166: Bear line injury I believe? Goose pulled on the branch to test strength. Branch broke and came down and hit him in the face.

8/24 Day 166: view ME

8/24 Day 166: Cold Ninja

8/23 Day 165: View from Barren Mtn. After sunset. 1.5 mile to camp.

8/23 Day 165: Evening view from Barren Ledges. One of my favorite views of the trail.

8/23 Day 165: View from Barren Ledges.

8/23 Day 165: View from Barren Ledges. Maine!

8/23 Day 165: Ford Ford and more Ford.

8/23 Day 165: Lots of Fungus in ME

8/23 Day 165: The wierdest plants we found on the trail.

8/23 Day 165: The wierdest plants we found on the trail.

8/23 Day 165: After stabbing my pole through a wasps nest in a blowdown across the trail and retreating while getting stung, we decided to leave a note to warn other hikers. But barely anyone saw out note. And everyone got stung.

8/23 Day 165: Thru-hikers Ford in ME.

8/23 Day 165: Ford.

8/23 Day 165: How we avoided fording the river.

8/23 Day 165: How some folks avoided fording the river.

8/23 Day 165: Little Wilson Falls.

8/23 Day 165: Frog playing dead. Resembles Goose's tattoo.

8/23 Day 165: North Pond. Beginning of the 100 Mile Wilderness.