The Roaming Romantics

The day started with a very rough climb up the Mahoosuc Arm. It may have been the roughest part of the trail so far. Covering 1600ft of elevation in just a mile and a half. After the arm, we met back up with a Karoake and Luna at a shelter for a late lunch.  Spice and...

After the thunderstorm ordeal the day before, we decided to put in a short, 5 mile day to Andover, Maine to resupply and square away our gear. It was actually a nice day,  the sun was out and the humidity dropped. Spice and I hiked on, with plans for Karaoke and Luna...

Today started off great,  we got a hitch out of Andover back to the trail and found a ziploc bag with blueberry pancakes sitting on the AT signpost. We had a relatively easy 1500ft climb to start the day. It brought us past several Alpine Ponds. The trail then dove up...

We planned a 17 mile day to end up at a shelter near a pond that had a sandy beach. We planned a 4th of July party complete with a beach  bonfire,  sparklers and some adult beverages we packed out from town. We started early with a river crossing near camp. The trail...

Planned a short resupply hiking 9 miles to Rangley,  resupplying then 2 more miles to the Piazza leanto for the night. The short day was highlighted by stereotypical Maine mud and roots all day. There was a youth group nearby that asked if it was ok to use our...

We planned a long 17 mile day for today. (Well that's long in the rugged terrain of Southern Maine anyway) Karaoke and Luna got started a little before Spice and I. We hit the trail and immediately got detoured by a side trail to “The Caves”. It was a section of huge...

Today was a milestone day, I passed the 2,000 mile mark! It has been an incredible journey so far, its almost bittersweet counting down miles instead of counting up now. In true Maine fashion, the stretch of trail that sat at the 2,000 mile mark was full of mud and...

After hearing about a line of thunderstorms moving through the area,  we decided to hang around town until the afternoon. The plan was to  hike up to Horn pond leanto, about five miles up the trail. It would leave us near the top of the Bigalow Mt Horns. Karaoke,...

We had a long day planned of nearly 19 miles, up over the Bigelow mountains and down to the West Carry Pond leanto. My knee felt ok, until we hit the first climb.  I wasn’t able to push off on it to get up over the steep rocky sections.  I had to step up with my right...

Woke up early so we could make to the Kennebec river ferry before it stopped running for the day. The terrain was pretty easy. My knee felt stronger and didn’t hurt as bad road. It wound around several mountain ponds. We made it to the river crossing by noon, in time...