August 31. Ahhhhhh. I really enjoyed our short, but great excursion to Bar Harbour. It was sooooo nice to have a comfortable bed, not to mention a clean one, a nice private room with a private bathroom, and food at our fingertips. Twice as nice was to have Danny along. We had a great time driving and walking around Acadia National Park and the town of Bar Harbour. We enjoyed a delicious lunch oceanside, and then had homemade ice cream for dessert. After lunch we hit the road heading back to Millinocket. I’m ready and I’m not. I’m ready to get done, but I’m not ready to put my hiking shoes back on. It’s crazy, but when you know you have to do something, you just do it. I was in that mode. I knew I had to get up with the sun and hike. With this break, which I really needed, I’m finding it hard to think about hiking long days again for the next few days. But, I will.

Tomorrow we’ll get up about 4 am and head to Baxter State Park and tackle Mt. Katahdin. It’s only 5.2 miles up, but it typically takes people anywhere from 3-1/2 to 6 hours to climb. The 5.2 back down doesn’t count in my mileage, but the descent takes about the same amount of time. It will be a full day. The weather is suppose to be perfect. I’ll give you a full report tomorrow😀😀😀😀.