A Family Adventure of the 2,185 mile hike from Georgia to Maine – 2014
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A brief update
The kids are fully integrated back into their public school (they only missed the first two days of this year). The adults are similarly back to focusing on a broader array of responsibilities than simply moving the family safely north. I have…
Read MoreAugust 31 – Head in the Clouds
We woke up early and hit the trail by five thirty to try to beat the forecasted weather expected to roll in later in the day. Most of the other thru-hikers had a similar approach and were on the trail…
Read MoreAugust 30 – Out of the Wilderness
The Hundred-Mile Wilderness may be an historical name designation only (it is not true wilderness in either the sense of the 1964 Wilderness Act or in true remoteness, being accessible by several private logging roads). But it does have psychological…
Read MoreAugust 29 – Rainbow Ledges
Our last day in the. Hundred-Mile Wilderness, we spent the evening on Rainbow Ledges enjoying the hemlock-framed view of Katahdin. We were joined by fellow thru-hikers Spider-Man, Blink, and. Bear Juice. The short day afforded plenty of time for lounging,…
Read MoreAugust 28 – Because They Can
The kids have now made good on their declared desire to hike a thirty mile day, which has been kicking around since their formative hiking days with Twelve Percent. He was the one to first inspire them to do a…
Read MoreAugust 27 – Whitecap
As we get closer to finishing and returning to our somewhat more indoor lives, our thoughts are naturally returning to home. We’re savoring our last few days out here before the kids return to school, I return to the office,…
Read MoreAugust 26 – Gulf Hagas
Every once in a while it’s nice to take a day off. And what better way to spend a day off then hiking and swimming in one of the world’s special spots. So here in our last week on the…
Read MoreAugust 25 – Katahdin Iron Works
Living in Maine has many perks, one of which is having family come meet us for a day in the middle of the hundred mile wilderness. We would spend two nights car camping on the Katahdin Iron Works road along…
Read MoreAugust 24 – Slugundy Gorge
Little John plunged out of the back eddy below Slugundy Falls, letting the current grab him and whip him around the smooth wall of the gorge, spitting him out in a foam of white into the open water of he…
Read MoreAugust 23 – Entering the Wilderness
More large fords today; the kids love wading through the water and Little John hit a hundred miles hiking with us just before we all enter the Hundred Mile Wilderness area leading to Katahdin. He’ll join us for another thirty,…
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A Family Adventure of the 2,185 mile hike from Georgia to Maine - 2014 
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