Today's miles 13.5. AT miles 1997.1
It was another lovely warm sunny day. I woke up this morning feeling 100% better at last, I'd still been feeling a bit bleurgh the last couple of days. I'd finally got my appetite back yesterday afternoon. We were up early and walking again for 7am straight into an uphill climb to Spaulding Mountain 4000ft. Just down from the summit on the other side was a plaque to commemorate the official completion of the AT in 1937. We continued over Sugarloaf Mountain then descended very steeply down to the South Branch Carrabassett River. Again we managed to cross the river with dry feet. There was a plank of wood across two large stones, had that not been there we would have had to ford that small section. We stopped at the rivers edge in the sun for a break before the next uphill.
Our next two 4000ft+ summits were South and North Crocker Mountain. Another steep climb up! It was then a long but steadier, thankfully, five mile descent to the ME27, Stratton road where we arrived just before 3pm. Not a busy road with very intermittent traffic, none of the roads seem to be busy in Maine, we only had to wait about half an hour though before we got a hitch into Stratton. A very nice man with his lovely golden retriever dog kindly picked us up and dropped us in town at the Stratton Motel. They had no rooms available so we checked into The White Wolf Inn instead, which turned out a much better option. Very reasonably priced, friendly staff and a great bar menu. We showered, did our food resupply then returned to the White Wolf Inn for dinner. Highly recommended, delicious home cooked food, Nigel had Bourbon Beef tips with Indian spiced baked potatoes and I had BBQ beef brisket with Big Boy Mac & Cheese. Nigel ate half of mine as well, I got a huge portion. Dessert was Maple Creme Caramel! We were stuffed!
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