Brrrr!
We never thought it could be this cold anywhere in August! We came into Rangeley, ME yesterday around lunchtime to re-supply with food. This is the last “big” town we’ll come to on our journey so we bought extra food and sent it forward to Caratunk, ME, 100 miles down the trail, a town with only a post office! The towns in Maine are actually perfectly spaced out every 3 days or so which means our packs get to be fairly light as we trek over these tough mountains.
We stayed at a motel in town and were excited to take a hot shower, except we couldn’t get the hot water to work! Argh. Turns out the hotel owner had to turn on the propane to heat the hotel as it was to be in the low 40s last night, and when he tinkered with the propane it somehow turned off the hot water to our room. An hour later we were washing off all the mud and dirt in a steaming hot shower and it was fabulous.
We’re leaving this afternoon again, never a day off when you get this close to Katadhin! Less than 220 miles to go now, yippee!
Thanks so much to Erin out in Montana for the package! No-Bake Cheesecake, what?!
Best,
susan, andy (& corley)