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Did the few miles from Pleasant Pond to Moxie Pond outlet. After deciding that the crossing was not safe at all, we started the long trek around. After six miles of road walking the feet hurt and energy was low. Moxie Bald had nice views though. Decided to call it a day at the lean

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Woke up with condensation in the tent and wet quilts. Got up, crossed our first creek of the day (water up to knees). Got into Pierce Pond Camp, where there was coffee and a wood stove. Dried out stuff, charged up a little, then on to the Kennebec. Majorly sketchy creek crossings after the rain,

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Rain stopped in the morning, packed up, got trail magic for breakfast. While drinking coffee, a moose walked past. Now that’s a nice beginning of the day. Hiked on, now on the flatter part of the Maine section of the trail. Rained on and off the whole day, so the trail got muddier and muddier.

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Got dropped off at the trailhead by Jen, got trail magic there, then off to tackle the last big mountains. Beautiful weather, good views again, and nicely graded and maintained trail. When we got our packs handed to us at the end of the day by Jen, the trail magic people were camped out at

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Forecast had hurricane warnings, so we decided to sit it out in the hostel. Very nice thing, the Maine Roadhouse. Jen and Jen, who run it, are awesome as well. Full house here, as a lot of people got out of the hurricane. Not a lot of weather coming through here in the valley. We

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