A New Plan

The weather forecast is calling for 80% chance of rain tomorrow, as well as flood watches for the area around Rangeley/Stratton. Perhaps not the best weekend to do a hike where we'll be above tree-line for a long stretch as well as fording several rivers. So, we decided to save this stretch for another weekend, and came up with a new plan.

The new plan being: run 3 miles tomorrow morning, go out for a yummy big breakfast, drive up and drop a car off in Caratunk, drive back to East Flagstaff Road and camp out at Round Barn on the shores of Flagstaff Lake tomorrow night. Then Monday morning we'll take off on the AT with our Camelbaks bright and early, and "run" the 19.9 miles from East Flagstaff Road to Caratunk.

The only catch to this trip is the ferry ride across the Kennebec River. The river is very wide and deep, and has unexpected releases of water from an upstream dam; therefore, the AT has hired a ferryman to officially transport hikers from one side to the other. Great, but... the ferry has limited hours, so we have to arrive at the river between 2pm and 4pm to get a ride across. Another hike with time constraints, but it should be a good challenge!