Rain, rain, go away!

Since the last post, we've put in some additional miles and a lot of elevation. We made it to Stratton on the 26th after our very own trail angel (thank you Carpe!) picked us up in the rain. It was a lousy day for hiking but we've been in worse. Burgers for lunch at the Looney Moose were great, a while pound of burger with bacon and cheese. Picked up our drop box so we could restock on food and snacks. Heard from some other SOBOs that the ford we needed to cross the next day was impassable so we decided to slack-pack Crocker Mountain and see for ourselves. The 9 mile hike was a challenge with all the water in the trail bit we made it up and over in a few hours and went to check out the ford. As told, it was impassable. The water was moving too quickly to even attempt a crossing to put up a guide line. Instead of waiting for the water to recede, and with more rain that night and the next day, we decided to head over to Rangeley and continue the trek. On our return we saw Pikey and Hoofer who we hadn't heard from in awhile. They ran into a bit of trouble on Avery Peak but made it back. We're glad you're both doing well and hope to see you both down the trail. That night we ate wolf burgers (1lb of meat with sausage patties, bacon, and cheese) at the White Horse Lounge & Bar followed by apple cobbler and strawberry rhubarb cobbler. After getting dropped off outside Rangeley we hiked three days to South Arm Road where Little Foot's mom picked us up and brought us back to Rangeley for chili, chocolate chip cookies, showers, and a night's sleep indoors. Staying by the lake at Town and Lake Motel was very relaxing. Today (July 1) we got back to the trail where we hiked 1200 feet up, 1300 feet down, and 1500 feet up over 4 miles to get to the campsite. We're hoping to hike into Gorham on the 4th, otherwise we'll be there on the 5th. Hopefully we'll be able to post some pictures of everything we've mentioned over the last few posts when we get the card reader for Void's memory card. ~ Shadow and Void Grimm