"Let us cross over the river...

...and rest beneath the shade of the trees."
-Stonewall Jackson's last words

June 27, 2001


Did four miles today just to rest.  Staying at Pierce Pond Lean-to which is a beaut right on the lake ("pond") with lots of red and green dragonflies.


I crossed the Kennebec [River] today over the canoe "ferry".  

Kennebec River and its AT canoe "ferry"

Thruhikers are encouraged to take the free canoe "ferry" across the Kennebec River since there is a dam upriver and water levels could swiftly rise to dangerous levels at any time.  At 70 yards, it is the widest ford of the entire AT.

The canoe was only running from 9 am to 11 am, so I had to make sure to get there.


There's a whole crowd here [at the Pierce Pond Lean-to] - boy scouts clearing the Trail, Slowride, Nathan, the Yankees, Fred, Ian, Michelle, Jeremiah, Becky, Smitty, Denali (dog), Ripped Fuel (dog), Double Stuff, etc.