Mahoosuc: "The word is from the Wabanaki...

..., meaning 'abode of wild animals,' probably for its inaccessibility and the numerous rock caves in Mahoosuc Notch, which create many spots for safe dens."
-Steve Pinkham, Mountains of Maine: Intriguing Stories Behind Their Names

July 8, 2001

I stayed one more day at The Cabin to get to know Earl and Marge and Ken and Beth all better.

Several other visitors arrived during the evening.  I stayed with one of them (Yo-yo) in the teepee.

I plan to do the Mahoosucs in five or six days (should only take four) just to enjoy them (especially the Notch!) and the end of Maine.

To accent the difficulty of this terrain, I end with a simple quote from the National Cooperative Soil Survey of the Mahoosuc Range: "Slopes range from 8 to 80 percent."