MAINE AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The long-awaited state is finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They said they would be in Maine last night....and they made it!!!!!!!!!!!!

In thanksgiving for prayers answered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris sent a voicemail to let me know they arrived safely in Maine. They spent last night at the Carlo Col Shelter a short distance from the Maine border. As of last night they were 280.9 miles from Mount Katahdin!!!!!!!!!!

This morning they hiked the reportedly most difficult mile of the AT--the Mahoosuc Notch trail...and then they had to hike the Mahoosuc Arm (3,770') There was still reportedly recent ice among the crevices of Mahoosuc Notch. They anticipated having to take off their packs to mvoe in, around and under the boulders. This may have been one of the most difficult days. Later reports will tell. We will have to wait to hear the news. Pretty soon, however, the difficult southern Maine range will be behind them and they will have plenty of lakes, waterfalls and gorgeous Maine scenery to enjoy as they trek toward the highest peak in Maine: Mt. Katahdin...and then back to life after the Appalachian Trail....But hey, wait....they still have 15 days left to hike....and over two hundred miles....still seems like a lot to me. ....black bears, moose, grouse.....rivers..... many things still to come in the next 15 days!