Tuesday July 2

126.9 marble brook? No! Roads impassable to that drop off point, so e must be taken further to moxie pond road (139.3) there are 4 of us being dropped off: Todd the world traveler, 2 guys from near bear mountain in new York (Kenny and Dustin) and me. 5 miles of uphill and one mile step descent...Todd and I soon left the 2 newbies behind..hoping they could find their way across the rocky summit..it was misting rain (of course) and the blazes &/or cairns are tricky to follow up on the summits...made it to pleasant pond lean to (145.5) just before the skies opened up yet again to add more wet to the muck that is Maine.
I'll need to leave close to 6am in order to reach the canoe ferry across the kennebec river (6 miles away) between 9 and 11 am...not sure what's in store terrain wise... It would be so nice just to be able to actually walk...then only to pierce pond lean to (155.2) if it's slow going. Tonight Todd tells entertaining stories of past travels, baboons & girlfriends...a funny guy.
Thanks again to the great staff at Shaws in monson: Dana, Diane, Dick, Sue, buddy, John.