Sunrise: Day 082 – Operation Appalachian Snail 2015

I got up at 04:00 AM and caught this sunrise. I realized as I watched it that this was most likely our last day on the trail for 2015. What a Morning! I just thanked God for the privilege to live and come out here, whether he let me finish or not. “But Daddy, it would be nice to come back out if that is Your Will! ;)”

I got everyone up at 06:00 AM and we started breaking everything down and packing. If we left at 07:00 AM we would have 4 hours to hike 4.3 miles. We should be able to do 1 mile an hour.

We got on the trail about 06:30 AM.

We hiked. Steady and silent as the day heated up and the bugs came out to see us off the trail. It doesn’t matter where you walk in the Maine woods, it’s rugged.

We ended up getting to Jo Mary Road at about 10:30 AM. Then we began waiting for our ride. The care appeared at about 11:30 AM and we loaded our gear into it. The driver was happy to have company for the ride back to the Lodge. We had a great conversation. It was a relief to finally get completely off that leg and rest on a cushion.

We made it to the Lodge at about 13:00 PM. There we talked with the owner about the room we had reserved and getting a ride the next day to the bus station. I explained to him my plan for getting to Boston. Country Bus to Bangor, Greyhound to Boston, Megabus to Knoxville. I don’t know why, but I asked how much it would be to get a ride to Bangor. I think he said a hundred bucks. But that would save us twice that.

He said if we wanted we could leave in ten minutes…. What??? We could catch the bus in Bangor and be in Boston by 20:00 PM. Great! Just a little Amazing!

We left Millinocket and headed to Bangor. The driver was also very animated. We had a exciting ride to Bangor and made it in time to catch the bus to Boston. At about 21:31 PM we were at my mother’s house.

Really… at 05:00 AM I was in the 100 Mile Wilderness watching the sunrise and at 22:00 PM I was Icing my knee at my mothers in Boston. What a God we serve!

I was even able to Schedule the Megabus to Knoxville for the 29th at 09:00 AM. It was just too much.

Operation: Appalachian Snail 2015!

We had hiked 4.3 miles for the day. We had hiked a total of 146 miles in 082 days. So, at that rate it should take us about 15 years to complete the whole trail! LOL!!!