September 17 - West Carry Pond Lean-to (Day 182 – milepoint 1994.5)

I was coming down the mountain from Little Bigelow Lean-to this morning and the terrain suddenly got easy, which usually triggers a faster pace…but not today. I just continued walking easily and enjoyed the morning.

It got better when I arrived here at Flaggstaff Lake. A huge, beautiful lake on an equally beautiful day, and there’s nobody here but me. I’ve been here for about an hour now. Now THIS is what “escape” with “peace and quiet” looks and feels like. Some canoes turned over on the shore off in the distance.

It’s amazing what “sunny and clear with a nice breeze” does for a day.

We’ll be passing the 2,000-mile mark tomorrow and we’ll be celebrating that milestone, along with Chewie‘s birthday, in Caratunk, which oughta be interesting.

There was a nice entry in a shelter register today: “It’s not a race. Slow your pace. The one to Mount Katahdin with the most memories, Wins!”

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