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And the answer is... 8:29 AM on Jan 2. That would be here in Mandan, ND 46.8267 N by 100.8896 W at the far edge of the Central Time Zone. Earliest Sunset 4:55 on Dec 11 Earliest Sunrise 5:49 June 17 Latest Sunset 9:42 June 27

Onestep and I did this in June 2008. It took us 12 hours, mostly because I'm slow. But your planned route was essentially what we did.

Not recently but the cannister was re attached in Nov 06.

Rangeley Area anyone?

First crossing was wicked easy just a few feet upstream. I went to Bemis so I don't know about the 2nd crossing. Note: this was on Monday the 7th. Jim

Those were our maps you found. Jim and Abbie

Saw your name in the hiker log at Katahdin stream on Sat. Morning. Was 3 hours behind you going up the Owl. Looked over toward Barren a lot but didn't see any trees moving.:D I'm sure you enjoyed the slide it's a blast! Jim

Hey PB, The railroad in the Lowelltown-Skinner area is on Passamaquoddy tribal land. Or at least the access to it is through that land. On my trip to Merrill-Van Dyke with Onestep and Pig Pen in Oct 06 we took the right (wrong) fork and very quickly came to a posted sign. It looked like they...

It's been a couple of years but the first 12 miles or so in from Rt 201 are usually 35-45 MPH easy. After that the road narrows a little and you have to slow down. The section that Bigmoose mentioned is winding, narrow and has several culverts that may washout in wet conditions. Jim

Followed up Gore with this PM hike. This trail was not muddy at all. Almost a sidewalk in the lower portions. Steeper near the top with some erosion issues. No register found in this cabin. Firetower in great shape with extraordinary views. Roundtrip time of 2 Hours 5 min. Gamehiker Jim from...

Trail is well blazed but quite muddy. The moose use this trail on a regular basis. The white blazes and some of the terrain reminded me of the AT. One stream crossing moderately difficult but found well placed rocks just downstream. The register is new, placed in March of 09. Bob Packard was...

Thanks for the great report. I can see that I will never run out of peaks to do.

In 2004 I was one of 4 adult chaperones along with 11 High School students (including my then 14 year old daughter) whose 1st day of April Vacation went like this: Leave Portland at 2:30 AM Drive to Manchester Fly Manchester-Charlotte-Mexico City Go thru long customs line at Airport Picked up...

Did you See Rock City or Ruby Falls? When I was newly married our first apartment was just over the crest of Missionary Ridge later we lived very close to Kennesaw Mtn Park and the New Hope battlefield in Georgia. Being interested in Civil War History I was very aware that many young people...

2009 is a little more up in the air for me at this point since my relatively stable employment world has imploded in the past 2 months. I do have a minimum # of peaks to do in order to finish the 3K's on my desired schedule. I am already 8 weeks ahead of my 2008 pace on that. I would like to...