Day 43 (August 6)

I am taking a zero today before heading out into the 100-mile wilderness. Staying at the Lakeshore House B&B in Monson, Maine. Great food and beer. Monson is a dying little town, though it used to have a thriving slate rock quarrying business. There claim to fame is having provided slate for both JFK's and Jackie Onassis Kennedy's sarcophaguses. The quarries are filled with water now -- some 700 feet deep.

Beautiful Lake Hebron is right in back of the B&B I'm staying at. I plan to swim this afternoon. I bought resupplies this morning, half of which I put into a five gallon bucket for a drop at about the mid-point of the wilderness. The hostel provides this service so that you don't need to carry so much weight. They give you a treasure map with which to find your bucket when you hit a particular forest road. I know I can beat the bears, but I'm a little worried about those damn mice... Lovin' every minute. Take care.