July 2009

On top of Chairback Mountain

July 31, 2009

On top of Chairback Mountain in the 100 mile Wilderness. I was so proud of myself when I summited this mountain because I could see all of the bogs and tough trails I had been struggling through and suddenly it all felt worth it. It was so calm and serene and I just sat up [...]

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Mountain Laurel

July 30, 2009

Flowers in Baxter State Park.

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Bunchenberry

July 29, 2009

From the 100 mile wilderness:

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Views from a summit

July 28, 2009

Unfortunately, I don’t remember where I took this picture. Somewhere in the 100 mile wilderness.

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Froggy went a courting

July 26, 2009

From the 100 mile wilderness.

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Music

July 26, 2009

I brought my IPOD shuffle with me on the trip because I thought it would be nice to have a little distraction at different points on my hike. Unfortunately, I fell asleep one night with it on so the battery didn’t last very long. Now, I’ve taken to writing my own songs. One is called [...]

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Traversing the bogs

July 25, 2009

This shot is to show what a lot of the hiking in the 100 mile Wilderness has been like. You are try to follow the signs and “not destroying the delicate ecosystem,” but so many of the logs are rotten that they have either fallen apart or are to slick to stand up on. I [...]

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Changing

July 25, 2009

At my going away party, my friend Sara said she was excited to see how I would change and who I would become after the trail. On the fourth day into the 100 mile wilderness, covered at that point 50 bug bites, exhausted from slogging through the bogs and rivers, and not having seen any [...]

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