On Saturday, Aug. 10th, the Bangor Outdoor Club hiked Little Spencer. The forecast predicted a 50% chance of thunderstorms. Seven of us took a chance on the weather and decided to go for it. The hikers on this trip were Zeb, Read more…
Frosty and I set a challenge for ourself to hike all the trails on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in a single day. We are calling this the CATT Challenge. We failed on our first attempt on May 31st. We Read more…
Magoo and I plotted out a little challenge for ourselves. We found it to be an enjoyable challenge, and a challenging challenge, so we thought we would share it here for others who like that sort of thing. We are Read more…
June 15th, Squirrel and I ran in the 4th Annual Blackman Stream Alewife Run at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum in Bradley. This was a small 5K race with only 17 runners. Upon exiting the car, we were immediately swarmed Read more…
On June 8th, Frosty and I headed up to Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary. We took the Base Trail to where it meets the dirt road. We continued on the road to the Robert T. Moore Visitors Center. The Visitors Center was Read more…
On May 26th, Frosty and I attended the Pineland Farms Trail Running Festival. The festival is a two day event Memorial Day weekend. Saturday features a 5K trail race, a 10K trail race, a 5K canicross race, and a 1K Read more…
On May 18th, Frosty and I hiked Blackcap Mountain in East Eddington. We drove into Camp Roosevelt, the Boy Scout Camp, to access the trailhead. If hikers come in the summer, when the camps are going on, the staff asks Read more…
On May 19th, the Bangor Outdoor Club hiked up Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park via the South Ridge Trail. With rain in the forecast, only four of us showed up: Brett, the organizer, Frosty, Christine, and myself. We Read more…
On Wednesday, April 17th, Frosty and I headed up to Acadia National Park. The Park Loop Road usually opens April 15th, but not this year. We knew it was closed, so we altered our original plans, and decided to hike Read more…
On Saturday, April 6th, Frosty and I went to Burnt Mountain. On that day, we were unable to finish our hike. We had gotten a phone call while hiking about a family problem. It wasn’t a serious problem, but was Read more…