Less than 7 days till I leave Maine and head south. I can't wait and there is still a lot to do until I go.
No rest for the weary, until I am sitting on the train and relaxing in that seat. Let's see how I feel on Monday...then Tuesday....then Wednesday...and then finally Thursday.

To let everybody know. As soon as I head South this Blog will turn into a PHOTO Blog.  Photos of where I am with a small caption will follow me all the way up the trail until I summit Katahdin; and L/A Magazine will cover the writing of the updates for eachy months entries in the magazine. There will be a total of six updates as I procceed along the trail with the final article being the day that I summit the "Big K" or better known as Mt. Katahdin.

It is now only 12 days until I leave here and head south for the walk home and I can not wait for it to happen. At that time my Blog will turn into a PHOTO Blog and only photos of where I am will be posted on it; along with a caption describing each photo.  I hope that this does not upset everyone but it will be interesting for some of my friends to see where I am.
  When I return home, I will share with all, in my adventure by writing a book and describing what happened along the way in great detail.

At this time, I would like to thank all of my sponsors for all that they have done and will be doing for me in the coming days to complete this trek.
  They are: L/A Magazine, OBOZ Footwear, BAXTER Outdoors, American Legion Post 153,
Judy Marden, George Dycio, Mark and Roberta Anderson.

I am talking to two other people/businesses who want to be a part of this adventure and when the details are complete they will be included also.

   Till next time,
     Keep your boots on the trail,
       Grizzly Bear from Maine

Just over two weeks to go and all of the travel arrangements are in place.  I just received the maps for the AT and found that there is a map missing and a duplicate set of two other sections. That's not too bad, it could be worse.
 

  Three weeks from today I will be leaving Maine and heading to Jersey to see my sister, before I start my trek northward. For it has been seven years since we last saw each other, face to face and I don't know when I will get back to see her again; hopefully it will be a lot sooner for the next time.
I cannot wait to start hiking as it has been many years since I last stood on top of Springer Mt. on my last trek northward, that was 1996. I know that things have changed since then and I will not recognize some of it at all, but there will be some of those areas that will bring back great memories from before.
  Everything is in place with contacts from here to GA and I have just about all of the food needed for my drops ready to go also.
Over the past weekend, I checked out all of my gear and it is ready to go, from the water bottles, to the stove, to the tent, to the sleeping bag and most of all my clothes for the first part of the trip.
 The first part of the trip is the toughest for clothes, because you don't know for sure what the weather is going to do until you get out there. Today it is 38 degrees during the day and ten days from today it is predicted to be 64, so go figure.
  That is why they have the US Postal service, just for us when we need them. I will send everything back to my contact person as soon as possible, everything that I don't need or want; to lighten that pack all you can whenever you can. That is my motto. for this and all trips.
  Enough for today, till next time,
    Remember, Keep your Boots on the Trail.
      Grizzly Bear from Maine