T-Minus 1 Week
June 5, 2010 12:13 pm Leave your thoughtsI leave for Maine in 1 week now. I am filled with a mix of emotions.
Due to certain events in my personal life the last 2 months have been somewhat hellish and I at one point decided to cancel the hike all together. I have pushed through all of that though and I am now almost ready to leave. Nervous something will go wrong, confident I can totally pull this off, excited to start the “Journey of a lifetime”, and somewhat anxious.
I am not at all in the physical shape I had hoped to be but I am getting better the last week or so. I will take it slow at first and rely a little on the saying “The trail will get you in shape”.
Things regarding the hike have been going very well. There were a few things I had either procrastinated on or wasn’t sure about. Everything is coming together quite nicely actually. I had an equipment order that at the time of ordering I wasn’t sure would be ready in time, but it should be here by Tuesday at the latest. Its the last of my gear.
I was a bit unsure and nervous about how I was going to get from Bangor, ME to Baxter State Park where the north end of the trail begins but I have found a shuttle service. I could save some money and take a bus to Medway, ME and then get a ride from Medway to BSP but the bus doesn’t get into Medway until 7:30 and the park closes at 8:30 so its cutting it to close. Better to pay a little extra for a ride than have to stay in Medway or Millnocket a extra night.