a trail to self discovery...

I took a couple extra days off and had 4 days to finally go camping! I was looking forward to this considering I haven't gone camping since last summer when I was on the road working for Backpacker Magazine . I was looking forward to the one thing I thought I would never want to do when I got home last October. Car Camping. Living out of my vehicle for days on end, sleeping in a tent, and not being able to shower for quite a few days. Josh asked me if I would want to come along to Acadia with him and his daughter. I said yes. We booked the campsite a few weeks ago. We reserved a site at Blackwoods Campground in the park. We had briefly stayed here in October when I came home from the tour, but only for a night. It simply wasn't enough time. It is located a hop, skip and a jump to the oceans cliffs. I was looking forward to going camping because I am used to it, and enjoy it very much. However, I was a bit nervous to travel so far away from home and bring Josh's daug

"Go as far as you can, and then take another step." Pano from Mount Garfield This had been in the works for a couple weeks. A friend had asked if I would be interested in doing a Pemi Loop on one of my days off and he would switch his for it. I said sure. Packing A one day Pemi Loop has been on my bucket list for at least the last couple years. Let me give you an idea of what this hike consists of. Start:5:00am Lincoln Woods Trail 1.4 miles Osseo Trail 4.1 miles To Mount Flume From Mt. Flume to Mt. Liberty Franconia Ridge Trail 1.2 miles From Liberty- 2.2 Miles to Little Haystack From Little Haystack- .7 Miles to Lincoln From Lincoln- .9 Miles to Lafayette From Lafayette- Garfield Ridge 3.5 Miles to Mount Garfield From Garfield -Garfield Ridge 2.9 Miles to Galehead Hut 1mile round trip Galehead Spur (17.9 miles) Twinway .8 Miles up to South Twin (1100 vertical gain in this .8) Twinway 2.0 Miles to Guyot Junction Bondcliff Trail 1 mile 1 mile round trip to W.