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A Weekend Trip to Maine ~ To Summit Mt. Katahdin
November 4, 2011
One of the things we wanted to do before we left Maine was to hike Mt. Katahdin - Maine's highest peak and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Over the years there have been a couple dates planned for this mountain and none of the them worked out.
We decided that moving from Maine didn't mean we couldn't go back to bag this mountain (that's just a little locker room, testosterone-talk for reaching the summit).
But it's always more fun to do this kind of trip with family and friends. Honestly, if you want to climb big mountains with your kids do it with other people. This was our strategy for Mt. Washington also.
We were joined by good friends, the K. family (our winter camping buddies) and my parents.
I realize this is an insane amount of photos but if you click on the first one (or any one for that matter) you can click through a slideshow of our trip, including our Nova Scotia departure early Friday morning.
If you go:
We liked Katahdin Cabins of Millinocket, ME. Very hospitable, cozy and reasonably priced.
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Catherine Forest on Nov. 5, 2011, 1:38 p.m.
This is so true Renee about doing big hikes with other people (especially if there are other friends for the kids!). What a great hike!
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Karen on Nov. 6, 2011, 12:19 a.m.
This hike was such fun - navigating the boulders on the descent was the most physically taxing. As rewarding as the view was watching the kids scamper their way up and down. Thanks Renee, for once again being our trekking photographer.
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renee on Nov. 6, 2011, 11:56 p.m.
Thanks Mom for taking a photo of the photographer!
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Jill Foley on Nov. 6, 2011, 4:16 a.m.
Fun, fun, fun!!
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Cheryl on Nov. 7, 2011, 4:09 p.m.
It's nice to see photos of the old Airport Cabins and know that they've been resurrected as Katahdin Cabins. I grew up in Millinocket, and I'm proud to say that I (definitely not a let's-get-out-into-nature kind of person) climbed Mt. Katahdin (about 23 years ago)and not only survived the experience, but enjoyed it.
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Misti on Nov. 5, 2011, 3:04 a.m.
Some day I would love to do all trails leading to the summit. I've only been on Katahdin via the AT. We'd contemplated coming down the Knife's Edge but it was too windy that day to attempt it. The Abol slide scared us so we went back the way we came. Yours photos are awesome and inspire me to go up via the Abol Slide some day.