Friday, July 5, 2019
West Carry Pond to Caratunk
14 miles
We thought we heard a creature of
some sort around our campsite all night last night so we woke up a lot. Last time we woke was 3:00 so we went ahead
and got up to get an early start to meet the canoe at the Kennebec River before
it stopped service at 2:00. It was still
dark when we left camp at 4:30 a.m. using flashlights.
The trail was very flat and easy
today except between Pearce Pond Lean-to and the river. Crossing the wooden dam at the outlet of
Pearce Pond was pretty spooky. The water
was up above the skimpy boards that we had to walk on. Although we would have really liked to go to
Harrison’s fish camp for their famous pancakes, we wanted to reach the Kennebec
more, so we pressed on. We made really
good time at about 2 miles per hour. The
last part of the trail slowed us down.
It was getting pretty hot in the 80’s.
We made it to the river at a little after 12:00 with one passenger
before us.
The Kennebec is a beautiful river
but too deep for fording most of the time. Several people in the past have lost
their lives trying to ford, so the canoe is now the official A.T. route. The canoe even has a white blaze on the
bottom of it. A very pleasant fellow
named Rob was our canoe operator.
On the north side of the river
Rob drew us a map on the ground of Caratunk.
We first went to the Caratunk B & B and had a pulled pork sandwich and
their famous milkshake. ($10 each). The
B & B was full, but we had already decided to go to the Sterling Inn since
we had mailed a resupply box there and also had my new boots mailed there.
We called the Sterling Inn for
pickup and Zach was there within a few minutes to pick us up. We were not
disappointed with the Inn. While
Caratunk B & B is an old house, Sterling Inn is more like a hotel or bed
and breakfast, more modern, with a fantastic breakfast and plenty of privacy
although there are lots of rooms. Both
had really good resupply though and I think we would have been fine to have not
mailed a box here.
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