Date: 2006-07-07
From: White House Landing, Me

To: Nahmakanta Lake, Me
Miles today: 7.3

7.3 miles todayTentingNahmakanta Lake, MeI woke up in the Shore Cabin at 4:30am, but just layed in bed drifting in and out of sleep until I finally got up at 7:15am.I wasn't in any hurry because breakfast wouldn't be ready until 8am.I got dressed and packed up, then walked up to the lodge and had some coffee and talked to Zulu, Frogcaller, Mrs Gorp, Kahuna and Hula Bug until Linda said breakfast was on the table. :-)))We had bacon, scrambled eggs, English muffins, blueberry pancakes, coffee and orange juice. It was great!!!This is such a great place to stop in the wilderness.We got group pictures after breakfast and Bill took Mrs Gorp, Frogcaller, Zulu and myself across the lake in his boat and dropped us off at Mahar Trail.After I thanked Bill again, he left in the boat and the rest of the group started walking.I waited there and put some bug dope on before I started walking, then headed up the trail and got to walk through all the mud we came in through yesterday.I passed Mrs Gorp and Frogcaller who ended up walking together most of the day, but Zulu was off and out of sight already.I turned onto the AT at 9am and it was much dryer than the side trail...at least for a little while. :-)))I met a sobo thru hiker by the name of Jeremy. He seemed like he was having a good time, so he'll probably have a good hike.I got to Wood Rat Spring and decided to wait on Frogcaller and Mrs Gorp.I ended up being there for 1 hour and 45 minutes before they showed up.I ate my half of the pizza that Kahuna couldn't eat last night and it tasted very good out in the middle of the wilderness.Mrs Gorp had lost her camera earlier and walked back a mile to get it (no extra credit for the extra miles) Ha!!! She also was wearing her crocs so her shoes stayed dry for a while and they both got stuck in the mud and came off her feet. She said she reached about 1 1/2 feet into the mud to get them back. :-)))We stayed at the spring another 10 minutes after they got there before we walked on.A couple sobo thru hikers by the names of Spoon Man and Bum Leg stopped and talked just before we got started walking again.I stopped by a lake and sat down again for a while enjoying the strong breeze coming across the open water.When I walked on, I caught up to Frogcaller on a ridge and while we were stopped talking, a sobo by the name of Marta came up.I had met her at Trail Days and the So-Ruck.Mrs Gorp came walking up and we sat down and talked to Marta for about 30 minutes when another sobo by the name of Ryan, that's done some of the IAT, came walking up.He's pretty thin and when he looked at me, he asked me what the best way for him to keep his weight up. Ha, I suggested he ask Mrs Gorp. :-)))We talked about the Florida Trail some because he wants to do that trail also.After a while, Mrs Gorp and I walked on and when Frogcaller heard us talking, she yelled for us to come down to the sand beach where Zulu had his tent set up already.I found a spot for my tent and Mrs Gorp got her tent set up, then we all went down on the beach and ate dinner.I walked into the lake and got up to my knees, but I didn't feel like getting soaked just before bed.I got into my tent shortly after 6pm and journaled.