OUR FIRST WOMENS ALLAGASH TRIP OF 2026! WE SET OFF INTO THE WOODS: MYSELF, MY DEAR FRIEND AND GUIDE KATY, AND EIGHT LOVELY GALS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE SAW TWO MOOSE, DOZENS OF BALD EAGLES, FROGS AND MERGANSERS GALORE. AND WE SHARED A SUNRISE WITH A BEAVER: HE WAS PLAYING IN THE MOUTH OF FIVE FINGER BROOK, JUST SWIMMING UPSTREAM AND THEN LETTING THE CURRENT PULL HIM DOWN. JUST PLAYIN! WE SAT AND WATCHED HIM, SIPPING OUR COFFEE AND ENJOYING THE SIGHT OF THE MIST RISING FROM THE WATER FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL MORNING :)
MADDIE DISCOVERED AN INCREDIBLE HAMMOCK SPOT AT LONG LAKE DAM. ERIN AND ELIZA CAUGHT A FISH AT CUNLIFFE DEPOT (THANKS RANGER BOB FOR TIPPING US OFF TO SUCH A GREAT SPOT!) AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN WROTE US A POEM (NOT CREEPY!) AND WE FOUND A MOOSE SKELETON! AFTER MUCH DEBATE, WE DECIDED TO DO THE ETHICAL THING AND NOT TAKE THE TEETH AS GOOD LUCK TOKENS. WE DIDN’T END UP NEEDING THEM — AMAZING WEATHER ON THIS TRIP! NO RAIN IN THE DAY, THOUGH WE HEARD ITS PITTER-PATTER ON OUR TENTS TWO NIGHTS. REAL COZY.
I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE GALS ON THIS TRIP - FOR THEIR HUMOR, THEIR KINDNESS TOWARDS EACH OTHER, THEIR SENSE OF ADVENTURE, AND THEIR STRONG PADDLING SKILLS! SPIRITS WERE HIGH, WE PRACTICALLY FLEW DOWNRIVER, BUT THE BEST MOMENTS WERE JUST SITTING AROUND A PICNIC TABLE, SHARING OUR LIVES AND LAUGHTER AND LOVE! I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS TRIP.
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