1 year!!!

Today is exactly 1 Year from our planned start date, June 1st, 2012. There are a couple factors that may change that by a week or two. One of those, the most prominent one, is if the trail is 'open' in Baxter State Park, ME. I just called this morning to find out if the *Hunt Trail* was open, and it is! The Hunt Trail is the Appalachian Trail inside of Baxter State Park. It's the 1st mile for southbounders and the last mile for northbounders. It's also home to the famous mountain, Katahdin. (see below)

The trails are closely monitored for snow melt, and depending on the year, the park officials have kept the trail closed to as late as June 15th, due to extensive snow pack on the trail. However June 1st is an Average opening date. We're hoping to start on June 1st, but if not we'll just hang out in Maine for a little bit :)

Now the real planning gets underway. We'll be scrupulous with our meal drop planning and are continuing to get all of our equipment together.

Thanks for reading.

We love you guys,

A&P