Day 146 - East B Hill Road to South Arm Road

Great to sleep in a bed, even though I didn’t sleep that well. Up around 8 to get ready for our slackpacking day. Freedom!

Got dropped off at the trail around 10:30 and had until 4 to do 10 miles. Pretty easy walking for the first half, and the steep downhills weren’t that bad at all -- for a change! No sheer rockfaces, just dirt, roots, and stones. Piece of cake!

Steep climb up Moody Mountain, but plenty of ladders, bars, and stone stairways made it quite doable. Then it was down to the road to be picked up and taken back to the Guest House.
 

Made a few phone calls. Had pineapple pizza for dinner, followed by a pint of Ben and Jerry’s smore’s ice cream. Then settled in to watch The Green Mile. The Dude came strolling in late (without Smittee or Satan). He’s pushing big miles from now to the end to finish by Sept. 6. Oh, got an email from Charlie saying that he, Gerber, Achilles, and a few others summited on Aug. 19. Congrats!

Found out that Martha Stewart will be hiking Mt. Katahdin on Sept. 7 or 9! My perfect story opportunity. Alas, we will not be able to summit on the same day.

Worked out a deal with Pegleg to stay in the room another night, but Sandra didn’t know about it and cleaned it. I felt guilty and wound up paying the extra money anyway. Trouble sleeping again, but I’m not complaining.