Current Location: Caratunk, Maine
Accumulated mileage: 1450ish
Well... still in Maine! It's a big state... what's a girl to do?! (Maine actually has the second most miles of any state on the trail... just FYI). Actually, I find myself at the Northern Outdoors Center in Caratunk after a few rainy days, ready to take a break... for the night at least!
Today we crossed the Kennebunk River in a canoe... it's the official way to cross because fording the river can be really dangerous and there is a man there who takes you across... works for me! It was a funny way to move along the trail though and I thought about all the different ways that I have moved along these miles. Mostly I've moved on foot but I also took a car one day when there was a trail closure due to bear activity. I did a few miles up Wildcat Mountain in a gondola... so just add canoe to the crazy, random list!
It's hard to believe that I am here in Maine. It's hard to believe I am so very close to the end of the trail. Although I have just 151 more miles to get to Katahdin, I also have about 450 other miles to make up (some of which I am planning to do after Katahdin)... but it is so wild that I have done this crazy journey and come so far. It is so unexpected and I often tell people that I am an accidental thru hiker... I never meant to walk this far, it just happened!
However, I know that it is exactly where I need to be and exactly where I am meant to be. I am still learning, still growing, still struggling. I have come far, but I have far to go. I have thought a lot about things that I know I need to do differently... about how very selfish and self centered I tend to be... about how much I need to change the way I interact with people and be less judgemental. But those are thoughts for another day... for now... I am still in Maine, still on this crazy journey... still happy and peaceful and moving forward. I am blessed.
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