Magic in the Mountains

August 24, 2021 (0 miles)

Maine Roadhouse, Stratton, ME

Yet another 0 and it was lovely. Less necessary, but wonderful nonetheless. Again Truffles woke me up to cuddle before heading down to breakfast. We got our fill of coffee, pancakes, and fruit before retiring to the living room for a mid-morning movie. We watched Captain Fantastic and just vegged out in general.

Afterwards I set on the porch to try and catch up on some journaling before my phone interview. Creature and Dumb Horse were kind enough to let me use their private room for some peace, and I got to chat with my hiking idol over the phone for nearly an hour. I feel like the interview went well and I’m hopeful the Trailer will be a place to land when I get home. It will make returning home a little more hectic because I wouldn’t get much turnaround time, but it’s also only about 6 weeks and could open the door to so many other opportunities in the outdoor world. And it’s JPD!!!

After my interview, Dakota, Jen’s son, took Creature, Dumb Horse, Party Dave, Biscuit, and I to an AMAZING swimming hole for a dip. We brought beers and jumped from one waterfall to the next, it was beautiful.

Once back at the hostel I got to ride to resupply before returning to the Mississippi Boys cooking jambalaya for dinner – yum! The entire Dirty Bubble showed up and the hostel ran out of water… the fire department had to come to fill up the well!

We all vegged out some more to some trashy movies before retiring for the night. It was so weird and wonderful to have my old and new friends colliding. The trail is a funny place.