Day 139, Zero day, total miles - 1,929.0

August 4, 2013

I woke up this morning at 7:30. After breakfast Jamey, B-Rocket and I went kayaking for about ninety minutes. It was warm and sunny. It was a lot of fun. It was a workout for my arms and shoulders. 

After kayaking I swam for a few minutes. B-Rocket and I laid on a floating platform with Cathy that has the "camp" next door. As a teenager she went to Mt. Katahdin with her father and sister. The night before she showed us a picture of them there. She said that in the late 40's her father met a man in the Whites and then later at Mt. Katahdin. The man told her father that he was the first person to hike all of the A.T. It's possible that the guy was Earl Schaefer. She had also stayed at some of the same huts in the White's that we did. She's 81 years old. It was enjoyable hearing about her and her fathers hiking trips. She is an impressive lady.

Jamey took B-Rocket and I into town to a grocery store so that we could resupply. She's going to drop us off at the trail tomorrow morning. For dinner, Jamey grilled hamburgers. Dianna and Annette made a salad and a few other items. It was a good dinner. 

Just a little about B-Rocket. She's 23 years old. She's a student at the University of Maine, she needs one more semester to get a degree in accounting. She has to be back for school by September 1. She had only been backpacking once before starting the A.T., and she didn't like it. Then a friend of hers, Katrina, asked her to hike the A.T. with her. B-Rocket agreed to give it a try. As it turned out, Katrina wasn't able to go. B-Rocket decided to give it a try on her own. She has hiked with several different people over the course of her hike, the same as me. She has lost over 45 pounds since starting the A.T.