The hike into Rangeley was an interesting one. I climbed up Saddleback Mountain and was given another beautiful view from Maine. The descent down the mountain was 4 miles and halfway through that descent I started getting a little woozy. I sat down right in the middle of the descent and started eating. I didn't feel hungry, but it most certainly wouldn't hurt. I also downed some water and sat there for a second trying to talk myself into climbing down the rest of the mountain. I made it to the next lean-to and made myself a hard salami and cheese wrap while waiting for Mosey to arrive. It started to pour rain while I was waiting and I felt bad that Mosey was still hiking in it, but the rain on the tin roof was such a peaceful sound. Mosey arrived and we headed out with Old School to Rangeley. The hike from Piazza Rock lean-to to the highway was so perfectly easy. It looked like someone had swept it with a broom- I was thankful for the easy trail and enjoyed the great terrain. Once we got to the highway, we had to hitch, so out my thumb went. I've been working on some good hitch hiking moves, like doing the 'running man' with my thumbs out. It seemed to work well :)
Once we had pitched our tents in the backyard of a lovely couple, we went to get dinner. I ate a huge plate of spaghetti & meatballs and enjoyed every second of it. Karaoke was going on that night, so the Zero Heroes had quite a few performances. I sang "Rumour" by Adele and was scared half to death the whole time (but figured 'why not?') and the group sang "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was EPIC. So much fun!
I went to sleep in a soft backyard and was so happy with the day.
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