Little Moose

Another weekend spent in the woods. Another weekend sleeping in a tent, mmmm.....another weekend spent walking and using my body to propel me. We hiked into a Maine Public Lands area called Little Moose. There were several remote ponds with backcountry sites - we picked the primo one of course, since we were literally the only people on this acreage; I doubt it sees much overnight traffic.

Yesterday we walked to the Big Moose Mt. trailhead and climbed that. Substitute Squaw for Moose everywhere here and then maybe you'll recognize where this is in Maine. The PC police made the state change the names a few years ago.

At night we heard loons and owls calling and a beaver slapped his tail just feet from our heads in the little cove we were camped beside. Strangely though there were at times more moose prints than human on the trails, we did not spot Alces alces. The Greenwood trail into the ponds has not been cleared this season and made me appreciate all the more the important work we accomplished on the AT last weekend.