Well, it just turns out that we happened to be up in Maine this past
weekend, too! We had actually hoped to get up there earlier and join
TGD and RIBNAG for some letterboxing sunshine, but we stalled too
long in getting started, so mostly just got the rain! A belated foray
up Cadillac Mt. put us within minutes into some mind-bogglingly
brutal weather conditions, so we quickly decided it wasn't worth
risking hypothermia for any more boxes on the "Cold Coast" and left
for the "Bold Coast"! In spite of the continued rain and sloshing up
to our ankles along the swamped floating bog bridges there, we found
that area to be absolutely magnificent! Pete fell and sprained his
hand again on a stream crossing near the letterbox at the far end of
the 6-mile loop, but at least we managed to avoid getting sucked into
any Psychomommy-type mud adventures out there so many miles from
nowhere! That evening we did Martian Maggot's other wonderful
letterbox hike up that way on Campobello Island, where a nice
Canadian ranger was just about to come looking for us because he
thought we'd gotten hurt or lost in the dark! One short rain-free
window of opportunity on the way home the next day gave us a chance
to visit a fine eagle cliff near Bangor, and then, of course, both
coming and going we managed to pick up several more boxes at other
interesting spots in Maine, like Pemaquid Point, Fort Frederick, Fort
Halifax, etc. so, the long drive was definitely not a "washout"! We
still managed to do our usual 20-box weekend - just this time not
including 8 or 10 legerdemaine boxes as had been the case on a couple
of our previous Maine letterboxing weekends! At any rate, it's great
to see that there are now some new players up there in Maine who have
already found the hitchers we left behind, and several others now
putting in boxes all over the place! Thanks to all of you!

Wanda and Pete
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