10/07/2008

Baxter State Park


Traveling up I-95 to Baxter State Park early in the morning.


Walked across bogs


logs


saw some deer


reaching the top of Doubletop Mountain 5 miles from the trailhead


Mt. Katahdin was closed because of snow and ice


Doubletop has two summits .2 miles apart, both about 3,500 feet in altitude.


looking at the south peak from the north peak


ate some food


heading back down


a lot of the trail goes through running water


saw a live moose in the wild for the first time


drove through some wetlands


took the Golden Road for a while, until near-death by logging truck