Pushing our limits
Last week we took a good but inadvertently arduous hike… We were up to the Maine house to open it for the year and we set aside Wednesday in the middle of the week that was forecast to be good weather. After the normal game of parking lot bingo we parked in a small lot above Jordan Pond. Next we hiked down to the east side of Jordan Pond to the bridge at the bubble end where the trail to Sargent began. One of Gail’s distant cousins? Fishy’s! It’s always a bit of work for me on the way up. Your guys are slow-pokes! A carriage trail bridge built in 1925 Puppy break! Jordan Pond from Sargent Summit. Not my fault. Eventually we summitted Sargent and ate lunch. As usual the views were spectacular. The Trenton Peninsula is entering the picture on the right hand side. Blue Hill is the small mountain in the distance. In between them both this Newberry neck . After eating and hydrating we proceeded to Penobscot where we planned to climb back down to Jorden Pond. Ple...