Rainbow Ledges to Katahdin

Jay must be thinking what an understatement this is after 2,000 miles,
give or take, on the AT! :-)
This is actually an intersection of the Long Trail and the AT in VT.

From Sarah via email:

Saturday, September 10, Jay called me from the Rainbow Ledges, just 21 miles from the end of the AT! After four days of rain, he had finally had two days of sun, a fresh breeze, and the trail was beginning to dry out a bit. He said there was still a lot of mud, but he only got his feet wet once yesterday, instead of his feet staying wet all day as they had in the past four days. He was planning to get to Abol Bridge Campground Saturday night, and looked forward to filling up on food. For the past week he had opted for a light pack instead of a full stomach, and food was beginning to become an obsession again. :) 

He plans to camp at Katahdin Stream Campground on Sunday night, and hopefully summit Katahdin on Monday. He is very much looking forward to Helen and Mark joining him Tuesday and will gladly hike as much of Katahdin as they want on Wednesday or Thursday.

Jay and Sarah on top of the Bromley Mtn, VT lookout tower.
The view is north, where they are headed. 7/27/11

Hard to believe the end of the trail is so close. I'm sure he will have a few more stories to post on the blog, as well as two more reels of film. I know I am sure looking forward to having him home!