Baxter State Park

Five days in Northern Maine

Trout Brook Mountain

We started hiking down the Five Ponds Trail and took a little detour up Trout Brook Mountain. From there we could also get a view of our destination Billfish pond.

Billfish Pond

A nice spot to camp

Loons were out when it got close to sunset.

The next morning the pond was still.

While I was pumping water I counted at least 6 frogs hanging out on lilly pads.

After hiking through a rain storm we found Middle Fowler Pond

We were at the North end our campsite was at the South end

Twenty minutes later we made it to our campsite

Made for really good pictures.

We had camp setup by 1 pm and had the afternoon to relax

Loons were hanging out in this lake as well

Along with tweety birds

After a brief downpour more of the clouds disappeared.

Beavers were active on the pond

We found thier house!

We had a beautiful sunset

Monday dawned nice and clear and we got up before the sun was up over the mountain.

We packed up the site and headed out to go to Barrell Ridge

Barrell Ridge

Was only a few miles from Middle Fowler South and had "extraordinary view"

We stopped for lunch at the Northern edge of Middle Fowler Pond

Middle Fowler

We had a great lunch

After hiking out we drove a few hours to Nesowadnehunk Field campground

The bridge to our campsite had a nice visitor.

We setup our new "car camping" tent for the first time.

A guy was fishing in the stream

The clouds started lighting up during sunset

Sunset!

Hiking Katahdin

The next morning we got up early and got on the Hunt Trail around 8am to hike Katahadin.

After we hiked up the first portion of the "Gateway" we got some good views

Still more up to go!

Eventually we made it to the tabletop which was a mile or so of flat before the climb to the summit.

Summit!

We made it to the summit with only a little more elevation gain

Thoreau Spring

The view back down the gateway if you look closely in the photos you can see other people.

We could see Kidney Pond which was our destination for the night.

Jess is very excited about "The Owl"

Katahdin Stream

By the time we made it to Kidney Pond Katahdin was covered in clouds.

Kidney Pond

The next morning we got a few views of the summit.

The loons were out and about.

Along with the seaplanes

"Loon's Nest" our cabin for the night