From west branch Penobscot River, ME. Camping on Thoreau Island.
Moose in water just 100 yds from camp, Penobscot rvr, young cow, muskrat (swimming in Penobscot, small flat thin tale, larger head, neck area), bald eagles (overhead, near Thoreau island), pileated woodpecker, chipmunks, fish, gray jays.
13 miles lake paddle, Moosehead Lake. 2 mile portage. 4 mile river paddle, Penobscot River.
Only few boats on lake. None on river.
Logging roads, fast trucks.
Spring on portage trail- northeast carry. Good water.
Boreal forest. Penobscot River.
Noseeums bad.
Macaroni cheese with ham and macadamia cookies, water, wheat thins for dinner.
Craving taco bell and ben and jerrys ice cream. New fav-caramel sutra ben and jerry...caramel center...
Black herons???? With yellow beaks but fly flatter and more like ducks. Or is this a duck.
Love the smell of this type of forest.
Fish are jumping. Tenting close to water.
Sunny and clear today. Some clouds moving in but up high. Perfect weather. Nice campsite. Henry David Thoreau was to have camped on this very island.
It is so beautiful here, so natural and uninhabited. Many people are gone for the season. Lake homes are closed up and emptied until next year. Very remote.
Tomorrow, from Chamberlain Lake I will get good view of Mt Katahdin.
Loving the book, we took to the woods, by Louise Dickinson rich. Humorous and full of area Maine history.
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