Hiking Maine

A few weeks after Bill is done hiking in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he went back home. Two weeks later, him and Katz are getting ready to hike the Maine portion of the AT. (like the state of Maine). Katz remembers carrying a big backpack was like hell for him. He doesn't want to relive that. Katz has a good idea (or so he thinks) to hike with a paper boy's pouch. It would hold pretty much everything they need and would be a lot lighter. Katz showed off this idea, and Bill turned it down. He thought of every excuse to not wear it. Some were total lies to! So they agreed that they will pack light.


They started the hike in Caratunk. This was a longer distance than just what they wanted to hike. They chose how far they wanted to hike, but they had 2 weeks to do it, so they made the walk longer. Right away, Katz starts to fall behind. About 5 miles in, Bill goes back to look for him. An hour later, he finds him. Most of the stuff was thrown out of his pack. Even water.

Maine has very thick forests. They are just about to enter the thickest stuff. Everything is big there. The trees, grass, and the animals. Bill runs into a full grown moose while trying to get some water. They are standing about 10 yards away from each other. They don't know what to do. Bill is amazed of how close he was.

Bill and Katz learned on their trip while talking to people, that Maine is very rainy in the summer. This upsets Katz very much. The rain is pissing him off a lot. He didn't think he could go any further. The next town they stop in, Katz asks for 5 bucks to get a pop. Then a few hours later, he asks for 5 more dollars. He is using the money to buy beer. A few years ago, Katz was a major alcoholic. He quit before he started the hike. But now he has no hope and nothing to look forward to. He is drinking and gets real mad at Bill for not buying him more. But the next day, they never talked about it. They went on just like nothing happened. 

A while into their trip, Bill stopped and waited for Katz to catch up like normal. But this time, he didn't show up. Bill walked back a ways, but he was not there either. Bill started to worry. He was thinking of all the bad things that might have happened to Katz. That night, it was very bad. He did not sleep at all. Just stayed awake wondering what Katz was doing right now. They did find each other later on the next day. Bill walked back toward where they started and found him sitting on a rock. 

The guys decide that they have done enough hiking of the AT. They went home. But they realized that they did walk 870 miles. That is still a long way. They didn't do all 2,200 miles of it, but they still did it. They were very proud of themselves for accomplishing what they did. They hiked the Appalachian Trail. 

THE END!!!!!