I’m on my way! As usual it’s a convoluted trip. Here are the details:

• Ride to airport ✔️
• Fly STL to BWI ✔️
• Fly BWI to PWM (Portland, ME) 🙏🏻
• Uber to bus station ✔️
• Concord Bus to Bangor, ME🕺🏻
• Cyr Bus Bangor to Medway, ME✔️
• Shuttle Medway to AT Hostel in Millinocket, ME ✅

Whew 😰

I’ll update more as the day goes on…

The plane with the duct tape was fine but not the one from BWI to Portland. We got a new plane and now it’s about 2 hours behind schedule. I won’t make the bus from Portland at 2:15 but there’s another an hour later that will be hard but not impossible to make. 😱

Plane got into Portland over 2 hours late, but thanks to a quick Uber driver I am at the bus station with 10 minutes to spare for the 3:15 bus to Bangor! 😉

On the first bus…

And I made it onto the last bus to Medway. Looks like I’m going to make it just fine.

I am beginning to lose my faith in Southwest after flying with them today…

And yes I did finally make it! There are lots of other hikers here too. Tomorrow is a shake down and rest day. Thursday is Baxter Peak; I hope 🤞

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain