Stephanie and I spent the last 4 day's slack packing from the "Cabin" in Maine. The Cabin is a hostel run by hikers Honey and Bear. They are without a doubt two of the most generous people in the world.
The cabin is really not a hostel, its the lower level of Honey and Bears house and large dinning room for hikers. The hiker's area has a large living room with cable tv and a vcr, a full kitchen with refrigerator, and laundry. A typical day at the cabin begins with a full breakfast. Bear wakes up around 5 a.m. and begins cooking bacon, pancakes, potatoes, cuts up cantaloupe melon and brewing the coffee. He leaves a few skillets on the stove so its up to each hiker to cook their eggs the way they like them and sit down to eat. Then the shuttles begin with people loading up either in Honey's van or Bear's old red toyota truck. Honey begins cooking dinner around 3 p.m. and it is served around six. The dinner was awesome every night with bread, home made desserts, salads, wine and the main course.
Stephanie and I slept in the guest bedroom of the main part of the house with a really comfortable bed, our own tv, and a private room rather than the bunk room.
On our last night at the cabin Bear, he never wears shoes, sent me to Mexico Maine to get groceries for dinner. We did a work-for-stay on the last day and Stephanie made a fantastic lasagna for dinner.
The hiking is so beautiful here. The fall colors are more beautiful than I've seen in years. They've really started to change fast now going from green and yellow to deep red and orange just today. If you've never been to Maine you should really come here on vacation soon it's wonderful.
www.hikingat.com
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