Summiting Katahdin via the new Abol Trail
Compared to most adventurers, I started planning for this trip a little late in the year. Baxter State Park opens online reservations 4 months in advance and sites fill up quickly. However, I didn't book anything until May. Of course by then, the popular Katahdin Stream and Roaring Brook campgrounds were full for the busiest month of the year, July. Yet sometimes the chips fall your way and since most people thought the Abol trail was still closed (it closed over two years ag