Mostly sunny and cool, high 60s, low 70s. Gorgeous day for hiking.
Before I forget, I should mention that the trail has generally been well maintained and well blazed since leaving southern Maine (where AMC still has control) and entering trail maintained by the Maine Appalachian Trail Club. We even had switchbacks again today.
We hiked over Saddleback Mountain today. The name is interesting because Saddleback is the name of the first mountain north of Swift Run Gap crossing the AT and Skyline Drive where we live in Virginia. The weather was clear and we could actually see Mount Washington on the horizon. Supposedly you can also see Mount Katahdin but we could not pick it out.
We had a 2300 foot climb to start and several more 500 foot climbs. There was almost three miles above tree line. It was beautiful. We don't have many opportunities above tree line left. I took lots of pictures.
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