20 miles to Maine

So, going through the whites, you have options of where you can stay. Option 1: pay $8 to stay in a shelter/campsite. Option 2: Do work for stay at a hut and get leftover food and sleep in the common room. We chose option 2, and it worked for us most of the time, even though the guidebook warns you not have more than 2 people.(we had 4) We folded blankets and swept most times, and most of the 'croo' people were friendly, except one at Madison hut, which I won't discuss further.
We did small mileage days, which meant we could enjoy ourselves a bit more. Going over the presidential range was a trip because you're continually above treeline for 25 miles, which ended up being 3 of the prettiest days of our trip so far. We all got a little sunburnt walking over Mts. Washington, Adams, and Jefferson. Freefall and Circumstance have become part of our group, which is really nice to have other people to talk to. The past couple days, we've gone over the Wildcats and Carter Mtns, which are lovely in their own right as well.
And here I sit, in Gorham, NH, about 20 miles from the Maine border and just under 300 miles to Katahdin. We've got the 'hardest mile' coming up, at Mahoosic Notch, as well as the Mahoosic range and the Bigelow range to go over, then it's mostly flat from there (*wink*)
Maine, here we come!