Sign at our starting point -- note our ending point is 32.2 miles away!

Andy atop Piazza Rock, along the A.T. near Saddleback Mountain in Maine.

Andy inspects Piazza Rock, along the A.T. near Saddleback Mountain in Maine.

Ethel Pond, along the A.T. near Saddleback Mountain in Maine.

Andy climbs Saddleback Mountain in Maine.

Andy turns to face me as we approach the summit of Saddleback Mountain, in background, on the A.T. in Maine.

David on the summit of Saddleback Mountain, in Maine.

David and Andy on the summit of Saddleback Mountain, in Maine.

Andy heads north from Saddleback Mountain toward The Horn, on the A.T. in Maine.

View from The Horn back to Saddleback Mountain, along the A.T. in Maine.

Andy climbs Saddleback Junior, with The Horn and Saddleback Mountain behind, on the A.T. in Maine.

Andy on the summit of Saddleback Junior, on the A.T. in Maine.

A photo in Poplar Ridge lean-to, commemorating the last location where Gerry Largay was ever seen. Sad.

Orbeton Falls, on a tributary of Orbeton Stream, near the A.T. in Maine.

A pretty streambed flowing from Lone Mountain to Orbeton Stream, along the A.T. in Maine.

Trail to Mount Abraham skirts this rocky outcrop and proceeds up that ridge.

Beautiful wild blueberries along the Mount Abraham ridge.

Sign at the summit of Mount Abraham.

David at the summit of Mount Spaulding, along the A.T. in Maine. Apparently, recent surveys put the elevation above 4,000'.

View of Sugarloaf from the summit of Mount Spaulding, along the A.T. in Maine.

Marker commemorating the spot where the A.T. was finally completed in 1937.