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Off the Golden Road, Maine

I pulled the raft up at the bank of a calm, wide river off the Golden Road in Maine, in August 2025, about a week after Katahdin. The bow is in the foreground, with the paddles stowed, and the water was still enough to hold the reflection of the pines. Big boulders sat along the far bank under a blue sky with puffy clouds. It was in the mid 80s, with a breeze around 12 miles an hour.

We had been on the water by raft that day, and I took this from the boat at the bank. I'm leaving the river unnamed, because I don't have a confirmed name for this stretch. A few days later I was on Cadillac Mountain, about a three and a half hour drive southeast.