Update From Thoreau Wilderness Trip PART 1

Here is a post from the group. Right now they are poling, paddling, portaging and frogging their way up the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Here is what they have to say:
" After Putting in at Moody Bridge on the St. John River due to low water, we experienced weather the next few days that brought the water up two to three feet. From night one, our four trippers were remarkably efficient and seamless at working together to set up camp and cook meals. Our week on the St. John was marked by a peculiar weather pattern: Spitting rain off and on all day from wake up trough our paddling day, and the sun would appear (albeit briefly) as soon as tents and tarps were set up at out evening campsite. The St. John was lovey and remote with a plethora of wildflowers, and everything from flatwater to class three rapids. Our days were relatively short and gave us plenty of opportunities to hone our paddling skills, and practice poling skills. Once in Allagash Village we indulged in vanilla ice cream cones (yum) at the local diner and heard stories of the way things used to be from a local woman who came out on her porch as we walked by. We then began our epic poling days, heading upriver on the Allagash. Happy for our practice sessions on the St.John poling proved to be challenging and initially frustrating for some, though we have moved past all that to find our rhythm in these upstream days. On the whole we are appreciating the quiet and subtlety of our new skill."