Sometime in his early years (late 1940s?) Adolph went with a friend to Mt. Katahdin, Maine for a hiking trip. Mt. Katahdin marks the end of the Appalachian Trail and is a pretty rugged and remote mountain by Eastern standards.
I Googled the trip and by modern day standards it would have been an 11 hour trip so I assume it was at least a 15 hour or more trip back then
It appears they stayed at the Togue Pond Camps. I can't find this on any modern maps but there are old post cards and fliers of this camp from the 30s and 40s.
I don't recall a lot of details about this trip in my father's stories but he did share more than once about how they hiked to a lean-to just below the mountain and then experience a huge lighting storm in the night that was striking the ground near by and shook them out of bed.
This mountain has a narrow ridge to climb...very impressive and something you would find more out west.
Adolph on top.
Some good fishing some place near by. Looks like he and his buddy got at least 18 trout. I assume from fly fishing since that was his favorite kind of fishing. I can just imagine the enthusiasm he must have had for a days catch like that and an amazing hike under their belts.
Hiking Katahdin some day is on my list of things I must do.
I Googled the trip and by modern day standards it would have been an 11 hour trip so I assume it was at least a 15 hour or more trip back then
It appears they stayed at the Togue Pond Camps. I can't find this on any modern maps but there are old post cards and fliers of this camp from the 30s and 40s.
I don't recall a lot of details about this trip in my father's stories but he did share more than once about how they hiked to a lean-to just below the mountain and then experience a huge lighting storm in the night that was striking the ground near by and shook them out of bed. 
This mountain has a narrow ridge to climb...very impressive and something you would find more out west.
Adolph on top.
Some good fishing some place near by. Looks like he and his buddy got at least 18 trout. I assume from fly fishing since that was his favorite kind of fishing. I can just imagine the enthusiasm he must have had for a days catch like that and an amazing hike under their belts. 
Hiking Katahdin some day is on my list of things I must do.
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