KP, Searsport
We just skied the Loop Trail! It’s like an enchanted forest, so dreamy. I just floated through.
I’ve walked the island for almost forty years, skied it ever since I’ve been skiing, and walked all the way around it quite a bit. Once, I had just quit smoking, and my son wanted me to get some good air into my lungs, get me outside, walking. We went out around the island and a fox followed us, then jumped off over a bank. An hour later that fox went flying by, close enough to almost hit my hand!
Every Thanksgiving my daughter and I would walk an old trail just before the loop. We called it the Moss Trail, for all the moss along the footpath. When we reached the water, the trail hugged the shoreline all the way to the jetty. Beautiful trail. My kids all have stories about the island.
At a deeply troubled time in my life, I’d walk the Tower Road every day after work, even when the clock changed and I’d be walking in the dark. I did that for almost two years. There was hardly anyone else there at that time—the postmaster and one or two others. I’d walk until my fingertips got cold, then I’d quit. The island was so peaceful, it helped me to feel better, it really did.
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