I'm looking for advice on the date to restart my thwarted 2018 NOBO thru hike now 2019 LASH. I made it past halfway to Pine Grove Furnace last year.
I'm considering a mid May restart based on:
1. Mothers Day 12 May
2. Avoid hiking in Vermont until July to avoid mud season
3. Black flies in Vermont until the middle of June.
4. Black flies in Maine until the middle of July.
5. Take advantage of longer days up to and following the summer solstice.
6. Native Americans at Baxter on Labor Day weekend.
7. The heat map shows that I would start ahead of the bubble but fall behind it before Maine.
My window seems to be 13-21 May. I figure 90 days to get to Katahdin, I am not fast.
Yes, I'm over thinking this.