That’s how long we planned for, 4 months. It started as an extension of a trip from last year with my brother. We’d go beyond the Green Mountain National Forest we spent 4 days in last year, and this time head to Acadia National Park. When my friend and business partner Darren got wind of this he mentioned he’d fly out from Colorado if we’d extend the trip north 100 miles and camp in Fundy National Park over the Canadian border.

While researching the trip, I discovered the Fundy Footpath: a 50km hiking trail that traverses the ridges and beaches of the acadian forest along the Bay of Fundy, with its terminus dropping you in the heart of Fundy National Park. PERFECT.

We bought maps and gear, secured sponsors, poured hours into researching the right camp locations scouring topos, looking at projected weather patterns and figuring out the flora and fauna of the area. There’s no other way to say it, we were stoked. And then, things started to unravel.

First, it was the weather. 2.5 weeks out the weather pattern shifted and started showing a front rolling down from the Arctic that would not only bring temps about 12 degrees colder than we had planned for, but also about 1 inch of rain per day. Maybe that seems doable if you’re thru hiking elsewhere, but with more than a dozen stream crossings and 2 tidal rivers to cross, this trip was looking canceled before we even left. We held our breath, and waited. Days passed, and we waiting some more. Finally we began coming up with a plan B, then a C, then a D. More maps, more research, more gear.

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