Rangeley

... and that.

And then, of course, I went through Ranger School, and I became this professional with a compass and did that all over, from northwestern Maine, you know, and Flagstaff, Eustis, Rangeley area, working there cruising timber to the all over the Adirondacks, from Speculator Tree Farm to, to Black Brook, um, and, uh, Five Ponds.

So, you know, I did that, and I went to this regular compass, but what I found with my hunting that I've gone back to, I have the second compass, and it's a, it's this, it's the foolish little bubble on my deal here.

It's so-

That's great, John.

So basically up a- up around Grants and in the w- you know, in the Rangeley, Rangeley area, you're, you're, you're talking about woodcock and grouse, and you've got your ducks, and that includes Canadian geese.

And, uh, as you mentioned-

Yes

Like we said, my name's Abby Thompson.

I am the pre-K through 12 school librarian at the Rangeley Lakes Regional School.

That is up in Rangeley, Maine, which is a rural, remote community in western Maine.

We're probably about 20 miles from the Canadian border as the crow flies.

Right out, out my window, you, you know, I can see into New Hampshire and into Canada, which is beautiful.

Yeah.

Range- Rangeley area?

Yeah.

Excellent.

Outside of Rangeley, yeah.

Yeah, you don't have to give us the exact latitude and longitude.

[laughs]

So I got off trail with I think 200 miles to go.

Like I was in Rangeley, Maine when I got off trail and I was like, hiked from Georgia to Maine.

I got to new England.

I had an awful time.

I guess it's almost a through hike.

I'm still trying to get those miles that I skipped.

But my mom was actually meeting me on trail in Rangeley, Maine.

That's where I got married.

The next story is called The Voices in the Pines.

This took place in Rangeley, Maine, 1911.

Now, Rangeley is just wilderness, deep pine forests, cold lakes, hunting camps.

The main warden service would keep meticulous logs of any unusual event, especially something that frightened hunters enough to abandon the camp.

Because from October through December of every year, that was one of the main ways locals made their money.