Hiking in Maine with Kelley: 11/21/09 Pemetic Mountain

Sunday, November 22, 2009

11/21/09 Pemetic Mountain

A day that started out nice and sunny but then clouded up. We started from Jordan Pond parking,taking the Pond Trail to the S W Pemetic Trail ( I think all of the trails up Pemetic are challenging and this is the easiest). This trail has nice views and only one spot where Kelley needed off leash to find her own way. At the summit it was very windy and cold so after a couple of pictures we started down the North Ridge Trail. This was a more challenging, though pretty, trail for both of us and Kelley had to find alternatives several times. At Bubble Pond we took the carriage road a short distance to the Eagle Lake Trail ( Kelley loves this one) , which follows the shore, to the Pond Carry Trail ( pretty wet in spots but the end nearest Jordan has received better maintenance. We took this to the Jordan Pond Trail, had lunch, and followed the shore back to the parking area. 3 1/2 hours

Pemetic S W Trail

Views from Pemetic

Kelley Eagle Lake

The Bubbles from Jordan Pond

Marsh Jordan Pond

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John WrightNovember 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Nice photos of Pemetic Trail and Jordan Pond. I like the way you include something of interest in the foreground along with the far distant background. Nice capture of Kelley's shake also.
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JohnNovember 22, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Thanks for your comments. They are helpful.
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Kelley was purchased along with two cats to be companions in a nursing home my wife owned. It became evident that she had a problem with her back legs and had pain. The vet said she had arthritis and she needed to lose weight and get lots of exercise so she came home and we gradually began hiking and put her on a diet. She improved to the point that she had no more pain and had an almost normal gait. When Mary left us we dealt with it by doing even more hiking and immersing ourselves in nature. Kelley did all of the peaks at Acadia as well as most others within a couple of hours of home. And I lost about 20 pounds. She loves to hike and will go as long as I will.

Kelley Update

A bit about how Kelley has been doing. You may be wondering why we are doing shorter and less strenuous hikes. In the story about Kelley above I indicate that the problem with her legs had pretty much been resolved. At the end of August last year I broke my ankle coming down from Dorr Mtn. and was not able to hike for 3 months and then we had a hard winter. This spring Kelley had a return of the arthritis problem in her back legs. She had to go back on medication and we could do little serious hiking. I think she lost some of the strength the vet thought was compensating for her problem. We have been building up the length of our hikes and Kelley is doing better and her medications have been cut way back. I am optimistic at this point that we will get back to the level we had reached before I broke my ankle.

Kelley Update 12/31/11

Kelley is doing well, hardly ever exhibits lameness or needs pain medication. She has been very excited the few times we got snow as she really loves to run in it. She seems also to have no problem with cold and is eager to be out in the woods whatever the weather.

1/24/12

Kelley continues to do well with slightly increased mileage. She seems better the more we do.

8/8/15 Update

It's been quite awhile between updates. Kelley is now 8 years old and does not seem to have the limberness she had achieved or the endurance. Occassionaly she lets me know she doesn't want to hike and we have a day off. We have also cut down the time per hike and I have been trying different times and hikes to find the best hikes/time so that she gets her needed exercise but doesn't overdo it. I wish she could talk. We still get out most days and right now an hour and a half seems about right but it's a continuing process.

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