I was poking around EPIC Sports in downtown Bangor last evening, waiting for the MOAC-Bangor Chapter meeting to begin, when I came across a new book on hiking trails up north.

North Woods Walks by Christopher Keene details a variety of nice hikes--day hikes and backpack trips--in and around Moosehead Lake, Jackman and The Forks.

If you don't get up that way much in your hiking travels, you should. It's wild and remote and uncrowded for the most part. And with Keene's new trail guide and your handy DeLorme Gazetteer, there's plenty of exploring to be done.

Of particular note near the end of Keene's book was a section on a new trail system proposed for the Moosehead Lake region. It's called the North Woods Loop Trail. Details are sketchy, but I understand that an initial 25-mile section of the proposed 100-mile-plus trail was to have been completed this past summer.

New trails are always exciting! I'll look into it more and get back to you.