It's Thursday and high time to start looking ahead to the weekend, dontcha think?

I do. It's only right.

On tap (oh, don't I like the sound of that already!)...

Some trail maintenance up on the AT near the East and West Carry Ponds.

Yep, a run through with the chainsaw to clear out any summer blowdowns. Maybe knock a few out-of-kilter bog bridges back into place. A little brush clipping here and there. And we'll flag some cedars that will make good candidates for new bog bridges next season.

It's time again to get back up to my section of the AT to make sure it's clear for hiker travel.

That, a swim in the pond, a couple of frosty beverages, and a pack load of laughs with my buddy Dana ("Dana the Maintainah") and all will be good.

Next, it's on to the booming metropolis of The Forks (pop. 35) and the Kennebec River.

And a couple of wild runs down the rapids with friends in my raft. Damn, I just hate that! Big Mama, Whitewasher, Big Kahuna, Magic Hole. Woo-hoo! All good.

And time again to get "on the river" (the Kennebec, that is) and splash down thru the rapids.

Seeing as how it's supposed to be in the 90s this weekend, there'll be no better place to be than "on the river" with good friends, a cooler full of emergency supplies and water, water--glorious water--everywhere.

That's the weekend as I see it.

How's yours shaping up???