Good to see you guys in good spirits even after that horrible hostel experience from the Sterling Inn!

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

It was definitely shocking as we were experiencing it, but we both decided to not have it ruin our day!

Accolades to your agility. Bravo to your enthusiasm. Thanks for the views and insight. Be well. Wishing you peace, safe passage and good fortune ahead. Happy Trails!

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! That's all we can ask for through the rest of our journey!

I am so glad you were able to have fun even after that horrible experience.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏🏼 We were amazed everything worked out for the rest of the day, and the weather improved too!!

You all made lemonade out of lemons, for sure. Great campsite, great sunset, lake and waterfalls. Sorry you all had to deal with hostility at the hostel. But, you made your day work out well despite all of that. Well done! Hope the pancakes were delicious!

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Mmm, lemonade sounds delicious 😊 Yes, it did turn out to be a great day after everything! You'll have to find out if the pancakes were delicious in the next episode 😂

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Spoiler alert ‼️ they were delicious 😋 haha

Fantastic to comeback to these. Sorry thwy gave you such a hard time what bums. Happy that you moved through so well

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yep, very unfortunate but we are definitely able to move on pretty quickly to enjoy the beauty of this wild journey.

I understand the whole urgency of pushing miles but I must say that all your side trips on the blue blazes and the views and waterfalls are just amazing. As for your rude experience I must say you turned a potentially day ruining experience into a positive. You guys rock!

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks Doug! We definitely tried our best to make the most out of our unexpected hiking day! And yep, we are in it for the adventure and all the amazing sights we can possibly come across!!

You guys are moving steady southward and still smiling. You're doing great. The difference between a pond and a lake up there has nothing to do with size but with depth. I think it is 15' deep, anything over that is a lake, under is a pond. geek

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Wow, James! You're always giving us amazing information, thanks so much!

Strange a place that caters to hikers would treat you like that. I'll be sure to skip it when I hike.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yea, so unfortunate 😥

@Beloved-of-the-Divine

9 ай бұрын

​@@ChompandWingsmake sure to leave reviews to warn others. Glad to see that you turned your day around. Great scenery!

Wow so sorry you guys experienced that at the Sterling Inn. I'm shocked. I was there 2 days and had a great experience from the facilities to the management and owner. Again so sorry!

@ChompandWings

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it's unfortunate, as it can be hit or miss there from others we've talked to along the way.

Hope you two are having fun further down the trail. I enjoyed having dinner and playing corn hole with y’all. Happy Trails! “Spokes”

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Hi Spokes!!! It was so much fun meeting you and having amazing lunch and games! We hope you made it to the summit of Katahdin and had a fantastic rest of your journey!

@harrymathis4743

10 ай бұрын

@@ChompandWings I summited Katahdin August 10 😁

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

@@harrymathis4743 Congrats!!!

Thnx for the heads-up, on Sterling, I'll be doing the pct in spring, so its good to know to skip that place. BEEG love, from Canada!!

@ChompandWings

9 ай бұрын

One of our close AT hiking friends is from Canada and hiking lots of amazing trails up there! Cheers😁👍

Good stuff. Thanks so much, Mike Foxtrot the Hostel.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I don’t know if you guys use Far Out but it would be good to leave comments on there on the map of the area. Sorry they gave you a horrible time. I would be equally as hot if someone tries to charge me an extra $10 for nothing.

Reading some of the owner’s responses to critical reviews of the Inn on Google, I’m not surprised. The owner is hostile, petty and immature. People like that should not be running a business. Thanks for calling them out! Won’t be staying there when I go through Maine.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, we've definitely seen those responses. Not at all how a business owner should reply 🤦‍♂️

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@ChompandWings

9 ай бұрын

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Nature is home The rest is transitional You have strong spirits

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yes indeed!! 💙

I am so sorry all this happened to you, not like the appalachian community to treat people like that. Stay safe don't let there negatively bother u

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, yes the community has been so amazingly positive and this was a very rare experience in our journey thus far! We are definitely able to keep our chins up and move on enjoying every step😊

You guys are insanely limber going over that fallen tree, making this 65-year-old smile. Way to go!

@ChompandWings

4 ай бұрын

Haha thank you!! Yep, we've been training our agility and balance long before hitting the woods!!

There are reviews on Trip Advisor that state Eric at the inn is less than honest… too bad

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

We did see that afterwards 😥 At least 99% of this voyage is through the brutal and beautiful honesty of nature!

what camera and what software are you using for editing your videos

There has to be more to this story... BUT.... I DID see another hiker's video, she got dropped off at this same Hostel, she didn't check in, she said everyone was hostile there and she got a general "creepy " vibe so she left. I wish more hikers who are vlogging would give honest reviews about their stays. It would be a big help and would help other hikers avoid these bad places.

@ChompandWings

7 ай бұрын

Yea, from everything we've heard from other hikers, it is completely hit or miss there whether they experience something like this. You can have a great stay there if the owner is in a good mood. We have heard stories from others in person that we also wish were posted.

I stayed at the Sterling Inn during a 2021 SoBo. Had a long talk with the actual owner. They are not really a hostel, and while they do get hikers through the "warmer" season.. their main business is during winter. They've had their share of hiker shenanigans in the past and they can be quick to turn people away, it's one employee in particular who generally has a short fuse. It sucks you got kicked out, I got unfairly kicked out of a hostel in northern New Hampshire.. I know that sinking feeling of being put out once you're looking forward to a nice warm bed.

So sorry about your awful experience... How can people be so rude and unkind and be in business??? Were they that way to everyone but just you guys? Just discovered you! I subscribed! Such a cute couple!! Good luck; cheering for you!

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for following and your encouragement! From other comments we've seen after our stay, it definitely wasn't just towards us.

Safe travels.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Sterling Inn hostel? Thank you for the important information! How people treat someone when they're so-called down is all I need to know. The fact that it is just baseless accusation and they threw what they KNEW was your property away already... amazing. They must not like hikers in truth to be so crass and cruel.

@ChompandWings

9 ай бұрын

Yea, it really did baffle us

Did y'all pass Pink Hot Dog and 2Crab?

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

The names do not ring a bell but they sound like they have funny stories! Haha

Wowwwww, that's terrible! Those people are jerks :/

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yep, not a fun situation at all :(

Sounds like some hostel employees trying to cover some of their own losses. Thats why I stay away from most hostels and some shelter groups. Hostels are only there to make money and influence you to spend or slackpack through them.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yes, some are very hiker friendly, and others... not so much unfortunately 😥

A hostile hostel. There's probably drugs involved, but good that you just shook it off and hiked on.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yeah we weren't about to let it ruin the rest of our amazing day!

@jim-uu2db

10 ай бұрын

Was this the hostel owner/manager or a flunky ex hiker needing some extra dollars that gave you the bad time.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

@@jim-uu2db This was the hostel owner!

@M.R.T.V.Videos

7 ай бұрын

Hostel around the bend was worst . Paranoid ex tour dealer kids gone yuppie

A $10.00 Resort Fee???

this place has been hostile to hikers in the past, no surprise, sorry you've experienced that

Sorry for you awful experience. Say Hello to Heisenberg a NOBO in your area.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

We haven't met anyone with that name yet! But having seen Breaking Bad, if he resembles Heisenberg then I'm sure I would recognize him if I passed by lol

@kathybetz9333

10 ай бұрын

@@ChompandWings It’s because of his stature. 😉

WTF that's scary! Is this the same cult hostel other hikers posted about?

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

No it's definitely not that hostel

not a very good bridge. If your feet slip, then your leg gets wedged between two logs

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

Yeah it was definitely one of the craziest designed bridges we've seen! Definitely very dangerous for the exact reason you said. I like constantly training my balance tho, even on sketchy bridges haha! (Mike)

Thought this was going to be ironic, but what the actual hell?

@ChompandWings

9 ай бұрын

Still can’t believe it 🙄

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So, you got kicked out at 4:00? Could the $10 have been sales tax? 5.5% in Maine unless they’re classified as a restaurant which I believe is 7 or 8%. Just curious because I’ve never heard of anyone having any issues there.

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

They kicked us out at early morning checkout 😥 It definitely wasn't tax, as that was on there separately. He changed his story multiple times and eventually just kept saying 'we bought something' without being able to tell us what and refusing to check the cameras to verify. We have heard of multiple angry encounters here through other hikers in person, on the app that most hikers use to get updates on destinations, and other site reviews. It is unfortunate, as the place would be very nice if these kinds of owner/customer interactions did not occasionally occur.

@joeswoods

10 ай бұрын

@@ChompandWings ahh, thinking back everyone I’ve seen only resupplied there, I stayed in Monson for my section hikes through there. You don’t stay in business long in a small community treating people like that.

Are you southbound???

@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

We are! Hoping to go from Maine all the way to Georgia

@derekwpennington1796

10 ай бұрын

@@ChompandWings just found your channel will be following you the entire time. I live about 45 minutes south of mt katahdin by car. Im real close to katahdin ironworks / gulf Hagas area. Best wishes and look forward to watching you the next few months. I pick one ot 2 people and follow northbound each year your my 1st southbound follow. Im in wheelchair so live my hiking thru you. Mad respect and be safe.

2 sides to every story. Something doesn't make sense.

@MaineUSA

Ай бұрын

I agree. She didn't say what was wrong in the laundry room. Plus they left food on the fridge when its a rule not to. I can tell more going on. I've had roommates who did what they wanted,even tho they agreed to the rules.God forbid you say anything about it. They turn it around on you....yup

I'd like to hear the other side of the story...

@MaineUSA

Ай бұрын

Doesn't pass the smell test

I wanna hear their side

Why didn't you just call tge cops if you were in the right?

The worst video ever!!! I literally had to put on closed captions because I couldn't understand half of what you were saying at first. I feel cheated lol

I'd be more impressed if you just sucked it up and not whined about it. Shit happens.

@MaineUSA

Ай бұрын

Yes

Most people would just pay the ten bucks and chill out and have an awesome day otherwise

@jim-uu2db

10 ай бұрын

And what if this hostel worker/manager did it regularly to visitors and they didn’t get challenged. You are too easy to give your money away to a thief.

@EvanNeedham

10 ай бұрын

Most people are sheep. These two are not

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@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

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@ChompandWings

10 ай бұрын

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