5-14-2022 Parsons-Kezar Pond from the summit of Pleasant Mountain

Kezar Pond from the summit of Pleasant Mountain. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)

Pleasant Mountain (2,006 feet) in Bridgton and Denmark, Maine, is appropriately named. Hiking up it, you experience the gentle and pleasant landscape of southwest Maine.

The 1.8-mile Ledges Trail is popular and my favorite. I’ve done it many times over the years, in various configurations of groups, or solitude. I was thinking about that on the trail this past Monday morning. As I climbed, each section of the trail reminded me of someone I had done it with in the past. Taking steps up the mountain, the memories came alive.

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