As part of what seems to be my never ending quest for knowlege on the EL&WB and to solve a nagging mystery and put to bed a very enduring myth
we hiked the roadbed through Ellis Bog. i would not recommend this adventure to anyone! Of all the hikes I have taken this was the worst.
The total distance was only a little over three miles but it took us a solid five hours of hard slogging. By the end of it I was using my hands to help lift my legs over the
blow downs. Swamp complete with muskeg and picture plants, beaver punji sticks and what sounded like a large cat growling made for an interesting adventure (Yes, after hearing the alrge kitty growl and
being the brave explorer I stuffed my Slim Jim wrappers into my nieces backpack - she can run faster.)
Also found this picture from June of 1998 of us squishing pennies beneath the drivers of EL&WB No. 2. Yes, it was childish but... thats what happens when your let loose with four 60 ton jacks and a 188,000 lb steam locomotive. After we squished a bunch of pennies we placed shiney new 1998 pennies under the drivers and lowered it down for the last time. The idea came from a comment I made
during an interview with PBS. I had forgotten about it until Bonnie Steves pulled out a whole bag of 1998 pennies when we were about to lower No. 2 back on the rails. We did the same with No. 1
