Have You Ever Hiked Any Part of the Appalachian Trail?

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To tell you the truth, I’ve done very little hiking in my lifetime. But, I recently saw some information about the Appalachian Trail, which begins (or ends, whichever way you want to look at it) at Springer Mountain in Georgia, which is called the “southern terminus.” The “northern terminus” is Mount Katahdin, in Maine. The trail is approximately 2200 miles long and passes through 14 states: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Several persons have hiked the entire trail. What a feat that would be. This is “marked” trail, managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the Appalachian Trial Conservancy. From what I researched, I found out that about 2 million people hike a part of this trail every year and that over 2,500 people hiked the entire 2200 miles in 2014. I’ve been in different parts of the Appalachian Mountains in several states, and these mountains are absolutely beautiful, but I just cannot imagine hiking the entire trail. The photo is Pochuck Creek on the Appalachian Trail. Picture by Pixabay