The Appalachian Trail runs 2,165 miles from Georgia to Maine. Once I set foot on it with my son’s scout troop, I can't stay away from it. I've hiked 1,500 miles, leaving New Hampshire and Maine The Appalachians were once oceanfront. Wasn't it Bill Bryson who said that by waiting ten million years, we get the off-season rates?
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