The Appalachian Trail

Who knew that you could review a hiking trailing Unilocal?
Oh white blazed trail, how I hate you when I’m going uphill, but I love you going downhill. You’ve given me hours… No days of joy. Never change!

Well I would never be able to give this less than 4 stars. It is seroiusly the BEST hiking trail. It is amazing seeing natural areas that have been cared for and respected. Again like the previous review a goal of mine is to be able to hike the whole trail. I know there are programs and groups you can sign up for and plan your experience. I highly suggest EVERYONE to visit the center and learn more about it. It’s BEAUTIFUL.

There is reason why The Appalachian Trail is the most famous hiking trail in all of the world: because It is the best hiking trail in the world! If you disagree, then you have never hiked it.
My Goal is to one day hike the entire trail from its start in Springer Mountain, Georgia to its end in Mount Katahdin, Maine. All 2,181 miles! But until then I have to content my self with the small Western Massachusetts portion of it (about 90 miles) all of which runs through the beautiful heart of Berkshire County!
But even hiking only this small part of it you will see and hear and feel things that stay with you forever. Whether it is the inspiring view from Mount Greylock’s epic summit, or the babbling brooks and placid lakes you will wade your sore feet in, or the classic New England Stone walls you will sit and dine on, or the abundance of wild life, flora and fauna you will see on any days hike: all of this leaves such a deep imprint on you that it becomes a part of you. You will call on your memories of your Appalachian hike, like a comforting photo album, when life’s stressors seem overwhelming and its brilliant memories will always give you solace and calm in the face of adversity; with a much needed appreciation of what really matters in this world and the next. And then you will see through all life’s stresses and all life’s pain like you see through the water that runs down your drain.
Here are some tips to make your hike here as memorable as can be:
1. Prepare! This web site is probably the best source for this:
2. Check
religiously and dress appropriately.
3. Contact the
web site to find the best ways to get to the Massachusetts portion of the trail and where to stow your care free of charge!
4. If you come across any wild animals on your Appalachian hike, AND YOU WILL, such as Bears, or Cougars (the actual animals! Not the women on
who are much more scary) Or Wolves, or Coyotes, or Bob cats, never run! If you run, then you are prey! And they MAY chase after you. Just stand perfectly still and the wild animals will just think you are part of the forest and go on about their way.
5. And never take pictures of the wild animals: They are very sensitive about that since the wild animals have gotten a lot of bad press recently on Fox News and will react like Gary Busey on the Apprentice.
6. And NEVER feed the animals! (It just creates a culture of dependency among them.)
7. If you pass AND YOU WILL bushes and bushels of wild Raspberries and wild Strawberries and wild Blackberries DON’T EAT THEM! They are poison!!! (Okay…That was a lie. I just said that so you wont eat them all and leave none for me… since I now use these berries for my French toast Brunch)
8. Do Enjoy the majesty of nature in all its wondrous glory! And then go back home and vote for politicians who will protect it and not turn it all into Starbucks and mall parking lots.
Do all that, and hike here, and you can’t go wrong! Don’t Hike here (or another one of America’s Great trails) and wrong will never leave your home!