Mama Dunn Sr. and I went to Virgina to see a friend who recently returned home from a mission for our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from Brazil. On our way home, we drove within miles of Harper's Ferry - which is famous due to John Brown - and it is the headquarters for the Appalachain Trail Conservancy. I have recently been reading up on the AT and hiking the trail in its entirety. I have always loved hiking and would love to hike the whole trail. At first, I wanted to be a thru hiker, someone who hikes the whole trail at one time. After reading and considering my lifestyle, I quickly realized this would not be feasible, so my latest goal is to be a section hiker and hike the trail throughout my life and eventually hike the whole thing, approximately 2,200 miles. I hiked my first section in March - pictures to come. We stopped at the headquarters and bought my first few maps of the trail and snapped a few pictures. It was rather exciting. I love goals and planning - thinking about either of these makes me giddy.
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