After three years of working straight out of college and navigating the worst of a pandemic, Alex McCafferty felt it was time to walk away. Well, to hike away, at least, and pursue a dream in the process. He took a break from work and after his girlfriend, Amy Bowser,
Each year, some 3,000 people take the challenge of hiking 2,000-plus miles along the Appalachian trail. These so-called "thru-hikers" cross through 14 states on their grueling months-long journey and their stories are now being told in a new book, Tales from the Trail: Stories from the Oldest Hiker Hostel on the Appalachian Trail by the Rev. Sherry Blackman.
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series on state and national parks in the Appalachian Highlands. The first installment was about parks in Northeast Tennessee. Almost anywhere