Experience Olympia & Beyond, Thurston County’s destination marketing organization, welcomes guests near and far to experience an exceptional array of public events this spring and summer – many of them free so they’re accessible to all! These community-centric events
Doyle set a speed record on the AT 50 years ago, long before YouTubers and partying twentysomethings had flooded the iconic trail. Through his Appalachian Trail Institute, which he’s run since 1989, he’s still trying to convert a new generation of thru-hikers to his personal philosophy of what the trail should be.