the decision
I was sitting in a meeting last month when a friend of mine announced that he was going to hike the Appalachian Trail in March 2026. This sparked something inside me, as I have always idealized the idea of doing this hike myself. I left the military in 1987 after 6 honorable years and moved to Warren County, New Jersey. (For those familiar with Warren County, know that the Appalachian Trail runs through the western part of the county along the Delaware Water Gap.) That’s when I first heard about the trail. …
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