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January 27, 2008
"The Best Place You've Never Been"
I've heard Breaks Interstate Park, straddling the Kentucky/Virginia border, described as "The best place you've never been!"
And it's true - I've never been there. It's an interstate PARK, NOT on the interstate highway!
However, the GET will take you there! Breaks Park will be an important hub as the GET hiker transitions from Kentucky's Pine Mountain Trail from Cumberland Gap to a developing route crossing Buchanan and Tazewell Counties in far southwest VA.
Dennis Crowley of Kentucky Trails Association HAS been to Breaks, and shares some of the splendor of this special place with us.
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January 15, 2008
Brrr.....
Winter is one of the best four seasons to hike the GET! Daryl Warren of Wellsboro, Pa.'s Asaph Trail Club led a hike recently on part of Pennsylvania's longest and wildest footpath, Mid State Trail. This newest section of MST features an optional stream crossing, but this intrepid bunch would have none of skipping the scenery on the other side.
Read the hike report:
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January 14, 2008
A Devil-ish improvement to the GET
Volunteers are the heart and soul of America's Great Eastern Trail. Continuous improvement is the watchword of Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, at the forefront of the volunteer-led organizations working together to create and enhance the GET.
Walt Smith, a longtime PATC volunteer, appeared in the Martinsburg (W.Va.) Journal recently to GET well-earned recognition for spearheading efforts to enhance PATC's Tuscarora Trail, part of the GET network in the Mountain State.
From the article:
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