[at-l] Best time to hike

[athiker at smithville.net (Felix)]

Quoting "George (Tin Man) Andrews" <tinman@antigravitygear.com>:

> S'pose you could only hike one state's worth of the AT each year, when would
> 
> be the best time of the year to hike each state on the AT and why?
> Tin Man


If I had to pick a specific time to hike, and each state would be hiked in that 
time, (i.e, you get the same two weeks off from work every year), I'd say the 
last two weeks of september or early October. It has cooled down and it isn't 
so hot and sticky and buggy. You should be in better fisical condition (working 
around the yard in the summer as opposed to putting on your winter fat). Leaves 
are changing (in theory...this past fall, they didn't changed 'til WAY late). 
And, other things, too.

I'm not sure if you wanted a state-by-state break down. Do you?  If so, I say 
do West Virginia on a Wednesday.  


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Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
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