The Appalachian Trail:
Hiking 2,175 miles for homeless pets!
Hello, my name is Laura Talaga and this is my pal Roxi! I adopted Roxi from the Dessin Animal Shelter last summer and she has been my faithful companion ever since. Our biggest adventure yet, we are planning to hike the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail beginning in March of 2007.
I grew up here in Honesdale, PA and have always supported Dessin any way I could. There just isn’t anything quite like a shelter dog by your side. Roxi and I are embarking on this adventure as a fundraiser for the very shelter that Roxi owes her life to. Every mile we walk will help the Dessin Animal Shelter work towards a world where every pet in Wayne County has a loving home.
You can follow our journey at traildogs.blogspot.com
To pledge your support, please click
here
to print out a pledge form or call the shelter at 570-253-4037. You can choose
to make a one time donation or a per mile pledge.
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail (the A.T.) is one of the best-known units of America’s national park system. Created in 1937, its mainstream popularity has grown in recent years partly due to Bill Bryson’s poetic justice in his book, “A Walk in the Woods”.
The 2,175-mile trail stretches from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Katahdin Mountain in Maine. In between, it passes through 13 states, countless small towns, and endless miles of protected forest in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Millions of visitors hit the trail each year but only a fraction even consider completing the whole thing in one fell swoop. At our slow, steady pace, we are expecting it to take us about 6 months. That’s a long time to be walking in the woods!
The trail is less of a wilderness experience than it is a cultural one. Everyone is doing a bit of soul searching…
-Megan “Glacier” Supple
The berries, the leaves, the toads, the seasons as they unfolded …I loved the large and small ways our natural world can bring wonder to our lives.
-Wendy “Uncle Wendy” Miner-Ashby
This is a hundred times harder than I imagined, and a thousand times more rewarding.
-John “Madhatter” Passman
