Well, okay, not quite all of it. About six miles of it. Well, okay, not exactly six miles of it. Three miles out and back, so six miles total. But we did hike on it and it was awesome. The A.T., as we experienced hikers call it, is the 2,200-mile footpath that runs through 14 states from Springer Mountain in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia to the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine’s Baxter State Park. Donna and I, taking advantage of perfect fall weather, made the one-hour drive to Washington Monument State Park near Boonsboro, Maryland on a recent morning. The park had three lures for us: interest in seeing the beautiful vistas from Washington Monument, a 40-foot stone tower erected by residents in 1827 to honor the first U.S. president; proximity to quaint Boonsboro, which we had visited before; and access to the A.T. The location of the tower, a half-mile or less from the parking lot, does indeed provide terrific views from atop South Mountain. Two histori...