On the Appalachian Trail I met two coal miners in their 50’s who spent their vacations, hiking a section of the trail. Starting at the begining in Springer, they were working their way through the whole trail. They were lots of fun; always laughing at what ever was happening. In the short time they were on the trail, they made lots of friends. Every year, they said, that they would go back for trail days and meet up with all the folks they had met the previous years.
It made me sad to think of them leaving the trail and spending the rest of their summer in the dark mine.
