Obama Adds 60 MIles to Appalachian Trail

**BigHodag** · 04-01-2011, 10:01

Washington DC (April 1, 2011) President Obama announced today that he is adding 60 miles to the Appalachian Trail. Executive Order 23495 directs the National Park Service to add the 60 miles of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Harpers Ferry and Washington DC to the 2,178 mile Appalachian Trail.

Full news release:
http://tinyurl.com/3k2lay3

**rhjanes** · 04-01-2011, 10:07

so glad he found something to do TODAY

lol

**Luddite** · 04-01-2011, 10:08

Haha yeah, right. I bet he doesn't even know what the AT is.

**johnnyjohnson2043** · 04-01-2011, 10:14

That doesn't sound right. First of all, the C&O Canal Towpath is 184.5 miles long between Harpers Ferry and DC and second, that would detour the trail 184.5 miles straight east and then you would have to get back so another 184.5 miles. The Towpath is already part of the National Park System. I couldn't find any other info on this 'extenstion' of the Appalachian Trail...not to say it isn't true of course. The government has done stranger things in the past.

**Pedaling Fool** · 04-01-2011, 10:17

It comes around every year, yet people still....

**Ender** · 04-01-2011, 10:22

Originally Posted by Luddite

Haha yeah, right. I bet he doesn't even know what the AT is.

Sure he does... it's where Mark Sanford goes on vacation.

**Freedom Walker** · 04-01-2011, 10:31

Those of us in Alabama, a red state, are going to be mad, since many here have been hoping for a Pinhoti Trail connection to the AT for some time. (Hold the flames, just Kidding!)

**BobTheBuilder** · 04-01-2011, 10:38

Originally Posted by john gault

It comes around every year, yet people still....

Let's just watch for a while.

**AUhiker90** · 04-01-2011, 10:46

If theres any addition it should be the Pinhoti but i think its fine just the way it is.

**johnnyjohnson2043** · 04-01-2011, 10:46

This seriously happens every year? That's hilarious.

**Driver8** · 04-01-2011, 10:54

April fools!

**johnnyjohnson2043** · 04-01-2011, 11:00

Ah yes. It is April 1st isn't it. It always sneaks up on me. Perhaps I should change my trail name to Gullible's Travels.

**aquaman1208** · 04-01-2011, 11:06

Free high speed rail vouchers? Must be April fools day.

**Graywolf** · 04-01-2011, 15:15

Must be the Gov using taxpayers money to play April Fools on hikers.

**johnnyjohnson2043** · 04-01-2011, 15:50

The government doesn't need a special day to spend taxpayer's money or to try to make a fool of us.

**finskie** · 04-01-2011, 16:23

Originally Posted by johnnyjohnson2043

The government doesn't need a special day to spend taxpayer's money or to try to make a fool of us.

that is truth

**Ender** · 04-01-2011, 16:30

Guys, this is the humor section... keep it humorous.

**Pedaling Fool** · 04-01-2011, 16:32

Originally Posted by Graywolf

Must be the Gov using taxpayers money to play April Fools on hikers.

Originally Posted by johnnyjohnson2043

The government doesn't need a special day to spend taxpayer's money or to try to make a fool of us.

Well, it was kind of a funny answer

**Ox97GaMe** · 04-01-2011, 18:12

Johnny for President. The man has wisdom beyond his years. Wait... if he was president, he would have to throw all that wisdom out the door.

Johnny for ...............

**johnnyjohnson2043** · 04-01-2011, 20:00

Originally Posted by Ox97GaMe

Johnny for President. The man has wisdom beyond his years. Wait... if he was president, he would have to throw all that wisdom out the door.

Johnny for ...............

I accept the nomination but I'm gonna have to be able to disappear every once in a while without telling my staff so that I can hike the AT.

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