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WhiteBlaze
06-16-2008, 17:10
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_9603637&cid=0&ei=rdZWSM7xPJKi9wS5oNXOCg&usg=AFQjCNEZGj3mwcLy7h3YGoQnSeM3eP5Asw">Alabama looks for ways to promote Pinhoti <b>Trail</b></a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>San Jose Mercury News,&nbsp; USA&nbsp;-</font> <nobr>16 minutes ago</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>Volunteers in Alabama and Georgia have worked for more than two decades to pound out their own path that could eventually extend the <b>Appalachian Trail</b> to <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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Cuffs
06-16-2008, 20:31
The article is old news

HOWEVER!!! The photos are of our very own Hammock Hanger and Frosty! Taken by yours truly!
Frosty
06-17-2008, 01:14
The article is old news

HOWEVER!!! The photos are of our very own Hammock Hanger and Frosty! Taken by yours truly!Good thing I bought myself a gym membership for my birthday. Woof!
Odd Thomas
06-17-2008, 03:33
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Alabama looks for ways to promote Pinhoti Trail (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_9603637&cid=1222616104&ei=C-BWSPLQHJfM8ATn47GJDg&usg=AFQjCNHJSUKrpNUyYr2asWRiuZKF7aFjJA)
San Jose Mercury News, USA - <nobr>56 minutes ago</nobr>
Volunteers in Alabama and Georgia have worked for more than two decades to pound out their own path that could eventually extend the Appalachian Trail to ...
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What's to be gained by promoting a trail?
RITBlake
06-17-2008, 10:32
Saw an ad placed by The Alabama Tourism Board for the Pinhoti Trail in the latest Backpacker.
minnesotasmith
06-17-2008, 16:11
What's to be gained by promoting a trail?

--Money hikers spend during their hike

--Yuppies coming to think that if AL has a major trail like the AT running through it, it must be a cool place with lots of outdoor recreation opportunities, so worth living in and contributing their tax dollar to the local/county/state governments

--Politicians able to claim they brought something major to the state (think of how they go on when a pro-sports team relocates to their state), especially in those areas near enough to the Trail that local businessmen might think it'd help their businesses

--Fame, however minor

--Maybe, just maybe, some of them like the outdoors
Cuffs
06-17-2008, 18:19
If you saw the contest on the opposite side of that full page ad, you saw me there too!!!
Frosty
06-17-2008, 19:03
If you saw the contest on the opposite side of that full page ad, you saw me there too!!!Sure, I'll bet you sent them a NICE looking picture of YOU.
Cuffs
06-17-2008, 19:38
No... they took it of my posterior... Im sure there was a wide angle lens on that camera!