Just wanting to hear from personal experience what it's like. My plan is to basically hike as far as I can go, an hopefully the whole thing. What's it like? Is it easy to get lost, or is there literally a trail to follow for 2100 miles? Are there usually open spots in the shacks for someone solo hiking to sleep in? How often will I run into small towns along the trail to restock on food? How often will I run into people along the trail? ((As I'd like to make sure I'm always around some sort of group of people, even if it's 1/4th a mile away, just in case I ran into a bear, plus I'd assume that if there's more people around, there's a less chance I'd run into anything like that. Thanks in advance for the answers.