Yeah, I am pretty broke as well, but I have considered hiking on food stamps and dumpster diving. I am really good at repairing gear, so about all I would need to buy would be food and soap, fuel, pretty much. I do hate how money gets in the way of people's dreams. I do enjoy learning at school, but the idea of living on the AT will never leave me. I don't want to one day be like, "I wish I would have just dropped out of college and lived on the AT for at least a couple of years." The thing is, I know it would really make me happy.
I think about it constantly.