Saturday, May 13, 2006

Trail Days

Good Times at a Backpackers' Paradise
By CHRISTOPHER PERCY COLLIER
(Photography by Collier too)
New York Times
Published: May 12, 2006


From May 19 to 21, Damascus [Virginia] will stage what has become probably the largest single gathering of hikers anywhere: an annual festival called Trail Days. Last year, despite a steady rain, an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people showed up for the celebration in a town with an official population of 1,094.


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