What’s it really like to hike the Appalacian Trail, I mean the whole Appalachian Trail? A fearless young–OK not young, but 50-something–named Michelle Holmes is about to let us know. Holmes, who is married to Boston Globe collumnist Derrick Jackson, is filing occasional reports and photos of her progress from Georgia northward. Will she make it to Maine? Geezer says yes, if she hikes as well as she writes. Read it here.