PENNSYLVANIA: "where boots go to die", and other encouraging sayings
Flat and rocky was how this state was described to me. "Yeah, we call it Rocksylvania 'cause all the rocks are in the trail, and they're out to kill your feet!". Not the most encouraging start to a new state.
From reaching the mid-point of the trail, to passing by the much-talked about (and almost rundown to the point of being condemned) Doyle Hotel, it was a grand old time. And I have never been so excited to leave a state before in my entire life.