MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 14, 2024
What have you been doing for the last two years? Briana DeSanctis, a 40-year-old native of Farmington, has been backpacking across the United States from coast to coast. Since Jan. 1, 2022, DeSanctis has been hiking the American Discovery Trail. The ADT stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore on the Pacific Coast of California, an extraordinary 6,800 miles across 15 states and the District of Columbia. All this on top of an Appalachian Trail hike from Georgia to Maine eight years ago. What’s next? “An easier hike. Something that doesn’t cause pain and scars. Maybe a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.” ~ Carey Kish