By geotraveler  |  Location: United States  |  03/22/08  |  Pics: 7

Slipping into spanking new hiking boots and strapping on the camelbak, for a split second, you’d think I was a bonafide outdoor rat. This was my first hike in a long, long time. A simple 5-miler along the banks of the Potomac which led to Great Falls, I was giddy as a school kid....