Hiking Our Wilderness From Sea to Shining Sea

In “Hiker’s Toehold on History” (editorial, Nov. 3) you lamented that Brian Robinson had to take a bus to link the three great national scenic trails he hiked. Yes, America very much needs a way to link the far-flung parts of the nascent National Trails System.

The solution will be an east-west Sea-to-Sea Trail. The Sea-to-Sea Trail would begin at the Pacific Ocean at Olympic National Park and follow the Pacific Northwest Trail to Glacier National Park. Then go south on the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Then follow the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail east. Then there is a gap in the Dakotas. Then follow the 3,200-mile North Country National Scenic Trail to Lake Champlain. Then there is a 30-mile gap near Middlebury, Vt. Then follow the Appalachian National Scenic Trail to Mt. Katahdin. Then finish via the International Appalachian Trail to the Bay of Fundy. This route has history, scenery and adventure.

We are fast coming up on the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s epic journey. The Sea-to-Sea Trail is a positive affirmation that our pioneering spirit is not dead.

Ron Strickland

Seattle