pWhen people heard of my plan to walk forty days on the Appalachian Trail they were interested. They were curious. They humored me. I had camped but never outside a campground, never carrying a backpack and never alone. What Alone No Not alone Had I not read the reports Had I not heard the warnings pMy response initially was that there are bears and boars and snakes and rabid things and bad mouse droppings and lunatics and treacherous trails. There are terrorists I still fly. Surely I would bring a gun or a dog or a man And, they secretly began to hope that I would not make the hike. pCorrie Ten Boom wrote in her book iHiding Placei that she read Psalm 91 daily while in a German concentration camp. My friend read Psalm 91 daily while her son served in Iraq. They did this because they believed in the ever-present Emmanuel God. I adopted Psalm 91 and told the worriers to pray for feathers. I carried a feather over my shoulder attached to my pack, for protection. He will cover you with