Found this really good article about people who literally live on the Appalachian Trail. They just stay on it year round and in the towns along it... also found a cool place for people who are all about the AT.... so here are the links, and if anyone shows any real interest in this, message me or post here. It is on my short list of next adventures...
http://www.examiner.com/article/hiking-the-appalachian-trail-and-making-it-your-life
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/forum.php
http://www.examiner.com/article/hiking-the-appalachian-trail-and-making-it-your-life
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/forum.php