Five Boy Scouts from Troop 7 in Clinton recently spent a weekend hiking portions of the Appalachian Trail in the northeast corner of the State. 

The boys made camp at Housatonic Meadows State Park and managed to hike two of the seven sections of the Appalachian Trail that runs through the State of Connecticut. 

Their goal is to hike all seven sections in Connecticut in an effort to earn their "End to End" patch for the Connecticut portion of the Appalachian Trail which is roughly 53 miles long. 

The scouts began their trek at an elevation of 400' and climbed as high at 1390' at the top of Mt. Easter, covering 11 miles of the Appalachian Trail.  The Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia.