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hiking the appalachian trail 

"Hey, where did our governor go?"
"He told me he was hiking the appalachian trail..."
"Hope he takes protection."

hiking the appalachian 

In June, 2009, South Carolina governor Mark Sanford disappeared from public sight for five days, a period during which neither his wife nor much of his staff apparently knew where he had gone. A Sanford spokesperson eventually told reporters that the Governor was on a secretive hike along the Appalachian Trial to clear his head after a tough legislative session. Turns out that Sanford had actually been in Argentina where he had been conducting an extra-marital affair.
"Why is Bob's wife angry with him?"

"He got caught hiking the Appalachian, if you know what I mean."

Hiking the Appalachian 

Code for having an affair.

In the case of a Republican, more often than not it'll be a same-sex affair.
I hold a high-stress political job and my wife refuses to give head. I guess I'll have to go hiking the Appalachian when the current legislative session is over.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail 

An unnecessarily bizarre and implausible cover story for marital infidelity.
I'm sorry, Carol, I can't go to your mother-in-law's Tupperware party this evening. I'm hiking the Appalachian Trail with that new secretary from the office... in Argentina.

hiking the Appalachian Trail 

To travel to Argentina to bang your mistress, while your gubernatorial staff back in South Carolina lies to the press about your whereabouts (see Sanford, Mark).

To cheat on your wife.
"Jane filed for divorce when she caught her husband hiking the Appalachian Trail with the babysitter."

hiking the Appalachian trail 

"Where are you going, Governor?"
"I'll just be hiking the Appalachian Trail with Lupe for the next few days."