Hiking is a great way to see the world, get exercise, and reconnect with nature.
A day hike is the best way to go in my opinion. Only takes a day! 
What are the best trails near where you live?
Our trails aren't very exciting in my opinion. I would like to hike the Oregon trail though. Do you know much about that? It's pretty historical. 
I have never done more than a day hike out West. I have done 5-6 day section hikes on the Appalachian Trail, though. They were amazing.
Oh wow, I always wanted to go there too. The Appalachian National Scenic trail, it goes between Georgia and Maine. Long trek!
One time started at the southern end in the Spring, and so we met a lot of people who were planning to hike the whole thing. We did six days.
That's amazing. I hear more than 2 million people take hikes on the A.T. per year.
But only a tiny fraction of that will successfully through-hike the whole thing. That takes four months or more.
Yes, I get that, that is a lot of time to go ahead and spend walking, the whole trail that is.