I freaking loved this book!
I read another of Bill Bryson's travelogues, In a Sunburned Country (about Australia), last year - a favorite!
No further along in the book than the very first page I'd already made up my mind that someday I will hike a portion of the AT. This was my favorite take-away from the book.
The book club discussion was tons of fun. Bryson provides a lot of information to ponder and funny anecdotes to relate to and laugh at. Katz is hilarious.
Mom is borrowing this book right now, so I can't flip through the pages to do any quotes or comment at length on a specific passage. Lesson learned for me: Mom likes books about places and experiencing those places.
Anyway, I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys travel, learning about places (i.e., The US), going places, nature, and the great outdoors. It's also good if you like general humor because Bryson is a funny fellow.
PS - I think the two creatures were fox.
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Heeyyyy, you don't have to tell the world about my reading habits, do you? After reading it, I too want to walk the Shenandoah Valley part of the AT.
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