Today in my abundant amounts of spare time I finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
The book talks about the condition of the Appalachian Trail, the U.S. Park system, and other nature-related outdoorsy things, interspersed with these tidbits of fascinating (and rather oddly trivial) pieces of knowledge is the story of Bryson’s hike along parts of the Appalachian Trail.
Let me state now I have NO desire to go hiking, camping, or anything of that nature, and I am quite happy to live vicariously through Bryson and his book. The idea of walking 870 miles (the actual trail is closer to 1,600, but they only walked about 870 of it), is not appealing to me.
My lack of love for camping related activities aside, I still thoroughly enjoyed Bryson’s book. His adventures were comical (because I was not experiencing them myself), and I found myself trying to contain my laughter as I read about his adventures with Katz (his traveling companion).
I must say I admire Bryson’s wife. If Gavin announced he and Mike (or any of his other friends) were going to hike the Appalachian trail I would probably question his sanity, and if he actually followed through with such a crazy plan, I would worry incessantly.
Although little is said about his wife, aside from the fact she was supportive, drove to pick him up from different locations, and made lunch for him when he went on day hikes. I would pack lunch for Gavin if he wanted to make day-long hikes, but I would probably respond differently if he wanted to go on a month long hike through the wilderness.
I am still working my way through GULAG, however it is a bit thick to stick in my purse to read while temping/on the T, my next temping/T book is Fast Food Nation (mostly b/c I like the cover art).
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