In addition to my email to the Selby girls, I also suggested to Marc that we should hike some of the AT as a family. Sometimes he's a really good sport about things and he said, "okay". I figured I needed to do some research after getting agreement from both the Mathewsies family (kids are all for it) and the Selby girls and I came across Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.
I loved this book! It was hilarious, like the snort-coffee-through-your-nose-from-laughing-while-reading and annoy-the-people-around-you-reading-sections-aloud-to-them kind of funny. Especially the first half. It also has some thought-provoking insights into the AT, American culture, and the environment. It also may have saved us all from a miserable experience. My brief obsession with hiking the AT is now cured. Thank you Bill Bryson. Marc read it after me and he agreed: great book, not a place we need to hike. The AT sounds like a pretty funny place with some interesting people along the way but I think we can skip it for some better options.
Now, anyone want to hike Rim-to-rim in the Grand Canyon? That I'm still doing for sure!
And, read the book. You'll love it.
