Armchair Adventure

Consider this: Americans walk 1.4 miles per week.  In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson (Bill Bryson’s homepage ) beckons sedentary armchair adventurers to hike the Grand Daddy of all trails; the Appalachian Trail.  From the comfort of your living room, immerse yourself in the trail’s history, development, flora, fauna and challenges (filtering coffee with toilet paper).   

Cool off with a hike to New Hampshires’s Mount Washington which boasts of  world record wind speeds  of 231 miles per hour.  It’s curiously extreme weather is due to weather systems from Canada and the Great Lakes.  Bryson’s wit and humor combine to enhance the adventure.