In a message dated 7/7/2004 6:11:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
 writes:
Before you set out on the Trail, be sure to read A Walk in the
Woods:Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson.  It's a terrific book
with "laugh-out-loud" passages.

Martha Waugh
Martha,
 In fact I have read it twice, and it is on my "on-deck" list of books to
read again this summer, before I pass it along to my daughter. The other book,
Hiking the Appalachian Trail was written before Bryson's book, so it takes a
different look at the whole experience. Bryson's book really helped popularize
the trail though.

Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD