A walk in the woods

pg. 190-220

The Appellation Trail is a very beautiful sight from the top of one of the peaks . People compared it to the Rhine and even the Alps over a century ago. It is very beautiful place.

In this chapter of the book, Bill states a good point. There have been many different ice ages in the last 2 million years. The last ice age carved the Great Lakes and everything around it. That is when there wasn't much water to fuel it. But now that the Great Lakes are full and with the many lakes of Canada, if we ever have another ice age (very probable we do), what will happen to the civilians? Will we bomb it with TNT, or blast it with nuclear warheads? What would the human race do? That is a good question.

While on this part of the AT, Bill swears he saw a mountain lion cross his path. It is very unexpected. A mountain lion has not been seen in the northeastern United States since 1903.

Bill is now hiking the top portion of the AT. He is in New England. Everything about the trail in New England is better than it was in Pennsylvania. The trails are nicer, the maps are a ton better, and it is just overall prettier to look at. Bill meets this guy named Chicken John. John doesn't know why everybody calls him that. His real name is Bernard. He has been walking for 5 months and has barely made it three-quarters of the way to Katahdin. (Which is not very far). He walks about 15 miles a day, but he gets lost a lot. They talked a while, then Bill pointed him the right way. Bill never did see him again.

Bill had to walk 8 more miles to get to a town where his wife was going to meet him for dinner. This was a very very hot day. Bill had walked 7 miles and he finally realized his conditions. He was drenched in sweat. His stench was so great that he could turn heads. His beard was full. He was a mountain man again. He liked this very much.