Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods chronicles his quest, both solo and tandem with a good friend, to walk the Applachian Trail.  The book is full of anecdotes of life on the trail, but some of my favorite parts were the occasional tangents that provided a lot of history and background about the Appalachian Trail. I learned everything from where the idea for the trail was originated, to some of the rare, and numerous species that live in the woods from Georgia to Maine.  

A lot of the stories that come out of Bryson's adventure make me never want to set foot on the trail, but others entice me to take a gander at maybe a small portion of it.  With the trail cutting through my current home state of North Carolina, I feel as though I don't have an excuse not to check out a slice of the famous footpath.

Though the end of the book got a little lengthy and redundant, overall the book was a good read with lots of fun facts to absorb.  Pick it up and maybe you'll be inspired to take a little walk in the woods too!