01/18

      Today in class we read chapter 2 of wild. A couple blog posts ago I said that the book was boring, and that I didn’t have much interest in it. Today I can say that I am actually starting to enjoy the book. I think I said the book was “boring” because there was a lot to cover before we got into the actual hike and the other stuff. I think the book is much better with the background information she is serving us, because that way we can fully understand what it took for her to hike the PCT and what lead to her hike in the first place. Although we haven’t started reading about the hike yet, I still like the beginning of this book.

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