<P>"Put aside the electronics, hoist your pack, and join 8-year-old Venado on the journey of a lifetime--an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. The boy finds adventure everywhere along the trail as he peppers his family with questions and proves the worth of Benton MacKaye's 91-year-old dream."<BR>--Larry Luxenberg, author of <EM>Walking the Appalachian Trail</EM> and president of the Appalachian Trail Museum Society</P><LI>Imagine a 7-year-old boy asking his father if they can hike the entire Appalachian Trail, and then imagine that the father says yes <LI>A funny, poignant, clear-eyed account of a father and son's modern-day wilderness adventure: thru-hiking the 2,200-mile AT <LI>How they handled flooded trails, snowy weather, bear country, steep climbs, temper tantrums, heat and humidity, and getting lost <LI>Wonderfully written and illustrated with the son's journal drawings</LI>