Tall Reader took me to one of those stores that seems to have a little bit of everything. Naturally I wandered over to the one book shelf … and found Camp: Stories and Itineraries for Sleeping Under the Stars, by Luc Gesell with Nicholas Lovecchio. There are photos, tips, and tales for camping all over the world. Many of them are from this area! (Don’t miss the picture right near the front of Mt. Baker). Enjoyed the memories this book brought back as well as the stories of places I will never see. Or, in the case of the ‘vertical camp’ (suspended off a cliff) would never have tried! The smell of a damp, canvas tent would have been appropriate for this reader.

Days Out Under Ground: 50 Subterranean Adventures Beneath Britain, by Peter Naldrett is first and foremost a travel guide. It includes all kinds of useful tourist information … but it is also a most interesting history book with some wonderful photos. There are lots of mines, of course, that was an important industry after all, but there are also Roman ruins (and signs of earlier human habitation, too) as well as sites used in various wars, underwater railway systems, and sewers. (Honest)! A most enjoyable read even though I do not plan on traveling. :-)

Canadian Reader used a gift card to help in the purchase of Zoology: the Secret World of Animals from DK Smithsonian and what an amazing book it is! So many different kinds of entries: deer antlers and horns from skin, swinging through trees and octopus arms, how animals hear, or see … there are lots of these short entries along with amazing photographs. Warning, though, this is a HEAVY book so you might want to read it at the table. :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog