Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures on the Pacific Crest Trail  is a memoir from a 6 month through hike, backpacking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail.   There are a number of books available (A review of The Trail is found on this website), each with its own storyline about hiking 2650 miles over the mountains for months.    This account is light, introspective, and full of observations, questions, and anecdotes.     Each chapter reflects events, discussions, and conditions from selected points along the trail.   It is not a book about how to hike the trail; it is instead a series of reflections from the the people he meets,  their shared experiences, the decisions they make, and the connections to their regular lives.    Rick finds that it is the journey itself and the spirit of  enquiry along the way is more important than the achievements of the hike.

The book is light, quite readable, and rewarding.    Recommended.    4.3 out of 5.0 stars4.3