Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Outdoor Lives)

Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike California’s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded l…

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