,Still walking on

Southbound
by Lucy Letcher

Absolutely one of the best hiking travel books I've ever read. Neither too much detail nor too little; scenery, plants, animals, people; sore feet, aching muscles; breathtaking vistas on mountaintops; bewitching meadows; singing streams.  It's all here.

I liked this so much that I turned around at the end--sort of like they did--and started on the sequel.