Walking Home

<p>Celia Ryker's <strong><em>Walking Home: Trail Stories</em></strong> is about more than mud sweat and blisters while thru-hiking the Long Trail. Reminiscent of Cheryl Strayed's <em>Wild</em> Ryker's mind wanders as her legs carry her forward beyond a woodland path to places and people she thought she had forgotten. Her grandmother's spirit appears on Mount Baker. A lost cousin waits for her at the bottom of every ladder. Her late father's words reverberate among the calls of barred owls. There were days when she didn't see another hiker but she was never alone. Celia began writing about a difficult hike and ended up writing about the people who inspired her throughout her life. These are her trail stories.  </p>