Alison Reads

In Blue Highways, Heat Moon chronicled his journey around the United States on back roads. This time he traveled from New York to Astoria by water over a four-month period carefully calculated to take advantage of the western snowmelt. He was able to travel almost all the way across the country in his flat-bottom dory or a canoe, but there were many portages around dams. He spoke his mind about dams and overgrazing along the way. I listened to the book and it was well read but marred by mispronunciations of “Willamette” and “Yaquina” and perhaps other words I’m not familiar with. A good virtual travel book.