This chapter was all about Pennsylvania ans the various problems it has encountered over the years. Interestingly enough, I didn't know about any of it.
"I never met a hiker with a good word to say about the trail in Pennsylvania. It is, as someone told a National Geographic Reporter in 1987, the place "Where boots go to die,'" (Pg 173) This is one part of the chapter I did not like. However, it is only because I am from Pennsylvania and wouldn't want Bryson to talk poorly about it. He was only explaining how Pennsylvania was not know for their trails, well in a good way anyways.
"In 1981, a twelve-year old boy was playing in his grandmother's backyard when a plume of smoke appeared in front of him, As he started at it, the ground suddenly opened around him. He clung to tree roots until someone heard his calls and hauled him out. The hole was found to be eighty feet deep. Within days, similar cave-ins were appearing all over town. It was about then the people started getting serious about the fire." (pg 181) This is about the anthracite (coal) fir in Centralia, Pennsylvania. I have never heard about the coal fires in Pennsylvania. Therefore, this part of the chapter surprised me and I enjoyed learning about PA. I learned that Anthracite is very hard to put out once it is lit. Also, there was an anthracite fire in Lehigh that lasted over 80 years.
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