Brooks favorite nature and adventure books: Wild by Cheryl Strayed(rare signed, first edition) Walden by Henry David Thoreau Pilgrim at Tinker Creekby Annie Dillard The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, healthier and More Creative by Florence Williams A Sand County Almanacby Aldo Leopold The Tiny Seedby Eric Carle, recommended by AudreyMcCorcle, Brooks two-year-old granddaughter, for the kiddo in your or in your life! $150 REI gift certificate Homemade GORP,the homemade precursor to trail mix)from Brooks family recipe, eaten on ALL family camping trips from 1970 to the present! (and shell even throw in the recipe)