Hiking is Americas favorite outdoor recreational activity well in advance of cycling swimming and even football This important contribution to the Boys Life Readers series encourages boys to become familiar with the great outdoors and to enjoy reading about nature trails that lead to waterfalls meadows full of wildflowers mountaintops swimming holes picnic areas and campgrounds The specially commissioned photographs of boys having fun on the trail will inspire and encourage young boys to explore the world around them while improving their reading skills Boy Scouts of Americar the Universal Emblem BSAr Boys Lifer and all other related marks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Boy Scouts of America in the United States andor other countries Manufactured under license All rights reserved.