Today I'd like to welcome back our friend and author of the book, The Habits of Squirrels.

He also has a new book coming out.

Our friend, Brian Livingston, Brian,

welcome back to Papa Bear Hikes. Hey, thank you for having me back. I'm happy to be here.

So Brian, you have a book coming out? Or has it been published yet? It's coming out in March.

Okay, that's what I thought. All right. It's coming out, right? Because when I saw the news about

that you'd had this book coming out, I thought, you know,'s coming out, right? Because when I saw the news about that you'd had this

book coming out, I thought, you know, Brian wrote such a great book, The Habit of Squirrels. I thought,

okay, we need to talk about his upcoming book. But before we do that, I'd like to talk a little

bit of outdoors with you. You did your AT hike in 2013. This many years later, how are those memories with you?

I mean, do you still find yourself reflecting on that time on the AT?

All the time, pretty much every day. And then especially with the habits of squirrels being out

and going out and talking to people about it, you know, because it ties so naturally into the Appalachian Trail.

I got, I've been lucky enough to get to relive those stories and, you know, tell a lot of

different people in different parts of the country or different parts of Southeast.

Just what I got up to is Mr. Frodo on the Appalachian Trail in 2013.

So it's pretty constant in my life.

I didn't through hike the AT.

I did the long trail.

But yeah, those type of experiences, those are lifelong experiences.

And I wrote a book about my experience.

And I just love getting those opportunities to talk about it, right?

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