Explains the benefits of walking as exercise and how to select the right shoes and clothes and describes the structure of feet and how to care for them.
To escape his problems at school and at home, Nick, who prefers walking to automobile travel, hikes to his aunt's cabin in hopes of spending the summer there.
While taking a walk with his father, a little penguin throws snowballs, rides a dogsled, slides down a slippery slope, gets lost in the snow, swims with seals, gets carried home, and asks to do it all again tomorrow.