Nature and Procreation on the Blue HighwaysIn the book of a rustic American journey, Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon continually characterizes the land he travels with simple and natural. Least Heat Moon repeatedly imbues the nature he discovers during his journey with very fertile and prolific qualities. The essays often contain vivid physical descriptions of the environment, particularly its natural beauty. Least Heat Moon questions human existence and its interference with the environment. The themes of natural beauty and fertility recur repeatedly throughout Least Heat Moon's tale of her journey across America. In several descriptions of nature throughout the book, William Least Heat Moon depicts the wilderness he finds with extremely basic reproductive traits. The themes of procreation and fertility in a natural environment surround it. For example, in her description of a swampy environment, Least Heat Moon writes: In the mud, the pollywogs began to squirm. It was spring here, and the juices were rising in the stems... the water was bubbling with moss ...