Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (Road Trip USA) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jamie Jensen
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 147973
Media: Paperback
Edition: Third edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 930
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 1566913969
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781566913966
ASIN: 1566913969
Publication Date: April 5, 2002
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Whether we're beret-bearing beatniks or Lexus-driving cosmopolitans, road trips still beckon. Gas up the tank, load up the trunk--it's hard to resist. But who has time to waste on wrong turns, getting lost, and bad choices? When it comes to finding fun, time is of the essence, so Jamie Jensen's guide takes the pain out of the road trip, be it across the continent or a Sunday jaunt. With directions to pit stops, scenic routes, bizarre museums, and the best apple pie stands, all you have to do is drive.
Book Description
This is the best-selling road guide ever, with more than 200,000 copies sold! With the same popular format -- a flexible network of route combinations, extensively cross-referenced to accommodate hundreds of possible itineraries -- this third edition now provides additional coverage of the Appalachian Trail route and the Coastal East Coast route, and an expanded "On the Road" chapter with more information on when to go and where to eat and sleep. Author Jamie Jensen also includes need-to-know items for the road: Survival Guides for two dozen cities, call letters of popular local radio stations, facts about regional writers, and oddball trivia. Descriptions of all the great stuff road-trippers will find along the way are included, like funky diners and roadside curiosities, along with eye-catching photos, fun graphics, and user-friendly maps. "An immensely sophisticated masterwork. ....this is quite simply the best book of its type ever published." -- Conde Nast Traveler
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 Road Trip USA - Jamie Jensen July 2, 2008
Extensively researched and very well written - good humor makes the exhaustive details easy to read. Over the years, I have driven many of the roads travelled - and I wish I had this book with me in the past. I read through it and say "Oh yeah, now I get it" about many of the sights I have seen. Going to enjoy bringing it with me on future travels - this book gives me far greater insight than other such books I have read. Well laid out, great index and cross-references.
An Indispensable Guide February 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recently completed a series of road trips around the U.S. with one of my children. We found Road Trip USA to be an indispensable guide to each section of the country we visited. The book was full of accurate recommendations and suggestions of what to see and what to avoid.
Road Trip USA Fantastic January 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book. The detail and how it is divided into areas makes it an easy read and easy to locate the information you want. I am extremely pleased with my purchase and I recommend to everyone whether you are going to travel or not.
good for retirees December 6, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought this for my recently retired parents for Christmas. They loved it. Kinda of a nudge out the door to experience life....
Sometimes it is best just to take it slow July 11, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Turnpikes and superhighways have improved much about our lives, making commutes to work and other vital travel easier and faster. Sometimes, though, it's great to just slow down and enjoy the scenery - and that's just what Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways helps all of us to do.
In this book, you'll discover plenty about out-of-the-way places that can be reached by traveling on two-lane roads in the United States. Discover lesser known monuments, museums, restaurants and roads, and enjoy the offbeat sites that you'll see. It's likely that you'll even learn something new about your own state or hometown.
Road Trip USA recommends places to eat and stay and it provides survival guides to some of America's most intriguing cities. If you've fallen into a vacation rut, this book will break you of it, as at least one quirky destination - and probably many more - will grab your attention and cause you to go on your own road trip rendezvous.
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