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Summary: Stunning pictures, precise text.
Review: Only a company with the marketing and publishing heft of the Reader's Digest could produce a "coffee table" book that you can buy for $25 (from Amazon, retail is $30+). Don't go traveling without reading the section on the country you'll be traveling through.
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Summary: The Most Scenic Drives in America
Review: This book has numerous beautiful color photographs as well as colored area maps where the scenic drives are located. Each stopping point has a number and a description of what you will find. I like the fact that you get the length of the trip, best time to go, and nearby attractions. If one wants to go to a specific state, you now know where the best views are. I like to do photography and this book will be helpful when planning my trips. The book also is a reminder of the beautiful drives within a day's drive of my home. The only thing I don't like about the book is the size. It is a coffee table book and won't fit on my bookshelf without sticking way out. Well worth the money.
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Summary: Inspiring for Family Trips
Review: This is a fun book for vacationing families, college student roadtrippers, RV campers, and motorcycle travelers. As an Illinois resident, I was pleased to see 18 stops the authors considered scenic. Having traveled through many of them, I can attest their taste is good. Seeing the majestic Shawnee National Forest is like seeing what Adam and Even might have enjoyed had Eden been located in southern Illinois. With all of the 120 drives, there are roughly 10-20 stops, each with a descriptive paragraph. Decorating each drive are photos of special sites or animals. Maps with insets demonstrate the context of the drive inside each state. Not every great site has a stop. Illinois' gorgeous Starved Rock Park is missing, but only because so much of America is beautiful. To include every place of beauty would cause this 400 page book to be 40,000 pages. While it makes a nice coffee table book, there is plenty to read. It can help inspire deeper research for your next family adventure. I fully recommend "The Most Scenic Drives in America (Most Scenic Drives in America): 120 Spectacular Road Trips" by Readers Digest. It is as enjoyable to read as it is to look at. Anthony Trendl
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Summary: The Most Scenic Drives in America
Review: This is a wonderful book for anyone who enjoys seeing America by car. Great pictures and great suggestions for side trips. Wherever you live or travel this book will list something near you. Also a great gift for those who travel.
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Summary: A great planning tool
Review: This was one of our best planning tools on our year long trip around the USA. Once we were on the road, we actually used it less. If you are planning shorter trips -- this is a great tool. If you are thinking of a looonnnggg road trip - this helps gets your ideas flowing - then also see "Live Your Road Trip Dream" to help with all the planning details. Get moving from the dreaming to the doing in no time at all!
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