Epic road trips of the Americas : explore Americas' most thrilling driving adventures
(2022)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
917.04/BALFOUR,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 917.04/BALFOUR,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Dublin : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2022
DESCRIPTION

319 pages : illustrations (color), maps ; 27 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781838695330, 1838695338, 9781838695330
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Includes index

North America -- South America -- Central America -- The Caribbean

Showcasing 50 of the Americas' greatest road trips across North and South America as well as the Caribbean, you'll discover classic drives including the Pacific Coast Highway, Gaspesie Loop in Canada and the Hana Highway in Hawaii, plus lesser-known routes. We cover a huge variety of themes and experiences across drives that range from a few hours to a week or more

CONTENTS

Introduction ---

North America : Across the Great Divide: Vail to Aspen (CO) - Alligators, Art Deco and the Overseas Highway (FL) - Bite Into North Carolina's BBQ Trail (NC) - In Search of the Oldest Trees (Canada) - Continental Ambitions (USA) - New Mexico's Reservation Route (CO, NM) - Oregon's Unsung Booze Trail (OR) - Pacific Coast Highway (CA) - Rounding Quebec's La Gaspesie Loop (Canada) - Around the White Mountains (NH) - Baja California: From Tip to Toe and Back Again (Mexico) - Driving in a Winter Wonderland (VT) - Wine and Surf in Long Island (NY) - History Lessons on the Natchez Trace (AL, MS, TN) - Going to the Sun (MT) - Big Skies in the Lone Star State (TX) - Real #RViife (USA) - Through New England's Haunted History (MA) - Recharging in British Columbia's Kootenay Rockies (Canada) - Land of Giants: The Pacific Northwest (CA, OR, WA) - Civil War Tour (MD, VA, WV) - A Drive into Death Valley (CA) - Across the World in a Single Day (HI) - Lobstah and Lighthouses on Maine's Route 1 (ME) - Highway 61(93) Re-Revisited (LA, MS, TN) - Touring New Mexico's Ghost Towns (NM) - Top of the World Highway (AK, Canada) - Southern Utah National Park Circuit (UT) - Just for Kicks: Route 66 (USA) - Two Sides of the South (GA, SC) - Cool Runnings: Canada's Icefields Parkway - On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine (NC, VA) - Driving America's Loneliest Road (CO, NV, UT) - Sierra Stars: Lake Tahoe to Yosemite (CA, NV) - On Cape Breton's Cabot Trail (Canada) --- South America : A Highway Runs Through It (Brazil) - Ecuador's Avenue of the Volcanoes - Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) - Cultural Journeys on the Brazilian Coast - Through the Calchaqui Valleys (Argentina) - Colombian Cordilleras - Peru's Deserted North Coast - To the Tip of South America (Chile) --- Central America : Costa Rica's Hidden Beaches - Volcanic Nicaragua - Maya Mysteries of Caracol (Belize) --- Caribbean : Coastal Dominican Republic, Beyond the Crowds - Havana to Vinales (Cuba) - Nutmeg by the Roadside (Grenada) - Bahamian Beauty on Eleuthera's Bumpy Road