As I was thinking about departing from my usual posts about travel literature, I came across an excellent post by Almost Fearless on guidebooks. As she points out, they do have a purpose. And I am addicted to guidebooks, so I don’t want their absence on this site to lead anyone to think I do not respect guidebooks. I just focus here on the literature that goes into the traveler’s library.
But as I am still thinking about American road trips, I thought I should mention road guide series that can be very helpful to those who follow the Larry McMurtry route in his book Roads, and follow the freeways.
- Insight Guides United States on the Road’s comprehensive look at travel on American highways gets high marks for covering a whole lot of this country plus forays into Canada and Mexico. Continue reading A Note about Road Trip Books