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The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road

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As a veteran of numerous road trips, I was very excited to read this book and see if I've done anything "wrong". I realized you pretty much can't go wrong if you always allow for things not to go quite how you imagined, and just have fun. Cameron Tuttle's advice is always hilarious, but quite helpful, and provoked a lot of "hmmm...I never thought of trying that" comments from me.

As I read this book, it brought back memories of all the places my girlfriends and I have been in that quest to escape first, college life, and now "the real world". It made me realize I was ever so pleased that I used half a roll of film on the Mitchell Corn Palace, and that I have pictures of my best friend and I by the sod buffalo and indian at the site of the last standing Pony Express station in Kansas. So what if the pictures of us in Memphis on Beale St. turned out too dark- I know I had the best hard cider and super hot southern style tamales when I was there. And heck, who cares if you have heat stroke and your car is overheating as you head further south in the Mojave desert... Well, maybe I cared a little, but hey, I did it and lived to tell the tale!

This book is great for reliving memories of road trips past, and for pushing you forward to the road trips to come. Even though I just had a wonderful vacation in Cancun with one of my best friends, it's just not the same as hitting the hot blacktop in the summer, looking forward to all the beef jerky and chocolate milk you'll have along the way. Never knowing if you'll be sleeping in the car, pitching a tent in a scary field, or finding a $19 a night motel in Nebraska is one of the best parts of a road trip!

The hot pink cover appeals to the girliness in me, and the sticker in the back is a perfect match for my "I saw Elvis making crop circles" bumper sticker...by the way, a good companion book for Elvis fans is Bill Yenne's "Field Guide to Elvis Shrines" -makes for the perfect trip to find the King...

I would recommend trying everything Cameron Tuttle writes about, with the exception of the "sex with a stranger" advice, and picking up hitchikers (unless the hitchiker is a 15 year old boy on the Navajo reservation in AZ, it's 105 degrees out, and there's 3 of us in the car with him...). I'm too wary of what can happen to be that much of a "bad girl", but I realize this book is written with a lot tongue-in-cheek, and there are badder girls than me, so it definitely has it's place in the book.

I will probably buy copies to give to my fellow road-tripping girlfriends, to inspire them to hit the road with me soon. After all, it's time to hit the road when your salary is less than your age!

I love this book. It is so great to leaf through when you're feeling frustrated at school/work/home... It's really funny in a cute-sy kind of way. The intense girly-ness of this book can be a turnoff but it's also part of its charm. (Consider: the book itself is fuschia) But I dug it. It would make a great gift, but it's worth getting yourself.

"The Bad Girl's Guide To The Open Road" by Cameron Tuttle is a must have for any courageous and travel minded gal in her 20's and 30's. This humorous and very helpful guide will teach you how to change a tire, things to do with a nerf ball and all the wonderful and creative ways to be safe on the open road. It's pure delight in the unexpected is what makes this pocket size treasure such a treat. With a well designed and interesting flow, this book will advise you all the way across America. It will also give you ideas for the completely unexpected and things you NEVER think will happen - BUT just might.

For any girl with a bit of adventure in her heart and a full tank of gas! Really delightful!

I had a roommate who was going on a roadtrip, and her road sister (a coooooool chiquita), gave her this book before they left. I picked it up and read the first 20 pages and thought, "Wow, I better put this down now before I actually take her advice and just go!"
Now I'm planning a road trip with my sister, and thought this would be good pre-reading. I was right and more! This book is chock full of fun ideas that are completely adaptable to who, what, where, when and why! I can hardly wait to pile into the car and go now that I've gobbled this book down, and this book will be with me.
Get this book if you are going on a road trip or if you think you might go on a road trip. And if you'd never go on a road trip, get this book and change your mind!

I purchased this on a whim and it is so good. Even better than the "Bad Girl's Journal." Having taken road trips both solo and with girlfriends in my single days, I was IMMEDIATELY captivated, and kept saying, "how true." I'm buying it for all the girls for Christmas this year. (and it is only April!).

Enjoy!

"The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road" is the first, and greatest, of Tuttle's hugely popular Bad Girl franchise, and for good reason. This book--no kidding--stays in the glove compartment next to my car insurance and registration. Not only is it hysterical, the fun and useless advice (how to use roadside condiments as a facial) are sitting right there next to the all-girls-need-to-know-this advice (how to connect the jumper cables to a car battery). I don't think it would be a stretch to say that Cameron Tuttle saved my life.

Everytime i look at the bumber sticker that came in this book im tempted to grab a few things and hit the road! I was so jazzed for a road trip after i read this book i called all my friends to see who wanted to go! I think it was worth what i paid for it just for the really cute sticker in the back! Its a very helpful book and i have used it on many occasions. Happy Road Tripping!

The Bad Girls' Guide is the recipe for creating the ultimate roadtrip. From choosing the right music to the right companions, you are led to the perfect combination of fun, badness and, well, yes, safety (check out her information on using mundane items as defense weapons). Cameron dares you to use your trip as the path to complete liberation from regulation, restriction, uptight, don't-put-your-elbows-on-the-table, that-outfit-isn't-appropriate-for-the-office/school, health nut, health club, everybody-knows-your-name and what you are doing, lifestyle. The guide reinforces the notion that a roadtrip is not merely a product of necessity, but a grander act setting our spirits free.

Breezing through its pages, you will find advice on getting out of speeding tickets, paying for your hotel room as well as the many different ways things as varied as condoms, a nerf football, a jump rope and marshmallows can be used. For beauty tips Cameron provides unconventional wisdom on mayonnaise as a moisturizer and how coffee grains can be used as an exfoliating mask. Don't miss this collection of roadtrip knowledge next time you pack your bags and hit the highway.

I found this book in a little gift shop...read it cover to cover and went back to buy several more for my friends. As other reviewers have said, I loved it because I could have written it myself - but Ms. Tuttle did a much better job. This is the book for any woman who has ever descibed her travel plans, only to have someone ask, "why would you drive when you can fly?". Next time, hand them this book as an answer. Not only did it make me laugh out loud, but it gave me useful advice - and the confidence that I am not a mutant, but just haven't met all of those road sisters out there. The plastic cover also comes in handy when you're on a road trip and your tent leaks, as mine did...all of my gear was drenched, the book sustained no injuries.

Both the seasoned road-tripping chick and the vicarious tripper will appreciate Cameron's 'you-go-girl' 'tude. She is truly the McGyver of the open road offering practical (if not outrageously funny) solutions to potential pickles like cooking your roadside delicacies on the hood of your car. A must-have for every girl who's ever wanted to throw caution to the wind, crank the Duran Duran and put the petal to the metal!