Bay Area Backroads Deck: 50 Northern California Adventures from KRON-TV (Hit the Road) [Misc. Supplies]

Doug McConnell (Author), Stacy Geiken (Photographer), Jerry Emory (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Hit the Road | Publication Date: October 1, 2006

Every week, hundreds of thousands of Northern Californians tune into Bay Area Backroads-the highest-rated local TV program in the San Francisco Bay Area-for fresh ideas on day trips, weekend getaways, and other local adventures. This portable deck of 50 fun outings, based on the successful Bay Area Backroads book by host Doug McConnell, makes it easy for native Californians or tourists to jump in the car, pick a card, and discover the road less traveled.

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About the Author

Doug McConnell has hosted Bay Area Backroads since 1993. He lives in Corte Madera, California.

Jerry Emory is the author of two other guidebooks. He lives in Mill Valley, California.

Stacy Geiken has had his photographs photographs published in many national magazines. He lives in Los Gatos, California.

Product Details

• Misc. Supplies: 50 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811834360
• ISBN-13: 978-0811834360
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Free AAA Guide Book Better!, February 8, 2007

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C. Basor (Lakeport, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I love watching the Bay Area Backroads TV show. I thought the card deck would be as advertised, toss in your glove compartment and off you go!There are lots of cards of individual landmarks to visit and one fold out card with a very simple map, but you will still need a real map, lodging book and a restaurant guide to make a nice trip out of any one of the destination cards. I think I will stick to cutting the weekend trip guides out of Sunset and Via magazines. I was dissapointed with the card set.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great idea!, November 22, 2007

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Diane "Bookbuzzz" (California) - See all my reviews

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This card deck is a fantastic idea! Very useful and easy to carry with you in the car. Great compact information to local sights. Makes for a quick and easy get-away search. Would recommend highly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring suggestions, June 8, 2010

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Brendan Bush (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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I've always liked the bay area backroads show because they find some really unique and interesting places that I would never have known about on my own. This deck contains none of them. It is more of a list of national parks in Northern California. There is nothing unique about the destinations given, and more often then not I found that the cards I looked at were places that I have already visited... in some cases on a regular basis.
I had hoped that by purchasing this I would be able to just grab a random card and take off on some crazy Saturday adventure. I'm rather dissapointed.