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Moon Handbooks Wyoming, Fourth Edition

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By far the best guidebook to the entire state of Wyoming, with excellent detailed sections on Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. The book, which is superior to some others in the Moon series, is a labor of love by the author for the land, people, and small towns of the state. Pitcher provides great detail on what to see everywhere; colorful local and regional histories; and affectionate, slightly tongue-in-cheek descriptions of small towns. Sure to enhance a visit of eny length.

Most of the "name brand" travel guides are for fly-by tourists (though I do appreciate Frommer's guides much more than the rest of the big names). Well, if those books are for tourists, then Moon's handbooks (along with Lonely Planet's guides) are for TRAVELERS. And Moon's Wyoming Handbook is, as others here have said, one of their best. It's thick, it's juicy, it's meaty, it's expansive, it's authoritative and wry. So wherever you are in that great big "empty" terrain, it's got some practical information for and historical and cultural insight into places all around.

Wyoming has fewer people than any other state (yes, fewer than Rhode Island and Alaska). But it's places of interest are many and varied, though scattered far and wide. You need a good guide and a GOOD READ to cover the miles and the days. I admire author Don Pitcher's efforts here.

If you choose one guidebook, make it Moon's Wyoming Handbook. If you'd like to get a second general guide to the region for comparison and cross-reference (including more descriptive listings of selected accommodations), I'd add Frommer's guide to Wyoming, which includes Montana as well.

I checked this book out of the Public Library in preparation for a 30 day trip to Wyoming. I liked it so much, I bought a copy. GOOD MOVE ! I planned my trip based upon this book and I found it to be very reliable. The directions to the petrographs in the middle of no-where could have been a little better, but we found then. A MUST BOOK IF YOU WANT TO TOUR WYOMING. We found the resturant recomendations to be accurate too.

We probably would have bought a better-known guidebook (e.g., Fodor's, Frommer's), if we had seen one, but we found only Pitcher's. And so restricted, how lucky we were. This is a book I would read even if I weren't going to Wyoming, but we did go, last summer, and we read the book continuously and out loud throughout our travels via rental car through the state. It led us to Sacajawea's (sp?) grave, and to many spectacular and out-of-the-way places that we never would have found on our own. Also, the book has accurate reviews of local restaurants, motels, and attractions like rodeos and museums.

In preparation for our two-week trip to Wyoming, I purchased this book and read as much as I had time for beforehand. During our trip, I found it to be a handy reference for whatever area we were in (mostly Yellowstone/Grand Tetons). The detail is great and some of our lodging choices and attraction choices were made with reference to the book and it was always accurate. I highly recommend it for those heading to Wyoming.

An outstanding guide to a wonderful state. One book, of course, cannot cover all there is about any area this big, but this book does an outstanding job for Wyoming's history, lodging, attractions, background information, etc.

As for any area, it's good to supplement with other specialized topic and / or area guides, but for a general guide to a large state, this one does a great job.

Logically arranged, well-written, and very readable, you can almost read it straight through; it's one of the better travel guides available.

I wouldn't have given this book a "10" if I hadn't also taken two other good Wyoming tour books ("Wyoming Off the Beaten Path" and "Scenic Driving in Wyoming") on our month-long vacation out West this summer. Fact is, we became so dependent on TWH, that we felt "lost" when exploring other states that didn't have a guide as comprehensive, accurate, or relevant to our footloose and fancy-free style of travel. Because of the great distances involved in western travel (I live in NJ), bad advice can be costly in wasted time. TWH helped us make the best use our precious annual vacation. The fact that the author's writing is easy going and often humorous made TWH a good out-loud read in the car when we needed to cover some miles between campsites. Now that vacation's over, the book is still valuable for assisting our memories when compiling photo albums and swapping stories with friends

This book gave us informative history of the state and information on lodging that was available and not found on the internet. A very detailed history of area visited that made our trip very memorable. I would not travel without a Moon Travel Handbook. Packed full of info.

By far the best guidebook to the entire state of Wyoming, with excellent detailed sections on Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. The book, which is superior to some others in the Moon series, is a labor of love by the author for the land, people, and small towns of the state. Pitcher provides great detail on what to see everywhere; colorful local and regional histories; and affectionate, slightly tongue-in-cheek descriptions of small towns. Sure to enhance a visit of any length.

Like the reviewer from New Jersey, we found this book a terrific guide in our wanderings around Wyoming. Half our nights were spent in campgrounds and half in inexpensive motels, most all found with the assistance of this guide. The author's sense of humor and common sense made for an easy read. He was even kind enough to point out where you can get inexpensive showers: most of Wyoming's public campgrounds are without such luxuries! I sure wish he'd do a book on Colorado!