Author Jamie Jensen and his contributors deepen their top-down, radio blasting, coffee-swilling exploration of America's historic two lane highways - which in this region include the western stretch of the Mother Road - Route 66 - as well as Highway 50, the "Loneliest Road in America"; the Pacific Coastal Highway; and the old Southern-Pacific Route, Highway 80.
I grew up in Southern California, back when freeways were new, cheeseburgers cost a quarter, and every beach had a beachfront amusement park. After wasting my youth bumming around the country (making hay in Kansas, crewing sailboats on the Chesapeake Bay, studying architecture at UC Berkeley and ghost-writing a book for the Grateful Dead...), I started work on my book Road Trip USA, a thick and tasty (and fully illustrated!) guide to the best drives in America.
Since then, over 4 ever-improving editions of the book, I've traveled close to half-a-million miles in search of the perfect stretch of two-lane blacktop. Though I drive way more than is healthy, for me or for the planet, I get out of the car as much as possible to check out the best french fries, rodeos, historic trails, and slices of cherry pie that I can find.
