Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America (Let's Go: Roadtripping USA) [Paperback]

Let's Go Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Series: Let's Go: Roadtripping USA | Publication Date: March 24, 2005

The Essential Roadtrip Companion
Let's Go hits the open road to rediscover the classic American roadtrip, and this book offers firsthand advice, budget-savvy tips, and plenty of local flavor to boot.

COVERING THE BASICS
- Eight classic cross-country roadtrip routes
- Over 230 detailed route and city maps
- Extensive budget-conscious listings for lodging, food, practical information, attractions, and more
- Pages filled with Americana, roadside kitsch, and informative factoids
- A guide to time-tested road tunes, movies, literature, and the history of the roadtrip

A UNIQUE ROADTRIP EXPERIENCE
- Explore museums devoted to voodoo, UFOs, cookie cutters, holograms, and baking powder.
- See Nebraska's only lighthouse or get lost in the Great Vermont Corn Maze.
- Blaze your own trail on detours to North Dakota's Wind Cave or Pennsylvania's Brandywine Battlefield Park.
- Check our the world's largest frying pan, hairball, ketchup bottle, dreamcatcher, rotating globe, prairie dog, or steam locomotive.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Offers tips on finding the best nightlife, museums, outdoor diversions and food... Test-drive this book and see where it takes you."

--Travel & Leisure

"What's amazing is that this comprehensive guide, chock-full of thousands of miles of useful information, can be crammed into a glove compartment."

--Newsday

"From sea to shining sea, there's no better traveling buddy than the exuberant Let's Go guide, Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America."

--BookPage

About the Author

For over forty-five years Let's Go Travel Guides have brought budget savvy travelers closer to the world and its diverse cultures by providing the most up-to-date information.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1024 pages
• Publisher: Let's Go Publications (March 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312335695
• ISBN-13: 978-0312335694
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

77 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, May 23, 2005

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George D. Klein, author, Dissensions - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America (Let's Go: Roadtripping USA) (Paperback)

Having travelled all over the USA by automobile, I was disappointed at the paucity of information and the highly selective coverage in this book. I had hoped to obtain an update, and more comprehensive coverage of all 50 states. I found it too selective with major ommissions by state (e.g. Kentucky has no entries at all) and smaller to mid-size communities such as Champaign, Illinois, or the beautiful Rock River valley of NW Illinois are conspicuous by their absence.

Most disturbing is this. I live in the Greater Houston, TX, area, and read the authors' motel recommendation on US-59. Not only is that motel and immediate area known for being a place of constant drug raids, but also it is a major area of known street prostitution and that motel seems to house them. I hardly consider that "family friendly".

34 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1010 pages of things to see!, May 17, 2005

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Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America (Let's Go: Roadtripping USA) (Paperback)

If you want to make every mile count, take this guide on your next trip around the USA. It explores America's classic routes (Route 66, the Lewis and Clark Historic Trail) and off the freeway routes. Travel down these blue highways to find some things you won't find on speedy, but mind-numbing interstates.
This book includes tips, maps, sights and leads you to great offbeat places to eat. Forget the fast food and find the real America with this heavy-duty guide.