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Route 28: A Mile by Mile Guide to New York's Adventure Route

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I've never seen a travel guide like this one before. I came across it when I was looking for another book about New York State and bought it on impulse. Many travel guides are very selective about what they include -- biggest hotels, most expensive restaurants, etc. But this travel guide tells absolutely everything that is on Route 28 ! Each entry is short but the author is clever about sneaking in bits and pieces of inside information. I thought I knew what was in Kingston (NY) but I have been driving right by it's best kept secrets. I had to laugh at his description of another area I was familiar with as having "soft, lumpy hills" because that's precisely what they look like. This is just an incredible book if you want to take a theme trip -- all the sports museums or all the antique stores. I can see that I'm going to be putting a lot of milage on my car because of this book!

I grew up just off route 28, just outside Kingston, NY. My dad owned a business that is listed in the opening sections of the book, too. Life existed around route 28. But it wasnt until I was able to drive and explore it, that I truly began to appreciate it. Its the best way to view the Catskills in that area. Today I live near the north-west portion of the route, and use it frequently in the summer to travel into the Adirondacks. This book provides an excellent guide to all the sights and sounds along the way through NY's two great mountain ranges.

My family is planning to travel Route 28 in its entirety so I was very happy to find this book. It gives restaurants, hotels, points of interest and great spots for amazing scenery along with a lot of other information. It will be interesting to see how much has changed in the 10 years since this was written. But I'm very happy with my purchase.