At Your Own Pace: Traveling Your Way in Your Motorhome [Paperback]

Bernice Beard (Author)

Book Description

Series: At Your Own Pace | Publication Date: August 1997

Hailed by recreational vehicle industry leaders as a demystifying, real-life account, At Your Own Pace: Traveling Your Way in Your Motorhome, 2nd Edition, details motorhome travel from the wheels up--the questions, conflicts, and adjustments as well as the joys, excitement, and discoveries. More than a travelogue, this book (with an updated and expanded appendix) is the perfect introduction to motorhoming.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In this diarylike account of a six-week trip she and her husband took from Maryland to Arizona and back again in a 34-foot motor home, Beard draws on her nine years of motor-homing experience in an attempt to share everything anyone considering RVing would possibly need to know. She discusses everything from selecting motor-home decor and technical specifications to locating campgrounds, hooking up, dumping, and keeping in touch with the folks back home. Although the story is at times entertaining, the journal style is rambling; readers would have benefited from a more straightforward approach in sharing tips and the information one needs for undertaking such a large investment of money and time. An appendix, by far the most useful part of the book, contains frequently asked questions and a list of types of motor homes and trailers, clubs, camping guides, and purchasing guides. A suitable but not necessary purchase for public libraries.?Sandra Knowles, Univ of South Carolina School of Medicine Lib., Columbia
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Expert RVer Bernice Beard is a veteran motorhomer whose more than 100 trips with her husband have included a 44-day caravan through Alaska and a 5-week excursion from Maryland to Arizona. She has chronicled these trips in four books, including At Your Own Pace: Traveling Your Way in Your Motorhome, Alaska at Your Own Pace: Traveling by RV Caravan, and Colorado at Your Own Pace: Traveling by Motorhome with Friends. Her most recent book, 301 Ways to Make RV Travel Safer, Easier, and More Fun, was recommended by the New York Times. A popular speaker at RV events and an often-requested guest on radio shows, Beard s columns and articles have appeared online, in newspapers, and in magazines, including Holidays, BottomLine Tomorrow, and Family Motor Coaching. While traveling, Beard collects information, takes photographs, and records observations in her journals. These materials and insights provide the basis for her manuscripts. Beard is a member of the Westminster Church of the Brethren Camping Group, the Family Motor Coach Association, the Good Sam club, and the Holiday Rambler Recreational Vehicle Club. She is a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and is listed in Who s Who in America. RV travel remains a source of joy and adventure for Beard and her husband. They camp on weekends and take a major trip of several weeks or months each year. New dreams and destinations always seem to call them back on the road. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Arbor House Publishing; 1st edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965306399
• ISBN-13: 978-0965306393
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,727,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars More Bernice and far less RVing, far better other way around, June 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: At Your Own Pace: Traveling Your Way in Your Motorhome (Paperback)

I bought this book hoping to find information and tips about RVing. Unfortunately what I got was Bernice and her foibles and very little practical information. Her naivety grates throughout( going to Laredo to see cowboys only to find that all cowboys are in San Antonio for the Rodeo) but prehaps travel will be broading. In this case, one certainly hopes so.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Your Own Pace, August 16, 2000

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Joan T. Bucher (Biglerville, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At Your Own Pace: Traveling Your Way in Your Motorhome (Paperback)

I began RV-ing in a used 30' 1994 Airstream Trailer just 3 1/2 years ago and recently read "At Your Own Pace". The unexperienced or experienced RV'er will find it a most helpful and insightful book. Mrs. Beard takes you on a trip and you feel your are sitting along side her. The helpful hints are an asset to folks thinking about getting an RV or just beginning. The check off list before your leave home and the (his list) and (her list) is so well written. My wife and I use the check list each time before we leave home or our campsite. You will find lots of useful information about traveling At Your Own Pace. Read it, enjoy it and use the information for better safety and making your traveling experience less stressful and more enjoyable. See you down the road. W. T. Bucher WBCCI 1467

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How Not to Write, January 1, 2000

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Robert O. Wray - See all my reviews

This review is from: At Your Own Pace: Traveling Your Way in Your Motorhome (Paperback)

I got this book with the expectation of learning something about traveling in a motor home. I learned practically nothing other than it was the worst book I had ever read on any subject. Talk about dullsville! If there were a zero-star rating available, I would have chosen that one. Please don't waste your money on this book unless you like something so poorly done that it verges on camp.