Favorite books for Southwest?
What are some favorite books for RV'ing in the Southwest, namely Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, maybe some of Nevada / Death Valley California... I have Church's Southwest book already on the list. I'...
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I like Discovery Channel's Insight Guide "American Southwest." This one has a cultural - historical - natural wonder focus, it is not really about accommodations. For the National Park Service properties, "The Colorado Plateau" by John Murray provides summaries of what is in the part we think of as the Four Corners area.
I also have "Native Roads" and "Tony Hillerman's Navajoland" which are more focused on particular interests, good if you have a match on the interest.
I've not seen any good guides that carry over from these regions into Southern California. Most of Nevada and northern Utah also tend to be handled separately from "the southwest" as the geology, geography, and culture are different. I would look for a guide focusing on Utah as a state, do not yet have one.
Another vote for the AAA "Indian Country Guide Map" as being the best coverage of the region for a tourist.
None of these have anything to do with RVing.
There are some online sources that sell detailed information packages for RV circle tours through the region, out of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Audience for these are people who fly in to rent RVs, the tours variously planned for a week, two weeks, two months. Search on "southwest RV circle tour" for links, quite a bit of the basic information is free if you want to do the homework to put together your own tours.
I also have "Native Roads" and "Tony Hillerman's Navajoland" which are more focused on particular interests, good if you have a match on the interest.
I've not seen any good guides that carry over from these regions into Southern California. Most of Nevada and northern Utah also tend to be handled separately from "the southwest" as the geology, geography, and culture are different. I would look for a guide focusing on Utah as a state, do not yet have one.
Another vote for the AAA "Indian Country Guide Map" as being the best coverage of the region for a tourist.
None of these have anything to do with RVing.
There are some online sources that sell detailed information packages for RV circle tours through the region, out of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Audience for these are people who fly in to rent RVs, the tours variously planned for a week, two weeks, two months. Search on "southwest RV circle tour" for links, quite a bit of the basic information is free if you want to do the homework to put together your own tours.
