Traveling the backroads of America
The DW and I are planning to take the camper east from Montana this fall. No real plans and we would like to checkout the backroads. Are there any books that anyone would recommend? Thanks, Clint
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A couple of decades ago Earl Tholander wrote a set of 'backroads' books
http://www.amazon.com/Earl-Thollander/e/B001HMQVJE/ref=la_B001HMQVJE_pg_1?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB001HMQVJE&ie=UTF8&qid=1371783663
I have several west coast state volumes, though I see he has a few else where (New England, Carolinas, Texas). Text, illustrations and maps are all hand drawn. At least in states like Washington, he drove a lot of gravel roads, probably in a pickup or station wagon.
My experience in the upper midwestern states is that the most scenic drives are near rivers and lakes. State parks are often located there as well. In between the drive consists of a lot of fields and scattering of small towns.
http://www.amazon.com/Earl-Thollander/e/B001HMQVJE/ref=la_B001HMQVJE_pg_1?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB001HMQVJE&ie=UTF8&qid=1371783663
I have several west coast state volumes, though I see he has a few else where (New England, Carolinas, Texas). Text, illustrations and maps are all hand drawn. At least in states like Washington, he drove a lot of gravel roads, probably in a pickup or station wagon.
My experience in the upper midwestern states is that the most scenic drives are near rivers and lakes. State parks are often located there as well. In between the drive consists of a lot of fields and scattering of small towns.
