Date:         Sat, 3 Feb 2007 10:40:11 -0500
Reply-To:     Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Road trip suggestions
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Hi gang,

Summer before last, my wife and I took off on a long van trip from Virginia
to the Yukon.  We wanted to stay off of the interstate as much as possible
and for some hints, used a book "Road Trip USA: Cross Country Adventures on
America's Two-Lane Highways."   The book provides some nice tidbits of
information about towns, things to see, etc.   While on US-50 through WV,
one bit of information about the upcoming town was something along this
order "The most socially and economically depressed town in the most
socially and economically depressed state".  Having grown up in Louisiana,
and being intimately familiar with socially and economically depressed
areas, I couldn't wait to see the town to determine how the author came up
with that claim. In my opinion, he did WV and that town a great injustice.

We eventually used US-2 across the top of the USA. and the book provided
lots of information about the surroundings that helped make the trip
memorable.

I highly recommend the book for a general overview of the major two lane
roads bisecting the USA.  In fact, I need to buy another copy for myself
since we gave our copy to a couple of Canadians we met in British Columbia
who were heading to the USA for a summer trip.

For table of contents, index, reviews, and excerpts, see:
"
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Trip-USA-Cross-Country-Adventures/dp/1566913969/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/102-6665310-2648105
"

Happy traveling,

Harold
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Harold & Faye Teer
1991 Westy
Harrisonburg, VA