Ultimate Road Trips: USA & Canada

by Andrew Collins

Overview

Ultimate Road Trips: USA & Canada provides detailed itineraries for 32 amazing driving routes and adventures, from enthralling national parks to charming small towns.

Including epic journeys like California’s Highway 1, the Canadian Rockies, coastal New England, Hawaii and Alaska, each chapter features route maps and color photos. This guide also has descriptions of all the must-see highlights including short hikes, family-friendly attractions and world-class museums, and the best places to eat and sleep, from quirky diners and hip cafes to retro-cool motels, cozy cabins and stylish glamping resorts. You'll learn the best times to go both for great weather and avoiding the crowds, and find invaluable tips on ensuring a smooth ride. Award-winning travel writer Andrew Collins crisscrossed the region numerous times, having driven through every US state and Canadian province. Car vacations were already gaining in popularity before the pandemic.

Now, with travel picking up again, there's an even stronger interest in the independent journey; when your significant other, family or a group of friends can just hop into a car, hit the open road, and seek out less-crowded encounters with natural beauty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781741177862
Publisher:	Hardie Grant
Publication date:	08/09/2022
Series:	Ultimate Series
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Andrew Collins has written and edited dozens of travel guidebooks, mostly for Fodor's and Moon Travel Guides. An inveterate globetrotter and road-tripper, Andrew lives with his partner, Fernando, in Mexico City, while spending much of his time in the Pacific Northwest and New England regions of the United States. Andrew's weird travel goal is to travel to every county in the US. Currently, he's been to 2,296 out of 3,065 counties (including parishes in Louisiana and boroughs in Alaska). He also teaches travel writing and food writing for New York City's renowned Gotham Writers Workshop. See AndrewsTraveling.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction iv

Practical Information vi

26 Road Trip Tips, Tricks, and Hacks xii

Map of USA & Canada xvi

The Heart of Alaska 1

Maui and the Road to Hana 8

Vancouver Island to the Canadian Rockies 17

Washington: the Mountains and the Sea 26

Pacific Northwest Wine Country 35

Oregon Coast and The Cascades 46

California Highway 1 56

California Wine Country 67

California's Sierras 76

The Desert Southwest 87

Utah's Mountains and Canyons 98

The Four Corners 107

The Colorado Rockies 117

Northern New Mexico: Santa Fe and Taos 126

West Texas and Southern New Mexico 136

Montana and Wyoming 146

The Dakota Badlands 154

The Great Plains 161

Heart of Texas 170

Mississippi River Valley 181

The Lake Michigan Circle 193

Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron 201

Upstate New York 211

Quebec's Cities, Mountains, and Fjords 221

New England's Mountain Towns 231

The Canadian Maritimes 241

Coastal New England and Long Island 250

Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay 261

The Eastern Appalachians 271

The Western Appalachians 281

Coastal Carolinas and Georgia 292

The Gulf Coast: Mississippi to Florida 303

Index 312

About the Author 324