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| Rick Quinn's book will amaze you |
As a travel writer with five
travel books (the humorous Santa Barbara Know It All is my latest) and contributor to Forbes Travel Guides, I
completely understand the difficulties of writing a comprehensive travel book,
which gives the reader practical information in an entertaining setting. As was
said of Mark Twain, and is true of the best travel writing, you have to be a
“noticer.”
The
level of detail and research of Rick Quinn’s RoadTrip America: Arizona and New Mexico – 25 ScenicSide Trips is indeed impressive.
What I often appreciate is the under-the-radar things, which this book is full
of, from the gravesite of the real Smoky the Bear to the specificity of certain
cactus. Sure there are the standard things you would might want to see, the
Grand Canyon, Indian cliffs dwellings, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West. But
the beauty of the book is that it's filled with drives that are out-of-the-way
and not on the normal freeway thoroughfare. And frankly, such is the point of
traveling is to find the obscure, the oddball, the curious things not on the
normal paths. Then of course there is the stunning natural beauty of the New
Mexico and Arizona landscapes. And just the photographs alone are enticing
enough to make you want to go.
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| Some of the scenic beauty I photographed in New Mexico |
What I love is the amount of
photos, all color, that are loaded in this book. Having traveled New Mexico and
written about it quite a bit I know that Rick captures the state very well. I
have to assume also this is the case for Arizona, a state I’m not familiar
with. So if a love of side trips appeals to you, Quinn has mapped out a number
of them for you. It’s therefore easy to find a path to explore.
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| This artwork from the New Mexico Art Museum reminds us all to take to the open road. |
RoadTrip America: Arizona and
New Mexico – 25 Scenic Side Trips
By Rick Quinn
383 pages, $24.95
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