- 10-Minute
Tech: More Than 600 Practical and Money-Saving Ideas from Fellow
Drivers -The book contains little-known tips that RVers shouldn't
live without and hundreds of illustrations and line drawings to
make changes easy. Arranged in a straightforward reference format
for easy access to particular problems, 10-Minute Tech provides
the no-nonsense advice readers have come to expect from this series.
- AC
Woodall's North American Campground Directory, 2005: The Complete
Active RVer's Guide to RV Parks, Service Centers and Attractions
- Campground/RV park listings include facility descriptions,
driving directions, camping fees, telephone numbers, pet restrictions,
phone/modem hookups at sites, handicap accessibility, county information,
park e-mail addresses, and more.
- Airstream:
The History of the Land Yacht - Sleek and shiny, Airstream
trailers have been turning heads on the highways since they first
started caravanning across America in the 1930s. These "aluminum
skinned, gleaming silver bullets" are currently enjoying
a revival in popularity. Praised for their clean lines and timeless
aesthetic, movie stars and design buffs are snapping up these
vintage beauties. Airstream-equal parts travelogue, cultural history,
and biography of Wally Byam, Airstream's charismatic inventor-celebrates
the trailer's enduring appeal as an icon of simple, aerodynamic
living.
- Alaskan
Camping : Explore Alaska and the Yukon with RV Traveler's Guide
- Detailed routes and advice for heading into the wilds of Alaska
and northwestern Canada are provided in this guide for RV and
tent campers. This grand tour of Alaska covers in detail the Alaskan
Highway, routes throughout the Yukon and Alaskan outback, and
the ferry system in southeast Alaska. Campgrounds throughout the
region are listed with pictures, descriptions of amenities and
recreational opportunities, maps, and contact information for
each. Important details are discussed, including border crossings,
budget planning, vehicle preparation or renting an RV, appropriate
clothing, road conditions, and possible wildlife encounters. Recreational
information on hiking, mountain biking, boating, rafting, kayaking,
and viewing wildlife is also included.
- America
Bizarro : A Guide to Freaky Festivals, Groovy Gatherings, Kooky
Contests, and Other Strange Happenings Across the USA - Do
you breed rats and mice that could preen like poodles in a pet
show? Have creative juices yearning to be set loose on a 20-ton
block of packed snow? Possess a melodious voice best suited to
singing the praises of SPAM? Nope? That's okay, with America Bizarro,
you can find out all about people who do! See the Jumping Frog
competition immortalized by Mark Twain in Calaveras County, CA.
Be a delegate at the Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club Convention. Munch
on Rocky Mountain oysters at Montana's Testicle Festival
Get lost in Grandpa John's Amazing Maze in a Nebraska cornfield.
Tickle, caress, and seduce the ivories in Las Vegas' Liberace
"Play-A-Like" Competition.
- American
Diner - Before the modern era of cookie-cutter fast food chains,
there was the American Diner. Banking on the success of horse-drawn
lunch wagons in the 1930s, American manufacturers began to design
and build unique new eateries across the nation. By the time the
fabulous '50s rolled around, the distinct stainless steel fixtures,
glass bricks and "Streamline Moderne" styling of these
diners were American standards. Today, nostalgia for those restaurants
runs higher than ever.
- American
Map Road Atlas 2005 United States: Large Scale Large Print Type
- Featuring brilliant new digital maps that are 30% bigger
than normal, the United States is given highly detailed treatment.
With rounded edges and durable, easy-opening spiral binding, this
atlas gets you from coast to coast without eye strain or squinting.
Major city inserts, mileage tables, "3-D" elevation
shading, are added bonuses. Find you way with ease with our first
ever large type tool.
- California
Crazy and Beyond: Roadside Vernacular Architecture - A hot-dog
joint shaped like a puppy, an antique store replicating a Japanese
temple, Van de Kamp's windmill-shaped bakeries, houses resembling
beached boats these are just a few of the architectural curiosities
featured in Jim Heimann's California Crazy & Beyond: Roadside
Vernacular Architecture, an expanded edition, including 386 color
and b&w illustrations, of his California Crazy of nearly 20
years ago.
- Camping
with the Corps of Engineers - The only guide to every U.S.
campground developed and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Sites are listed alphabetically by state with state maps include,
and range from free, primitive locations to modern full service
campgrounds. Corps-operated camping facilities are especially
popular among families as well as seniors who enjoy water sports.
All Corps campgrounds offer discounts to U.S. Citizens aged 62
and older.
- Car
Coloring Books - Of all kinds. Great for youngsters.
- Complete
Guide to Full-Time Rving: Life on the Open Road - Full-Time
RVing is a no- nonsense detailed handbook that guides the reader
every step of the way. Neatly categorized, it delves more deeply
into what to expect from living in a house on wheels, equipping
novice RVers for all that could (and probably will) go wrong.
- Fun
Along the Road : American Tourist Attractions - Another Amazing
Album from America's Number One Roadside Observer - Anyone
who enjoys the road and its culture--past and present--will enjoy
reading Fun Along the Road. It evokes great memories of those
road trips of yesteryear.
- GPS
- Outdoor Guide to Using Your Gps: Tips for Hikers, Campers, Hunters,
Boaters - The author has been involved with teaching people
how to use GPS for many years. In this book he shares the answers
to all the questions a novice might ask: What is GPS? How does
it work? How accurate is it? Does it work anywhere? Is it for
traveling on land as well as on the water? and more. Topics include:
straight-line navigation, getting around obstacles, uploading
maps and databases, entering waypoints, recording a breadcrumb
trail, how to choose a GPS model and caring for your GPS. The
step-by-step instructions are accompanied by illustrations and
photographs. Actual GPS screens are shown as the user sees them
on his or her unit while navigating.
- Little
Museums: Over 1,000 Small (And Not-So-Small) American Showplaces
- What you really need to know is where the Mustard Museum
is (answer: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin--displaying some 1,700 kinds
of mustard) or the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices (downtown
Minneapolis). Thanks to the research of Lynne Arany and Archie
Hobson, the country's bizarre and obscure museums--including the
Barbie Hall of Fame and the Goodyear World of Rubber collections--are
collected in one magnificent, if somewhat strange, volume. It
canvasses the back roads and major highways of the U.S., is organized
alphabetically by state, and includes an index by category.
- Mountain
Directory West for Truckers, RV, and Motorhome Drivers
- This book is a valuable publication to have handy as you
travel by RV throughout the USA. They provide the elevation, the
% of inclines, the length of the inclline, hidden curves, speed
and so much more. Referring to these guides before a mountain
pass helps prepare you for the amount of brake usage that will
be necessary to reach the bottom safely.
- Mountain
Directory East for Truckers, RV, and Motorhome Drivers
- This book is a valuable publication to have handy as you travel
by RV throughout the USA. They provide the elevation, the % of
inclines, the length of the inclline, hidden curves, speed and
so much more. Referring to these guides before a mountain pass
helps prepare you for the amount of brake usage that will be necessary
to reach the bottom safely.
- Offbeat
Museums: The Collections and Curators of America's Most Unusual
Museums - "Offbeat Museums is difficult to stop reading.
And with plenty of photos and pull-quotes, directions to each
location and hours of operation, and a clean, reader-friendly
design, Offbeat Museums belongs in your collection."
- Original
Vw Bus - The pictures and overall quality of the book are
excellent. If you used to own one and are tempted to surprise
your loved-ones with a nostalgic impulse buy - this book will
put you over the edge! Laurence Merideth is unparalled in approach
to writing and knowledge regarding VW's. You will not be disappointed!
- Ready
to Roll: A Celebration of the Classic American Travel Trailer
- Ready to Roll, with more than 300 color photographs, taps into
this trend in gloriously illustrated and insightfully chronicled
retro style. Here is the complete evolution of the trailer, from
the utilitarian Covered Wagon to the aristocratic Airstream and
Aerocar Land Yacht to the homemade Hammer Blows of the Depression.
- Rest
Area Guide to the United States and Canada - Rest Area Guide
to the United States and Canada.
- Roadside
America : The Modern Traveler's Guide to the Wild and Wonderful
World of America's Tourist - Planning to see Graceland? Why
not let this delightful volume direct you on the complete Elvis
tour, including a miniature "Elvis City" in Roanoke,
Virginia; the Elvis-theme McDonald's in Elvis's birthplace of
Tupelo, Mississippi; and the Elvis Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Learn about the Curse of the Pyramids, and see the many unfinished
pyramids that litter America's heartland. Jump into the debate
about which town has the largest ball of string, the biggest tree
stump, or America's true weather-forecasting groundhog. The locations
of giant statues of the Jolly Green Giant, an "African village"
in South Carolina claiming to be an independent kingdom, and the
mysterious "Thing" of the Sonoran Desert are all found
here.
- Road
Trip America: A State-By-State Tour Guide to Offbeat Destinations
- Featuring the coolest and weirdest destinations of yesterday
and today—like the Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama;
Carhenge (a Stonehenge made of cars) in Alliance, Nebraska; and
the world’s largest teapot in Chester, West Virginia—this
handy guide provides cover-to-cover entertainment for both armchair
and on-the-road travelers. With classic photographs, postcards,
pennants, matchbook covers, and other cheap souvenirs, this state-by-state
travel destination book helps you relive your travels of yesterday
and plan your trips of tomorrow.
- RVs
& Campers 1900-2000: An Illustrated History - Rvs &
Campers 1900-2000: An Illustrated History.
- RV
Boondocking Basics -- A Guide to Living Without Hookups -
RV Boondocking Basics will help you: Understand RV electrical
systems & batteries. Evaluate, size, & purchase solar
and wind charging systems. Stay warm while using less electricity.
Live comfortably while consuming less. All this & more presented
concisely and with a touch of humor from the open road. Charts,
diagrams, & worksheets make this a most valuable RV bookshelf
resource.
- RV
Handbook: Essential How-To Guide for the Rv Owner - This new
edition of The RV Handbook is for all types of RV enthusiasts
- from a first-time buyer or renter to the most seasoned RV traveler.
Packed with valuable information, checklists, photos, and charts,
the guide tells you how to: buy an RV; avoid the single most common
mistake novice RVers make; select a towing vehicle; avoid RV repair
scams; benefit from technical trends in RV manufacturing; correct
the bad towing habit that plagues even experienced RVers; and
prevent explosive propane situations. With hundreds of proven
RV tips, tricks, and techniques, this expanded handbook tells
how to buy, maintain, and optimize RVs, saving both money and
time.
- RV
Living In The 21st Century: The Essential Reference Guide For
All Rvers - Easy reading and presented in an easy to digest
format. The security tips for your house while you are away and
health & safety tips are just a couple of subjects out of
many, that are invaluable and give you peace of mind! One of the
most important and overlooked subjects about your RV are the weight
issues involved. Peggi gives information about where and how to
weigh your RV and terminology involved this includes motorized
and towables. For new RVers especially, reading this book will
put you light years ahead of the game!
- RV
Owner's Handbook - The RV Owner's Handbook includes sections
on general maintenance, driving and towing, winterization and
spring shakedown, electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling systems,
and much more. Hundreds of photos and detailed illustrations to
make your job simple.
- See
the USA: The Art of the American Travel Brochure - Liberal,
Kansas: "The Pancake Hub of the Universe." Sullivan
County, New York: "The lowest death rate of any county in
New York State." Rapid City, South Dakota: "The climate
is excellent and hog cholera is as yet a stranger." For more
than a century, travel brochures have been wooing American "vacationists"
with handsome graphics and enticing (and frequently amusing) prose
descriptions. See the USA presents more than 200 examples of these
delightful documents, drawn from the heyday of American road-tripping.
The range of subjects and styles in travel brochure art makes
it among the finest work ever produced by American commercial
artists, and the descriptions of far-flung destinations are priceless.
- Select
And Convert Your Bus Into A Motorhome On A Shoestring - Select
and Convert... includes over 175 photos, drawings and basic plans
and will help the reader see what has been and can be done in
a bus conversion. While the primarily focus is on economical school
bus conversions, this book also includes information applicable
to larger highway coaches. The book includes photos and conversion
stories of 14 individual conversions. It is loaded with practical
tips and both the positive and negative aspects on conversions,
and is a must read for both the novice and experienced converter.
- Silver
Palaces - Vintage and modern-day photographs and advertisements
add depth to Silver Palaces: America's Streamlined Trailers, a
must-have book for this fall. It is historically significant for
those who suffer from wanderlust, some fulfilled by owning and
traveling with a "silver palace," or perhaps owning
an older model that's been rebuilt and refurbished. With a simple,
historical beginning, the streamlined trailer got its start.
- Steeles
on Wheels : A Year on the Road in an Rv - The Steeles divulge
every imaginable aspect of their lifestyle: financial realities,
decisions about RV types, married life in a small amount of space,
and even the daunting necessity of hooking up one's plumbing each
night. While the book is absolutely chockful of valuable information,
it is written in a light, friendly, down-to-earth style that any
reader can enjoy. Even the dog writes well !
- That
Gunk on Your Car: A Unique Guide to Insects of North America
- That Gunk on Your Car is a seriously funny book filled with
fascinating information about common insects, especially the ones
you are most likely to find splattered on your windshield. Chapters
are organized around the individual insects--ants, mosquitoes,
grasshoppers, butterflies, crickets, midges--and include information
on the natural history and life cycles of each and fun things
you can do with the insects. That Gunk on Your Car would be an
excellent parent/child participatory book: the lively text is
easy to read and scientifically accurate.
- Trailer
Life Directory : Campgrounds, RV Parks, and Services 2005 -
Updated with over 300,000 profile changes, the 2005 Trailer Life
Directory is the most comprehensive, accurate, and reliable source
for campground information available, with full descriptions and
details for over 16,000 private and public campgrounds, RV service
centers, LP gas locations, and tourist attractions. Private campgrounds
are personally evaluated and rated annually by TL inspection teams.
Each campground is checked every year to ensure the most up to
date information. They inspect, evaluate, and rate each campground
with the exclusive Trailer Life Triple Rating System. The comprehensive
listings include: location, accurate directions, open and closing
dates, daily rates, hook-up facilities, number and type of sites
available, pull-throughs, and amenities such as security, laundry,
dump stations, swimming pools, and other types of recreation,
pet restrictions, elevations (if over 2500 feet), and sites with
wireless access and ATMS. This guide also includes full-color
state maps that pinpoint over 10,000 cities and towns with RV
park locations, and a trouble-shooting section, travel checklists,
and an RV resource guide.
- Trailer
Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America - Trailer Travel
showcases the rich visual history of America s enduring fascination
with life on the road. Beautifully reproduced color and black-and-white
images culled from public archives and the private collections
of passionate trailerites vividly document the travel trailer
s storied past. This engaging volume offers a look at motor-camping
trips in the early 1900s, the unparalleled innovations in trailer
design during the thirties, rare and unique trailer models and
interiors, and an extensive array of bold and graphic promotional
material, literature, and postcards that illustrate the undeniable
attraction of living on wheels.
- Vintage
Travel Trailers 2006 Calendar - Vintage Travel Trailers 2006
Calendar.
- Vw
Bus: The First 50 Years 1949-1999 - This book will be enjoyed
by VW people and non-VW people, many times over !!
- Watch
It Made in the U.S.A: A Visitor's Guide to the Companies That
Make Your Favorite Products - More than just a travel guide,
Watch It Made In the U.S.A. will help readers appreciate firsthand
the products, companies, technology, and workers that inspire
our economy. Authors and factory tour experts Karen Axelrod and
Bruce Brumberg provide fascinating photographs, advice for business
and family travelers, helpful itinerary planners, and all the
practical information necessary to visit nearly 300 factories
and company museums across the U.S.A, from Boeing to Ben and Jerry's,
Hallmark to Harley-Davidson. ".... a fascinating behind-the-scenes
look at household names, names that many of us take for granted
..." .
- What
Bird Did That?: A Driver's Guide to Some Common Birds of North
America - The full-color illustrations of splattered bird
droppings in this handy glove compartment guide enable the motorist
to identify quickly which species created which display on the
windshield. The excreta of a wide variety of avian species are
fully described with detailed notes on the animal's food, geographic
location, and the best methods of starting a collection. An invaluable
companion for all those who wish to learn more about birds and
what they do.
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