Book Review: 1000 Places to See in the USA and Canada

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Since I’m going out of town this weekend, I decided this would be a good time to pre-write and post a few book reviews for your enjoyment while I’m away.

1000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die by Patricia Schultz ($19.95 retail).

This is a very handy book, especially if you aren’t squeamish about tearing pages out and carrying them around like a mini-guide. The book delivers exactly what the cover promises: 1000 places to go and events to attend in the USA and Canada. It’s a great book for RVers, because it gives us a guidebook to the whole US, not just one little section of it. Also, it’s inspiring to read the book and realize that, hey, a great historical or artistic legacy is just minutes away from wherever you are.

Are there more places to visit than listed here? Absolutely! There’s no doubt that any book like this has to leave something out– the beauty of guide books, of course, is that you can keep drilling down (1000 places to see in California… 1000 places to see in Lake Tahoe…. etc.) until you find yourself describing a visit to a single tree. For this book, however, that tree better be majestic to compete with the 999 other things to see in the US and Canada.

And, of course, this book is available on the Kindle. Since I carry my Kindle with me everywhere, having an enormous encyclopedic book of destinations without adding any extra weight… well, that’s just icing on the cake!

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