Pacific Northwest : Oregon, Washington, and Alaska (National Geographic's Driving Guides to America)Pacific Northwest : Oregon, Washington, and Alaska (National Geographic's Driving Guides to America)
Discover the region's best Driving Tours with National Geographic as your guide.
Features the region's best routes and attractions, including:
* Towns and cities, historical and cultural sites, natural areas, plus many surprises
* Entertaining, insightful commentary
* Useful travel tips
* More than 120 original, color photographs
* Detailed maps for each drive keyed to descriptions in text
* Directions, mileages, and visitor information.
Sidebars offer background and share interesting details about the sights along the mapped-out itineraries. You'll learn, for example, that the deep blue of Crater Lake "stems from the lake's exceptional clarity and depth. As light passes through clear water, it gets absorbed color by color ... Crater Lake is so deep--1,932 feet, among the deepest in the world--that every hue gets absorbed except for that radiant dark blue, which is scattered back to the surface." Complementing the text are more than 120 full-color photographs, including one of magnificent Crater Lake, which measure up to National Geographic's characteristically high standards. A full index and an appendix with contact information for motel chains and tourist boards round out the reference. Next time you get the urge to visit the rocky beaches and stunning, jagged mountains of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, grab National Geographic's Driving Guides to America: Pacific Northwest and hit the road. --Heidi Robinson
- Paperback: 10 pages
- Publisher: Natl Geographic Society; 1997-06
- Label: Natl Geographic Society
- Studio: Natl Geographic Society
- ISBN: 0792234294
- Sales Rank in Books: #1706341
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:  The Guide for People on the Go, By This review is from: National Geographic Driving Guide to America, Pacific Northwest (NG Driving Guides) (Paperback) This guide is well structured, the chapters on the states are color-coded and make it easy to find trips for the state you're interested in. I liked the classification with stars for locations - the reader knows at a glance which trip offers a lot of "must-sees" and/or interesting places to visit. And because it is a National Geographic guide, it also features lots of beautiful photographs.The guide is ideal for people who are on a schedule, and would still like to get the most out of a short trip. However, it does NOT offer tips on accomodation or restaurants. Although the appendix lists 800-numbers for hotel & motel chains, this isn't helpful when you plan to stay overnight in, let's say, Ritzville, WA, because there is no information which, if any hotels/motels are in that town. People who are looking for in-depth travel information would be better off with another guide. But if you don't want to carry a heavy book around or spend hours reading up on...Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:  Excellent, By Diego Banducci (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: National Geographic Driving Guide to America, Pacific Northwest (NG Driving Guides) (Paperback) The National Geographic Driving Guides are guides to Blue Highways, i.e., non-freeways. They are perfect for people who want to get back to the "real" America. Since they are written by different authors, they vary in quality.Of the ones that I have read, this one is the best. The author, Bob Devine, loves the Northwest, and has done an excellent job of ferreting out a lot of great sights to see and things to do. He also writes clearly. I was particularly interested in the sections on Alaska, because I was trying to figure out whether it would be interesting to me (I am not an outdoorsman), and if I do visit it, how to structure the trip. After reading this book, I decided that there were a lot of interesting things to do and see in the Anchorage area and decided to fly directly into there. Other good books in this series are the ones for Pennsylvania/New York, and Texas. The only bad one I've come across is the one for California. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: National Geographic's Pacific Northwest Driving Guide, By "anitaowl" (Royal Oak, MI United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: National Geographic Driving Guide to America, Pacific Northwest (NG Driving Guides) (Paperback) This book was disappointing. Although it boasts the, as always, lovely National Geographic photographs, the information and the writing are dated. It needs to be updated, at least. |
