Lonely Planet Epic Road Trips of the Americas

I love this book! One caution though, it covers ALL the America’s. Thought it was only North America, but it’s so much more!

Amazing book full of adventure

I got this as a Christmas gift and it’s really a nice book. I want to buy one for myself!

Stimulated desire to travel

I'm totally impressed with this gorgeous book and cannot wait to take some road trips. The photos are amazing and these routes look extraordinary!

My wife hates to fly. And after a recent "this is the last time I'm flying" trip, I bought this book because we do love a good road trip. Imagine my disappointment when there were zero road trips starting anywhere around us? We live in Northern Indiana. It's as if the mid-west doesn't exist. Nothing featuring IL (outside of the starting point for Route 66), Michigan, Indiana, or Ohio. We would basically need to fly to all the destinations and start from there. So disappointed. It's a great book if you are on one of the coasts or southern part of the US. But if you are looking to explore the mid-states... don't buy this book. We are returning ours.

I received this book for a father's day gift. I was very excited, until I started reading.In summary the trip descriptions gloss over or totally miss interesting things in route. It spends way too many words on how the drivers EV is performing, and too many words on social commentary which is page space that could have been used to correct those omissions. I want a travel guide that both describes everything I could see on such a trip not just things the author saw. I want more relevant to travel notes, not if the communities along the way are composed of or embrace XYZ political views. The scenery might be Epic but the book certainly is not.Example the first trip in the book Vail To Aspen. First paragraph starts pretty good but immediately falls to talking about charging stations and how Colorado plans to de-carbonize but 2040. Blah blah blah This didn't say it was an EV guide to travel and about a Nissan Leaf and its eating battery power. Finally back to road trip stuff and about the 10th Mountain Division head quarters and training area! Goes on OK but only a brief word about Tennessee Pass, and one paragraph for Leadville. Author seems to be more interested in gift stores and shopping with the "locals" than about the history of the area. Nothing about the tourist railroad there, nothing about the mine tours. Nothing about the geology of the area, or Mount Massive. Totally misses the fact that next to Cripple Creek, Leadville had the wealthiest gold mines too not just silver. Nothing about being the original home and source of wealth for Margaret Tobin Brown of the Titanic fame. Pushes on to the Collegiate Peaks and Independence Pass, totally missing mentioning the possible alternate route of Hagerman Pass (if one had a more rugged vehicle), or any of the hot springs around the base of the Collegiate. Some good stuff about Independence pass itself and dropping into the Aspen Valley but then more words wasted on EV performance and political commentary. On the politial side there is nothing about the Hollywood crowd discovering the city and ruining it for the common working folks, or how the city rejected rail service so one still has to drive or fly in. Only conveys the political side the author (or is that the editor) wants to tout.Unfortunately, it was a gift so I can't return it. It is not worthy of space on my library shelf, and I don't wish it on anyone else at a garage sale, so ... file 13.

A good reference for future road-trips