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RV Living Full Time will help you transition smoothly from a boring life at home to the adventure of a lifetime on the open road. At first, it may all feel overwhelming, but this audiobook will help get you properly prepared for the next big chapter in your life.

Imagine a place where you can traipse beside massive ice age lakes and across some of the oldest known rocks on the planet, where you can hike through green boreal forests during the day and stare at the northern lights dancing against a velvet black sky at night, where you can watch moose graze in ponds and bald eagles soar overhead while gray wolves howl in the distance. The place is real: It’s called Voyageurs National Park. But with the national park’s incredible size of 370 square miles, how can you ensure that you see its main sights when vacationing or driving through? That’s ...

Welcome to Canada, home to the famous Niagara Falls, the beautiful Hopewell Rocks and many other scenic, natural attractions you can't find anywhere else in the world. For all its natural beauty, its peoples are just as remarkable and interesting. Let's get to know a bit about Canada and its people. Canada is by size, the largest country in North America and second in overall in the world behind Russia. It is renowned worldwide for its vast, untouched wilderness, its blend of cultures, and multifaceted history.

Imagine a place where dunes of white sand rise taller than a house and seemingly forever into the horizon, where a trail’s route shifts every day as wind remolds the terrain, where more than 800 animal species call an inhospitable desert home, where you can walk the shores of an ancient lake that mammoths and saber-toothed cats once drank from. The place is real: It’s called White Sands National Park. But with the park’s incredible size of nearly 228 square miles, how can you ensure that you see its main sights when vacationing or driving through? That’s what Best Sights to See at ...

Before he grew up and became one of Washington's most respected reporters and editors, Andrew Ferguson was, of all things, a Lincoln buff, with the photos hung on his bedroom wall to prove it. Decades later, Ferguson's latent buffdom is reignited. In Land of Lincoln, he embarks on a curiosity-fueled coast-to-coast journey through contemporary Lincoln Nation, encountering everything from hatred to adoration to opportunism and all manner of reaction in between.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Palm Springs. Greater Than a Tourist - Palm Springs California USA by Joan Schneider offers the inside scoop on historic Palm Springs. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

In this 30-day devotional, discover how Yellowstone National Park's natural phenomenon, geysers, reflect their creator. From the largest active geyser in the world, Steamboat Geyser, to the most famous geyser, Old Faithful, the author offers thoughts on how they might be God speaking out to those he loves on a daily basis. This is not a book of theology, but more of an encouragement to sit and wait on God. Whether you are a fan of geysers and Yellowstone National Park or looking for a devotional that is fun and thought-provoking, you've found it.

Revitalize your life with "Rebooting in Florida", your definitive guide to starting a fresh chapter in the Sunshine State. This quintessential eBook is packed with indispensable wisdom and practical tips created with one goal in mind - to help you make an effortless transition into Florida living. Expand your understanding of Florida in Chapter 1, as it takes you through a comprehensive tour of the state's geographics and demographics, letting you delve into the distinct culture and lifestyle while offering a thorough discussion of the climate. Strategize your relocation effectively in ...

Open the gateway to a brand new experience with "Rebooting in Oklahoma", a highly informative and engaging eBook that truly simplifies your metamorphosis in this Heartland state of America. Learn about the rich history and diverse culture of Oklahoma to understand and appreciate why it's fittingly called the "Sooner State". Are you still deciding whether to make a move? Our comprehensive guide discusses potential contributing factors to your decision. We simulate your thought process in the "Deciding to Move" chapter by discussing personal reasons, perceived expectations, and even providing...

''Whether it's Picassos you want to see or Dr Pepper, Texas has a museum for you. Now it's a little easier to find those museums: Texas writer Allan C. Kimball highlights his favorite museums across the state, ranging from the Kimbell and Menil art museums to the Kenedy Ranch Museum in South Texas and Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum in San Angelo.'' --Fort Worth Star-Telegram Where else but in Texas can one glimpse a Picasso original in jail, 1,000 artistic toilet seats or a hat made of barbed ware? And where can visitors stroll through a human body or sit in the middle of a hurricane, pilot ...

The story treks through an adventure with a grizzly bear that visited us in the campsite, to blacking out from dehydration. This is a true story of events that happened while backpacking through the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Merida. Greater Than a Tourist: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico by Regi Galgano updates you on the new gay wedding law and weekend dry laws. It offers insights into cultural quirks that baffle newcomers, like why hacienda chimneys are so high and toilets are so low. It gives you 78 tips on how to live like a local for four days in Mexico’s safest city. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and culture.

Imagine a place where magnificent peaks soar more than 2.5 miles high, where alpine lakes reflect snow-capped mountains and evergreens in crystal clear water, where blooming wildflowers fill meadows with color while towering forests shade sun-dappled paths, where rushing creeks and waterfalls are as common as driveways in the suburbs. The place is real: it’s called Rocky Mountain National Park. But with the park’s incredible size of 415 square miles and the large crowds, how can you ensure that you’ll see its main sights when vacationing or driving through? That’s what Best Sights ...

Living Landmarks of Chicago goes beyond the what, when, and where to tell the how and why of 50 Chicago landmarks. More than a book about architecture, these are stories of the people who made Chicago and many of its most popular tourist attractions what they are today.

This book is a guide to the seven main vortexes of Lily Dale, New York. Lily Dale is the largest center for the religion of Spiritualism. Lily Dale was incorporated over 138 years ago by a group called the Free-Thinkers Society of Chautauqua County. They incorporated in Chautauqua County as The Cassadaga Lake Free Association. As Spiritualists began to predominate the membership the name was changed to “City of Light” and eventually the name was changed again to The Lily Dale Assembly. A vortex is a sacred place where the high-vibration energy whirls with intensity in a circular ...

In the book Cross Country, Gates documents this epic experience from South Carolina to San Francisco, sharing first-person essays and interviews from the ordinary and extraordinary people and places he saw along the way. While Gates delivers unparalleled insight into the extreme athletic and mental challenge of this transcontinental run, running is not the core focus of Cross Country - it is a story of the remarkable people across the United States who we would otherwise never meet.

Inspired by August Derleth’s seminal book The Wisconsin, Richard D. Cornell traveled the Chippewa River from its two sources south of Ashland to where it joins the Mississippi. Over several decades he returned time and again in his red canoe to immerse himself in the stories of the Chippewa River and document its valley, from the Ojibwe and early fur traders and lumbermen to the varied and hopeful communities of today.

Sticky Buns Across America is the story of one of the four continents and one of the countries Woodland has crossed by bike, this time with patient wife Steph: a tale of riding across small-town America (and occasional bits of Canada, although to Americans that doesn't count). It's not a tale of heroic battling with storms, riots, poison ivy, Americans, and other problems. Instead, sit back and enjoy an eccentric account of encounters made and experiences lived. Plus, it has to be admitted, a lot of sticky buns eaten.

Tom Cotter undertakes his most epic adventure in America’s Greatest Road Trip. Launching from Key West, Florida, Cotter and photographer Michael Alan Ross pilot their Ford Bronco/Airstream camper combination nearly 9,000 miles to America’s literal end of the road in Deadhorse, Alaska.

If your office building were on fire, would you lock the door and keep working? If you were unhappy with your career, would you pedal a rental commuter bike cross-country to see what else was out there? What if a bloodthirsty axe murderer punched you in the face? Is that the city where you’d start a new business? Jeffrey Tanenhaus makes a lot of questionable decisions in pursuit of a fresh start, but they add up to one wild ride in this true story of the all-American adventure that has everyone talking.