Multimedia GalleryAlong Florida's Expressways, 2nd Edition
Includes I-4, I-10, I-75, I-95, I-110, I-275, I-295, I-595, Florida's Turnpike, Tampa Crosstown, Beachline, Greeneway-Veterans, Seminole and Suncoast Parkways, Miami Palmetto, Sawgrass and the HEFT
Author: Dave Hunter
208 pages, Laminated folding cover with reference flap and internal spiral binding, Trade Paperback, 106 full-color maps, 57 b&w photographs, charts & diagrams, Full index, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-896819-36-5 $24.95
Pub Date: January 1st, 2008
Published by: Mile Oak Publishing Inc.
Distributed by: (For Consumers), all major bookstores, AAA in Ohio and online; (For Book Trade), Partners Books, MI, Ingram Book Company, Baker & Taylor.
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Explore Florida With a Great Guide
Electronic in-car map systems are all the rage right now, but in addition to being pricey, they can't offer the depth of information that a knowledgeable, local "guide" can. They don't show you or tell you that the road will soon change from three lanes down to two, that the next Exxon gas station on your side of the road will be coming up in so many miles, or that just a few miles off an exit there is a great park for a picnic. Happily, for anyone driving anywhere in and around Florida, there is a guide that does all this and more -- Dave Hunter's Along Florida's Expressways.
Unlike the average Florida guidebook, this is not a "destination" travel guide. Instead, Dave helps anyone drive around the state with the ease, comfort and safety that "local knowledge" provides. Known and respected for his award-winning mile-by-mile guide Along Interstate-75, Dave's Along Florida's Expressways picks up where his other book leaves off. Featuring 77 25-miles-per-page full-color maps, this book includes detailed information about exits and services for all of Florida's expressways (main and subsidiary routes), along with Dave's personal observations and suggestions, not to mention fascinating trivia.
Packed with information accumulated during many years of traveling around the state and writing driving guides, Along Florida's Expressways' useful road information includes not only what gas stations, restaurants, and motels, are available at each exit, but also pinpoints rest areas and much more. Dave and his wife, Kathy, drove nearly 5,000 miles to personally gather the material for this book. That's every Florida expressway in both directions!
In addition, Dave provides advice for various situations such as:
- I'm approaching a busy junction, which lane should I be driving in?
- I need a pharmacy and a grocery store. Is there one at an exit ahead of me?
- The expressway is backed up with traffic. Is there a parallel route I can use (very useful in emergency evacuations)? The special "Road Notes" (page 83 and all maps) will be particularly welcome during hurricane evacuations.
Along Florida's Expressways' white mile-by-mile travelogue pages offer fascinating history, fun facts, and details about some of the great places to explore along the way. For instance, did you know that:
- Florida is a big state. It takes about the same time to drive from Chicago to Pensacola as it does to drive from Pensacola to Key West!
- Orlando was originally named "Jernigan" after an 1842 settler of the same name. The town was renamed in honor of soldier Orlando Reeves, killed by an arrow while warning sleeping comrades of an impending Indian attack in 1835.
- Denoel French Pastry Shop is a great a place to have lunch while exploring St. Augustine's historic old town. The homemade soups, sandwiches and pastries make it well worth a stop.
The book also includes Dave's great "Insider Tips" and "Special Reports."
Along Florida's Expressways is a driving guide that allows anyone to travel Florida's expressways as if they've lived there all their life. In short, Dave removes "traveler's stress" and puts the driver in control. With Dave along in the car, any trip on Florida's expressways will be turned from a boring drive into a fun trip.
NOTE: The information in this book is completely non-commercial: it contains no advertising, nobody can pay nor has paid to be included in this book.
