Interstate-75 is the main route for millions of Midwestern snowbirds who drive to and from Florida each winter ... this new Post-Covid 21st edition is the must have guide for the trip. The book is packed with local information along the way, invaluable for first-timers unfamiliar with the route or one who has driven the route for many years. Containing no adverts or commercial information, the book makes getting there half the fun - local knowledge, Insider & $$$ Saving tips, lodging & restaurant recommendations and mile-by-mile roadside stories of history, geography, geology, flora & fauna - to entertain you and your family along your way.
Each of the book's 25 mile-per-page colored strip-maps takes an average of 30 minutes to drive, providing a sense of pacing for your trip - excellent for pre-trip planning or estimating your night stops while on route.
The South and Northbound map pages are intuitive - map reading skills are not required. Each 25 mile map is designed to fit your direction of travel. As you drive up the page in your car, landmarks and features drawn on the right side of the map pass on the right side of your vehicle ... and vice versa.
The laminated wrap-around cover and book mark flap has been designed for easy in-car use. A concealed plastic coil binding allows the book to be easily folded back to display the current road map.
The book features - 78 colored 25 mile road strip maps (39 for each direction of travel) - 106 colored maps (side-trips and towns) - 196 colored photos - 67 b&w maps and photos - 105 charts and diagrams - 72 restaurant and money-saving tips - and 24 Special Interest reports.
Bonus: Once purchased, we keep Along I-75's contents updated through a free and exclusive, reader's only Information & Update website. Since driving guides rapidly go out of date after purchase, we regularly post all significant changes, major construction sites and any detour details to this website - for the life of the book. The site also includes a full topical index, town/city maps and other items which could not be included in the printed version of the book.
Arguably, we may be the only travel book publisher, providing this level of service to its readers.
About the Author: Dave loves maps, history, driving and discovering unusual stories along the way. Combined with his fondness for writing, in 1992 this led to Along Interstate-75 -- a travel & driving guide which is now in its 21st edition. It's a must-have addition for any Midwestern snowbird family heading out for the long-distance drive to Florida, each winter.
From an early age, Dave has been fascinated by history. His passion paid dividends while writing the I-75 guide. During research, he rediscovered two little known Civil War battle sites in North Georgia and found that the interstate ran right across the middle of the Union and Confederate battle lines. He also found a forgotten trail blazed in 1775 by Daniel Boone, which crosses the path of the modern I-75 in Kentucky.
Other finds include a supernatural site in Tennessee where blood stains mysteriously appears every few years ... and a stone tomb in which a Floridian Spaniard was bricked up alive, in 1821.
He has also flown across I-75 piloting an original 1909 Wright Brother Flyer B, from the Wright Brothers airfield, beside the interstate south of Dayton, Ohio.
Dave is a credentialed member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and undergoes peer review every two years to re-qualify and maintain his professional status.
He also holds media credentials with the North American Travel Journalist Association (NATJA) and International Travel Writers Alliance-UK (ITWA).
Through his author and other journalistic activities, Dave has become the media go-to person when they are producing annual drive-to-Florida content; he has appeared in hundreds of newspaper articles and radio/TV guest appearances. His full biography may be found in the Canadian edition of Who's Who.
For more than fifty years, Dave and his wife Kathy, have traveled together -- both "on the road" and through life. As researcher & editor, Kathy contributes a great deal to their books ... but much prefers to remain in the background. They are also the author/researcher team behind their other travel and Driving guide, "Along Florida's Expressways."
When not seeking new stories and adventures, or updating existing material, you'll find Dave and Kathy living with their two Burmese cats Tammy and Thomas, at their home beside Lake Ontario, or at their Southern office, researching and writing in Lakeland in Florida.
