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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781566919548
ISBN: 1566919541
Label: Avalon Travel Publishing
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: May 02, 2006
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Studio: Avalon Travel Publishing
Sales Rank: 66766
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In this spectacularly scenic region of the northwest corner of Wyoming lies Yellowstone, the nation's oldest and best-loved national park, along with one of the most stunning mountainscapes on the planet, Grand Teton National Park. Expert travel writer and photographer Don Pitcher helps you have a truly personal experience in these stunning regions.
Don's travel suggestions include: Yellowstone in a Day, Two Weeks in Yellowstone and Grand Teton, Watching Wildlife, and more. Suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights provide you with the real insights so you can decide where you should go, stay, and eat—without hassles or regrets. Don also details where to hike, climb, mountain bike, raft, ski, snowshoe, go horseback riding, and more. Moon Yellowstone and Grand Teton is complete with maps, photographs, illustrations, and special emphasis on leading destinations such as Old Faithful Geyser, Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hot Springs, the Tetons, Jenny Lake, the Snake River, and Jackson Hole.
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If you're planning an extended visit to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, I highly recommend this guidebook. (If you're only going to visit the Parks for three or four days as part of a longer trip, however, it's probably more detail than you would need.) We recently visited the two Parks for a total of twelve days, and I found this Guide extremely helpful. Unusually for a guidebook, I actually read it pretty much straight through before we left. It's an enjoyable read, even aside from the quality of the information it presents.
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When I'm planning a trip the first thing I do is order a Moon Handbook for the area in which I want to travel. They are invariably well informed because the people who write are passionate about the area and will suggest places that some people may miss out on.
The layout is good and the maps are excellent - simple to read and navigate by. We travel pretty extensively in Canada and America and the Moon Travel Handbooks are the only travel books we take with us.
I particularly like the suggestions for hiking trails and what you can expect to see as well as the rating for each hike e.g. easy flat walk or moderate walk with some steep ascents.
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