Southwest USA (Lonely Planet Country & Regional Guides)

by Becca Blond (Author), Lisa Dunford (Author), Andrea Schulte - Peevers (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.29

  Experience the Southwest USAGaze up at the Grand Canyon while floating down the mightly ColoradoChat with Santa Fe locals over spicy green chile and margaritasSpot ghosts of the Old West on the trail of Butch CassidyIn This GuideExpanded edition covers the best of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Las Vegas and NevadaThe ultimate road-trip guide - more scenic drives, Route 66 details and dinosaur detours throughout!Special Native American and Southwest with Kids chapters, plus pet-friendly listings in every stateInsightful local interviews, including Carolyn Jessop's account of escaping polygamy

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  Paperback
  2005

  $3.84

  full coverage of Southwest, including Las Vegas, SW Colorado & West Texas region capitalizing on US growth in domestic heritage, car and adventure travel food, Culture & Geology specialists top repository of Native Americana, from abandoned Anasazi towns to today's Navajo Nation America's Mother Road, Route 66, bisects New Mexico & Arizona on its way to the California coast Roadrunners can reach a maximum speed of 20 mph annual reported UFO sightings in the Southwest reach 650, most in USA in spring, major league baseball teams train in Arizona, with players amply interacting with fans formally known as Hot Springs, Truth or Consequences, NM, changed its name to win a TV show contest in 1950 the Atomic Age started in the Southwest, with uranium from Utah used to explode the a-bomb in White Sands, NM