Book of the Week: Lonely Planet Road Trip California Highway 1

30 May 2014

This week I decided to read Road Trip California Highway 1 from Lonely Planet in preparation of my road trip. This book was published in October 2003, so it is a little dated. There was a blurb about the best bookstores. I’d bet money that half of those bookstores do not exist anymore. I found myself wanting more information. There are only bits and pieces of outdated information in the book. For food stuff, I can just pull out a smartphone and check out yelp at the spur of the moment. The only thing I found useful was the price comparison of places of lodgings. It listed places where I can setup a tent for cheap. Another thing of interest is how the ticket prices have doubled in the last decade. We are spoiled by having all this information at our finger tips. Back in the days, people just bought a book and drove. Someone people just drove. After I finished reading the book, I was not any closer to planning my road trip. Maybe a road trip isn’t something you plan, but something you just do. Time to hit the road.