Best Tent Camping: Texas: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

Best Tent Camping: Texas: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

Perfect Camping for You in Texas The Lone Star State provides a spectacular backdrop for some of the most scenic campgrounds in the country, from the High Plains of the Panhandle to the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast. But do you know which campgrounds offer the most privacy? Which are the best for first-time campers? Wendel Withrow has traversed the entire state and compiled the most up-to-date research to steer you to the perfect spot! Best Tent Camping: Texas presents 50 private, state park, and state and national forest campgrounds, organized into four distinct regions. Selections are based on location, topography, size, and overall appeal, and every site is rated for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, safety and security, and cleanliness―so you’ll always know what to expect. The new full-color edition of this proven guidebook provides everything you need to know, with detailed maps of each campground and key information such as fees, restrictions, dates of operation, and facilities, as well as driving directions and GPS coordinates. Whether you seek a quiet campground near a fish-filled stream or a family campground with all the amenities, grab Best Tent Camping: Texas. It’s not only a guidebook; it’s an escape manual for all who wish to navigate the back roads of Texas to find those special locales that recharge the head, heart, and soul. This guide is a keeper.

  • ASIN: 0897324927
  • ISBN: 0897324927
  • Manufacturer: Menasha Ridge Press

Camping Texas: A Comprehensive Guide To More Than 200 Campgrounds, First Edition: A Comprehensive Guide To More Than 200 Campgrounds (State Camping Series)

Camping Texas: A Comprehensive Guide To More Than 200 Campgrounds, First Edition: A Comprehensive Guide To More Than 200 Campgrounds (State Camping Series)

Camping Texas provides useful tips on camping etiquette, camping with children, and enjoying--or avoiding--the state's diverse and abundant wildlife.

  • ASIN: 076274605X
  • ISBN: 076274605X
  • Brand: Brand: FalconGuides
  • Manufacturer: Falcon Guides

National Parks of the USA

National Parks of the USA

A 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K–12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council). Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the flora and fauna unique to each of the 21 parks portrayed, this lushly illustrated coast-to-coast journey documents in large format the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places—and shows why they should be preserved for future generations to enjoy. Explore Florida's river-laced Everglades, travel down the white water rapids of the Grand Canyon, trek across the deserts of Death Valley, and scale the soaring summits of the Rocky Mountains with this book that brings you up close to nature's greatest adventures. Divided by region (East, Central, Rocky Mountains, West, Tropics, and Alaska), a pictographic map at the start of each section shows the locations of the parks to be covered. Each park is introduced by a stunning, poster-worthy illustration of one of its scenes and a summary of its makeup, followed by individual illustrations of the animals and plants that make their homes there. Captions provide captivating information about the wildlife. Did you know that Everglades National Park is home to marsh rabbits who paddle through its swamps searching for herbs, flowers, and other plants to nibble on? Or that the pronghorn antelope of Badlands National Park are the continent’s fastest land animals, sprinting up to 60 miles per hour to escape predators like bobcats and coyotes? A “Can you spot this…?” page at the back challenges you to find a pictured critter or plant for every letter of the alphabet.The parks include: Acadia, Badlands, Big Bend, Biscayne, Bryce Canyon, Channel Islands, Death Valley, Denali, Everglades, Glacier, Glacier Bay, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Hawaii volcanoes, Isle Royale, Mesa Verde, Olympic, Sequoia and Kings Canyon... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 1847809766
  • ISBN: 1847809766
  • Manufacturer: Wide Eyed Editions

The Best in Tent Camping: Texas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping)

The Best in Tent Camping: Texas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping)

As with all books in this series, the campgrounds selected for The Best in Tent Camping: Texas had to meet three criteria: they had to be accessible by car but not overrun with RVs; offer great scenery; and be as close as possible to a wilderness experience. Texas, with its extraordinary diversity of ecosystems, made author Wendel Withrow’s search an exciting one. Divided into the state’s major geographical areas, the book is based on the author's 30 years’ experience in following the back roads of Texas. Along with a detailed profile and useful at-a-glance information, clear maps show campground layout, individual sites, and key facilities. Driving directions supplemented with GPS-based coordinates for each campground entrance make getting there a snap. Regional maps and a profile numbering system make the book easy to use and enjoy.

  • ASIN: 0897326849
  • ISBN: 0897326849
  • Brand: MENASHA RIDGE PRESS
  • Size: One Size
  • Manufacturer: Menasha Ridge Press

Lone Star Guide to Texas Parks and Campgrounds (Lone Star Travel Guide)

Lone Star Guide to Texas Parks and Campgrounds (Lone Star Travel Guide)

This up-to-date guidebook is just the ticket for campers, hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, birdwatchers, nature photographers, and folks who just like to enjoy the outdoors. It offers all the details to every state and national park, recreation area, national forest, and historical park in Texas. Where appropriate, maps are provided to identify specific campsites within the larger parks, and "at a glance" charts provide a quick and easy way to determine the extent of such amenities as showers, flush toilets, electricity, etc. The unique features of each park or campground are described, as well as the recreation available, be it boating or bird watching. Whether it's for a Saturday getaway or a two-week vacation, this handy book is a great guide to outdoor fun in Texas.

  • ASIN: 1589070089
  • ISBN: 1589070089
  • Brand: Brand: Taylor Trade Publishing
  • Manufacturer: Taylor Trade Publishing

On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving ... Rappellers

On Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving ... Rappellers

In the decade since its original publication, On Rope has gained worldwide recognition as the most authoritative book on single rope techniques (SRT). Like its predecessor, this new edition is a practical approach to North American vertical ropework. This book contains 384 pages with over 700 detailed drawings and the new edition has been extensively revised and expanded to include detailed descriptions of other ropes users including: arborists, river rescue, window cleaners, and circus riggers among others. Coverage of European SRT rigging techniques and climbing systems has also been greatly enlarged.

  • ASIN: 1879961059
  • ISBN: 1879961059
  • Brand: National Speleologic
  • Size: One Size
  • Manufacturer: Natl Speleological Society

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives―the hopes, beliefs, and fears―of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.

  • ASIN: 0813101360
  • ISBN: 0813101360
  • Brand: Brand: The University Press of Kentucky
  • Manufacturer: University Press of Kentucky

Prep Lists for Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking: 262 pages of detailed lists for everything needed on an outdoor adventure, to handle a hiking crisis, ... proficiency (Prep Lists Books Book 1)

Prep Lists for Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking: 262 pages of detailed lists for everything needed on an outdoor adventure, to handle a hiking crisis, ... proficiency (Prep Lists Books Book 1)

Remembering everything you might need for a camping trip is a big challenge—there is gear, food, tools, skills, maps, plans, backup plans, and more. Don’t scramble at the last minute to get ready; be that person who is always prepared for anything. Why rely on others because you forgot something or because you lack skills to take care of yourself? You can be confident that you have everything you need and always know what to do next.This book is a quick reference guide with lists of everything you need to plan for your next outdoor adventure, to improvise in your next crisis, or reach your next level of proficiency. Whether you are a newbie or a veteran of outdoor adventure looking to expand your horizons, there is tremendous value in this compilation of essential tools, skills, methods, and strategies.The prep lists in this book were personally crafted by an experienced outdoorsman who relies on being prepared for anything—camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, backpacking, canoeing, trail riding, and more. Reading this Prep Lists Book is like brainstorming with a room full of experts.Having these checklists of things to remember, projects to do, ideas to plan, or topics to learn gives you complete self-reliance. Whether your adventure is solo, with family & friends, or part of a team, you can be assured that you will relax and enjoy a fulfilling experience.So get started! You can read this book from cover to cover, or more likely you will use the tables of contents and reference links to bounce around to the topics that interest you most. Then think of the people in your life who need a copy of this book—both the planners and the spontaneous free-spirits. Tell them about it or just go ahead and buy a few books as gifts.Uses of This Book:• A checklist to see if you have everything you need• A reminder to add missing items• A learning tool to acquire new skills• A refresher to remember forgotten items• A quick reference of topics to consider• A noteb... [Read More]

  • ASIN: B075789F4N
  • Manufacturer: Rockatech Multimedia Publishing

No Thru Road: Confessions of a Traveling Man

No Thru Road: Confessions of a Traveling Man

Moto-journalist Clement Salvadori has been riding motorcycles since the age of 15 and traveling all of his life, accumulating well over a million miles in the saddle across more than 70 countries on six continents. No Thru Road covers 30 different trips he has taken, to places like Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, since his first ride through western Europe in 1957. The stories are all original, though the subject may have appeared as a magazine article in a very different rendition.The book will appeal to adventure-travel enthusiasts and to motorcyclists and travelers of all persuasions. Adventurous riders will thoroughly appreciate the book, as in the description of kick-starting a 500cc single - never easy to do - at 17,200 feet in the Tibetan Himalayas. Or going up to Cape Tribulation in Australia's Queensland in 1974 when the only access was via a once-a-week ferry across the Daintree River. Or riding a bike to Pamplona, Spain, in 1960 in order to run with the bulls. Activists who want to get on their motorcycles and ride down into Mexico's Copper Canyon will enjoy the book, as will the arm-chair traveler who is happy reading about traveling from Peru's Great Ica Desert over the Andes Mountains to the Amazon basin. Clement's adventures are arranged so the reader can open the book to any chapter, be it India, Nepal, the Sahara, New Zealand or Viet Nam, and not have to worry about following a thread. Lots of adventures, lots of good reading, lots of photos and illustrations. This book promises excellent entertainment and a glimpse into life as a moto-journalist.

  • ASIN: B00MH7FO64
  • Manufacturer: Trovatello Press

Best Foot Forward: A 500-Mile Walk Through Hidden France

Best Foot Forward: A 500-Mile Walk Through Hidden France

Hilarious true story of English eccentricity, the Texan pioneering spirit & 2 women old enough to know betterWhen Susie decides, at the age of 50+, to trek alone across France with her tent on her back, she entrusts her French farmhouse full of assorted animals to a total stranger from Texas. As Susie doggedly tramps 500 miles over unknown terrain from La Rochelle to Geneva, frequently lost and either too hot or too cold, Texan Jennifer copes heroically with lost dogs, erratic electricity, old men hiding in bushes, and a language she cannot speak.For each of them it is a life-changing experience. Both find their resourcefulness and ingenuity tested to the limit as, in their own ways, they explore and enjoy the culture, cuisine and people of Europe’s most fascinating country. Travel writing at its best...SPECIAL FEATURE Follow Susie's journey step by step, chapter by chapter. Each chapter begins with a clickable link to an online map showing where Susie has reached. Take an immersive walk through France with Susie today..._________________________________________________________________________________________________What readers are saying about the remarkable Susie Kelly's Best Foot Forward: A 500-Mile Walk Through Hidden France“A book to inspire” >Good Housekeeping Magazine“There are a handful of authors who achieve that elusive trick of making you laugh out loud. For me it’s James Herriot, Bill Bryson and Susie Kelly.” – French Entrée Magazine"Susie is able to paint a picture with words that makes me feel like I am beside her on her journey. Perfect for the Francophile, the armchair adventurer, and the lover of good literature for this is surely literature." – Vine Voice Reviewer"This is one of the best travel books I have read to date. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every drop of it." – Vine Voice Reviewer"I would have never thought I could be so addicted to a book about a woman who decided to walk 500 miles through the French countryside ... [Read More]

  • ASIN: B005UHJAK4
  • Manufacturer: Blackbird Digital Books