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Rand McNally Road Atlas - Book Review
Susan Helene Kramer
It is unbelievable that so
much fine detail can fit into the pages of the Rand McNally Road Atlas. I chose mine off a rack because of the
reputation of the name. And it did live up to my expectations.
Even if you are only going to
take one road vacation the cost of the road atlas pays for itself in saved time
and frustration getting to your destination. We used the atlas to drive from
Chicago, Illinois to Santa Barbara, California - then drove east across the USA
to Ocean City, Maryland and north-west again to Chicago - all in the
space of 3 weeks. The Rand McNally Road
Atlas proved worthy of the trip.
Driving along the way my
husband the navigator used a yellow highlighter marker to record the road just
driven - so that in the future we’d have the route all set. This proved
invaluable for labeling our photos and creating scrapbooks of this once in a
life time journey. No doubts where we’d been.
One of the features of the
atlas I especially appreciate is the large size of the pages – 15.5 by 10.6
inches. The colors of inks used on the maps contrast nicely so that the roads
are easy to read. To me it is a miracle that the printing process is so precise as to allow the reader to really find where they
are and the best size road to reach a destination.
Rand McNally has included
lots of inset maps to detail major cities and the state parks, the latter
invaluable for seeing our great land and wilderness areas within the states. I
was able to find Yosemite using the atlas and all the areas of interest around
it. And to me discovering Mt. Shasta in California from 50 miles away by
following the roads on the map was really breathtaking.
The Rand McNally Road Atlas has an index in the back with cities and
towns alphabetized under each state and marked with the map vertical and
horizontal coordinates. That is invaluable to figuring out the roads to take to
your next stop. I like that along the center fold of the pages there is no
artificial vertical line drawn to confuse the reader about the continuation of
the road.
My recommendation is to do yourself a favor - keep
this road atlas at your side for all your driving journeys.
Details of this recent edition: 140 page paperback; Rand McNally Publishing Company;
15.5 by 10.6 inches. ISBN-10 0528006223; ISBN-13 978-0528006227
Rand
McNally Road Atlas - available at Amazon.com
Review by Susan Helene
Kramer. I bought my own copy and am an amazon.com associate.
Copyright 2012-2015 Susan Helene Kramer
Santa Barbara, California USA
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Published by Creations in Consciousness
email susan@susankramer.com
web site http://www.susankramer.com