Description
ROAD TOURS OF THE SOUTHWEST -- National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, Tribal Parks, & Archeological Ruins is a 17-volume mini-series and complete literary tour of all the scenic icons of the Southwest. Each book averages 125 pages and is based on a popular tourist hub such as Flagstaff, Arizona. Thus, a GRAND CIRCLE tour route takes readers (and drivers) to all the regional national parks and monuments, state and tribal parks, and Anasazi archeological ruins within an average of 200 miles from each tourist hub. The essential information is 'layered, ' in a sense, the reader peruses how much information to read and digest. Thus, the geology, natural and human history, hiking trails, and other essentials (where applicable), including directions and contact information. The details presented in these compact 6 x 9 formatted books graduate from the essential to more entailed information. Given the entire series, there are some ninety destinations in this travel itinerary and the books can be purchased individually or as a combined set that appeals to one's interest (i.e., scenic destinations featured in each book). What sets this compendium apart from other similar subject matter is the interpretative and highly informative digest where the explanation of each scenic destination graduates from the most essential to more detailed information. Again to mention the point, the reader/driver chooses what to read or skip over.
Bon voyage and enjoy the American Southwest's peerless scenery!
Dr. Rich (Professor Emeritus, Educator, and Tour Guide)
Book VII Itinerary: FOUR CORNERS RUINS/CORTEZ
4 Corners Monument /// Cortez /// Crow Canyon Archeological Center /// Canyons of the Ancients (Sand Canyon) /// Anasazi Heritage Center /// Domínguez, Escalante and Lowry Ruins /// Ute Mountain Tribal Park /// Hovenweep NM /// Mesa Verde NP /// Chimney Rock NM /// New Mexico: Salmon Pueblo Ruins (near Bloomington) /// Aztec Ruins NM (near Farmington) /// Grand Gulch Primitive Area /// Butler Wash Ruins /// Navajo NM /// Chaco Canyon NM /// Bonus Feature: Rock Art of the Ancestral Puebloans
(end of road tour...ready for another?)
Author: Rich Holtzin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 12/19/2017
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d
ISBN13: 9781981852529
ISBN10: 1981852522
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | United States | West | General
About the Author
After being Honorably Discharged from the Navy (submarine service), Rich Holtzin has lived in the West and Southwest for over four decades. Earning three academic degrees in Eastern and Western Philosophy, for some thirty years, he made a living as an outdoors educator and interpreter teaching a variety of geosciences, human, and natural history geared to the Colorado Plateau Province. Additionally, Rich was a professional studio and stage musician and taught guitar and music theory, including composing two soundtracks for the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks; a high school Educational Assistant and Substitute Teacher; a Commercial Pilot flying a variety of aircraft; a professional Photographer; a GPS surveyor and Topographical Mapper for the U. S. Forest Service; a Planetarium Control Room operator; a museum docent; and the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. What Rich is more enthused about, however, is serving in the role of an Interpretive Guide and Educator for the Grand Canyon Field Institute (a National Park Service endorsed outreach program (http: //bit.ly/1D6YS1u). He was also an instructor at Northern Arizona University and Yavapai College (respectively, Flagstaff and Prescott), as well as the owner of a Southwest eco and cultural tourism enterprise. Fairly recently, he became the Executive Director of a think tank in Albuquerque, based on astronautics and aerospace S.T.E.M. classroom projects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), including the co-author of a math-lab book based on rocketry (www.stemfortheclassroom). For more of RICH HOLTZIN'S backstory, peruse his website under his legal name: www.richholtzin.com He also writes books under the nom de plume, RK ALLEMAN, as published on his Amazon Author's Page.
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