Product Description

Road trips are back and to help those who travel up and down the East coast, Drive I-95 is a new style of guidebook which combines colorful easy-to-follow pictorial maps and fun stories.

Look ahead exit by exit to see which motels (with 800 numbers), gas stations, restaurants, campgrounds, 24-hour pharmacies, radio stations or radar traps are there.

This husband and wife share stories: history on I-95, museums, trivia, towns to explore or places to run the kids. These can be read for entertainment during the drive, and may entice motorists to stop, stretch their legs and discover someplace new.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #613967 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 216 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781894979993
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Review
Think of it as an Oreo cookie- All the good stuff is tucked behind the front and back covers. -- John Deiner, Washington Post

This user-friendly guide offers an impressive collection of road maps, history and trivia ideal for tourists and travelers. -- Midwest Book Review

You're on 95, but what's off I-95? Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner to the rescue. -- Jan Shepherd, The Boston Globe, 2004

About the Author
No one was more surprised and delighted than Sandra Phillips-Posner when her first book, Smart Shopping Montreal, quickly climbed onto the best seller list and remained there (with its annually updated editions) for the past 18 years. Having spent 10 calm years as an art teacher (with a Masters degree in Art and Education from Queens College/CUNY), Sandra’s life took an interesting turn following this success. This native New Yorker was offered her own column, which has run for 14 years, in Montreal’s newspaper The Gazette. She has also become a regular on talk radio, TV talk shows and the nightly news, and has gained popularity as a lecturer.

Stan Posner is actually an actuary who fell in love with both Sandra and computers. He has owned a computer consulting business since 1984 and has done work with such companies as Raytheon, Honda, Bombardier and Atomic Energy of Canada. He has also spent many years teaching actuarial math at Concordia University, after having graduated with Honors in Math from McGill University. Stan is the computer guru for their Travelsmart publishing company.

Sandra and Stan's passion for learning and travel has taken them to 17 countries, 43 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces. During and after their adventures, they report for travel radio, e-zines and print media.

Their newest project, Drive I-95, a map/guide book, is the perfect combination of Stan’s love of maps and his computer expertise together with Sandra's delightful insightful blurbs. After 26 years of marriage, and even after spending 10 hours a day for 8 weeks in the car together doing the research for this book, they are still crazy about each other. They have a way of making travel both informative and fun.

Customer Reviews

Don't leave home without Drive I-95
The authors of this great guidebook have obviously spent a great deal of time on Interstate 95. They've checked out all 420 exits from Massachusetts to Florida from both directions. The maps in the book are easy to read, and include detailed, color-coded info about services and attractions at every exit. Speed limits are indicated in varying shades of gray. You can tell at a glance how fast you should be going on any stretch.

One of the best features of Drive I-95 is the information about offbeat attractions not far off the road. If visiting the supposed birthplace of the hamburger is not exactly a destination, it can sure reduce the tedium of a long drive. So might the amazing laundromat in Maryland the Posners describe, where you can play pool while your shorts dry.

I-95 is one of the most heavily traveled roadways in North America. Thanks to the Posners' book, it can now also be one of the most enjoyable ones.

A user-friendly gold mine of serious info and fun facts
This book makes a seemingly ordinary highway come alive with fun at the exits along the way. It makes you look forward to your next long-distance drive and eliminates that nagging are-we-there-yet syndrome. Stan and Sandra have done an amazing job conquering the challenge of including a vast amount of information in a friendly manner and with a clear layout for easy use. You just want to read their entertaining guide book with practical and unusual maps before and during the trip, to plan ahead, to stop, rest and enjoy the journey and not just the destination. An immensely useful and enjoyable book for many trips to come!

For day trips, weekend excursions, or extended vacation or business trips
Drive I-95 (Third Annual Edition) by travel experts Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner is very highly recommended for its in-depth reference to the traveler of the far eastern American States. Knowledgeably written and drawing from their more than 175,000 miles of car trips together (including travels with their children), Drive I-95 is a superbly organized companion to the traveler searching for lodging, fine/unique restaurants, interesting landmarks, relevant and fun facts, and an overall enhanced vacation. Whether for day trips, weekend excursions, or extended vacation or business trips, Drive I-95 is an informed and informative, thoroughly "user-friendly", and innovative I-95 oriented east coast travel guide and resource.