Product Description

Sue and Ed Cook spent their first 50 years in the Midwest, only dreaming of seeing the rest of the United States. When given the option of retiring early, they jumped at the opportunity, disposed of their worldly possessions, bought an RV, and took off! They spent the next six years exploring and devouring the sights in this wonderful country, while enjoying the total freedom of RV travel. Detailing their adventures in 48 states in the United States, plus brief travels in Canada and Mexico, their exciting journeys are relayed in this compilation of email letters sent to their friends and family members.

Please come and browse Sue and Ed's full-color album of travel photos at their web site: www.sightseein.com.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1251458 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-19
• Released on: 2006-07-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 258 pages

Review
Their trips are entertaining and informative, serving as a liberating reminder of just how great the RV lifestyle can be. -- Coast to Coast Magazine, November-December 2005

From the Back Cover
Interesting descriptive geographical and historical detail that makes places unique. Ray and Shari Antisdel

You have motivated me to start planning my escape to places I have read about or even visited in past decades that obviously need another, much closer, look. Deb Nesselhauf

About the Author
Sue Cook is a retired elementary-school teacher from St. Louis County, Missouri. She taught for 28 years in the school, which she attended as a child. Ed Cook worked for 34 years as a telephone company technician, spending his entire life in the St. Louis area. When they met, they realized they had similar desires to expand their horizons beyond their limited Midwest existence.

Customer Reviews

Sightseein' & Rvin': Travel Adventures after 50
For years I have wanted to travel through all of the Continental US. Through this book, I have had a front seat view of all the places I ever want to travel too and more. I've seen sights, heard sounds, and enjoyed food through Sue and Ed as they have shared their experiences as they traveled through this great land. Don't miss out on the adventures that await you as you travel through this book.

THIS is how to travel!
The authors have an uncanny ability to find everything there is to do and experience in each place they travel to. They don't just stop and look, like typical tourists. They learn everything they can about the culture, geography, history, uniqueness of a place and experience it with all their senses. For example, at Death Valley: "We stopped to walk through the remains of a gold-mining operation...the silence was fascinating. It wasn't a 'deafening quiet,' where you're in a closed room and can hear your heartbeat, but a strange lack of sound and space and time." "Taking a step on the dry rocky ground made a crunching sound that might be heard by a coyote in those mountains." The Chinese laborers at the borax mines "who dug these mine shafts and built these adobe buildings in the 120 degree summer heat also had to boil the minerals extracted from the ground before loading the pure borax into the 20-mule team wagons for their 60-mile haul. Can you imagine that heat?" (p.141)
This book has added to my list of must-see places, and changed it into a list of must-experience places. The authors have become my personal travel guides.

Sightseein' and RVin'
This book opened my eyes to the joys of RVing and the Wonders of our Country! It's not a "how-to" book but more of a "why-to" or "why-not" story of two mid-westerners who broke tradition and set off to follow their dreams. While pursuing their goal of touring all the states, they explored National Parks and popular vacation spots, along with discovering unique destinations you won't find in guidebooks. I highly recommend this entertaining book to RVers, future RVers, armchair travelers and wannabees.