Recommended Reading: Yellowstone Treasures

Coming with us in the car is Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park. It details the park, mile by mile, so we don't miss anything. I've read (and enjoyed) the historical narrative; we're saving the mile-by-mile portion for our camp planning.

Recommended Reading: The Milepost

We just bought our 2008 Milepost. It's a fantastic travel guide that tells you EVERYTHING about all the major highways running between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The Milepost is considered an essential for anyone who does any driving on those routes. It labels major landmarks, towns, turnoffs, hotels...basically, if it's on the highway, the book mentions it.

Incidentally, we got ours at Wal-Mart for about 2/3 of the cover price. Even better, they seem to sell for about that on eBay, so we hope to make our money back by reselling it next year.

Recommended Reading: Hello Kitty: Hello U.S.A.

Our daughter is crazy about Hello Kitty. We found this book and knew it would be perfect for the PCS. It has a page devoted to each of the 50 states, with cute little facts about what's in each one. Given how many states we'll be visiting, it will be a great learning tool for her (and just might keep her occupied during the drive).

Recommended Reading: 1001 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die

We're currently reading through Patricia Schultz's 1,001 Place to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die. The author divided the book by both states/provinces and larger geographic regions (i.e., Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, etc.), so we can consult the various sections of the book as we pass through those areas and see if there's anything interesting to visit on the way.

The book reminds us that unless the Air Force gives me a second assignment to Alaska, we'll probably never be in Alaska or Northwest Canada again in our lifetime. (We're realists: traveling is expensive, so we like to take advantage of interesting places as long as the military sends us there.) Good planning will let us say, "Hey, I've been there" with a lot of the places in that book.