This morning I read a really positive notice, in the Sunday L.A. Times Book Review, of "America From the Air, a guide to the landscape along your route," by Daniel Matthews and James S. Jackson. The book comes with a CD-ROM which contains the entire contents (incluing aerial pictures).
The review begins kinda oddly, but is generally a rave, and the Times has never steered me wrong on subjects of interest. It's a few cents cheaper at Amazon, but I had some leftover moolah on a Barnes & Noble giftcard, so ordered from there.
Not being a frequent flyer, I'm not jaded about sightseeing from several miles up; still love looking out the window and admiring the American landscape.
Maybe now I'll find out what's being mined at those huge open pits somewhere in Colorado.
Both sites offer several similar books as well.
P.S. Today, December 16, 2007, is the 60th birthday of the transistor. This forum would not exist without it.
The review begins kinda oddly, but is generally a rave, and the Times has never steered me wrong on subjects of interest. It's a few cents cheaper at Amazon, but I had some leftover moolah on a Barnes & Noble giftcard, so ordered from there.
Not being a frequent flyer, I'm not jaded about sightseeing from several miles up; still love looking out the window and admiring the American landscape.
Maybe now I'll find out what's being mined at those huge open pits somewhere in Colorado.
Both sites offer several similar books as well.
P.S. Today, December 16, 2007, is the 60th birthday of the transistor. This forum would not exist without it.