America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

"Blythe Roberson quits her day job to go on the classic American rite of passage: the cross-country road trip. She structures her solitary trip around national parks where she can complete junior ranger badges (an aspiration I now hold near, as far too many of my friends are probably willing to attest). Roberson discusses ecotourism, conservation, class, politics, sex, gender and the beautiful, varied nature of the national parks. Roberson’s travelogue had me cracking up. She’s funny, engaging and opinionated, and I’ve bought a second copy because so many of my friends borrowed my first."