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Book Review of Blue Highways: A Journey Into America (Travel Trilogy, Bk 1)

Blue Highways: A Journey Into America (Travel Trilogy, Bk 1)
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Perhaps dated now by more than 30 years, it was newly published when I first read it. The red highways (like arteries) are interstates: they don't let you get off very easily, except for gas and fast food. But the blue roads are like the Road Not Taken (Frost). Although you may no longer meet and see the same circumstances today, the possibilities are still there. This book was a great influence on the choices in my life: I still take the less travelled way whenever I can and love the realities of this country that can still be found in small towns, remote places and back roads.