{"product_id":"2940156796922","title":"Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners","description":"A great country and a great road trip.  Great parks and great mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the true story about the second in a series of road trips across America by Joseph Whelan, the author.  Over the decades his travel time exceeded a year and the distance driven surpassed one hundred thousand miles.  On this second trip of three weeks, the journey was over eight thousand miles long and it and took him through twenty-one states.  This is Ameritrekking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way he drove and hiked to several highpoints.  A highpoint is the highest natural geographic point in any particular state.  Every highpoint is different: some are relatively easy to get to, some are not so easy, some are hard, and some are high mountains.  This is highpointing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \"thirteener\" is a mountain at least 13,000 feet above sea level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are dozens of color pictures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of the trip was spent in these states:\u003cbr\u003e        Florida\u003cbr\u003e        Michigan\u003cbr\u003e        Minnesota\u003cbr\u003e        Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e        New Mexico\u003cbr\u003e        North Dakota\u003cbr\u003e        Oklahoma\u003cbr\u003e        Utah\u003cbr\u003e        Wisconsin\u003cbr\u003e        Wyoming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to highpoints, the author visited several parks:\u003cbr\u003e        Black Mesa Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e        Bryce Canyon National Park\u003cbr\u003e        Capulin Volcano National Monument\u003cbr\u003e        Cedar Breaks National Monument\u003cbr\u003e        Clayton Lake State Park\u003cbr\u003e        Grand Teton National Park\u003cbr\u003e        Itasca State Park\u003cbr\u003e        Yellowstone National Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStalking the Wild Thirteeners is the second book in Joseph Whelan's Ameritrekking and Highpointing series.  If you like the travel memoirs of Bill Bryson, Ian Frazier, Peter Jenkins, William Least Heat-Moon, and Edwin Way Teale, you owe it to yourself to check out Thirteeners.  Expand your horizons and buy this adventure-packed tale today!","brand":"Joseph Whelan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114639933680,"sku":"2940156796922","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156796922_p0.jpg?v=1764087858","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156796922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}