Less Beaten Paths of America: Quirky and Offbeat Roadside Attractions - Softcover

Book 2 of 5: Less Beaten Paths of America

Kravetz, David C

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Synopsis

Travel the back roads of America and you never know what you will come across. Americans have come up with all sorts of quirky and unique attractions. Many towns use these or creations of their own to draw visitors to their communities.This volume is a collection of David Kravetz's many travels across the United States and Canada. David has photographed well-known and not so well-known attractions along the way. In this book he tells of his experiences and occasional challenges, but always provides some fun and personal anecdotal stories of the quirky and offbeat places that the large and small communities offer.Come enjoy the ride and learn of some fun new places.

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About the Author

David Kravetz, 62, resides in Lexington, KY and is the owner and creative mind behind Sumoflam Productions, where he works with dotcoms, writes blogs and does nature and travel photography. He is a freelance travelographer  focuses on the normal, the wacky, the wonderful and the quirky things of this wide world.  His popular travel blog is called Less Beaten Paths and has over 350 posts about offbeat and back roads travel. David also has sites that present photography of the world as he sees it. Sumoflam, as he is known to thousands of friends and followers around the world, has a passion for traveling and has been to all 50 of the states in the United States, as well as five provinces in Canada, numerous states in Mexico, the Philippines, China and Korea.  He lived in Japan for 6 years and is  fluent in Japanese. He is the father of five and has TEN grandchildren who call him Grampz. He has been married to his lovely wife Julianne for more than 39 years. He will admit that he truly Married Up!!

From the Back Cover

Remember those days of your youth when you traveled with your family to those strange and unusual places? David Kravetz does. And he has kept that youthful interest throughout his life as he travels the back roads of America seeking the quirky places that give this great country its unique character. The chapters of this book contain David's personal experiences visiting hundreds of unique, quirky and offbeat roadside attractions from all over the United States and Canada. The roadsides are filled with whimsy and it has been his quest for nearly two decades to find them. Join Sumoflam in this, his second book on traveling the back roads of America, and enjoy the ride.

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