The Back Roads

Drawing on an earlier, best-selling edition, this is an all-new take-along book describing 40 drives on Arizona back roads that mostly are unpaved but not uncouth. The routes were compiled with novice back roaders in mind, although a few drives are challenging. Venturing into forests, mountains, and deserts, these drives allow you to slow your life down for leisurely trips. Richly illustrated with color photographs and documented with "Route Finder" directions and maps, these 40 drives will change your appreciation of Arizona's back-country.

Author of numerous books-including Arizona Highways' best-selling Arizona: The Beauty of it All--and travel articles, Sam Negri has been exploring Arizona's outback for three decades. But he's not a "macho" back roader, acknowledging that he's "spent more [time] being lost, found, stranded, and generally perplexed" on many back roads. Thus, he's the ideal choice for describing back roads for those without much experience in finding their way in the back country.