Rick Quinn

Rick Quinn is a native of Arizona, but during his college days, he lived, worked, and studied in four different states and three foreign countries. With a major move every 3 to 6 months, road trips became a way of life, and all that travel sparked a passion (or a restlessness?) that’s persisted for nearly half a century. His wildest trip? Rick once shipped a four-wheel drive truck to South America, and spent two full years driving every road in the northern Andes. Strangest vehicle? He converted a VW bug into a camper, and used it on a three month tour through 35 states. Marriage, mortgage, family, and career slowed things down quite a bit, but now that Rick has retired, he’s back on the road again: in 2015, he drove the Alaska Highway and the Yucatan, a total of 21,000 miles over four months. Over the course of the summer and fall of 2016, Rick drove 11,000 miles through Arizona and New Mexico, plus a bit of Texas and Utah, shot more then 7,000 photos and compiled copious notes working on his debut travel book, "RoadTrip America 25 Scenic Side Trips in Arizona and New Mexico," (Imbrifex Books, April 2018). Rick’s infectious love for the road itself, and for driving his beloved Jeep to places just beyond the next bend in the road, entice and entertain his readers.