Backroad Adventuring: In Your Sport Utility Vehicle - Softcover

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Jonathan Hanson and Roseann Beggy Hanson are well known for their writing on outdoor sports and natural history. They have outfitted and driven several SUVs in the course of their extraordinary travels. Their most recent books include The Southern Arizona Nature Almanac and the National Outdoor Book Award winner The Ragged Mountain Press Guide to Outdoor Sports.

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Use your SUV for what it's built for: hard, safe, backroad driving.

Your sport utility vehicle was meant for wilder things than tame suburban roads. Backroad Adventuring will unlock its potential and teach you the best ways to navigate the rough roads and byways.

Roseann and Jonathan Hanson have driven 200,000 miles in three SUVs. Here they distill all their hard-won advice. Now any driver can learn how to get the most out of an SUV and really use it--safely, thoughtfully, and noninvasively--to explore the out-of-the-way paradises only a four-wheel-drive can reach.

This friendly, practical guide will give you the nuts and bolts of taking an SUV on exciting backroad journeys:

• How to drive on different kinds of roads and terrain
• Low-impact driving tips for preserving the environment
• Troubleshooting and simple on-the-road repairs
• Great ideas for trip planning
• How to keep your kids happy and safe on the road

Along the way, the authors share tales both amusing and instructive of their own fascinating road-trip adventures. Follow their lead and begin your own explorations.