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Welcome back to another week here on the Backroads. I have decided this week it's time once again to break up the Scavenger Hunt blogs and present you with another amazing Roadworthy Resource. I find that now when I go to bookstores I run straight to the travel section looking for anything that is not a Fodors, hoping to see something that I have not noticed. I also realize I am very new fan of a very old medium. I find that books I am discovering are new and improved 3ed editions of books that have been around for at least a decade. This weeks Roadworthy Resource is one such book.

This weeks resource (if you didn't notice in the title) is Road Trip USA Cross Country Adventures on America's Two Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen. This book is just a heck of thing even sitting on the bookshelf. Its a 900 page color coded monster with cover art that painfully similar to the mock ups of the soon to be revealed Bruce on the Backroads logo. The art (as you can see) is reminiscent of the old postcards from all over the county that would say things like “Welcome to (insert your place here)” and although it has nothing to do with the book at all, it really made me want to like it.

Welcome to this weeks Bruce on the Backroads. Last weeks blog seemed to leave everyone in stunned silence both here and on Facebook, so this weeks “Roadworthy Resource” will be a bit more conventional. Although as a note, all the JetBlue tickets sold out, so this go round I will not be able to report to you from the field. But remember potential sponsors, feel free to contact me next go round at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and it might be the [your name here] Bruce on the Backroads whirlwind US Trip blog. We can work on the name. Call me.

This is my first attempt to bring resources that I think could be useful to fellows travelers and adventurers.  I feel like in the future I will use this section to talk about books and websites, maybe the occasional gadget.  However, if you are a regular reader then you noticed a message in my replies last week talking about the new Jet Blue offer of a one month all you can fly for $599.  I know personally if I had a sponsor I could turn this little marketing ploy into one of the better adventures had in the modern era. However I think to really do this right I would need about $10,000.00. I am sure you are thinking "WHY? Its a $600.00 ticket, what's the rest of the money for?" Well my friends I see it like this, if you lay out the Jet Blue map you will notice that whole sections of the country are not touched (like almost ALL the red states), so to fill in this gap, you need the Amtrak 15 day/8 Segment Pass.  This would cost an additional $389.00. So far lets call it an even $1,000.00 and I still need to buy a video camera and a laptop so I can record this adventure, and I have not rented any cars, which will also be important in filling out parts of this trip.