Discover the great American Southwest and Southern California hand-in-hand with two leading authorities on the region.  This travel guide offers a unique five-day tour, starting in Kingman, Arizona, and ending on the beach in Santa Monica, California. Drive from Hoover Dam to the gamblers' heaven, Las Vegas, the spectacular deserts of Arizona and Southern California, south to the Mexican border, explore San Diego, and on into Greater Los Angeles with this eye-opening book, and you'll find out just what makes this region so special. Ford and Griffin comment on everything that's likely to catch your attention--from the lay of the land to the taste of the food, from joshua trees to mobile home parks, from old Mexican missions to freeways, from the sound of salsa to the smell of chaparral.  Southern California Extended makes the best of traveling companions: compact, informed, and lively. You'll want to read and reread it as you plan, take, and relive your trip!Larry Ford and Ernie Griffin are professors of geography at San Diego State University who delight in the variety and vitality of the Southwest. A volume in Touring North America, a new series of thirteen guides by geographers for the curious traveler. The guides provide stop-by-stop tours to the most interesting places in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. They tell you what to see--and what it means! This innovative series, specially commissioned for the 27th International Geographical Congress 1992 and featuring maps by National Geographic Society cartographers, will be invaluable to the visitor and the native alike. Read More