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Paperback Play Hard, Rest Easy New England: The Ultimate Active Getaway Guide Book

ISBN: 1931339007

ISBN13: 9781931339001

Play Hard, Rest Easy New England: The Ultimate Active Getaway Guide

Do you love the outdoors but not necessarily sleeping outdoors? Who says being outside must mean roughing it? High-energy recreation, stylish lodgings, superb dining and civilized relaxation make the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Great writing, great detail

Malcolm Campbell's book is a must for anyone who lives in, or visits, New England and loves to hike, explore, and just basically get away from it all. The research is amazingly detailed yet the book is brimming with character and wit, unlike many of the mass-produced guides that are on the market today: freed from the constraints of a "template," Malcolm has written a guidebook that's very much "Malcolm" while remaining extremely useful. Play Hard, Rest Easy is sort of like combining a really detailed guide with Bill Bryson's wit and panache.

really awesome guide book!

cool, fun, very useful and user-friendly. thanks for being a great guide!!

Play Hard, Rest Easy : New England is a TREASURE TROVE(!!!!)

If only all travel guidebooks were this COOL!!! This book blows the lid off other travel guidebooks!!! Most importantly, it is intelligently written!! Malcolm W. Campbell is obviously a travel aficionado, however, he is also a REMARKABLE WRITER with an OUTSTANDING SENSE OF HUMOR!!! This book is for travel aficionados who enjoy taking "ACTIVE VACATIONS" (such as hikes that deliver you to breathtaking, awe-inspiring, "TOUCHED-BY-THE-INFINITE-UNIVERSE"-feeling-type views; to mountain biking through former "carriage paths" from turn-of-the-century Golden Age vacation playgrounds which happen to be in fabulous, Spruce, Christmas-tree-scented forests of Acadia National Forest near Bar Harbor, Maine; to river kayaking in the White Mountains--just to name a scant few mentioned) but it's also for travel lovers who enjoy the pleasures of sleeping cozily in down-comforted and pillowed beds in nostaligic, cedar shingle inns (with the windows open at dawn) AND who take pleasure in the celebration of true Epicurean delights of fine food and drink on one's odyssey. There's also a cool "Kick Back" section in every chapter that offers more "chillin'" ways to experience the day. I particulary enjoyed the "Historic Wanderings" sections as well as every "Cool Movie Houses" section. (Did you know there's a 10,500 year-old Native American village in Connecticut?) Along with the author's strikingly unique and funny wit, this book also packs much SOUL...I guess the two are related. You could read this book as a novel even if you never intend to travel, though with such descriptive prose and keen observation of the Living World, I bet it would move even the deepest stick-in-the-mud personality. I look forward to future writings -- TRAVE GUIDES **OR** OTHERWISE -- by Malcolm W. Campbell and his unique voice. DON'T MISS THIS BOAT!!!

This has it all!

It's no wonder the subtitle on this book is "The Ultimate Active Getaway Guide" -- it's got all the information you could possibly want! Finally, someone has written a book that not only suggests where to hike, bike, etc. but also gives wonderful information about inns and other enjoyable activities for your leisure time. The suggested itineraries are a big help and the layout is extremely user friendly. Kudos to Malcolm Campbell for bringing us the Ultimate guide!

All You Need To Know About New England Outdoor Fun

This is a remarkable Guide Book. It tells you every thing one needs to know about a fun trip to New England. Where to hike, where to bike, what to see, where to eat, and where to sleep. Several years ago I visited Camden, Maine for several days. I was pleased to learn from this book that I stayed in the right place, ate at a couple of the right places, and had one of the best hikes. To accomplish what I did took telephone calls, making many inquires in the local shops and restaurants, and in a couple of cases, made decisions that were off target. If I had only had this book, my trip would have been more fun without having to do the local research on my own. I cannot wait for future editions on other sections of the country.
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