Trip Mouse Publishing

All books other than Six of Each $12 paperback, $4 Kindle.
Six of Each $12.50 available at Blurb only.
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20 in '21 and the YT Too

Plans to drive the Yellowstone Trail and Historic US Route 20 in 2020 were sidelined by the COVID pandemic but they survived and were put into play in 2021. The Yellowstone Trail, the longest of America's named auto trails, was driven east to west. Historic Route 20, the longest of the United States Numbered Highways, was driven west to east. A major heatwave in the northwest gave the trip a wider range of temperatures than expected while the variety of surroundings, from cities like Boston and Chicago to open spaces like those in Wyoming and Montana, and roads, from multi-lane expressways to grassy two-tracks, was exactly as expected. The 37-day drive covered more than 9,000 miles and passed through 17 states. Nearly 200 photos are included in this travelogue. Published May 2022. Paperback (with B&W photos) and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.


Tracing a T to Tampa

The T being traced belonged to the author's great-grandparents, and the tracing is of a trip they made to Florida in 1920. The repeat occurred in the trip's centennial year of 2020. Both involved twelve states and the District of Columbia. The original four month trip was documented in a series of letters, included in this book, sent from the road. The twenty-seven day retracing is documented in approximately 100 photographs augmented by a couple dozen historical photos. Published July 2021. Paperback (with B&W photos) and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.


Six of Each

This one is all about the pictures. Each of the travelogues contains in excess of 100 photographs. They exist as full color images in the Kindle versions but are black & white in the paperbacks. The reason is cost. Even mid-level photo quality color printing is expensive. By using an economical magazine format and a limited number of photographs, Six of Each makes several color images available in printed form at a reasonable price. Six photos from each of five travelogues appear one to a page with a short description. Despite being photograph oriented, this is hardly a coffee table book. At best, it's a coffee table pamphlet that leaves plenty of room for coffee. Published March, 2019. At present, the book is available only through the printer, Blurb. A portion of the book is available for preview so you ought to take a look even if you have no intention of buying. Look it over and order if you so desire here.


Jefferson Highway All the Way

The Jefferson Highway was an international route with one end in Winnipeg, Canada, and the other in New Orleans, USA. Jefferson Highway All the Way is the story of an end-to-end drive of this historic auto trail in the spring of 2018. A pause at the Jefferson Highway Association annual conference in St. Joseph, MO, divides the trip into two almost equal halves in both time and distance. Nearly 140 B&W photos illustrate the 17-day 2300-mile drive on the road that was also called the "Pine to Palm Highway". Published March 2019. Paperback (with B&W photos) and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.


A Canadian Connection

5000 miles and 16 days of the drive to and from Alaska were not included in 50 @ 70 because they were not in the United States but in Canada. A Canadian Connection tells the story of those 16 days with 100+ B&W photos. Routes involved include the Alaska (nee AlCan) Highway, the Trans-Canada Highway, Top of the World Highway, Stewart-Cassier Highway, Yellowhead Highway, and Klondike Highway. Published January 2019. Paperback (with B&W photos) and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.


50 @ 70

The story of traveling through the sixteen states that completed visits to all fifty. The name comes from the fiftieth, Hawaii, being reached just before the author's seventieth birthday. More than 150 photos. Published November 2017. Paperback (with B&W photos) and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.


A Decade Driving the Dixie Highway

A 2004-2015 travelogue following the Dixie Highway system through all ten states it connected. More than 100 photos. Published November 2015. Paperback (with B&W photos) and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.


By Mopar to the Golden Gate

The story of a coast to coast drive in a 1963 Valiant convertible on the Lincoln Highway during its centennial year of 2013. More than 150 B&W photos. Published December 2013. Paperback and Kindle (with color photos) editions available through Amazon. Signed paperback copies available through eBay.