"On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue."

Thus begins the forward, for Blue Highways, by William Least Heat-Moon

Moon states the truth of the ages which our modern credit culture precludes. "If a man couldn't make things go right he could at least go.

Moon was a college teacher who lost his job and wife at 36 because of budget cuts and low seniority and a guy named Rick or Chick. So on the road he went in his Econoline Van and barely $400.00 in his pocket. The adventures, sights, chance meetings and lessons of this road warrior makes the reader and wannabee traveler (me) lust for those blue highways.

Take a chance on this one and you won't be disappointed.

Dave

I read this one about a year ago.

I am part way through this book. Good so far, especially the area he went near the beginning of the book (TN) was my growing-up-stompin' grounds (Noname, Cookeville, Gainsboro and the City Cafe, Defeated, Difficult, Oak Ridge. He missed Highland, Gladdice, Bagdad). It took a couple of days for the author to wander away from the red routes.

Does make one wonder why I did not buy a $400 van! Or resurrect the old 1975 NuWay sitting in my yard.

A Nephew gave it to me for Christmas present.