This book was inspired by those blue highways and a quintessentially American love: the open road. Americans had begun taking to the road such as it was long before the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925 designated the first numbered cross-country routes.
After the interstate highway program was authorized in 1955 as a way to move troops and material around quickly, Americans became obsessed with speed. And forgot the soul of the open road: the freedom to wander, the chance to stop and sniff a wildflower, ramble beside a creek, shape a snowball from a late-summer snowbank, gawk at a long-abandoned mining town, buy a fresh peach from a farm stand, or simply discover a new vista.
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“I continue to travel this great state of ours, and every outing brings a new discovery from our rural farms and ranches, our rugged Rocky Mountains, and our pristine rivers and lakes. Reading Colorado Scenic Byways will inspire all of us to take to the road to enjoy these special places that truly set Colorado apart.”
-Bill Ritter Jr., Governor
“Anyone who has traveled, or is planning to travel in Colorado, will find Colorado Scenic Byways and its companion Road Atlas & Travel Guide to be invaluable for planning and fine complements to the memories gathered along the way. Jim Steinberg’s award winning photography and Susan Tweit’s colorful writing bring to life the diversity and majesty of this incredibly beautiful state.”
-Bob Tope, Managing Editor,
Nature’s Best Photography magazine
When Jim bought me, I only had 27 miles on me. Now, over 500,000 miles later, I've helped him with the creation of 4 books, over 1,000 calendar images, hundreds of book contributions, over 400 notecards and the sale of 3,000 stock images. Whew! We've been through a lot together. Visit old yeller at www.myspace.com/oldyeller1980.
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Jim Steinberg stows dozens of rolls of film, some cameras, and a few supplies in his old yellow Volvo and hits the trail to chase the perfect light to illuminate his vision of Colorado’s incredible landscape. While others speed along on the interstates, Jim takes the other roads and finds spectacular beauty at every twist and turn. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Backpacker, Life, Earth, Nature Conservancy, Scientific American, Nature’s Best, Oxford Scientific, Discover, National Parks, U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, Sierra Club, and many others. Jim and his wife live in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where they like to watch the alpenglow kiss the day goodnight from their front porch.
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Susan J. Tweit is a plant ecologist who turned to writing when she realized that she loved the stories behind the data more than collecting the data itself. Her ten books and hundreds of newspaper columns, magazine articles, essays and radio commentaries celebrate the "community of the land," the relationships between species, including humans, that animate western landscapes. She and Jim Steinberg collaborated previously on Colorado Less Traveled, a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards. She lives, writes and restores patches of urban wildness in Silida, Colorado.
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