Stumbled on a 1927 travel guide at the library yesterday

I was poking around the reference section downtown and found this old book called 'Motor Camping in the National Parks'. It was published in 1927 and had these hand-drawn maps showing dirt roads that dont even exist anymore. The author talked about driving from Denver to Yellowstone in 3 days on gravel. I spent an hour just flipping through it. Has anyone else found an old travel book that made you wish you could go back in time?

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reed.ray17d ago

Hold on though, is getting stuck in 1927 traffic on a dirt road really all that romantic? Sounds like a lot of dust and broken axles to me.

luna_sanchez17d ago

Packed a busted Model T on a muddy backroad in Montana once. Took three hours to dig out with just a shovel and a prayer. Got covered in mud up to my elbows, and my gearbox was shot by the time we limped into town. But the sunset that night over the prairie was unreal, and we laughed about it over bad coffee at a diner. The broken parts were a pain, but the story stuck with me longer than the dust did. Sometimes the rough stuff makes the good parts better.