About The Book:
This book is about exploring the scenery, places and intimate destinations along Californias Pacific Coast Highway. From remote romantic and quaint little towns that we know by name from blockbuster movies and classic novels, to big city vacation destinations. From fun sunny beaches and boardwalks to wine and vineyard tours and tasting rooms, this book details it all, in a practical and useful mile-by-mile format. Beginning at the southern California, traveling through the majestic redwoods forests and central coastal botanical gardens, and ending along the beautiful and rugged Northern California coast, this book brings the reader on a journey through the most awesome expanse of scenic vistas and natural wonders imaginable, along our county's most heralded scenic highway, the "most scenic highway in America", The Pacific Coast Highway.
    This guide provides a synopsis of over 750 attractions, cities and towns, lighthouses, harbors, beaches, boardwalks, piers and wharfs, surfing sites, and surf fishing locations. Through state and historic parks, nature preserves, National Wildlife Refuges, and Marine Sanctuaries. To hiking and biking trails, campgrounds, museums and aquariums. On winery tours and off-shore island excursions, and into the grand red wood forests. It is all here, along or near the Pacific Coast Highway. Indeed, this is the most comprehensive and complete guidebook to the Pacific Coast Highway, and the natural and scenic wonders that may be discovered and experienced here.

ECOTOURISM   This book serves to promote the global policies of ecotourism. Ecotourism may be defined as travel to natural or cultural sites which informs the visitor, conserves the site, and benefits the local economy.

About The Author:
The author has brought together his skills as a career graphic artist, photographer, and publications designer to produce comprehensive and useful travel and recreation guides with technical prowess. The author's passion and creative insight in discovering and experiencing nature, the environment, national and regional parks, and wildlife from the active reader's perspective should encourage enthusiasm and anticipation in the reader through his writing.
   Our natural and scenic wonders are to be "discovered and experienced by everyone", and his "what to see and what to do" writing style and format is born from the thirst to experience and discover the world around him.
   Over the years, Mark has operated as a patent draftsman, and contracted as a technical illustrator and book and magazine designer for the National Academy of Sciences. In 2003 Mark authored and published this first book, "Discovering the C&O Canal", the definitive resource and activities guide for one of our country's beloved National Historical Parks, located in Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

Quick Facts on this book:
  The book contains 212 pages, containing 50 chapters and sections.
  The book includes over 50 full-color photographs.
  Each section provides useful information on locations, features, and activities of interest.
  The cost of the book is $19.95 US. It is available from the publisher by immediate download, or by direct mail on CD or Flash Drive in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format (with additional shipping and handling charges).