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Lee Foster writes about and recommends the best natureoutdoors attractions and the best cultural travel experiences in Northern CaliforniaxAxAHe helps a local or a visitor make informed travel decisions for visiting places as diverse as Yosemite National Park the intriguing Russian fort at Fort Ross along the Sonoma coast or the wondrous Big Sur CoastxAWhat are the best travel options to explore when contemplating Northern California Lee Foster has spent years refining the answers Lees chapters in this book guide consumers to use wisely their most precious commodity--their time Lee presents his vision of Northern California travel in the various modes that a consumer might find useful--as a -page printed book as an ebook with color photos and on his website as write-upslideshow elements at fostertravelcom Search Norcal to see all the book chapters Eventually the content will also be organized as an appxAThe goal is to provide an enjoyable and insightful read for the armchair traveler and an actionable plan ready to go for an actual trip Lees strategy is to divide Northern California into a finite number of major subjects such as Lake Tahoe and offer a write-up plus If You Go suggestionsxAA consumer has many sources of information about Northern California travel but Lee Fosters content is superior for several reasons Lee makes insightful judgments that help a traveler use precious travel time wisely His only responsibility is to the consumer He doesnt write about everything only the best things He has no need to promote anything beyond what he considers the best possible consumer experiencexAVisitor Bureau and Destination Management Organizations promotional travel content can be helpful and is sometimes energetically presented but such offerings must often give equal time to all dues-paying members Lee can select and promote only the best consumer experiences in a destination which is what a consumer wants Crowd-sourced travel information such as Yelp or TripAdvisor can be lively and useful but such reports are subject to planted bias competitor sabotage and the exuberance or idiosyncratic negativity of the amateur Lee provides a perspective from a veteran travel journalist who has only his audiences interest in mind Other travel guides are heavy with data but Lee wonders if that is useful in the Internet era when a Google Search can resolve quickly all the pedestrian facts such as address hours open and prices Instead Lee concentrates on inspiration and judgment to help the potential traveler make wise decisions Lee Foster has personally visited the places and lived out the experiences that he recommends He compares the placesexperiences against his lifetime record of numerous other parallel options in Northern California and elsewhere Lee becomes your personal travel concierge with a distillation of the essence of the destination Lees coverages do not adhere to a rigid formula The question is what is the essence of this destination Often a good option for lodging and dining is offered to make the trip memorable His expertise also points out the not-so-obvious and hidden delights that a traveler might otherwise miss.
About the Author
Lee Foster is a veteran and award-winning travel and literary book author, winner of eight Lowell Thomas Awards, including Lee being named Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, one of the most coveted prizes in the travel writing world.
Lee lives in Berkeley, California and develops travel, literary, and publishing books, ebooks, apps, articles, and photos, especially about California. About half of his total work is writing and half is photography. All of Lee's involvement in travel journalism, plus his literary and publishing books, can be seen on his website at www.fostertravel.com. In his travel journalism Lee has more than 200 worldwide writing/photography destination coverages that he presents to consumers and licenses to magazines and other editorial content buyers.
Lee's newest book/ebook is about his experience and role in the self-publishing revolution, titled An Author's Perspective on Independent Publishing: Why Self-Publishing May Be Your Best Option. Recently re-published also is his memoir about growing up in Minnesota, titled Minnesota Boy: Growing Up in Mid-America, Mid-20th Century. His most recent travel book is Northern California Travel: The Best Options, which is also available as an ebook in Chinese. This book charts 30 major trip ideas that Lee feels are the most interesting rationales for exploring the northern 2/3rds of California. The book covers the territory from the Oregon border through Big Sur on the West and Death Valley on the East. His travel literary book, Travels in an American Imagination: The Spiritual Geography of Our Time, exists as an audiobook as well as a print book/ebook. That book is about the vision that we live in both the most wondrous and the most horrific time ever to be alive. The book won a Best Travel Commentary Award from the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association.
Lee is also co-author and co-photographer of the recent blockbuster Dorling Kindersley travel guide book titled Back Roads California in their Eyewitness Travel Guide series. Lee has other recent travel books/ebooks with traditional publishers, including two travel and photo guides from Countryman Press/Norton, titled The Photographer's Guide to San Francisco and The Photographer's Guide to Washington DC. Lee won a Lowell Thomas award for his travel guide book Northern California History Weekends from publisher Globe Pequot.
Lee also has on his Amazon Author Page various earlier legacy books, which are sought by collectors who want to possess all of Lee's books.
