As the leading chronicler of America's top adventure roads, Tony Huegel has introduced tens of thousands of travelers to the most scenic and historic backcountry byways in the West. Tony's other guides include California Desert Byways (recently revised), Sierra Nevada Byways, California Coastal Byways, Colorado Byways, Utah Byways (recently revised) and Washington Byways. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is now an Idaho-based journalist. His adventure-driving stories, a selection of which you'll find on this Web site, have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including National Geographic Adventure, Popular Mechanics, Four Wheeler, 4WD & SUV, Truck Trend, Mercedes Momentum, the San Diego Union Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News .