Mariëlle Renssen worked for 12 years at the largest publisher of illustrated books in Southern Africa (today Penguin Random House South Africa). She progressed from senior book editor to publisher and then writer, after which she turned to freelancing. She is the author of many books, ranging in subject from marathon running, meditation, labyrinths, and mazes to a teenager's personal story of living with dyslexia. Thereafter, she turned to travel writing and has since had many illustrated books published on her adventure travels, embarked on with husband, Hirsh Aronowitz, and a traveler friend, Keith Titley, along the back roads and throughout the wilds of Southern Africa.

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The team of three friends has, over the years and across thousands and thousands of miles, proven to be excellent travel companions. After testing their mettle bouncing across the wilds of Southern Africa in two off-road vehicles, and having published books about it, it was time to test the wilds of Western USA. This is an account of their momentous 4,000-mile, two-month adventure across seven states: from Denver, Colorado, to Mammoth Lakes, California. They have been from 11,000 ft to minus 200 ft, from 25°F to 109°F. An unforgettable journey where each park impossibly managed to outshine the next.