by Ann Mort
Veteran travel writer, Ann Mort has produced
a third travel book –this time in CD format. Great Little Getaway Tours,
contains information on day trips, weekend trips, three-week tours and “dash to
the destination” trips. The CD contains 157 Getaway options in 142 pages of
photos, maps, website links and suggestions from someone who has been to every
one of the places mentioned.
As Mort’s readers know, she tells it
straight—the attractions worth seeing and those best left off the to-do list.
It is an easy-to-use format for those who want quick information and some idea
of what they can see along the way to a chosen destination.
Slip the CD into the desktop computer,
traveling laptop or book reader and browse the pages of the book produced in
Adobe Reader style –a program on almost everybody’s computer these
days.
Browse the index and put a page number or
name of a city or attraction into the “find” box to locate a chosen place to
visit or click through the pages to read the listings. For those who like a
large print book – just enlarge the size on the screen. Find an interesting
trip and read the impressions of one who has actually “been there and done
that.” Click on the website for that particular place to see the latest
updates. Print the pages pertinent to a chosen trip rather than carry an entire
book along. Slip the CD into the luggage instead.
Vacation tours or day trips begin in the
middle of the Midwest – Middletown, Ohio, half way between Cincinnati and
Dayton-- but can just as easily begin from the reader’s hometown.
Ann Mort is a resident of Middletown, Ohio.
She is a wife, mother, grandmother and active community volunteer. She shares
her tips on the great, and the not so great, places she has traveled throughout
her careers as librarian, magazine co-publisher, writer and editor, public
relations professional, elected official, radio talk show host, and former
director of the Middletown Convention and Visitors Bureau. Now semi-retired, she
is even more eager for travel adventure and remains interested in peeking behind
the scenes or finding the unusual twist on the usual travel
experience.
Other publications by Ann Mort: Good News
Magazine, In-Town Magazine, Shopping the Super-Slab: I-75, Great Little Getaways
, How to Run for Public Office and How to Run a Fundraising
Festival.
The $18 publication “Great Little Getaways
Tours” book/CD is available at Middletown locations-- Java Johnny’s MidTowne
Café, Beau Verre Riordan Stained Glass Studio and Middletown Arts Center. The
CD/Book is also currently available on eBay using PayPal. Mail orders should be
sent to ABS Publishing Co, 4935 Riverview Ave, Middletown, OH 45042. Include
check or money order for $18 per copy plus $1.75 postage per
copy.
For more information, contact Ann Mort at RMort@cinci.rr.com.
