Just Ahead, the
award-winning smartphone app synonymous with road tripping through national
parks, has just added one of the country’s most popular open-road drives to its
audio-tour map.
Just Ahead’s new
Interstate 15 audio guide amuses driver and passengers with anecdotes of
gunslingers, crazy characters and history along 400 well-traveled miles of
Interstate 15 from Los Angeles to St. George, UT, by way of Las Vegas and
Hoover Dam. Time to detour? The new I-15 tour guide segues into other Just
Ahead audio tours for Zion
National Park and Death
Valley National Park.
Many travelers know I-15 simply as the way to Vegas. But
imagine listening en route to yarns of Spanish history, learning about bizarre
geographical highlights—including cinder cones and the San Andreas Fault—and
about plant life and wildlife, from Joshua trees to creosote to rattlesnakes.
And not to be missed are tales of Las Vegas’s quirky history. Although Nevada
was the first western state to ban gambling, Bugsy Siegel changed the
game, bringing flair, style and organized crime to Las Vegas, where not so many
years ago the city thrilled to the sight of mushroom clouds rising from the
nearby desert floor in the early days of atomic bomb testing.
This tour guides listeners over fabled Cajon Pass and across
the high Mohave Desert, including a side trip to Hoover Dam. The dam, completed
in 1935, was one of history’s greatest engineering accomplishments. But what
about those rumors of workers buried inside the concrete abutments? Just Ahead
spells out the real story. The app also makes memorable Lake Mead, a recreation
hub, and the Mojave National Preserve, Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, and the
Virgin River Gorge.
For more information please see: http://www.justahead.com/tours/los-angeles-to-las-vegas
As with all Just Ahead smartphone guides, the Interstate 15
audio tour works without an Internet connection or cell phone service. Drivers
or passengers simply download it, turn it on, and enjoy a richly narrated tour
keyed to your present location.
Just Ahead’s location-aware technology utilizes GPS to know
precisely where drivers are on the road, and delivers stories and maps relevant
to their exact location. The groundbreaking app points out not-to-miss features
while also helping drivers avoid getting lost, by providing suggested
directions and telling drivers why they should turn or not, what they should do
after a turn, and the best direction to take if there are multiple route
options.
A recent user of the guide had this to say about the I-15
audio tour: “Once the narrator started talking about all of the amazing
historic sites, natural highlights, and man-made oddities, we were hooked. We
listened, and his information sparked amazing family conversations about the
geography we were seeing, the people who used to traverse this same trail
thousands of years ago, and the power of water.”
Just Ahead guides are currently available for the following
National Parks: Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Sequoia
& Kings Canyon, Zion & Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef,
Canyonlands & Arches, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton. Many additional park
guides are in production.
The Just Ahead app is a free download available either
through the Apple App Store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android), and each
destination guide is available as an in-app purchase. Guides range from $7.99
to $9.99 and include a free trial and free guide updates.
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