Bend to Baja is the ultimate scrapbook of adventure travel documenting a massive roadtrip in search of surf and climbing spots all over the North America. Oh, and it’s the story of a truck, converted to run on biofuels. The book itself is a unique design, full of original art and photography that reads like a journal for those of us who think outside the box. Both an experiment in sustainability and perfect vagabondage, it’s the grownups diary of imagination. Writer/photographer Jeff Johnson takes the ordinary of the day to day on the road and amplifies it to the sublime. Accompanied by the legendary Malloy brothers and with an intro by Scott Hulet, editor of the The Surfer’s Journal, the crew set out to make the product of dreams, documenting all the minutia of the journey that together, as sum, is greater than its parts. Truly an inspiring work of original art and core photojournalism, it makes the reader a lot jealous, while reminding us that a true adventure is borne simply from a will to GO. ISBN 097234229X. $29.95