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Just Ahead Launches Second Tour: Death Valley National Park

July 1, 2014 Bob Howells

Just Ahead, the app that turns your smartphone into an audio tour guide, has a brand new tour: Death Valley National Park in California.

Joshua Tree National Park was our first, and the response to that tour has been terrific—users have told us how enjoyable it is to travel through these compelling destinations with a friendly tour guide along for the ride, pointing out landmarks and historic sites, side trips and day hikes, all mixed in with stories about the park’s history, wildlife, and fabled characters.

Coming Soon: Just Ahead’s Tour of Death Valley National Park

June 2, 2014 Bob Howells

We’ve been hard at work on our next Just Ahead tour, and we’re just about to unwrap it.

What’s just ahead for Just Ahead?

Death Valley National Park.

This is no small feat. Death Valley is immense. The largest park in the lower 48 American states. That’s right: Death Valley, at 3.4 million acres, is larger than Yellowstone National Park.

And full of amazing places, astounding beauty, rich history, and fascinating stories.

We’re very proud of this narrated audio tour tour, which covers more than 300 locations in and around Death Valley National Park. We guide you to the park from any direction you choose, and once you’re in the park, we guide you to amazing sights along the park’s excellent paved roads, plus many dirt roads suitable for passenger cars.

Just Ahead Launches First iPhone GPS Audio Tour for Joshua Tree National Park

May 24, 2014 Bob Howells

We here at Just Ahead are excited to announce the launch of our first iPhone-powered GPS audio tour. Our debut guide takes you on a professionally narrated audio tour of Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. It’s available for download now in the Apple App Store, and an Android version is coming soon.

Maybe we’re a little biased, but we love how the app works: Once you download it, you simply open the app, and we begin guiding you to and through Joshua Tree National Park. We point out landmarks along the way, and all the coolest places to visit.

By the way: Just Ahead’s Joshua Tree is a GPS audio tour. In other words, you don’t need a mobile phone signal or an Internet connection. The app uses GPS to know exactly where you are in the park. It even knows what direction you’re traveling.

Just Ahead's Tour of Joshua Tree National Park

Once you start the tour, a friendly, informative tour guide begins narrating your travels.

The Story of Just Ahead

May 23, 2014 Gregory Morse

Now that Just Ahead GPS Audio Guides are a reality, I wanted to share our back story.

I took my wife and three young kids on a six-week RV road trip last summer. We traveled all around the Southwest and introduced the kids to some spectacular country.

Predictably, we filled the cab of our Toyota Sequoia with a clutter of maps and guidebooks. We figured that whoever was co-piloting would consult them, navigate, and share stories about the sights unfolding outside our windows.

You can guess how well that worked. As soon as someone said, “Hey, what’s that?” we were past it.

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