Doug McConnell wants to give travelers "the American West in their pocket."The long-time host of the Emmy award-winning regional travel series "Bay Area Backroads" is using two decades worth of travel segments as the core content for his new Web-based venture, OpenRoad.TV.That content consists of nearly 1,000 of the best video segments covering trips throughout Northern California and "from Hawaii to the mountains of New Mexico," McConnell says Around those gems, many of which feature jaw-dropping photography of mountains and coastlines, the site is adding trip-planning and organizing features to help users discover "the hidden treasures of the West." Most of those stories are told by the local characters whom the Bay Area Backroads crew captured on camera for 23 years, ... [ Read more ]