Travel: June 2008 Archives
Even cartoonist Scott Adams vacations in Branson.
Small-town motel search - SmarterTravel.com
Looking for lodging in Lookeba? If you can't find it on the big travel websites, try municipal and chamber of commerce websites for your destination. (Sometimes state tourism sites have catalogs of available lodging, too. And Google Maps can sometimes turn things up that no one else can.)
Marginal Revolution: Time travel back to 1000 A.D.: Survival tips
Many interesting tips (over 300 comments!) on how to cope, prosper, or even change history at the turn of the 2nd Millenium. (Via Mister Snitch!)
U.S. Highway Ends: maps and terminus photos
Another bit of road geekery: Maps showing historic and present-day alignments of U. S. Highways, and photos from where each road ends. (Via Dustbury.)
The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: Vive Ma France
Gallia divisa est in at least two partes according to Lincoln Allison, admirable and not so much: "My France is la France profonde, a bastion of rugby and la petite commerce; it believes in Travaille, Famille, Région. It is not to be confused with the France of l'etat, of Paris, trade unions, politics and intellectuals."
Detroit News: Time runs out for Tiger Stadium
Sad. Tiger Stadium was a great place to watch a ball game. I saw an exciting 7-6 Tiger win over the Yankees there in 1988, a highlight of a "rust belt tour" of five soon-to-vanish ballparks in the Great Lakes states. Of the five, only Wrigley Field is still in use.
