I first met Davey Crocket when, as a young English kid living in Singapore I was taken to see Fess Parker in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. I was hooked, I got my first "coonskin" hat that Christmas. Imagine my delight when our American friends Dante and Barb moved to Tennessee after a hurricane destroyed their town, Punta Gorda, in Florida. Day 1 We flew Continental from Heathrow to Newark, a pleasant flight but not a pleasant welcome so let’s not spoil this journal and skip our arrival at Newark Airport. We stayed the night at a Howard Johnson Hotel, [View Full Entry]

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New York, New York After being spoilt with accommodation on our journey round Tennessee, we stayed in Queens to save on hotel costs and it turned out ok. The Pan American Hotel was comfortable but in need of an update. Cost and hotel airport shuttle were our main consideration but we also got free internet access. Now, If only I knew somebody with STATUS things might have been different The subway was a ten minute walk from the hotel, we navigated the system quite well, with only a couple of cock ups, and found it non threatening. Although the stations were [View Full Entry]

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Route 66 A Road Trip For The New Millenium, 2000 Background: Ken and Bev Cross and friends Rob and Penny Ballard from Swindon in Wiltshire (UK) wanted to mark the Millennium with a special holiday. Two and a half years previously Ken had started planning and researching via books and the Internet, and using CD Rom Map and Go software. Ken and Bev had been driving around the States ever since they "did" California and Nevada on their honeymoon in 1991. Day 1 to 3 - Chicago and Illinois A very pleasant flight from London to Detroit on North West, thanks [View Full Entry]

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