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Vroom Vroom - 10 Motorhead Museums
2007-09-02 08:46:41
If you've been driving around aimlessly this Labor Day weekend looking for something to do, you might want to go and check out a car museum. MSNBC covers 10 of the best car museums in the country from coast to coast. Odds are this one might break the family up as most likely there's someone in everyone's car who won't be happy about this little excursion but for those who dig on motors and automobiles here's a quick rundown on the places they recommend-
The Nethercutt Collection - Free to the public and includes car from as far back as 1898
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum - About 100 cars and costs $8 to get in
Saratoga Automobile Museum - This museum includes a 7-passenger convertible
Wall Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum - Packed full of crazy hot rods
Volo Auto Museum - Just outside Chicago with over 300 cars on display
Larz Anderson Auto Museum - Lots of French motor cars here
Darryl Starbird's Rod & Custon Hall Of Fame Museum - Ridiculously long name
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Picture of the Day (08/30/07) - From TripCart
2007-08-30 09:18:47
The Aspen Hollow Truck Trail in Lewis County, New York.
(thanks again Lida Rose)
related travel guide: Fall Foliage in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, New York
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Say Goodbye To Paper Tickets
2007-08-30 07:32:15
Paper tickets will soon be a thing of the past. So get ready to tell your grandkids about when you use to have to provide a paper voucher in order to get on a plane. In less than a year the entire airline industry will be going high-tech and get rid of paper tickets all together. E-tickets will save airlines an astounding $9 per ticket (which we doubt they'll pass on to you) and better yet, it'll save 50,000 defenseless trees from losing their lives just so you can travel. Can you feel your carbon footprint getting smaller?
(thanks travelindustrywire)
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Lunar Eclipse On Tuesday, August 28th
2007-08-28 05:54:05
Those smart guys over at NASA figured out there's going to be a lunar eclipse today. On Tuesday there will be a full moon that will pass through the Earth's shadow. According to the space guys, "During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a
dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to
dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray." So make sure to crawl out of bed early if you're on vacation and find a nice spot to watch the moon get weird.
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Top 10 Amusement Parks (Outside of Orlando)
2007-08-27 07:26:04
Here's another top 10 list we missed while we were away on vacation. TripAdvisor asked their 15 billion users for their favorite amusement park outside the confines of Orlando and they came up with the following list-
Hersheypark - Hershey, Pennsylvania
Busch Gardens - Tampa, Florida
Cedar Point - Sandusky, Ohio
Six Flags Fiesta Texas - San Antonio, Texas
Family Kingdom Amusement Park - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Six Flags Great Adventure - Jackson, New Jersey
Kings Island - Kings Mills, Ohio
Ober Gaitlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park - Gaitlinburg, Tennessee
Coney Island Park - Coney Island, New York
Carowinds - Charlotte, North Carolina
It seems to us that Tampa is basically Orlando so it's kind of cheating that Busch Gardens made the cut. Also, where the hell is Disneyland?
(thanks thrillnetwork)
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TSA 86's Pudding But Leaves Swiss Army Knife
2007-08-26 08:37:53
Fresh from The Consumerist is another story of aviation travel woe. A passenger wrote into say that on a recent flight that went through Sacramento, the TSA dutifully confiscated a Hunts Pudding Snack but became so fixated on its sugary goodness that they neglected to notice the 4" Swiss Army knife that was also in the bag, here's the scoop-I was passing through Sacto airport security checkpoint. I sent my
carry-on backpack through the Xray machine. The operator found
something, and raised her hand for assistance. Another TSA person came
over and pulled my bag out of the machine and commenced with a hand
search. Inside he found a package of unopened Hunts Pudding Snacks in
my lunch. He confiscated the pudding "it's a liquid" and sent me on my
way. Absurd, but forgettable. However later in the day I had a layover,
and was going through my backpack looking for a pen and came across my
Swiss Army Knife with a 4" locking blade. I had been camping and had
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Top 10 Labor Day Destinations
2007-08-23 07:36:33
According to Hotwire, the place to be this Labor Day weekend will be Chi-town. This is the second year in a row that the Windy City has been the country's favorite place to vacation before wrapping up the summer. Here's the full list of the top 10 with last year's ranking in parenthesis:
Chicago (1)
New York City (18)
Atlanta (4)
St. Louis (12)
Boston (6)
San Francisco (5)
New Orleans (21)
Las Vegas (13)
San Diego (3)
Norfolk-Virginia Beach (34)
It sure is nice to see that New Orleans is making a comeback.
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We're Back / Google Street View Update
2007-08-22 06:01:51
After a healthy few weeks on vacation we're back in action and one of the first things we noticed was that Google has upgraded their street views with four new cities - San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando. Click on one of the cameras to explore any of the cities currently available.
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Commune With Nature and Not the Tourists
2007-08-17 06:48:31
There's nothing more beautiful in this wonderful country of ours than the National Parks. Unfortunately, everyone and their brother is visiting them during the summer months. Fodor's has produced some tips to help you avoid the throngs of tourists at 4 of the nation's busiest parks-
Grand Canyon National Park - Take U.S. 89 to U.S. 64 to the South Rim from Flagstaff and stay off AZ 64 and U.S. 180. Also, come very early or very late to avoid the lines. If you've got time to spare head to the North Rim where only about 10% of the summer visitors end up. Don't be afraid to use the free shuttles, they can save you a lot of time.
Yellowstone National Park - Don't bother if you don't get here before 9 in the morning. Head to places like Fairy Falls, Point Sublime, Yellowstone Lake, and Lone Star Geyser during the heart of the day when the park is full of tourists.
Yosemite National Park - Get up before the crack of dawn in order to bea ...
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