I've been having fun messing with my Rambler. Long before messing with the Rambler, I used to wander over to roadfood.com to check out non-chain places to eat and read about trips. Haven't been there in a while, but every now and then it's fun to see if anything cool or interesting is nearby-ish. Today I wandered over to Roadside America and looked up places in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Wow! There are a LOT of cool places to visit! (and a lot of just plain cheezy places). I think it's time to try and put these three things together. I like road trips, I like odd, interesting and out-of-the-way places. I like non-chain food (and am a sucker for real onion rings - I know, bad for me - but!!!!). Time to maybe look up a destination (Ave Maria Grotto in Alabama off 278?), wander over to Roadfood to figure out a place to dine, and tank up the Rambler. There might even be an actual map involved in this plot - not the Garmin and not Mapquest. So that will be my goal. Not just get the Rambler running reliably, but actually go somewhere different, see a sight, chomp some honest-to-goodness fried chicken or a greasy burger or whatever is local and have a kitsch-fest. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to look up individually owned and operated hotels to see which ones are clean and safe and have their own charm? I'm sure there is, I just haven't checked into it yet. _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com