Since her retirement from service in 1967 this beautiful ship has been permanently docked in Long Beach and is now a hotel and museum. It has had lit... (read more about The Queen Mary)

Fremont street was where Las Vegas began. In fact, the now famous Plaza Hotel at the corner of Main and Fremont was the original site of the Union Pa... (read more about Fremont Street Experience)

If you are following our trip you know that we had our first experience with Cracker Barrel Stores just about a week ago, and it was a very good one, ... (read more about Cracker Barrel Store)

The Best Western Saint Augustine I-95 is a remodeled facility on the outskirts of town near the freeway. This is a 108 room two-story facility with e... (read more about Best Western I-95 Hotel Saint Augustine)

Back in 1985 this chain began as one shop in Plano, Texas. The idea of a buffet style Pizza Parlor with lots of variety at a reasonable price and a f... (read more about Cici's Pizza Buffet)

This large 180 room facility is also a conference center here in the area. And although it was listed in our very new Best Western catalog of hotels a... (read more about Plantation Hotel and Conference Center)

Key West is the ultimate in southern tourist spots. Not only is it the most southern point in the United States, but because of the climate it is abo... (read more about Key West, FL)

Best Western Floridian in Cutler Ridge is a 6-story hotel with exterior corridors located adjacent to the Florida Turnpike. This is an older facility... (read more about Best Western Floridian Hotel Cutler Ridge)

Here in the area where I live in Central California there have been several of these Chinese Food Buffets open in the last few years. Nice to see that... (read more about Main Moon Buffet Restaurant)

Our trip across the southern portion of Florida took us straight through the buffer area between the quickly moving development of civilization and th... (read more about Big Cypress National Preserve)