Blogs from North America

The oldest fast food joints that I have visited (from Lovefood): Back in Lodi again: California is jam-packed with historic fast food restaurants, and the state is home to the oldest operating McDonald's and In-N-Out Burger restaurants. Its oldest chain, though, is url=http://awrestaurants.com/blog/it-all-started-roadside-stand-roots-aw-restaurants?fbclid=IwAR2iqIdS326MkwhvjM-Zsg-dxOqdqfmzDQ14QqIv3PQrqznVsf7wywJsa4IA&W, which started as a root beer stand in Lodi in 1919. That original roadside stand is long gone (though it is marked with a plaque). But A&W’s history is celebrated at the current Lodi location, which displays plenty of old memorabilia and regularly hosts classic car meet-ups. We often went after baseball practice. I spent a summer playing baseball in Lodi while I was in college. I can hear CCR singing their famous song! On the islands, you must try Rainbow... read more

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We started our day bright and early as Ray had to walk to pick up the rental car for 8:30. Raymond offered to take the stroll with him while I finished getting everything ready. We headed out, and were quite surprised when we approached the West Entrance to Yellowstone and saw that there were three long lines of vehicles waiting to get in. The line moved quickly however, and before we knew it we were on our way. About two miles up the road traffic came to a stand still and we wondered if perhaps there was an accident. No, it was just a herd of buffalo gathered and slowly crossing the road. There were two groups, one meandering on each side of the road so the cameras were at the ready and we got many ... read more

Today we were heading to Seward to pick up our cruise ship. The train left at 6:45am. so we needed to be packed up and waiting for our taxi before 6am. The taxi arrived at 5:50am and we headed to the train depot. Unlike the other train trip, this one was crowded! There was a long line, out the door, and then weaving back and forth inside. We finally got our tickets and boarded the train. We were in Car C, seats 2 & 3. They weren't bad seats, but I wish we had the two in front of us, since those seats had a table. The car layout was similar to the trip from Fairbanks, except the cafeteria car in front of us had some balcony type seating, where you could sit and watch the ... read more

Up and out this morning by 8:00 with a quick stop at the Walmart up the road. Several items were missing from our on line pick up order and we thought we'd pick them up while we had the chance. The one thing we have all noticed is just how friendly everyone is in this section of the country. They will go out of their way to help you in any way they can, really nice, just like home...not. We have been in touch with the Great Alaska Spring Adventure group and everyone is concerned with the fires that are active in the British Columbia area. Our original plan was to head to Dawson Creek from Jasper to pick up the Alaskan Highway (Alcan), but if things don't change, we will head West and pick up ... read more

By 7am we were up, dressed and heading towards the People Mover bus stop. Fortuately it was just a few blocks down the road the motel was on, and then a couple blocks to the right. On the way there, we spotted Fred Myers and a number of others stores, and decided we'd stop there on the way back. Just like in Fairbanks, we lucked out and found out that the bus ride was free today, to seniors over 60. After a couple miles, and a good number of stops, we reached the downtown station. We'd already decided we were going to take a trolley tour, so we asked for directions to the Visitor Center. Just a few blocks away, we found it, and the trolley starting place too, right next door. We went inside to ... read more