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A Canadian cinema chain. Verified Sep-02.
A clothing store chain. Verified Sep-02.
This site offers a useful detailed and largely up-to-date searchable database of US and Canadian gas prices (i.e. petrol prices). Verified Aug-02.
A list of links to a number of gas (petrol) price web sites, mostly but not exclusively Canadian. Verified Oct-00.
A useful summary of average gas (petrol) prices by region of the USA and grade. Verified Aug-02.
Gas/Petrol Station Chains
See separate section.
Verified May-04.
The railway service between Gatwick Airport and London's Victoria Station (which is on the London Underground system). Verified May-04.
A chain of health food shops, often seen in shopping malls. Verified Sep-02.
GeoNet is an online quiz about the geography of the USA. It tests more than just rote memory and includes a choice of subject matter and difficulty level. Unfortunately it can only be used online. Verified May-97.
Verified Jan-99.
Verified Jul-97.
Official site. Verified Mar-99.
Verified May-00.
Information about the American state of Georgia. Verified Jul-97.
This site describes itself as "the first place to look for German things in the US. We list German shops, restaurants, clubs and much more". Verified Feb-98.
For details of gas/petrol stations, from the home page select the "Retail Group" option. Verified Aug-02.
Verified May-00.
A chain of health food shops, often seen in shopping malls. Verified Sep-02.
Information about the Great Smoky Mountains. Verified Aug-97.
Verified Mar-02.
Verified May-00.
Includes location guide. Verified Mar-02.
Useful information for visitors. Verified Nov-02.
This is one section of the PBS site, associated with a programme about the Golden Gate Bridge. Verified May-04.
This organisation's hostels provide affordable accommodations along California's coast, in San Francisco and Sacramento. Verified Jan-98.
This site includes a very interesting section on the Golden Spike National Historic Site, including information about the ceremony which marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railway, how the site later fell into disuse and the more recent establishment of the National Historic Site. Verified Sep-00.
The web site of this pleasant small town in eastern British Columbia, located to the east of Revelstoke and to the west of Yoho National Park, Kicking Horse Pass, Lake Louise and Banff. It is near the southern end of the Icefields Parkway. Verified Feb-01.
Unfortunately when I visited this site in Nov-97 it didn't have a great deal of information on it. Verified Nov-97.
A chain of thrift stores/charity shops. Verified Sep-02.
Audio CD shop chain. Verified Sep-02.
Verified Jan-01.
A version of the Google search engine with hits restricted to the .gov, .mil and .us domains. Verified Jan-01.
A large amount of information on National Parks and similar areas. Highly recommended. Verified Apr-97.
A department store chain. Verified Sep-02.
Government Departments
See separate section.
Equivalent to the UK's Stationery Office (previously called HMSO). Verified Sep-96.
A tour of the US government hosted by a cartoon of Benjamin Franklin. There are separate sections for children of different ages. This would probably also be a very useful introduction to the subject for foreigners. Verified Mar-02.
This tourist railway runs between Williams, Arizona and the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Verified Mar-98.
Ross is a fellow "Brit" who has taken several trips to the area of northern Arizona and southern Utah, visiting the many National Parks in the region. His two sites contains a good mix of descriptions of the scenic wonders and practical hints, plus maps and some two hundred high quality photographs. Verified May-99.
Verified Mar-97.
Information for visitors. Verified Feb-02.
Verified Mar-97.
Verified Mar-97.
Verified Mar-97.
An entertaining online quiz. Verified Sep-03.
Verified Mar-00.
This personal site has detailed and interesting information on many of the lesser-known scenic and historical areas of eastern Nevada and western Utah. Verified Dec-03.
When I visited this site in Nov-97 I found that it gave a good basic introduction to the roads around the Great Lakes, but not much in the way of detailed information. Verified Nov-97.
National Park Service site. Verified Mar-97.
An excellent site with a great deal of useful information together with maps and photographs. Some of the image files are large and therefore take some time to load. The movie didn't work on several computers I tried it on. Verified Apr-00.
A personal web site which includes an extremely valuable list of RV driving tips, links to recommended National and State Park web sites and personal web sites with RV travelogues, plus a great list of "road songs". Verified May-00.
Verified Apr-97.
Includes full details of the Greyhound Ameripass and Canada Coach Pass available in the UK, and links to the US Greyhound site for routes and schedules. Verified Oct-99.
This web site suffers from excessive commercialisation but it does have a useful page of links to the web sites of various weather predicting groundhogs in the USA and Canada. Verified Feb-01.
The official web site of Pennsylvania's famous weather predicting groundhog. Verified Feb-05.
Verified Jul-00.
Verified Jan-99.
A tour of the US government hosted by a cartoon of Benjamin Franklin. There are separate sections for children of different ages. This would probably also be a very useful introduction to the subject for foreigners. Verified Mar-02.
This chain has 1800 locations in the northeast of the USA. Verified Sep-02.
Verified Feb-02.
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