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L.L. Bean is a sporting equipment and clothing supplier. This site contains a great deal of useful information on the National Parks and similar areas. Verified Aug-97.
Verified Apr-98.
La Salsa (restaurant chain)
This chain, owned by the same company as Carl's Jr and Hardee's, is described as a "Fresh Mexican Grill". It has locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. Verified Feb-04.
LADOT operate a local bus service in the Los Angeles (California) area, which includes services called Dash. Verified Apr-03.
A number of different maps are available. Verified Feb-99 but failed May-99. I've retained this link in case the problem is temporary. Another excellent source of maps and information for Lake Louise and the Canadian Rockies national parks is the Canadian Rockies Net site - see that entry for details.
Official site. Verified Jan-97.
Official site. Verified Jan-97.
Official site. Verified Jul-97.
"We are located in Jamestown, California, about one hour from Yosemite National Park in the Gold Rush Country of California. We have lakefront RV hookups and eight lakefront cabins, swim beach, restaurant, store and rentals." Verified Mar-00.
Verified Jun-04.
Official site. Verified Aug-98.
This site, created by a pressure group, presents some information and opinions regarding the past and present controversies about Land Between The Lakes. Verified Dec-97.
A personal site featuring a large number of shareware/freeware TrueType fonts, including Blue Highway which closely resembles the font used on US road signs and highway marker shields. Verified Dec-99.
Verified Sep-97.
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, this company offers tours to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Valley of Fire State Park, the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Death Valley. Verified Aug-99.
This excellent personal site has detailed information on hiking in various areas near to Las Vegas, Nevada including Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest/Charleston Peak area, Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Valley of Fire State Park. Verified Jan-99.
The monorail system which runs parallel to part of the Strip. Includes full details of the recently constructed major extension. Verified Jul-04.
This site has details, including the route, of the new monorail system currently under construction in Las Vegas, Nevada. Verified Apr-02.
Red Rock Canyon is located a few miles west of Las Vegas. This official BLM web site has plenty of information to help plan your visit. Verified Jan-03.
To obtain information on the road through Lassen Volcanic National Park, enter road number 89. Verified Nov-02.
Verified May-00.
This Chinese cuisine restaurant chain operates in Minnesota. Its locations vary in style - some are buffets, some are quick service restaurants and other are take-outs. Verified Jul-02.
Information on the subject for each US state and Canadian province, and a number of other countries. Verified Jun-03.
This theme park is located between Los Angeles and San Diego. First URL verified Oct-00; second URL verified Feb-03.
A chain of opticians. Verified Sep-02.
The Les Schwab chain, which only operates in west coast states, deserves a special mention due to one of their locations mending a car tyre puncture for me on one occasion, taking less than half an hour to do so and making no charge. Verified Sep-02.
This is one section of the PBS site. PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) is an American non-profit television network. This section is associated with a programme about the Lewis and Clark Expedition which was shown on PBS. It contains a wealth of high quality material on the subject, and also a downloadable screen saver. Verified Nov-01.
Verified Jan-04.
Verified Jan-04.
Verified Jan-04.
Includes links to web sites of locations along the route of the expedition. Verified Jan-04.
Details of commemorative events. Verified Jan-03.
An official site with information about the places in Montana visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the means by which many of them can be visited today. Verified Nov-01.
This site looks interesting but its very large downloads require fast Internet access. Verified Feb-04.
Verified Jan-00.
Maps and photographs illustrating the connection between the geography and the literature of the USA. Verified Jan-00.
This excellent personal site includes examples of licence plates (car number plates) from numerous countries. Verified Feb-02.
Although it is not a travel site, Life In The USA contains a wealth of useful information for visitors, especially the Transportation section. Many of the other sections provide interesting background facts. Verified Aug-00.
When I visited this web site in Aug-02 it was under construction. Verified Aug-02.
Verified Feb-02.
Information about the USA's first transcontinental highway. Verified Feb-98.
This is the Link system's UK web site. Verified Jul-96.
Official site. Verified Jan-97.
This site offers information on numerous named highways, mostly dating from the era before the introduction of US Highway numbering. Verified Oct-02.
Verified Mar-02.
A vast list of links to newspapers' web sites, listed by country, US State and Canadian Province. Verified Aug-99.
Links to numerous newspaper web sites. Previously called the Editor and Publisher's Database Directory Of The World's Online Newspapers. Verified Sep-99.
This Chinese cuisine quick service restaurant chain operates mainly in southern California but is currently expanding into large cities such as Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, New York City and Salt Lake City. They offer a variety of Chinese and Taiwanese cold beverages and light meals. The web sites has full details of their locations and products. Verified Jul-02.
Long term car parking at various London (England) airports, including Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. Verified Mar-03.
A Canadian drugstore chain. Verified Sep-02.
Verified Apr-97.
This site includes details of menu items and a list of restaurant addresses for each state that the chain operates in. Verified Mar-02.
Drugstore chain. Locations are listed under "About Us". Verified Sep-02.
Verified Mar-01.
Includes the Mayor's Office and the Police Department. Verified Nov-96.
Verified Apr-97.
Verified Mar-03. See also Metrolink.
This company offers car rental at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) only. Verified Aug-99.
LADOT operate a local bus service in the Los Angeles area, which includes services called Dash. Verified Apr-03.
Unfortunately the only map of the Metrolink system that I could find on this site was in part of a Shockwave animation and therefore not easy to save. Verified Mar-03. See also Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
This site includes a map showing current problems on the freeways, plus details of current problems on public transport. Verified Sep-02.
This hamburger and chicken fast food chain has 75 locations across New Mexico. Verified Mar-02.
Verified Jan-99.
Interesting, but the large maps are rather slow to load and when I visited this site in March 1997 the "along the road" information was incomplete and mainly limited to annual events. Verified Mar-97.
Verified Jul-97.
Official site. Useful information, but unfortunately I couldn't find a map of the parks' locations when I visited this site in March 1997. First address verified Dec-01. Second address failed Oct-97 but worth trying should the first address fail in the future.
Gas station (petrol station) chain. In my experience this chain usually has the lowest prices in the area. Most locations are in Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, with a very small number in each of quite a few other states. Verified Aug-02.
A home improvement/hardware/DIY shop chain. Verified Sep-02.
An excellent source of information on the plants and animals of the region, together with a large number of high quality photographs. Verified Sep-98.
Luray Caverns is a commercial attraction located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. This site has full details of the caverns and other places of interest in the area. Verified Jan-04.
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