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Home Again
After 7 wonderful weeks of travel, the Fun finders arrived back in St.Petersburg,Florida on August 8,2011. We drove over 10,000 miles, had tons of fun, met wonderful people, ate great food, saw great sites and we’re very thankful for the “trip of a lifetime.” We love what small town America has to offer and we recomend that in your travels you check out the 6 finalist towns for the Best Food in the Rand McNally/USA Today Road Rally.
Webster Springs,West Virginia www.visitwebsterwv.com
Burnsville,Minnesota www.burnsvillemn.com
Gulfport,Florida www.GulfportFlorida.us
Lafayette,Louisiana www.Lafayette.Travel
Visalia,California www.visitvisalia.org
Costa Mesa,California www.travelcostamesa.com
Abdallah Candies,Burnsville,Mn.
We will continue to give you suggestions in the towns and others that we visited. We hope the tips help you to enjoy your future USA trips.
The Custard Stand
We’re still traveling and havin’ fun
Here we are- the fun finders- still on our way home from the trip of a lifetime. We left Glendale,Ca. in a rental car and headed back to Visalia. We had great visits with Danika and her family and Mayor Link and his wife. What a beautiful and friendly town with fantastic food. We purchased a van in Las [...]
Were Still Going- It’s Vacation Time
As of 07/16/2011 – So Bonnie and Jim are still going. They have decided to start their vacation now. First thing they did is rent a car and head back to Visalia, CA and call Danika (their contact from the road rally). Here is the e-mail they sent me: We called Danika on the way to [...]
Costa Mesa is Coast Amazing
Fun Finders in Costa Mesa and we started the day with smiles as 2 clowns jumped out of a lime that arrived to pick us up. How clever!!!! We headed for Eat Chow where we sampled several of their unique breakfast dishes including homemade tacos soaked with tomatoes and topped with cheese and eggs(chilaquiles). I [...]
The Fun Finders in search of what makes Visalia special
Trying to get Jim out of the Sun! After a late night of driving, we safely arrived at the Marriott in Visalia at 2 AM. Sleep was definitely on our minds and Security Guard John welcomed us and even helped us with our bags. The room was enormous and the hotel had placed gorgeous live [...]
Lafayette, LA Day 2 – Were Full
We had to wake very early this morning to be on one television show and two radio shows, but Jim got to see an amazing Elvis collection at KTDY. Then it was on to the French Press in downtown Lafayette, a restaurant located in a restored printing company building with high ceilings and exposed [...]
Lafayette, LA – We Made it! Part 1
Were Here! We arrived in Lafayette late Tuesday evening and hit the ground running on Wednesday morning, enjoying breakfast at Dwyer’s, a favorite meeting spot downtown. We even got some lessons in Cajun cuisine from Chef Pat Mould and the difference between Cajun music and zydeco by John “JB” Broussard, host of a zydeco show [...]
Tarpon Springs, FL – It’s all Greek to me!
Tuesday morning July 5th Leaving Gulfport and a quick trip to return the red SAAB convertible- thanks to the folks from Dimmitt for the parade loaner- we felt like King and Queen of the 4th riding in the parade!!Next stop Tarpon Springs- another amazing small town in Florida. Tarpon is an authentic Greek community with a [...]
Gulfport, FL – Day 2 4th of July 2011
We have to share this video with you. Rob Fowler of http://007computer.com/ did while we were here: Clam Bayou Tour http://kayaknature.com/ We meet Kurt Zuelseorf, owner of kayak Nature, at the Boca Ciega Yacht Club to start our adventure. Kurt’s “Bring Back the Bayou” waterway clean up program has recieved national attention as the trash totals [...]
Gulfport – FL’s Best Kept Secret, Part 1
Pulling into Gulfport we were met by Lori, owner of Sea Breeze Manor, with open arms standing in the middle of the street in front of home of the next 2 days, the Peninsula Inn and Spa. What a great location right in the middle of this “best kept secret on the west coast of [...]