On 12/23/2010 5:33 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Take her reports with an ounce of salt. Sounds to me like she never ventured
> more than 500 meters off Interstate 95 (the main highway that runs up the
> east coast from Florida to Maine). The interstate highway exits are
> populated almost totally by fast food and chain restaurants.
It does sound like she was somehow limited by the Interstate and her
imagination. There are long stretches of Interstate
that are as you describe. And there are small towns and rural areas where it
may be tough or impossible to find good
food. But with a little effort, it's almost always possible to find something
better.
> For long distance traveling through unfamiliar areas its best to carry two
> resources... a good GPS unit and one or more AAA (American Automobile
> Association) guide books for the areas you plan to pass through. The GPS
> will tell you which restaurants/hotels are near you and the AAA guidebook
> will tell you which of those are good choices.
Our Magellan GPS has the AAA guides included and integrated. You may select the
restaurant or lodging you want. If you
have your cell phone bluetooth connected to it, it will dial the phone for you,
then give its normal directions to get
you there. Yes, they publish free (to members) updates to download and install.
But you missed two most important guides, intuition and the willingness to ask
questions. Intuition often guides us when
presented with apparently undifferentiated choices. Once, we arrived in
Ellsworth, Maine, only to find our favorite,
Thai restaurant had disappeared. Wandering about, we went to try a place at
random.
I still felt unsettled, so I asked the hostess if it was any good. She smiled,
in case anyone was watching, and said
under her breath "Run, before it's too late." We left ,and decided, in spite of
our hunger, to take the time to do a
better job. Sure enough, we found the relocated Thai place, and had a great
meal.
> But it also helps to have help like found on this list when you're trying to
> locate something very specific... which one of those places are actually open
> on Christmas day. :-)
Yup. Also, the internet has really changed things, with the ability to search
for things and see reviews. AAA doesn't
cover lots of good, little, unpretentious places to eat. It doesn't even list
the place with the best chicken pot pie on
the planet. :-)
On 12/23/2010 8:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I can't imagine why. Some inner city stores are not well served with fresh
> foods but I'd not refer to those as supermarkets. I don't specifically
> recall but I'd be very surprised if Moose's photos of Brooklyn didn't show
> stores with lots of fresh produce on displayoutside.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Brooklyn/Things/All%20Things/slides/_MG_3429cr.html>
Still, Brooklyn, and the greater NY area, is hardly typical. You can find many
examples of almost any sort of restaurant
you might want, too.
Travelin' Moose
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