Post #90674 by tikijackalope on Tue, May 11, 2004 4:03 PM

Ikitnrev is wise to talk about an atlas. I'm addicted to the Delorme state atlases...a bit pricey at as much as $20, but if you want serious detail, I recommend them as a research tool, practical map and souvenir.

I've grown fond of my GPS too, not only for practical stuff like feeding in the data from the Delorme atlas of where the next small town is, but the fun of recording the L&L of the ruins of extinct tourist traps (i.e. Twin Arrows, AZ) and looking at the curly-Q's we trace when we drive mountain switchbacks.

I like roadsidepeek.com, but find that it sometimes shows a photo of a tasty neon sign without any more locational data than a state.

Did you mention Savannah? If you even moderately like cemetaries, Bonaventure Cemetary is a magnum opus of Spanish moss and statues:

The "Bird Girl" statue made famous by "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" has been removed to a local museum, but bad copies of it proliferate in gift stores:

She was never intended as a funery sculpture in the first place and If you find a cooperative store owner, she'd look great serving up a couple of Hale Tiki mugs as sort of a visual summation of cool Georgia stuff.

As for food in Savannah, I highly recommend Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. I was there last year, and will be again sometime next week. http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Writeup.aspx?ReviewID=195&RefID=195

If you happen to be destined for Springfield or Joplin MO, you might email me as I'm very familiar with both and will be in Joplin May 24. Check out my listing of Aloha (Springfield) in Locating Tiki.

[ Edited by: tikijackalope on 2004-05-11 16:16 ]