You just have to visit St. Augustine. Being the nation's oldest city it has many cool places to go to. St. George St has many little shops on it and no cars are allowed on the street. The Fort(Castidillo de san Marcos) has a rich history. The ghost tours are the best thing to do. The Lighthouse and the Alligator Farm are on the island over the bridge. The Spanish Quarter is a great place to see how life was like for the Spanish in the 1500's.

Thanks for visiting our state, TJs! Hope youall had fun.

I don't understand why there's even a choice. If you're traveling through America on a budget, there's no better way to do it, and to see America than getting on the road! One of the most famous books of the 20th century is called, "On the Road." Not a coincidence.

I live in Phoenix and have driven from here to San Francisco, Los Angeles and even cross country a couple of fimes. It's somewhere between 5-10 tanks of gas between Austin and San Francisco, depending how you go and the last 600 miles (2:5) are between Los Angeles & San Francisco, if you drive West then North in the winter.

The weather this time of year is Amazing. It will remind Tim of back home. Every Australian, I've ever met in Arizona has said that. And there are so many other wonderful little discoveries when driving through the Southwest.

I say the TJs rent 2 cars in Austin, and have 4 days to get to their last city if it's Los Angeles, a week if it's San Francisco. Two groups, two routes, switch travel partners about 1/2 way through and see what they find.

There is so much to this country outside of it's major cities and the view from the car is amazing.

Hi leinani75, I wish I had been able to go to MGM, as well. But the truth is, you need an entire WEEK to be able to enjoy Walt Disney World. And you're right about roller coasters! The theme parks have SHOW rides, not necessarily THRILL rides. But they're absolutely AWESOME. I'll most certainly be back someday, hopefully with my wife and kids.

Hi walnut_lane... great suggestion, except that I think it's so great it needs another TV show on its own. I don't think you can properly show a great road trip on just one episode! It would make for a great short film, though.

I want to thank the city of Miami, all its people, and a special shout-out to the people at Dogma, the hot dog place, where I hanged out every day. I also want to holler for John Paul at the Hustler Hollywood store. Great conversation. I want to thank Skipper Dan from the Gator Park for great tales and a fun ride. Of course, I want to thank Chris Nuñez at 305 Ink, the tattoo shop featured in Miami Ink. Chris is a talented artist!

Thank you, Miami. It was a great ride.

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....I had wished Zach would have visited MGM since that's where all the Imagineers (animators) are. It's fun to watch them drawing through the glass-enclosed exhibits....

Leinani, unfortunately those animators are no more after one of their more critisized budget cuts. If you remember the whole "oust Eisner from Disney" campaign that Walt's nephew Roy pioneered, this was one of the things he mentioned as signs that Eisner was "ruining Disney". I took the animation tour a few years ago after they removed the animators and the place felt empty, but now they updated the tour so it doesn't go anywhere near the vacated desks, which are now used by a few imagineers (but not animators).

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Originally posted by leinani75:
....I had wished Zach would have visited MGM since that's where all the Imagineers (animators) are. It's fun to watch them drawing through the glass-enclosed exhibits....

Leinani, unfortunately those animators are no more after one of their more critisized budget cuts. If you remember the whole "oust Eisner from Disney" campaign that Walt's nephew Roy pioneered, this was one of the things he mentioned as signs that Eisner was "ruining Disney". I took the animation tour a few years ago after they removed the animators and the place felt empty, but now they updated the tour so it doesn't go anywhere near the vacated desks, which are now used by a few imagineers (but not animators).

Thanks for your post, ufalum! Wow, I had no idea! I knew about the campaign but not about MGM getting rid of the best part of the animation tour. I usually go to Universal now and skip Disney (I'm really into roller coasters). And my last time to Disney I went to all the parks except MGM because I had to leave one day early and missed out on going there.

That is awful! Makes me curious about what else has changed since I was last at MGM. Thanks for the update.

epcot is super fun... i go once a year for the wine & food festival around october. you have to try at least one food & drink from every country and by the end, you will having a great ole time. we call it drinking around the world. good times =]