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ooh yeah, those places also have mini newspaper things with "coupons" in for deals on motels in the local area. sometimes these can get you a better price.

Thankyou,all for your kind welcomes.

Looking at those two sites Tiki posted,it seems we've totally underestimated the task at hand,and there's far more weirdness than we ever anticipated.And Touchdown Jesus is now a major must for us,I remember now reading about that a while ago.

We've largely been working from the Rough Guide,but we've also got 'Road Trip USA' packed somewhere,although it hasnt surfaced amongst my bag of pants yet...

We're Motelling it,as far as accomodation goes,with our favourite being Super 8's so far (reasonable price,dependable wifi,decent breakfasts), although the staff do find our accents either alarming or unfathomable:) I get Persistence to translate for me,usually,as she's much better spoken than I.Charmingly,we've been misidentified as first Canadians,then Irish...I'm waiting to be asked if I'm Autralian next so I can get the whole hat-trick.Geordie (NE England,around Newcastle-upon-Tyne) accents are pretty difficult even for fellow English to understand.

We're a little to old to party (for extended periods,at least) so we're settling for sights and historic stuff.And what is it with American Beer?It must be much more calorie-rich than what I'm used to.It bloats me up something terrible..lol ;)

Easton, PA has the Crayola Crayon museum, and the Pez Candy Dispenser Museum. (Disclaimer: I've never been to either one.)

If you are still in that area, you are pretty close to the Blenko blown glass factory in Milton WV. It has an observation deck where you can watch the Blenko guys blowing glass all day long. It's very interesting. I highly recommend it if you haven't left the area yet.

http://www.blenkoglass.com/blenkocow...torscenter.htm

There are two Touchdown Jesuseseseses.

Gotta post my thanks to Tiki once again,for showing me those websites.We were visiting the World's Largest Horseshoe Crab in Blanchester,and spoke to one of the guys we found painting it,he ran off and rang his Pastor (the crab is part of a church garden) who came running to see the two strange folks from England who had come to admire his crustacean.We spent a pleasant hour chatting and being shown around his church.Apparently we're now the current record-holders for those who have travelled furtherest to see it. We're not especially religious types ourselves,but we are polite,and it was nice to stop and shoot the breeze.I'd have never found such a thing without those websites,so thanks once again Tiki :) Ohio must be the friendliest State we've encountered so far.


Oh yes,and Touchdown Jesus is remarkable,well worth a visit if anyone finds themselves around Monroe (OH),pull into the church he's out in front of,(for some reason they have a very large parking lot),and you can get pretty close.Watch out for the Geese as you approach tho,they're stroppy.

Apologies to Glatt...we'd spent 3-4 days in WV,it was starting to get a bit oppressive.

By the way,are there any actual real live Raccoons is the U.S,or do they just appear spontaneously dead on the roadsides?They're by far the most common roadkill we see.

go to any campground. wait until midnight, and take the trash to the dumpster.

be careful....they will bite your ass right off.

If you raise your arms up to scare Floridian raccoons away, odds are they will raise their arms right back. And you will run, because they are bigger than house cats and have creepy hands.

Touchdown Jesus bred with a racoon?

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We call ours "The Church of the Holy Touchdown." La Canada Flintridge, CA.

Hey my buddy lives in La Canada Flintridge!

Do you know some guy named Brady?

... who was bringing up three boys on his own?

I did go to high school with a Brady F.

No he moved there later.

he got rich