It's harder to avoid US sites than it is to stumble into them. For travel information about specific US destinations crank up your favorite search engine.
For a slinky overview, check out Lonely Planet's Destination USA.
Roadside America is a combo of the kooky, the spooky, the nostalgic and the wondrous stuff you'll find on American highways and byways.
Green Tortoise and their magnificent sleeper coaches got started not long after us good folk here at Lonely Planet; they're still carting streetwise adventurers with chutzpah from coast-to-coast at the right price.
For fresh American journalism and opinion crack open Salon Magazine; and for issues, culture and a summer of wanking, Word kicks on.
Some great photography focussing on Virginia and DC is online at ManningPhoto.
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, Legislative Information on the Internet has the full text of the US Constitution, updates on current bills and hot topics in Congress and the community.
StoneE's Web Lodge points you in the direction of Native American history, lore, art and culture.
The Grand Canyon National Park Home Page has river running ideas, camping and hiking information and even a rundown on employment opportunities in the area.

First stop will be
Grand Canyon Arizona  but before that we might pass Las Vegas Nevada
Lonely Planet's Destination Las Vegas will help you prepare for the shock of neon and active volcanoes.
Although those 'news' links mostly lead to puff pieces (and the opening of a senior center is a 'hot topic'), the City of Las Vegas site has a lot of practical info.
The 'Home of the World's Largest Graphics Display System' by any other name would still be Glitter Gulch. Have a Fremont Street Experience and find out how you can sponsor your very own neon landmark.
Couldn't get to the Nevada Watercolor's Society's Spring Show last year? Fret not - you can visit the virtual gallery at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Barrick Museum On-Line.
Keep track of everything from the Japan Festival to the Harley-Davidson Mile and a Half Tour at Las Vegas Events.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun cover just about every angle of the local scene.
The Hoover Dam site is brimming with maps, diagrams, stats and photos on the history, workings and features of the monolith. Detailed info on the dam's artificial lake is available at the National Park Service's Lake Mead National Recreation Area page.

Next stop might be
Los Angeles California - a lot of roads, where is the city?
Universal Studios at 110 just south of Beverly Hills
A bit more east is Disney world (in View Park area)

Give yourself a screen test at Lonely Planet's Destination Los Angeles.
Get the inside scoop from the LA Weekly and its Best of LA listings.
Break in your walking shoes before you arrive by taking the USC Geography Department's Downtown LA Walking Tour.
Give the bairns a break with the city government's LA Just for Kids.
What do Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney and WC Fields have in common (besides Hollywood)? Find out at Historic Cemeteries of Los Angeles.
Rivers? In LA? You don't even have to get wet to cruise the Los Angeles River Tour.
For a local's-eye view of some of LA's most overrun attractions (and the best times to see them), take Talking Horse Trail.
Steer clear of the rush hour by checking CalTrans' online real time traffic reports.

The we head north for
San Francisco California, The Golden Gate Bridge and .... according to my friend you have to drive around the bay
and that is fine as we got relatives south of San Francisco in Los Altos California
Don't get lost in the fog, visit Lonely Planet's Destination San Francisco.
Backing up the alphabet, Q San Francisco voices a gay community perspective on life in the City.
If a trip to the Wharf left you doubting the touts, turn to the towers of SF Station for a listing of the city's real happenings.
Not even the death of the Dead could bring an end to the Summer of Love. From purple haze to mellow yellow, you'll find it here in psychedelic tie-dyed splendor.
Roving with Rover? From dog parks to canine-friendly hotels, Dogs by the Bay has everything but a map of the city's fire hydrants.
To get your fill of Bay Area news and gossip, peek into BayInsider.Com. Or, for those who prefer their news-slant a smidge steeper, you might turn to the SF Chronicle/Examiner's The Gate.
The Bay Area Transit Information Project provides everything you need to know to make your way around the bay and beyond.

At this point this we will probably separate from our scouts and go visit our relatives
or at least leave the car and take a flight to ....

North West
Eugene Oregon - relatives - Erickson family

And the a bit north
Olympia Washington - Judy scout friend

Then we go east
Hugoton Kansas - Liberal Kansas  - and Salina??? - Lawrence, West of Kansas City  - Home of the Nordlings

After the visits
we will head for home passing Atlanta Georgia maybe?
Since we fly KLM that might happen

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