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Hello fellow road trippers:
You can perk up any trip with the delicious food and many interesting activities happening on I-95. This Trip Tips newsletter will provide you with continuous info on what's happening and how to enjoy your pit stops on I-95. Road trips are still less expensive than flying, so use our guidebook, Drive I-95: Exit by Exit Info, Maps, History and Trivia (Pet Accommodations Edition), for colorful easy-to-follow pictorial maps and fun stories. Get off an exit and enjoy some of these: |
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Put a Free Song in your Heart | | 2 - | Sleep in a Tree House | | 3 - | McCoffee | | 4 - | A Sparkling Idea | |
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VA Exit 74: Better make it this year, because after 69 years, this could be the last National Folk Festival held in Richmond VA (though Richmond will hold their own next year). On Friday October 12 through Sunday, October 14, 2007, folk music from around will be wafting through the city from seven stages. Over 100,000 people show up for the thirty or so local and national performers who play everything from rockabilly and blues to Cajun & Celtic. Handmade crafts are celebrated too, with handmade straw hats, bird carvings, quilts, native American pottery, lace doilies, hand-crafted banjos and a booth from Ten Thousand Villages, which helps handicrafters around the world. 
A highlight of this year’s Family Area is the addition of a one-of-a-kind children's harmonica lesson by Phil Wiggins - kids will be able to play along, since complimentary harmonicas will be provided by Hohner to the first one hundred participating children on both Saturday and Sunday. Other fun events in this area include an American Indian storyteller and a traveling circus performer, reminiscent of the 18th century, who juggles Turkish swords and flaming torches. The entire party is FREE and is held downtown along the James River, including Brown's Island. FREE parking and FREE shuttles are available from both Cloverleaf Mall and the Diamond. Phone: 804-788-6466. www.nationalfolkfestival.com |
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SC Exit 68: Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail is part of the ACE Basin, consisting of three rivers (Ashepoo, Combahee and South Edisto) with 350,000 acres of forested wetlands, fresh, brackish and salt water tidal marshes, barrier islands, finfish, shellfish, bald eagles, wood storks, ospreys, short nose sturgeon and loggerhead sea turtles. The Canoe and Kayak trail is eighty miles long and follows the same routes used extensively by the colonists and Native Americans, and is still as wild and undeveloped, bordered by banks of live oaks dripping with Spanish moss. 
Outfitters (in Colleton State Parks) can take you on guided paddles lasting from two hours to sleeping overnight in a treehouse! The leafy abode has a tiny kitchen and sleeping loft that sits sixteen feet above the riverbank in a private refuge on the Edisto River. You paddle a leisurely twelve miles, stopping at sandbars to swim and picnic, then step across a rope swing bridge to your secluded porched treehouse, with songbirds and owls as your only neighbors. Phone: 843-538-8206; www.southcarolinaparks.com Carolina Heritage Outfitters offers short trips Phone: 843-563-5051. www.canoesc.com
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Believe it or not, Bloomberg News has reported that, after adding designer coffees (lattes, cappuccinos, iced brews) to the menus of about 9,000 of its US stores, McDonald's shares rose 18% while Starbucks shares went down 24%. In North Carolina, a 20 oz latte will set you back $3.31 compared to $4.48 for the same size at Starbucks - which is a savings of 26%. The stronger coffee has spurred food sales, especially at breakfast. Try it - you just may like it - to kick-start your day on the road.
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RI Exit 12: The 36th Annual Rhode Island Mineral Hunters Gem Mineral Show will be held on Saturday October 27th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday October 28 from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Everyone in the car should be intrigued by the more than twenty-five dealers who showcase jewelry, minerals, fossils and the natural sciences. There are door prizes, a silent auction, a kids corner, etc. Location: Community College of RI (Knight Campus), 400 East Ave. Warwick. Phone: 401-683-4764.
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Since we are at the end of our print run for the 3rd Edition of Drive I-95: Exit by Exit Info, Maps, History and Trivia, we are offering the last of them to you at a clearance price. They make a great holiday, hostess, birthday or anytime gift for friends, co-workers, or family who drive up and down the east coast. You can buy two books including FREE media mail shipping for $22.95. Let us know if you would like them autographed in any special way. www.drivei95.com or 1-800-Guide95
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Look ahead exit by exit to see which motels (with 800 numbers), gas stations, restaurants, campgrounds, 24-hour pharmacies, auto mechanics, radio stations or radar traps are there, and where you can stay with your pet. We share our stories of the road : history on I-95, museums, trivia, towns to explore or places to run the kids. These can be read for entertainment during the drive, and may entice you to stop, stretch your legs and discover someplace new. |
| PS: Buy the book to plan an autumn drive. Click here | |
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