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Alaska Highway Opened in 1942
The Alaska Highway was built by the US Army across Canada's north to Alaska, a road across mountains, permafrost and rivers, as a military supply route
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Driving the Pacific Coast Highway
This article provides advice on how to plan a driving vacation along Highway One in the United States, including where to stop and when to go.
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Interstate Highways
After WWII the American Federal Government took over road building from the States. An impressive road system resulted, but at what price?
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A Drive Down the Alphabet Super Highway
The Alphabet Super Highway allows students, parents, and teachers to create, locate, and communicate information through a variety of means including active learning and competition. This site has several tools and resources that will work wonderfully in the classroom including a cyberzine for students to submit their own articles!
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Experiencing the Million Dollar Highway
Colorado Route 550, best known as The Million Dollar Highway, winds through the beautiful San Juan Mountains and links the former gold and silver mining towns of Durango, Silverton and Ouray. The scenery alone provides sufficient reason to take this route. However, when experienced on a motorcycle, this steep, twisting alpine highway generates a level of excitement and enjoyment that makes for a thrilling, unforgettable ride.
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Highway 71: The Voyageur Route
So if you love to travel and explore new places make the Great Northwest Circle Tour. Be sure to bring your camera. Great photographs are waiting for you and maybe you will see a moose.
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MP3 Hits the Highway
Profile of new MP3 player for your car.
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My unforgettable ride down the Alaskan Highway with Lynch Collison
When my motorcycle broke down on the Alaskan Highway, a burley character driving a rack truck came to the rescue. For three days and 540 miles, he carried my bike and me down the road. Along the way, he told colorful stories about life in the far north, pointed out the amazing features of the land and scared local wildlife with his loud, bawdy songs.
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Nebraska Highway Controversy
Although many Nebraska residents support designating State Highway 2 as an All-American road, some Grant County residents are leery of possibly more federal regulations.
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Pacific Coast Highway Scenic Drive
Take the coast road between San Francisco and Los Angeles for some of California's finest views: rocky sea cliffs, roaring surf, sandy coves, wildlife and historic towns.
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Practical Skills 5: Creating the 8-Lane Highway - Circling the
Beginning the process of Goal Setting (or Care Planning).

Road Trip Planner
The family road trip is the ultimate family vacation. That doesn't mean it has to be all the cliches of whining kids and grumpy parents. Enjoy your family road trip.
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Southeast on Highway 195 and Others - Part I
Road trip from Spokane to Walla Walla. This is the first part of the trip through Spangle, Plaza, Rosalia, Thornton, Steptoe Butte, Steptoe, Colfax and Dusty.
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Southeast on Highway 195 and Others - Part II
This is a second in a travel series through southeast Washington through LaCross, Hooper, Washtucna, Palouse Falls and Starbuck.
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Southeast on Highway 195 and Others - Part III
This concludes a three part series of travelogues in southeast Washington through Dayton and Waitsburg, Dixie and on to our destination city, Walla Walla.
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Speeding Down the Info Highway
There is no truth to the rumor that older adults can't become computer gurus. Help your friends or family gain confidence and keep up with the grandkids online.
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The Alaska Marine Highway System
Use the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) to access the many boating and recreational opportunities found in Alaska
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The Great Divide Highway
There is a Continental Divide in northern Wisconsin. the Great Divide Highway runs along about 30 miles of this divide and provides a unique scenic area of the Northwoods to explore.
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The Information Highway!
Music Educators unite! MANY music resources and topics for teaching effectively. Music educators exchange ideas, tools for optimal networking. Many links and weekly articles.
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The Urban Highway Robber
Artist Murray Kimber reimagines Alfred Noyes's romantic ballad "The Highwayman" for a generation of television- and cinema-savvy readers.
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Their Way, or the Highway
<dd> New NASCAR mandates, Dale Earnhardt Monte Carlo, and the EA Sports 500 from Talladega, Alabama.
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Travelling the Adriatic Highway
The Adriatic highway snakes its way down the Croatian coast, linking historic towns and fine landscapes.
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Why Did the Turtle Cross the Highway?
England has for years made it easier for small animals - reptiles and amphibians in particular - to cross asphalt roads. Why not here? Read about how hard a turtle has it in the world.
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Best Bob Dylan Information
An introduction to the best Bob Dylan products in a wide array of different mediums.
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Breaking News 17
HIV-AIDS crisis in Papua New Guinea,potential uranium mining in Niue,China's offer to help rebuild PNG's Highlands Highway and The Pacific Flying School in Fiji comprise this week's news.
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Edwin McCain Interview
Interview with singer/songwriter Edwin McCain, who recently released the CD <b>The Austin Sessions.</b>
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Facts about Route 66
If you roadtrip in the US, chances are good you've heard of the Old Mother Road, Route 66. Here are some fast facts about this old stretch of highway.
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Florida Keys: A Tour of the Cities
Highway 1 starts in Key West, running north through Miami and up the east coast of the US , eventually ending in Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border.
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Gavin O'Connor's Tumbleweeds
Mother and daughter hit the road (again) travelling from one deadbeat town and mangy drunken boyfriend to the next in a series of touching adventures which hit close to home. Rarely has single mother parenting been handled with such humor, honesty and sincerity.
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Getting There
a little bit of transport advice
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HAUNTED ARKANSAS
These are just a few of the many places that can satisfy your hunger for excitement on All Hallows' Eve in Arkansas. Take a trip and see for yourself...If you dare.
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Historic Columbia River Gorge
The spectacular Columbia River Gorge showcases the breathtaking natural beauty of the Western United States, featuring majestic waterfalls and sweeping vistas.
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Kalaloch on the Pacific Ocean
Kalaloch, one of the state's unchanged beaches in Olympic National Park on Highway 101 on the Pacific Ocean is a great getaway place.
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Let's Clear the Air, Literally
Cough. Gag. Sputter. Ohio has been declared an officially sooty state. What are YOU going to do about it?
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Molokai...Part 2
Molokai..Along Highway 450 there are Enchanted forests, a live Christmas tree, Surfers, Sandy Beaches and an Giant Octopus that loves Roast Pork. Worth seeing.
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North to Alaska
I took my motorcycle on a 10,000 mile round trip from New Jersey to Alaska a few years ago to photograph the abandoned gold miners' camps along the Yukon River. It was the trip of a lifetime that, at times, seemed as if it would never end.
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Paha and Packard
A Sunday morning newspaper and an old picture set me to wondering about Paha, Washington.
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Rhymes By The Roadside
The wit and wisdom of the Burma-Shave signs.
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Southern California Roadside Seals
Visiting San Simeon's elephant seal colony can be combined with a trip to Hearst Castle but you may find yourself entranced by these aquatic giants and forget the castle.
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Spring Break--Or Any Time--At Sandestin
Destin, Florida, is a great place to spend Spring Break--or any time. There's something to please everybody, from the active to the self-indulgent to...well, use your imagination!
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SunPass gives you smooth sailing on Florida toll roads
With a SunPass transponder on your windshield, you can zip through a toll booth without having to stop and pay each time.
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The bridges of Monroe County
On the 126-mile Overseas Highway to Key West, 42 bridges cover 18.8 miles. In other words, 15 percent of the highway is over water. Here's a list of the bridges.
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The Hope Slide in British Columbia
A minor earthquake in 1965 in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia caused an entire mountainside to collapse and the obliteration of an entire lake.
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The Lake Region in Chile
A spectacular vacationland awaits in the Southern Hemisphere. The land of poet Pablo Neruda beckons the lover of the outdoors.
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War of the Roses
Lady Bird Johnson's impact on Appalachia
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FATHOM FIVE NATIONAL MARINE PARK
In the 1850's, shipping around Tobermorey, Ontario began in earnest. Due to increasing numbers of shipwrecks, improved navigational aids were developed. Three lighthouses, Big Tub, Flowerpot and Cove Island were erected to guide the ships on the lake.
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