Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / September 2005

I am French... hence my question : I always thought that the word
"wilderness" was pronunced like "wild", but I heard americans from the NW
pronuncing the word like "weelderness" : who is right ?

  How do I get from the border crossing in Tecate to the brewery? How
long would it take to walk?
Michael

Im' going to conference which is held at Las vegas in october. I have couple
day off's and I would like to spend them backpacking at Nevada's mountains.
Dou you have any tips what are best places for trekking and make excursions?
Grand canyon is one must see, but what about other ...

I am planning to fly out of Philadelphia at the beginning of October.
When I
come back at the end of October I would be returning to Newark and
would

We spent a few days in Montreal earlier this summer and I will file to
obtain a refund on my hotel GST taxes paid.
My hotel bill lists several taxes and I'm not sure which are refundable and
I should list on th etax form.

We are travelling to NY with a family of two adults and three children.
Can anyone advise of a good place for us to stay - near Broadway and not too
expensive (if there is such a place).
Thanks

My family and I, coming from the east, plan to tour St. Louis after
looking at the Cahokia Mounds. I've heard East St. Louis, through which
we travel, has a crime problem. I'm sure I will thunder across some
folk's politically correct trip wires, but does anyone familiar with

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They both offer the best calling service while we travel. They always
work and they have great rates. They work from anywhere in the U.S.A.

A quick "crie de couer" from the Eastern side of the 'lantic for some
local knowledge regarding a Canadian based (former?) operation.
In May of this year I booked a sightseeing flight over Niagara with
Skyway Helicopters with the flight to be taken during our vacation in

My husband and I are going to Rocky Mountain National Park the last week
of September/first week of October.
Will we need to rent an AWD vehicle for better traction or is that not a
concern yet with snow? We'll be coming from Baltimore and renting a

We are from (old) England. We plan to travel by car from New York to
Boston in early October.
We would like to stop off for a night somewhere near the middle of the
journey (we assume that means Connecticut?). Previously we stopped in

What US cities have a lot of levees?
Sacramento, CA has a lot.
Why did the N.O. levees break in those particular places?

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Looks like I will have a few hours to kill while waiting on a train.  Can
someone please tell what the area around Union Station is like?  Safe area?
I know many areas around train station can be somewhat on the run down side.
If safe, are there any resturants shops in the area.  ...