| The Ultimate James Bond USA Trip | | | | Apes"type scenery. It looks similar to the Lake |
| Copyright © 2004-2005 Paul Kyriazi | | | | Powell locationwhere Heston crash landed his |
| Author of "Live the James Bond Lifestyle" | | | | spaceship. |
| Here's a trip that James Bond wouldn't have the | | | | >From Vegas, stop over a few minutes at the |
| time for. Butif you do, your Bond girl will never | | | | California statelineand see the "Bonnie and Clyde |
| forget it. "She'll becatching her breath for six | | | | Car" at the Primm Casino Mall. |
| months." | | | | Be forewarned, it's not the movie car. It's the real |
| Start in Orlando for a few days at DisneyWorld | | | | thing, asis Clyde's death shirt. There's a Fashion |
| and get a hotelnear "Downtown Disney" or at the | | | | Outlet mall there,for your girl to shop and you can |
| Animal Kingdom Lodge. Thentake AmTrak from | | | | ride "The Desperado", whichpremiered in 1994 as |
| there overnight to Philadelphia. | | | | the worlds tallest, steepest and longeststeel |
| >From the Philadelphia train station rent a car | | | | coaster. |
| (with anavigational system) and drive to Atlantic | | | | Next, hit the Los Angeles attractions. Stay at the |
| City to sea theboardwalk, the Atlantic and gamble | | | | Disney Pier |
| a little. There's not toomuch else to do besides | | | | Hotel. See Disney's two parks, Knott's Berry |
| gamble and eat, so after 3 hours headoff to | | | | Farm, and the |
| Lancaster county to see the Amish locations via a | | | | Movieland Wax Museum. Then stay a night at the |
| tourthat leaves the visitor's center. | | | | Universal |
| Next drive southwest passing through the | | | | Hilton and visit the studio attractions. |
| Gettysburg civil warbattle field and monuments. | | | | After surviving the Jurasic Park dinosaurs, drive |
| Drive through Tennessee ending upin Memphis. | | | | North toward |
| Stay at "Heartbreak Hotel" (small, but | | | | San Francisco, stopping at the small Scandinavian |
| convenient)and tour Elvis' Graceland. Go down to | | | | town of |
| Dallas and visit thebook depository museum were | | | | Solvang for some quick eating, shopping, and |
| JFK was shot and "JFK" was filmed. | | | | gambling (at the |
| Stay at the North Dallas Hilton next to the Galaria | | | | Chumash Indian Casino). |
| Mall. | | | | Next stop is Monterey where you can sleep at |
| Next, head to Albuquerque and stay at the | | | | the Doubletree |
| Sheraton Old Town | | | | Hotel next to Fisherman's Warph and go whale |
| Hotel. Shop and eat at old town. Don't miss the | | | | watching the nextmorning. Just 15 minutes from |
| "Rattlesnake | | | | there is Carmel. Park and walkdown Ocean Ave |
| Museum". Small, but creepy | | | | to see the shops and end up at the beach. |
| Then it's up to Monument Valley where the only | | | | Thenback up to your car and on to Santa Cruz |
| place to stay is | | | | to ride the Giant |
| Gouldings Lodge. Drive to the visitor's center | | | | Dipper at the Beach Boardwalk. Find the Bazookas |
| where you canhire a Native American to take | | | | that shootbaseballs at targets and blast a few. |
| you by jeep to see the sights. | | | | >From there it's 90 minutes to San Francisco. |
| But I prefer to use my own car and enjoy the | | | | Stay at the |
| sights on my own. | | | | Fisherman's Warph Hilton for a few days. Don't |
| Next drive down to the Grand Canyon and stay | | | | miss the 45minute bay cruise, the cliff house, and |
| at one of the rimhotels as mentioned before. | | | | Chinatown. The |
| Then down to Flagstaff and backtrack 30 miles to | | | | "motorized cable car" tours near the pier have |
| see the Meteor Crater. Yes, it's just a bigwhole, | | | | great 90 minuteand 3 hour tours. After that turn |
| but it also has an interesting museum and there's | | | | in your rental car at theairport and fly home, |
| a | | | | knowing you surpassed any trip James Bondhas |
| Subway sandwich shop there for a quick bite. | | | | been on. |
| Next it's on to Las Vegas by driving over the | | | | You can do this trip in sections or in one long |
| Hoover Dam, whereyou can take a 20 minute | | | | gloriousadventure. If you need more detailed |
| interior dam tour and ride the paddleboat on the | | | | suggestions, email mevia my web site. |
| very blue Lake Mead for some "Planet of the | | | | |