Question by Marcia: Best route across America from Portland, OR to Annapolis, MD (Washington, D.C. area)?
My husband and I are newly retired and have always wanted to drive across country – Our son is moving from Portland, OR to Annapolis, MD (where we live) and we are going to help out by driving his car while he drives a UHaul. We’ll be leaving on November 5th – know we’d like to go to Yellowstone first, but beyond that, have no ideas – also best places to stay on short notice without bankrupting ourselves in the process – it looks as though it’ll take a really full day to make that first leg from Portland to Yellowstone, but that may be too optimistic – also, do we need a full day in Yellowstone or should we plan to get some driving under our belt in the sfternoon?

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Answer by Harley Drive
I-84 or I-94 to I-80 great drive with many sites on the way done it many times from elk grove or medford to washington and philly

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Question by tkdeity: Any ideas? I want to WALK from Ohio to Key West! How do I find the best route?
This is a plan for just after I retire, so I’m starting now. I know there’s official paths in some parts of the country, but is there a legit way to go all the way from Ohio to Key West without violating some laws?
OK, my point is this. I want to AVOID the highways. I want to walk on pedestrian walkways as much as possible. The Appalacian trail would be part of the trip, I’m sure. I’m looking for the rest of the path. I don’t even know how to research it.

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Answer by Xavier
Yeahh sure take 95South all the way down .. and then swim to the Keys …

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Question by Jeremy M: What area of the Dallas to move the parents to? Has anyone else faced this? Condo in oaklawn the best route?
The are in 54/53 and retiring at the end of the year. Still very active and in that major life change of going from work to finding sometime to fill retirement. My sister and I have decided that Dallas would be the best place as we are both relocating to the area. What have been the experiences of others facing moving your parents to town? They like Frisco but we think that is just to far from “town”.

The sister and I feel a full service hi rise condo building will be the best route for them. They are very anti condo! I think after trying it they will like it. Just looking for some feedback.

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Answer by Muppet
I would agree that Frisco is too far from civilization. With traffic it can take a long time to go to Dallas if they want to see a play or go to a museum.
The high rise condos in Oak Lawn are very nice and in a great location if they like to go to museums, plays, the symphony, etc. If your parent’s are social people they might find that they will never know their neighbors names. I had friends that lived in one of the buildings off of Turtle Creek Blvd. and whenever I went to visit it was very quiet, which I liked. If your parent’s still want a house I would suggest you look at the neighborhood around Walnut Hill, Inwood and Midway. The homes are a good size, have large trees, big yards and you aren’t 3 feet way from your neighbors house like in Frisco or the other new housing developments north of Dallas.

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[Grocery store, Ohio, Route 74] (LOC)


Image by The Library of Congress
Vachon, John,, 1914-1975,, photographer.

[Grocery store, Ohio, Route 74]

[1942 or 1943]

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Location of this photograph is being researched. Original caption was "Gilead, Ohio?" which might be Mount Gilead.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Photograph shows a door sign "Rainbo, good bread"; sign below window "Union Leader"; and window sign "C.A. Lo-, Groceries & Hardware."
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Grocery stores
United States–Ohio–Gilead

Format: Slides–Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection 11671-28 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34272

Call Number: LC-USF35-267

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