• I have traveled across the United States 6 times...and that's just the big trips!

When I started to finally understand the power of the internet to connect people to people,
I thought "hey...I could plan all our trips online before we go!"   Yeah, right.

Instead, our trip went like this: and keep in mind the year is 2000.

• "I wonder how far the next gas station is ?"

• "How much further to the next RV park...and how much are they going to charge ?"
  (And then, of course, having to drive all around town to find the lowest rate.)

• "I wonder if there's a tobacco store here."

• "Excuse me, sir/madam, is there a Super Wal-Mart around ?"

Insert whatever question you may have when you get into a new town, and that's how our trip went.

Unfortunately, I don't have a wireless modem or a "palm pilot," but if I did, I should have been able to tap right in, find out where the next gas station, RV park & prices, tobacco store, and Super Wal-Mart were -- while driving along!

Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of stuff online, but it's not very well integrated to suit local area needs.  And the places that do integrate areas only list major cities.

I tried to design the Defuniak Springs area page to suit the needs of newcomers (like zip code & local calling area information) and natives (like current gas prices).  Of course, for now, I only listed what I always needed to know about an area, so it's not yet comprehensive.  Meaning that if you have a question, or would like to make an addition to the Defuniak Springs page...please e-mail me, and I'll help in any way I can.

If you haven't yet realized,

the internet is about people to people...not computers to people
--if people don't participate,

the internet will become useless not trusted information !

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