There is still somewhere to go in America

First, the idea behind this is simple.  My wife and I have now been married almost a year.  Given some summer activities, two weddings--one in Boston, one in Phoenix--and the fact that I will actually be leaving on our anniversary to go to school in Vermont, for the month of July we have decided to make a road trip from Boston to Phoenix and back to our home town of Richmond, Va.  The dates that we are required to be somewhere are July 9-10 in Boston, and July 15-18 in Phoenix, the in between and the exact date to return to Richmond is up to us, money and gas willing.  We wish to try and go to those remote, hardly known, worthwhile, must-see, but seldom seen, little places scattered across the country.

The title and idea is that in a world where we are constantly in connection, facebooked, google ready, footprinted, picasa'ed, tweeted and twits, the Road Trip across country has lost it's quiche, it's je ne sais quoi.  We can google places to go in Boston, New York, D.C., Miami, Dallas, Phoenix, L.A. ad nasueum.  Hell, we can even take virtual tours of these places.  We can even tour parts of our fair city Richmond, Va, but as always the real tried and true places are seldom found on the web.  You have to live there, you have to be there, you have to experience it for yourself.  So, in the weeks to come we wish to open this up to the rest of you.  Our travel plan is simple, the car will be packed with a tent, some camping gear, the computer, and a gps, we have some ideas, but where is that somewhere that you would go, or have been?  Is there a diner in Tennessee that makes the perfect eggs and grits?  What's the most breath taking spot to camp on the Colorado river? Is the biggest ball of twine worth seeing?  What about the largest skillet?  What Indian, er, Native American Casino just can't be passed up?  What would you do?  Where would you go?