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April, 1997
Las Vegas, Nevada
Milepost 82,007
On
the road and online... WE'VE MOVED!
 RoadTrip
America is constantly migrating, of course, but recently
we've moved in two other directions. In January, RoadTrip
America online took up residence on a new server. Our
new virtual home is sponsored by Evergreen Technologies
in Eureka, California. Whenever you call up a file, remember
that it's coming to you from Humboldt County, the heart of
California's redwood country.
Larry
Goldberg, president of Evergreen Technologies, is a trailblazer
on the Internet. His company is developing new user-friendly
technical help services as well as cutting edge high-speed
access and delivery systems. It's a pleasure to be working
with Larry, Webmaster Robert Morse, and the talented
Evergreen team.
In February,
we moved physically, too! While the Phoenix
One hibernates in San Jose, California, we're on assignment in the
NicoVan, a 34-foot AirStream Cutter
covered with colorful graphics offering advice about how to quit smoking.
Sponsored
by GlaxoSmithKline
and the American
Cancer Society, the NicoVan embarked on a twenty-city
tour in January. We're the drivers, hosts and official dog
for the tour, which began with a bang (literally!) at the
San Francisco Chinese New Year's Festival. The NicoVan's route
spans the continent and ends in St. Louis in September.
Even
though we aren't traveling in the familiar Phoenix, RoadTrip
America online continues to bring the stories and sights
of life on the road to an audience around the world. The publicity
tour we launched last August in Las Vegas took us on a whirlwind
tour of the continent's largest cities and introduced us to
the exhilarating challenge of driving a 32-foot vehicle in
places where motor homes usually fear to tread: downtown Boston,
the South Bronx, Times Square...
By
the time we wound up in Los Angeles in December, we were seasoned
urban adventurers. In addition, RoadTrip America had
been featured in twelve newspapers and magazines, including
People, Newsday,and the Los Angeles Times.
We were interviewed on four syndicated radio shows including
WCBS and sixteen television programs. MSNBC
and First TV featured RoadTrip America navigating
Manhattan, and C|Net aired two segments taped at their
studios in San Francisco. C|Net also presented RTA with a
"Best of the Web" award, and Marcy Harbut reviewed
the site for Earthlink.
As
RoadTrip America's readership has grown, so has our
list of places to go and
sights to see. Our e-mail box is always stuffed with tantalizing
suggestions, a constant reminder that we'll never see it all.
82,000 miles is only a good start.
We're still
out there, and it's still an adventure, every day. We still have no idea
what lies around the next bend, but the great thing is, it might be you!
See you on the road.
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