A-Z Of America

[mikemiller]

T Tulsa - Second largest city in the state of Oklahoma (see earlier posts). Commemerated by the Gene Pitney hit single "24 hours from Tulsa", which was written by Hal David. Many other famous musicians have recorded their own versions of it.

 

[herringthorpe]

U Utah - very sandy. The Osmonds came from Ogden in Utah and some of them are still doing the rounds.

 

[herringthorpe]

S - S


Lol!

We stayed at the Hotel Pennsylvania with the phone no. 65000 in New York!

Wow! How Brilliant. Think we stayed in Holiday Inn's when we went!

 

[mikemiller]

V Ventura Highway - 1972 minor UK hit for the USA group, America. Strictly speaking,, it is about the Ventura Freeway (101) west coast road in the USA. They sounded a bit like Crosby , Stills, Nash and Young.

 

[sixpence]

The entrance hall had a fountain and enormous dangling glass chandelier - very grand but some of the rooms desperately needed a makeover!


W - Washington DC the capital of the USA

 

[herringthorpe]

X Xanadu - a town/city in Utah - I learned this on Richard Osmond's House of Games yesterday!

 

[mikemiller]

Y Yellowstone National Park - situated at border of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Famous for its variety of wildlife and unusual geothermal features. Inspiration for "Jellystone Park" , home of Yogi Bear.

 

[herringthorpe]

Z Zephyrhills is in Florida. Their motto is 'city of pure water'.

 

[herringthorpe]

Well, that's another done!
Thanks to everyone for joining in!