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May 13, 2008 1:53 PM
May 13, 2008 7:11 AM 
On our drive through Pennsylvania, we stopped at 101-year-old Hershey Park.
Yes, that Hershey!
They have an amusement park. It's in the town named for the company, and it attracted 2.7 million visitors last year.
As we rode on an antique carousel, the general manager of the park, Frank O'Connell, told me they think they can beat that number this summer -- if families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, decide to forego a long, expensive road trip to, say, the Grand Canyon or Florida, and look for local fun instead.
"We think there will be a number of people who won't be able to go on the big-ticket trips this year," O'Connell said, "and come to find out we have everything they want to do here in Hershey. We roughly have 60 million people within a three-hour drive, so we're a tank or less away for 60 million people -- so we're excited!"
I'm since moved on to Cambridge, Ohio.
Local Travel Could Prove Sweet For Hershey
(CBS)
Yes, that Hershey!
They have an amusement park. It's in the town named for the company, and it attracted 2.7 million visitors last year.
As we rode on an antique carousel, the general manager of the park, Frank O'Connell, told me they think they can beat that number this summer -- if families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, decide to forego a long, expensive road trip to, say, the Grand Canyon or Florida, and look for local fun instead.
"We think there will be a number of people who won't be able to go on the big-ticket trips this year," O'Connell said, "and come to find out we have everything they want to do here in Hershey. We roughly have 60 million people within a three-hour drive, so we're a tank or less away for 60 million people -- so we're excited!"
I'm since moved on to Cambridge, Ohio.
May 12, 2008 12:36 PM
Navigating The N.Y.C. Streets
New York state has the highest prices for diesel in the country, and the 5th-highest gas prices. That means $4 per gallon for regular gas in some areas, and that's changing the way a lot of people are vacationing around here.
May 12, 2008 11:57 AM
1900 Miles To Go...
May 12, 2008 10:00 AM 
Jeff Glor had the Golden Gate Bridge in the background as he outlined the 2,000 mile road trip that will ultimately take him and his hybrid Toyota Prius to Independence, Mo., where he'll meet up with Nancy Cordes.
She was in Manhattan as she charted her route, which she explained is "a bit shorter" than Jeff's. But, she added, his is more scenic. She's in a Ford Fusion.
Both have GPS devices along for the ride. Jeff kidded that he'd try to ditch his onto a semi somewhere, to throw folks off his route. He also demonstrated his in-car, on-board camera, joking that its presence would mean "Big Brother" would be watching at all times.
You can track their progress across the country in real time right here.
Check out Eye on the Road's Early Show debut! Just click on the monitor.
The Journeys Begin
(CBS/EARLY SHOW)
She was in Manhattan as she charted her route, which she explained is "a bit shorter" than Jeff's. But, she added, his is more scenic. She's in a Ford Fusion.
Both have GPS devices along for the ride. Jeff kidded that he'd try to ditch his onto a semi somewhere, to throw folks off his route. He also demonstrated his in-car, on-board camera, joking that its presence would mean "Big Brother" would be watching at all times.
You can track their progress across the country in real time right here.
Check out Eye on the Road's Early Show debut! Just click on the monitor.
May 9, 2008 5:14 PM 
CBS News begins a weeklong series, “Eye on the Road,” that examines the gas price crisis across America in a series of reports filed from the ground –- and the gas pump -– for The Early Show and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric beginning Monday, May 12.
Two CBS News correspondents, Nancy Cordes and Jeff Glor, will begin their road trips nearly 3,000 thousand miles apart: Glor will leave from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Cordes from outside The Early Show studio in New York City. As they travel across the country toward each other, they will report from towns and cities on a wide range of gas crisis stories beyond just rising costs. Think: possible solutions, including hybrid information and challenges for “super-commuters” in big cities. Viewers will get a first-hand look at a nationwide consumer crisis, as Cordes and Glor visit everywhere from emerging “bio-towns” in Indiana to RV parks in Nevada.
Starting The Engines...
(CBS)
Two CBS News correspondents, Nancy Cordes and Jeff Glor, will begin their road trips nearly 3,000 thousand miles apart: Glor will leave from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Cordes from outside The Early Show studio in New York City. As they travel across the country toward each other, they will report from towns and cities on a wide range of gas crisis stories beyond just rising costs. Think: possible solutions, including hybrid information and challenges for “super-commuters” in big cities. Viewers will get a first-hand look at a nationwide consumer crisis, as Cordes and Glor visit everywhere from emerging “bio-towns” in Indiana to RV parks in Nevada.
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