FARGO, N.D., June 23, 2006
Florida 'Vacation' For Fargo Family
Sandfords Get Kennedy Space Center Trip, GPS
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Play CBS Video Video Space Center Vacation Giveaway The "Great American Vacation Giveaway" continues in Fargo, N.D., where Dave Price gives Kathy Sandford and her family a vacation to Cocoa Beach, Fla., for a Space Center visit.
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Video Tips On Car Trip Safety Dave Price is in Fargo, N.D., and he talks with Lauren Fix, a BP spokesperson. She provides tips on fuel economy and how to keep your car safe on the road.
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Video Dave Price On Road To Fargo Before heading over to Fargo, N.D., which is the next stop on the "Great American Vacation" series, Dave Price visited the River Bats baseball team in St. Paul, Minn.
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The Early Show's Dave Price congratulates Kathy Sandford, center, and her husband, Ron, at the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, N.D. (CBS)
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Photos "Vacation" Photos See the places we've been and the people we've met during The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" tour.
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Video Archive 'Vacation' Video The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" recipients and stories from our road trip
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The Early Show 2006 Road Trip! We traveled the country giving away dream vacations! See where we've been and who got surprise getaways.
Jennifer Matson of the Vogel Law Firm in Fargo wrote to the The Early Show about a co-worker who she says is very deserving of a summer getaway.
Matson wrote: "Kathy (Sandford) is our treasure. She has worked at the same company with the same boss for 20 years. We love her so much for keeping our office together and always does it with a smile. Would love for her to get the quality time with her husband and son she has earned and so deserves."
The Early Show thinks so too, and is sending Sandford, her husband, Ron, and son, Cole, to Florida for a very special getaway.
Watch as Dave Price surprises another unsupecting person with a "Great American Vacation"They'll be spending a week on the ocean in Cocoa Beach, Fla., courtesy of Cobra Electronics.
The trip includes passes to all the exhibits, IMAX shows and flight simulators at the Kennedy Space Center. The Fargo family will even have lunch with an astronaut! While in Florida, Cobra Electronics will get the Sandfords from place-to-place with a new NavOne 4500 GPS system in their rental car. It's got 7 million points of interest, turn-by-turn directions with voice and up-to-the minute traffic. The Sandfords are even getting one of their very own to put in the family car.
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Air travel is being provided by American Airlines.
"I don't know what to say," exclaimed the surprised getaway recipient
as Price called her name and pulled her from the crowd.
"It was awesome. I can’t even explain, it’s awesome," Sandford said. "Our son is going to be so thrilled. We got to go to Florida last May and he's wanted to go back again since."
Matson told Price," Kathy's an inspiration to us in the office. She rolls with the punches like a champ and we all love her."
June 28: Billings, Mont. | June 30: Spokane, Wash.
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Check out our map: If you live in one of the cities we're visiting, tell us about the one thing we just have to see and about someone there who's deserving of a "Great American Vacation."
E-mail us at vacation@cbsnews.comWho knows ... maybe we'll send them packing!
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