Anyone visited Tweetsie Railroad in NC and surrounding attractions lately?sm
Posted By: Looking forward to a weekend getaway! on 2006-08-08
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Thinking about taking the family to Tweetsie Railroad next month. My husband went there a long time ago and now he thinks it would be a fun trip. After looking at the website it does look like family fun! We have a 4-year-old son who loves trains. I was looking through websites to find some nice places to stay. It seemed like they had a few. Any information on past experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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Hospital websites usually have a pretty good physician directory you can search through by name or by speciality, which is nice.
I also use the AMA website which has a sound alike search feature which is helpful. Here is URL for the AMA doctor finder.
http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html
Also, some states have websites for the medical board licensing or professional licensing where you can look up doctors with licenses in that state. You might do a Google search for whatever state your facility is in.
Another good one that I use is the WebMD physician finder. Here's the URL for that one:
http://doctor.webmd.com/physician_finder/home.aspx?sponsor=core
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I'm so confused! LOL
I visited that site just now and...
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I couldn't see it until I visited the site where you got it from.
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Free rooms? Not when I visited at the Bellagio!
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