I may well be in your neighourhood at some point in the future as I've been to America before and intend to again. I have friends in Orlando and Ohio whom I forged friendships with through my work.
You should travel, Lou, instead of reading travel books, realise your dream and actually go there! You've still got 20 or 30 years to roam the planet and if you live as long as that French woman (oldest in the world at 123) then you're only middle-aged
If one day you do decide to venture out, you and 'BB' would be invited here (but you'd have to eat take out off your laps as I don't have space for a table ) or even better, when I finally get Andy Pandy to re-marry me I can invite you both to my 4 bedroom flat by the sea that I have been fantasizing about