Jeff and I leave for vacation tomorrow. This year we've decided to take advantage of our location and explore the Northeast, an area neither of us are too familiar with. As usual, we've packed a ton of stuff into our days. We're thinking of this trip as a sampler, a highlights tour. Try a little bit of a lot of places, and if we find something we really like, then we can always go back. Here's the general itinerary.
Friday, August 10: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
We hope to arrive in the early afternoon and will spend the day exploring a few towns and maybe checking out the beach (although it looks like it might be a bit cool). In the evening, we plan to catch a Cape Cod League baseball game. We'll be camping that night at Sweetwater Forest.
Saturday, August 11: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
We're planning to spend the day biking the Cape Cod Rail Trail, which will take us to quite a few towns and by the National Seashore. We will also visit Provincetown.
Sunday, August 12: Burlington, Vermont and Lake Champlain Islands
We'll leave the Cape early and head for the Burlington area of Vermont, where we plan to check out the islands in Lake Champlain and do a bit of wandering around the "big" town of Burlington.
Monday, August 13: Northeast Kingdom, Vermont
Our first stop on our way out of Burlington will be at the Ben & Jerry's factory for a tour. Then we'll head up into the Northeast Kingdom to check out some cute towns and do a bit of hiking. We hope to go up Mt. Pisgah for the stunning view of Lake Willoughby. We'll spend the night in the town of East Burke
Tuesday, August 14: New Hampshire
We'll spend the day making our way across New Hampshire, spending most of our time in the White and Presidential mountains doing some hiking. We'll then cross into Maine and stop for the night somewhere along the path to Acadia.
Wednesday, August 15: Acadia National Park
We'll spend the day exploring Acadia...hiking, checking out the rocky beaches, pounding lobster, biking. We'll then camp at Blackwoods Campground.
Thursday, August 16: Maine Coast to Portland, Maine
We'll make our way down the Maine coast to Portland (with a stop in Freeport for the L.L. Bean store).
Friday, August 17: Maine Coast to Boston
We'll spend the day making our way down the coast of Maine, stopping at any towns that catch our fancy before ending up in Boston, where we'll catch a Redsox game at Fenway.
Saturday, August 18: Boston to Connecticut
We'll spend most of the day seeing the sights of Boston before heading down to the area of Connecticut not far outside of New York City for the night.
Sunday, August 19: New York City
We'll head into the city for the 1:05 Yankees game, then visit a few sites and spend the night in the city at the hotel we booked for a whopping $19.31. (Don't worry, it's not sketchy, we just got one hell of a deal. It's the Tudor Hotel at the United Nations.)
Monday, August 20: New York City to Home
We'll see a bit more of the city that never sleeps before heading home, exhausted I'm sure and in need of another week off work just to recuperate.
It should be a lot of fun though. We'll get to see a lot, do a lot of outdoors stuff, and visit a few cool cities. Here's hoping for good weather and safe roads.
6 comments:
Sounds like a great trip! I can't wait to see your pictures :)
How did you get a hotel for $19.31?
Sounds exciting. Watch out for all those crazy liberals. The east coast, you know, is infested with them. I'm looking forward to the pictures.
Lisa--We saw it in the Washington Post. Apparently the hotel is reverting back to the name it last used in 1931, so they were offering rooms for $19.31 as a promotion. We got lucky and were able to snag one.
Gregory--But apparently New Hampshire (I think that's the state) is quite Republican. A little enclave of God-fearing, tax-hating, gun-toting, morality-remanding folks in a morality-barren, Godless land.
Sounds like a fun week packed with lots to do. I hope it isn't too hot for camping and hiking. Take lots of pics and have a great time.
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