Posted on 04/15/2022 5:27:49 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
My wife and I are planning on flying into DC to see our son in Arlington and then taking a rental car and driving up towards Maine for a fall foliage trip. Looking for ideas on where to stay, what to visit etc. We have no desire to go into the large cities like New York, Boston etc. unless it's to go through. Also interested in what to avoid.
We're in our late 50's and my wife will want to stop and shop, see historical, natural sites etc. We also want to have places setup to stay vs. waiting until the last moment. Any suggestions on routes as we want to take our time and not in a hurry to get anywhere. Our plan is to stay close to the ocean on the way up and western edge of New England on the way back to Arlington, Virginia. Planning on staying maybe a week.
Any insights and experiences are appreciated.
If you get into VT, you have to spend a night at the Stratford Inn. It very lovely and historic, and the owners are a fine couple. He’s got the most dry humor of all, and she’s as cute as a bug’s ear.
Yep, I guess it hasn't changed since the last time I was there in the early 80's
Near St Gaudens is the American Precision Museum, too.
It’s interesting for anyone interested in gun history.
Golf clap. Well played.
Except the Southern Tier of Upstate NY, along the Southern Tier Expressway, through Corning etc.
It’s breathtaking even in the summer.
And speaking of Corning, the Corning Museum of Glass is right off the interstate and worth the stop.
We went there when we were kids. Also the Rock of Ages Granite Museum and Quarry Tour in Vermont. Fort Ticonderoga was also nice. Fort Niagara gives the Canadian side of the story. We went to some flume place in the Adirondacks. Don't know if that was Au Sable Chasm. It was all a long time ago.
I loved Fort Niagara.
Seeing the Falls and then driving up along the Niagara River and stopping at the whirlpool and the museums along there is a great piece of history.
The view across the niagara River and Lake Ontario there is fantastic.
Country Bobs was one of my favorite stops on travels west. Too bad he rolled his truck.
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