Maine to Yellowstone
It's a long darn trip from here to there. What are the things I should stop and see and enjoy along the way?
Forum Discussion
Maine-iacs,
Let me start by telling you that I am a refugee from the megopolis of the east coast. I would go back there in a flash but for the taxes and the crowding south of where you are.
In rereading the thread, I saw that you current plan is 6~8 WEEKS! This is about right. Many museums need more walking than I also cannot do these days, so just relax and enjoy what you can do.
I bet you know that your primary route will be 2500+/- miles. So bet you know that you are looking at 6 hard travel days or more if you are not doing a Bonsi run.... (Don't do that, they are no fun.)
There is no way you can do this and not find out you missed something when you finally get home. Canada may still be out of the question, but if you can cross between Niagara and Port Huron, that will save a lot, but you will miss the museum at Corning but you can hit the one at Rochester. (The Strong Museum is only for people that were once a child or know someone that was.) Both are 100mi+ museums.
I class museums by how much out of your way it is worth going to see them....
On the way across Michigan (if you come this way, are The Henry Ford in Dearborn, The Gilmore in Hickory Corner and the Kalamazoo Air Zoo (guess where that is). Ford and Gilmore are both 100s, but the Air Zoo is only a 50 but it is near the interstate. Ford is all Americana and includes a village complex (separate ticket). Gilmore is a car museum and that should be all uppercase.
So get out the guide books and start planning.
I wish you hours of boring driving and marvelous experiences when stopped.
Matt
Let me start by telling you that I am a refugee from the megopolis of the east coast. I would go back there in a flash but for the taxes and the crowding south of where you are.
In rereading the thread, I saw that you current plan is 6~8 WEEKS! This is about right. Many museums need more walking than I also cannot do these days, so just relax and enjoy what you can do.
I bet you know that your primary route will be 2500+/- miles. So bet you know that you are looking at 6 hard travel days or more if you are not doing a Bonsi run.... (Don't do that, they are no fun.)
There is no way you can do this and not find out you missed something when you finally get home. Canada may still be out of the question, but if you can cross between Niagara and Port Huron, that will save a lot, but you will miss the museum at Corning but you can hit the one at Rochester. (The Strong Museum is only for people that were once a child or know someone that was.) Both are 100mi+ museums.
I class museums by how much out of your way it is worth going to see them....
On the way across Michigan (if you come this way, are The Henry Ford in Dearborn, The Gilmore in Hickory Corner and the Kalamazoo Air Zoo (guess where that is). Ford and Gilmore are both 100s, but the Air Zoo is only a 50 but it is near the interstate. Ford is all Americana and includes a village complex (separate ticket). Gilmore is a car museum and that should be all uppercase.
So get out the guide books and start planning.
I wish you hours of boring driving and marvelous experiences when stopped.
Matt
