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smcrea
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Jan 30, 2015

Road Trip this Summer form San Diego to East Coast

Hi Everyone,

We are planning a road trip with my wife and I and the three kids 14, 12 and 6. We will be pulling our 27' TT with our NEW truck :-).

The plan is to travel from San Diego to the East Coast.. see lots of interesting things and then return to San Diego.

Round trip time should be 4-5 weeks

So far we have ZERO plans..

Just some thoughts..

- Personally I feel that we should gun it across country from San Diego on the I_20 or I-10 and get to the East Coast

- Then plan the trip.. We want to see DC, NY, Boston and New England.. I understand that you could spend a week in each of these places! so we need to be selective on what we see and do.

- Then take an enjoyable trip back over the northern States seeing places like Mnt Rushmore etc

Apart from that we have no other ideas..

I'm sure that you good folks have a mountain of experienced on what we MUST SEE and DO!!!

We'd really like to hear what you have!

Thanks!

Steve.

PS Our family is no stranger to long road trips.. the kids are used to it! :-)

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  • The places that come to mind from several of our family trips back east when I were your kids ages.
    > we hit several of the Civil War battlefields
    > Times Square in New York city, Statue of Liberty
    > Every memorial in Washington DC... the capitol building, Smithsonian, Whitehouse,Library of Congress...
    > Niagra Falls
    > A maple syrup farm in Vermont
    > Mt Rushmore
    > Yellowstone
    > Petrified Forest
    > Grand Canyon
    > Brice & Zion Canyons
    are a few that stick out....