Savannah up the east coast to CT.

GRHTX wrote:
We are planning a month-plus trip this fall from our home in Houston, over to Savannah and up the east coast. Looking for suggestions for the east coast portion....good routes, full service RV parks and "don't miss" things to experience along the coast or inland.

We pull a 37' Cougar fiver (13.5' tall) so also mindful of low clearances along the way.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

WOW where to start. We've lived just outside of D.C. for the last 30 years and in the last 5 or so have made quite a few "road trips" of 2wks to 2 months to destinations all along the east coast from Key West to Bar Harbor. Most folks don't realize just how much there is along the East Coast. We just got back from a 50 day trip around Fl. and hit St. Augustine, Cape Kennedy, West Palm Beach, Miami/Everglades, Key West and Ft. Myers and could have easily spent another month spread out among just those areas. We have traveled dozens of times between our home and Orlando and have taken both the I-95 route and the US 17 route and if you can afford the about extra day I like the US 17 route from where it hits 95 just south of Yemassee SC at US 21 and take that all the way to Norfolk/Va Bch area and then up I-64 to Richmond and then points north. Outside of a day or two at Myrtle Beach there isn't a lot, but the drive is much nicer IMO than the I-95 grind. This ignores the Outer Banks which is worth the time, but on your schedule I would skip that for now. There are several great touristy type things in the Norfolk area, but one that I would put on your not to miss list would be the Va. War Museum in Newport News. It covers an amazing collection of items from 1775 to present and what makes it unique is the dedicated collection effort starting back in the 1940's and the diversity of what is on display. There are museums that are just that just the same stuff over and over, and then ones that have just enough of EVERYTHING with a more interesting surprise at each display and this museum along with the two Confederacy sites in Richmond fit in this category.

I'm going to leave out a lot since there is just not enough time in your sked and I don't know what your particular interests are.

As mentioned Williamsburg area is a must, but to do it right takes almost a week and this is because the MEAT of what is offered there is in the demonstrations/reinactments and those are all not done every day with some only being done once in a week. Another don't miss is the Historic Jamestown Site (the NPS one which is next to the commercial Jamestown Settlement attraction).

Personally I think taking a day or two to do at least the car tour of Petersburg National Battlefield Park is on a level to Gettysburg since this is the area where it all ended and some of the most important campaigns took place.

As mentioned don't miss the Museum of the Confederacy and the White House of the Confederacy in downtown Richmond. Again the Museum started collecting in around 1890 and the White House was left basically intact when Jeff Davis left and his wife even came back and verified what was left and donated a couple of other items for display.

Obviously you have the D.C. attractions and sites north and will let others comment on those.

Larry