East Coast Suggestions for a late summer trip
Okay board I will admit it, we are a west coast snob family. We LOVE the west coast national parks. We crave Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, Redwoods, Grand Canyon, Arches, Rocky Mountain, and the G...
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Where depends on just when. Autumn starts late August in northern Maine, works its way down to where you are by November. Anywhere in the Appalachians (or whatever local name like White, Green, Adirondack, Smokies) will have the activities you seek. You can find wilderness, resorts, or theme parks, your choice.
Northern New England is nice for seeing small towns, upstate New York for lakes and woods, Eastern to central Pennsylvania for old fashioned farming country.
Another possibility would be beach and shoreline communities, from Wilmington up through the Outer Banks, beaches along the eastern route, people still making their living from the water on Pamlico Sound, though a lot of that is becoming vacation home communities. Same again for around Chesapeake Bay and up through the Jersey shore.
I've dealt with these areas more often as scenic road trips, moving every day, rather than setting up camp somewhere and exploring locally.
Northern New England is nice for seeing small towns, upstate New York for lakes and woods, Eastern to central Pennsylvania for old fashioned farming country.
Another possibility would be beach and shoreline communities, from Wilmington up through the Outer Banks, beaches along the eastern route, people still making their living from the water on Pamlico Sound, though a lot of that is becoming vacation home communities. Same again for around Chesapeake Bay and up through the Jersey shore.
I've dealt with these areas more often as scenic road trips, moving every day, rather than setting up camp somewhere and exploring locally.
