MisconductOIB wrote:
Thanks for all of the great info after reading everything I believe we might scale back to Washington DC from the 2-5 then maybe hop over to VA Mountains till the 9th.
We've done trips every year over the 4th. Wife gets forced to take a week off at that time so we go looking for good fireworks. Usually leave right after school on Friday, get several hours of driving in, overnight at a Cracker Barrel or Wal-Mart and get there on Saturday. We'd do the trip you are talking about without question. If you wait, you may never get there! Everyone is different in their motivations and limitations and desires and abilities.
One of the best trips was DC, sitting in the shadow of the Washington Monument waiting for dark with the wife and 2 kids. Fireworks there are special. Cherry Hill campground(I think) was right at the end of a commuter line for easy access to the downtown.
Another good one was when we went to Maine with a stop in Boston. Those were some good fireworks. Acadia is beautiful with good hiking, biking and awesome Lobster! We didn't have any traffic issues that I'd complain about.
Then Philadelphia, events were good, but fireworks were disappointing. It was really cool to witness the reenactment of the reading of the Declaration!
We've done trips to the west too. We determined that anything west of Rushmore had to be two weeks to be worth while, as it is at least 2.5 days of driving to get there.
