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pennstaterv
Dec 25, 2013Explorer
spoon059 wrote:
February to the central Florida gulf coast!!! We've been down 3 times in the past 7 years, trying to make it a yearly trip! Missed last year because we had a 4 month old child at the time... willing to risk it with a 16 month old child though!!!
Looking to spend 2 days traveling down to Florida, 1 week in Anna Maria Island (between Tampa and Sarasota), 5 days in Charleston (or 2 days Savannah, 3 days Charleston. After we leave Charleston we will either deadhead it home or break up the trip, depending on how the daughter is handling all that time in the car.
2000 miles round trip at 10 mpg... the most expensive part of the trip will be the 200 gallons of gas at the current rate of $3.25/gallon. Hopefully gas prices go down in February and the further south we get.
After that, nothing planned. Hoping we have enough $$$ and leave saved up to go to NYC for a couple days. I would love to go to Niagara Falls. Might hit Raystown Lake in PA. I'd love to take the wife up to upstate New York (where my mom is from and her cousin is going to school). Couple of weekend trips to southern PA, Western MD, eastern WV, eastern VA. Getting excited, even though the closest trip is at least 3 months away...
Where do you stay in anna Marie? We are looking to plan a spring trip down to the gulf coast and looking for suggestions
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