California to Maine Summer 2021

DrewE wrote:
I would consider whether it would be better to concentrate only on the New England area sites you're interested in, and skip most or all of Pigeon Forge through Philadelphia or so; or maybe concentrate on the southern areas, and skip the northeast. Maybe seeing less but in greater depth would be a better use of your vacation time--more vacationing and less traveling.

For the southern parts, spending some time around Washington, DC is well worth consideration. There is so much to see and do in the city, much of it free of admission charges. (Possibly you've already been there...in which case driving on by kind of makes sense.) Similarly, New York City has much, much more to see and do than can possibly be seen and done in one overnight by the city.

(I feel it's my civic duty to point out that Vermont is a wonderful state and, while basically driving through it is pleasant, stopping for a day or two is even more pleasant!)

For what it's worth, most if not all of the states in the northeast opened their state parks to camping over last summer, many somewhat delayed. Quite a few did and still do have quarantine requirements for people entering. A great deal probably will change before next summer on that front. However, I would not rule out state parks at this point for pandemic reasons when planning; I don't think they're particularly more or less likely to be available than private parks in the timeframe you're considering. I could be wrong, of course.

I would like to spend a week in the larger cities, but in a hotel at another time :)

So, we may do a day trip into a city, just for fun. But, I know there is way too much to do for an rv trip where we have to stay outside the city.