California to Maine Summer 2021

bukhrn wrote:

Crowe wrote:

awoodwaring wrote:

bukhrn wrote:
Looks like a lot of driving and not much touring/Site seeing, you've entirely left out the Boston, Cape Cod, Salem area, and only 2 days in Scarborough, out of all of Maine, not to mention missing all of Vt just to overnight at Alburg, then on to Clayton, far more to do in Alexandria Bay, than in Clayton.
Unless there are some specific attractions to the places you've listed, i'd give serious consideration to revamping the list.
OF course I understand if there are time constraints.

Foxborough seems like the closest I could get to Boston. Is there a closer site?

Also, figured we could see Cape Cod while in Sandwich.

Salem would be from Foxborough to Maine. Is it more than a day trip?

I’ll look at Alexandria Bay...not at all familiar with the area, just trying to pick points along the route ??

Foxborough is about as close as you can get to Boston. The alternative is Boston Minuteman Campground in Littleton, MA. Keep in mind that we speak of traveling in terms of time and not distance. A rush hour into the city can be a 2-3 hour trek at the wrong time of day from either spot.

Bourne is the Cape as is Sandwich. It's about a 2 hour drive to get from Sandwich to Provincetown.

Foxborough to Scarborough is a few hours. You can easily spend a day in Salem.
you can also spend a day doing the Freedom Trail In Boston, tons of History, it's only a 2.5 mile walking trail, but it's , walk, stop and site see, then repeat over and over, plus a lunch Stop at Feneuil Hall, and a visit to the USS Constitution, it'll eat up the better part of a day.
Plus, if you stay near Bedford, at the Hanscom AFB, you're in close proximity to Lexington and Concord.
No matter where you stay, make use of mass transit,(bus & Subway) as driving in downtown Boston is a nightmare in it's self, you couldn't force me to drive downtown with a big stick.



There are some on here who will tell you it's a doable trip as "they've done worse". Question is do you want to just visit or explore? You don't have much of a buffer to factor in weather, traffic, unexpected illness or any other unexpected issue. A teenager is going to get bored just sitting in a vehicle. I agree with others who have said you might want to rethink your itinerary.