Denver to East Coast vacation ideas
Hello All. We've got a two week vacation to use July into August this summer. We've got a 16 year old girl that we'd like to inflict some culture on. We're thinking of doing an east coast trip. ...
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You are sure right you'd never get it all done - or even most of it - in one trip, even if you had two months!
OK, given you have to limit yourselves, I'd say pick a small region & work with it. Ideas:
1) Washington, DC and the VA Tidewater area, which includes Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown (first English settlement in North America) and Yorktown (pivotal battles in both Revolutionary & Civil War.) All are within a few hundred miles, would require two base camps, and can easily consume a week, giving you the other week of your vacation to get back & forth.
2) Slightly north of there, Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg. Same deal, can be done with 2 base camps from which you'd do your sightseeing.
3) A bit longer drive, but you could, from one base camp, explore Boston & environs (Plymouth, Concord & Lexington).
We enjoy visiting historical sites, and three of my favorites are Gettysburg, Williamsburg and Plimoth Plantation (just outside the modern city of Plymouth, Mass, it's a living history park with both Pilgrim & Indian "settlements"). IMO, every American should visit Gettysburg at minimum. There's just a feeling about it - inspiring, sobering, and something deeper that I can't fully describe.
Hope this gives you some thoughts to start with.
OK, given you have to limit yourselves, I'd say pick a small region & work with it. Ideas:
1) Washington, DC and the VA Tidewater area, which includes Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown (first English settlement in North America) and Yorktown (pivotal battles in both Revolutionary & Civil War.) All are within a few hundred miles, would require two base camps, and can easily consume a week, giving you the other week of your vacation to get back & forth.
2) Slightly north of there, Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg. Same deal, can be done with 2 base camps from which you'd do your sightseeing.
3) A bit longer drive, but you could, from one base camp, explore Boston & environs (Plymouth, Concord & Lexington).
We enjoy visiting historical sites, and three of my favorites are Gettysburg, Williamsburg and Plimoth Plantation (just outside the modern city of Plymouth, Mass, it's a living history park with both Pilgrim & Indian "settlements"). IMO, every American should visit Gettysburg at minimum. There's just a feeling about it - inspiring, sobering, and something deeper that I can't fully describe.
Hope this gives you some thoughts to start with.
