Denver to East Coast vacation ideas

MartiniSCP wrote:
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.

We've got a gas powered Suburban towing a 4k lb, 26' TT, three of us with no pets.

I'm thinking that there's so much to do out there, we'd never get it all done in one trip.

Just wondering if anyone has advice on routes, times and/or attractions that we must/should do.

Thanks in advance.
B

East Coast transplant here, semi-native Coloradoan now!

Perhaps if you narrowed down your area of interest more specifically, ie, what you'd like to see/do? Into historical sights? Want to get out in the country and see nature? Like the sights and sounds of the big cities?

History - There's so much to see back East that it's hard to even fathom where to begin. Philly is a major stop for history and also covers big city interests...plus it's not all that difficult to get around it. Lived outside of Philly years ago in Bucks County (right to the north and east of the city), lots of history just in Bucks County. There's also Valley Forge and Gettysburg area with so much history as well.

Countryside? Again wide open. So much to see and do in PA and MD, upstate NY, the New England region. Prefer the coast? There's of course the Jersey shore, Long Island, the Connecticut coast, the rugged coast of Maine. Mountains? There's the Poconos in PA, the Catskills in NY or the Alleghany's in western PA, MD and WV. There's the Shenandoah Valley in VA, or the Finger Lakes region Upstate NY. Northern New England.

That's just a very small tip of a very large iceberg! And agree with a previous post, you're looking at a very long trip to get back there, to any place east of Ohio -- at least 3 days out and 3 days back, of steady driving. Heck, it took me 5 days when I moved out to Colorado from New Jersey, driving a rental truck and pulling a toad! You're gonna want to enjoy your time back there, so my advice would be to pick a singular general area, take your time getting there and enjoy it at as leisurely a pace as you can.