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Re: Help getting out of NYC
PCronin68 wrote: I just did this same route a few weeks back from Liberty Harbor. I suggest going Rt78 west and pickup Rt287 north. This will avoid GW Bridge and put you over the Tappen Zee Bridge. You stopping at Normandy Farms in Foxboro? Its a great Resort Yes, we are staying in Normandy Farms. It looks great. We have 3 nights there. It sounds like that route around the GW bridge is the way to go. I know it is impossible to avoid all tolls in that part of the country, but I am hoping to avoid the BIG tolls. My father in law went over the the GW bridge two years ago in his class C towing a smart car and it was almost $100 to cross. He thought they were joking. They weren't. I have my EZ pass transponder box ready. We have budgeted for some tolls on this trip.477Views0likes0CommentsHelp getting out of NYC
We are staying at Liberty Harbor RV park for our stay in NYC. We are headed towards Boston from there. I am going to be driving my expedition towing my 26' TT. I am planning on driving I-95 through Conn and RI up towards Foxboro. We have a couple stops planned through here. My question is, from Liberty Harbor, avoiding the GW Bridge, how would you get back over to I-95? I was looking at routes over the Tappen Zee Bridge, via I-80/Garden St Parkway. I have never been to this area so experience here would be helpful. Thanks in advance.4.3KViews0likes24CommentsBoston
This summer we are headed up to the northeast from Louisville, KY. Before going to Acadia we are camping at Normandy Farms in Foxboro, MA. We are planning two days in Boston. I am traveling with my wife and 2 daughters (14/11). We want to check out the Freedom Trail along with some other touristy stuff. We've never been to Boston before. My question, from there is it better to drive in to Boston and pay to park downtown each day, or use the commuter rail and subway system? Does anyone have experience with either? Thanks in advance.2.3KViews0likes16CommentsRe: Northeast Trip Help
So I don't know if I need to move this over to roads & routes but I do have a few questions about which roads are toll and which are not. So my plan was to leave Louisville and go through Charleston, WV and across I-68 to I-70 go around Baltimore and up I95 to the KOA. I was trying to skip the I-76 Penn toll road. Take 95 in to NYC. Leaving NYC, I think we are going to be leaving late morning 10-11ish. I was planning on routing over the tappen zee (sp?) bridge to avoid the GW bridge. Follow I95 up to Foxboro. And I guess pretty much stay on 95 in to Maine. Most of my day drives up the NE are fairly short <300 miles per day. So if I need to extend a drive to avoid a big toll I am willing. If we are talking a couple bucks, I'm not too worried about that. DrewE, you suggested skipping 90 coming home from Albany to NY state line by taking 88-86. I guess those aren't tolled? It doesn't look too much longer. Wonder if there are any National Park stops along any of that section. Again, thank you guys for all the help. We are really excited to take our girls to this part of the country. They are in the 8th/5th grade and currently both studying the revolutionary war in their schools. It will be a lot of fun to take them to some of the real places where history took place. Now I just need to start working on them for that early wake up call to do sunrise on Cadillac Mtn. Sunrise is really early on june 28/29th.751Views0likes0CommentsRe: Northeast Trip Help
Thank you all for the suggestions. The 2 days off school this past week for the cold weather here in KY allowed some time to read up and make some reservations. We got our first 12 days reserved. Here's what we have so far: Day 1a/1b- leave a half day early and drive to Philly south KOA- 2 nights Day 2- Tour philly- liberty bell, historic stuff... Day 3- Drive to liberty harbor campground- 3 nights Day 4-5 Tour NYC (never been there) Day 6- drive from liberty harbor to normandy farms campground (foxboro, MA) Day 7- Boston- freedom trail Day 8- Cape cod (whale watching) Day 9- drive to Narrows Too campground outside of Acadia Day 10-11- Acadia Day 12- drive to timberlands campground- White mountains, NH Day 13-15- drive home making a few quick stops along the way White Mtns to Syracuse area Syracuse area to Cleveland area Cleveland to home I know it is not possible to avoid tolls, but now my route planning is going to be balancing keeping the drives as short as possible while avoiding the "big" tolls (I'm looking at you George Washington Bridge). Thanks again for the help. We are defiantly going to save the Canada trip for another day. Although, when my wife saw how close PEI is to Acadia she tried to talk me into extending the trip, but she is just starting a new job so longer than 15 days off may be pushing it a little.752Views0likes0CommentsRe: Northeast Trip Help
Thanks for all the suggestions. We took a trip to DC a couple years ago. It was awesome. It also was every bit as hot as you guys are saying. Just for reference, our last few summer trips have been: 2015- DC/Hersey,PA/Gettysburg 2016- (summer we bought our camper) St.Louis/Destin, FL 2017- Rapid city/yellowstone/Tetons/Rocky Mtn/Pikes peak 2018- Niagara falls/canada/Cedar Point/Chicago/Indiana Dunes 2019- Northeast trip 2020- (hopefully) big southwest trip to grand canyon/zion/arches, etc...307Views0likes0CommentsNortheast Trip Help
This summer I am taking my family of 4 (wife and 2 daughters 11&14) from Louisville, KY up through the northeast. I am driving my expedition towing at 26' TT. We have 15 days leaving June 19-July 3rd. We typically try to hit as many national parks as possible, but with the big cities in this area we will probably want to check those out. We've never been to this area so we are going to want to hit a lot of the big touristy areas. We are not thinking this will be a slow paced trip; rather we want to see as much as possible in the time that we have. The wife and I will come back later when we don't have kids or a schedule to slow down. Here is a rough (possible) itinerary: Day 1-2 - Louisville to Philly south Koa tour philly-liberty bell, etc (debating on skipping Philly to have more time north) Day 3 - Philly to NYC (liberty harbor rv park) Day 4-5- tour NYC central park, 911 memorial, carlos bakery, statue of libery, ellis island, Times square, hamilton grange, ?? Day 6- NYC to Normandy farms rest Day 7 - Boston- freedom trail (maybe whale watching by cape cod?) Day 8 - Drive to maine Day 9-10 Acadia From here we want to drive through the white mtns possibly I am thinking about driving back through canada to Detroit and down I-75. We stopped in canada at niagara falls last summer and the kids got really excited to be in another country so I thought it might be fun to drive home 3-4 days and maybe stop in a few tourist spots along the way: Toronto, Ottawa (capitol?), ?? Not sure if you can see the northern lights that far south? We've also never taken our camper across the border so I don't know how hard that would be. Also, I've heard things are more expensive in canada, but don't know to what extent. Otherwise we will just probably try to find a different way home through NY/Penn/Ohio. I would be interested to hear your thoughts. I will just say that if you are going to say something about this is too much or our kids won't want to be in the car this much respectfully, please don't reply. We did 18 days across to yellowstone 2 summers ago and had a blast. My kids travel well, I do all the driving and love all the places we get to see. I know this type of vacation isn't for everyone, but it works for my people. Are there places we are missing? Can you suggest a place/easy hike in acadia? Tell me about this part of canada? Is there some cool places to see between Vermont-Detroit on the canada side? Is it too expensive/hard to cross the border with a camper? Thank you in advance.4.2KViews0likes28Comments
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