Kalaar kururuc
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Hi folks,
I received some great advice for my Utah and Colorado holiday last year, and now I'm back for the next one.
First, a bit of background:
The basic itinerary would be: fly into Washington, spend a few days in Alexandria, then make our way north to NY. After NY, we'd probably do similar to our previous trip, roughly: New Haven, Providence, Woods Hole, Plymouth. This time I'd drive passed Boston to tag on Portsmouth, Portland, and maybe an overnight near Waterbury to see the Ben and Jerry's factory, then back to Boston for a few days before the flight home.
Between Alexandria and NY are Philly and Baltimore, can I safely skip those? I'm sure they both have some highlights, but they don't exactly excite me, and it's only about 4 hours from Washington to Manhattan, so I don't need to break the drive.
NY, I know a lot of folks think it's a shit hole, but if you've never been, and just hit up the tourist stuff, I think it's worth a couple of days, especially for the kids who have never been anywhere like it.
Any ideas of places to not miss on that rough route would be much appreciated. I'm at the very early planning stage, so I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
I received some great advice for my Utah and Colorado holiday last year, and now I'm back for the next one.
First, a bit of background:
- A few years ago, my wife and I took a NY > Boston road trip, following the coast pretty much the entire way, with a quick 2-night sprint to Niagara, and we both loved it.
- The wife and I have both been to Manhattan several times; neither of my kids has.
- I had a business trip to Old Town Alexandria last autumn, and enjoyed the little free time I had to see various museums, the National Mall, etc. Wifey and kids have never been.
The basic itinerary would be: fly into Washington, spend a few days in Alexandria, then make our way north to NY. After NY, we'd probably do similar to our previous trip, roughly: New Haven, Providence, Woods Hole, Plymouth. This time I'd drive passed Boston to tag on Portsmouth, Portland, and maybe an overnight near Waterbury to see the Ben and Jerry's factory, then back to Boston for a few days before the flight home.
Between Alexandria and NY are Philly and Baltimore, can I safely skip those? I'm sure they both have some highlights, but they don't exactly excite me, and it's only about 4 hours from Washington to Manhattan, so I don't need to break the drive.
NY, I know a lot of folks think it's a shit hole, but if you've never been, and just hit up the tourist stuff, I think it's worth a couple of days, especially for the kids who have never been anywhere like it.
Any ideas of places to not miss on that rough route would be much appreciated. I'm at the very early planning stage, so I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
