YellowSocks
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Wow, Kathleen!Take the Beantown trolley in Boston. You can get on and off at will all day. Go to the USS Constitution FIRST. The lines get VERY long as the day goes on.I didn't realize NH had a beach. I need to look at the map more!
My itinerary so far... very much in draft form:
Day 1 (Partial day) Drive to Rochester, NY
Day 2 National Museum of Play (Children's Museum), drive to Ticonderoga
Day 3 Fort Ticonderoga, Ben & Jerry's Factory in Waterbury, VT. Possibly swing through Burlington, VT, but probaby not. Stay somewhere in VT or NH.
Day 4 Mount Washington, drive to Maine
Day 5, 6 In Maine (don't know where yet, probably mid-coast)
Day 7, Maine / drive to Boston
Day 8, Boston all day
Day 9, Drive as far west as I can, by way RI and CT (and Plymouth Rock????)
Day 10 (Partial), Drive remainder home, hopefully arriving by 11 a.m. ish
Kathleen... I agree Mt. Washington Cog is expensive, but I'm going to do it. And another friend recommended the Gray Line Tour in Boston... again a lot more than I'd normally like to spend, but probably the best way for us to do Boston in a day.
I'm trying not to overplan and stay loose, but the organizer part of me wants to know where I'm staying each and every night. So far only the Boston lodging is set. I have decided not to even try to camp... which will save time and space in my car. I might try to find a cabin in Maine...
But I am starting to get excited about it!
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Kk..
At Fort Ticonderoga there is a (or was) small car ferry across the river to Vermont. It was my kids first ferry ride. It is still there - a 7-minute ride and it is not a river, it is Lake Champlain. http://www.forttiferry.com/page2.html The Fort is great. Tip - unless you have a reservation somewhere, get a room no later than 6 PM I wanted to stop in Albany but it was 6 PM & DH wanted to go farther. Lake George - no vacancy, EVERYWHERE - no vacancy. We slept in the 5-passenger Jeep Cherokee - 2 adults, a 6'3" 18 yo, a 16 yo 5'2", a 16 yo 5'11', and a 12 yo 5'3". It was NOT a comfortable night.
Found the Old Town Trolley - hop on and off also and online tickets are cheaper - http://www.trolleytours.com/boston/rates-and-reservations.asp
The other is this http://www.allbostontours.com/body.asp?tour=BOS-B0006&page=TourDetails
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I'm spending all this time trying to get the house ready (while I'm gone a group has use of my kitchen and laundry room... which are now both cleaner than they've been in a long time!) and you've found all this great info for me. THANK YOU!!!
I went to Fort Ti the summer I turned 10 and I remember the ferry... it's definitely on my do list. I'll keep in mind about the lodging... I might even make a reservation or two between now and when I leave! It's weird that I'm heading for Maine and that's the part of the trip I've planned the least. Madeline sent me a package of information a few years back and I know it's still here somewhere... hopefully I'll get to it tomorrow or Sunday!
You've gone above and beyond... and I really appreciate it! Oh, and I'll keep in mind the Constitution advice... I was thinking about which things I wanted to do first. Oh, and I think the Gray Line Tour is the same as the Beantown Trolley.
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Kk.