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Twinkie

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 09:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, Cave of the Winds is on the American side and goes behind and then in front of the falls. Journey Behind the Falls is on the Canadian side and goes all behind the falls. Its worth doing both if you can. Maid of the Mist, it doesn't really matter which side you do it from.

PS. Your map is right on. Will email you later.

Bob2112

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 11:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, Babyruth. We'll be taking I80 most of the way and then switching to I90 a little before Cleveland. Then, we stay on I90 all the way to Twinkieland! :) If you give me an exit number on I94, I can enter it into the mapping software and see if we can swing by that way on the way home. (Sunday the 31st)

Curiouscat: Thanks for thinking of us!
The itinerary is in pretty good shape and we just need to get a room in New Haven, CT and the final room somewhere between NYC and Chicago. Right now, we are set to meet Twinkie, LLkoolaid, Neko and MWare.

Stalkers and Axe Murderers: Stop Reading Now!!!


Here's a rough breakdown of the areas we'll be staying in and the main highways we will be using to get there. If we are passing nearby, let me know and maybe we can arrange a lunch/dinner stop to break up the drive.


14,15 - Buffalo, NY
14th: I80 through IN and most of OH, then I90 up to Buffalo.
We'll be having dinner with Twinkie and Mr. T and get to watch TAR with them. :)

15th: Doing touristy stuff on both sides of Niagara Falls.

16,17 - Lake Champlain Area, NY & VT
16: Much driving. We start out on I90 heading east and end up on I87 heading north. In between we meander through the Adirondack's on such roads as: SR49, SR365, SR8 and US9. I'm guessing this will be scenic and slow.

17: Most of the day will be spent on the islands in Lake Champlain and driving down US2.
End up near Montpelier, ready for some Ben & Jerry's for Breakfast.

18 - VT-NH-ME
B&J Tour first thing in the morning.
Some touristy stuff on the way to NH. US2-I93-US302.
Take Cog Railway to the top of Mt. Washington.
Drive 100+ miles to somewhere near Augusta, ME.
Small roads, mountains, dark, fun!

19,20 - Prince Edward Island
19: Long day of driving (around 500 miles) which ends with a drive over the Confederation Bridge into Prince Edward Island. The bridge is 8-10 miles long, depending on which website you visit.
Looks like I93-CA2-CA16-CA1
We will be passing through Fredericton, but will only see New Brunswick by car.

20: Beaches and scenery for rest of time on PEI.

21,22 - Nova Scotia
21: Morning ferry from PEI to NS.
Meet LLkoolaid! :)
Drive up to Cape Bretton Highlands.
We're thinking dinner in Sydney and then we are staying near Port Hawkesbury.

22: Drivedown coast to Halifax and meet Neko!
Hang out around Peggy's Cove and then drive a little farther south for evening.

23,24 - Bar Harbor, ME (Acadia NP)
23: Get up early and follow the Lighthouse Route around to Yarmouth and catch the early afternoon Ferry to Bar Harbor, ME.
Spend a few hours in Acadia, NP, before heading off to hotel. I think this will be a laundry night. :(

24: Acadia, NP.

25-27 - Near Hyannis, MA
25: Follow the coast to Hyannis.
I95 to Boston and then SR3-US6
We will spend mid-day in the Boston area, but don't have any specific plans yet.

26: Round trip from Hyannisport to Nantucket to Martha's Vineyard and back to Hayannisport.
This is a private tour and seemed to be the best and most economical way to see both islands and many of the surrounding lighthouses.

27: Provincetown and a whale watch.

28 - New Haven, CT
28: Hyannis-Newport, RI-Providence, RI-Hartford, CT-New Haven, CT.
Meet MWare for dinner around Hartford. :)
US6-SR25-I195-SR24-SR114-SR138-SR4-I95-US1-US6-SR101-US44
How come I can get all the way across New Brunswick on 2 highways, but I need 12 to travel across the smallest state to meet MWare for dinner?

29 - NYC
29: Park car, see stuff.
Central Park, Ground Zero, Staten Island Ferry, Times Square.
Staying on 48th St. west of Broadway.
Where should we eat on a Friday night?

30 - Somewhere between NYC and Chicago
30: Finish up sightseeing in NYC and head west.
Don't know where we will stop for the night, but will likely be taking I80 for about 90% of the drive home.


That's about it. I think it helped me to break it all down like this. I have a feeling I may be referring back to this thread while on the road! LOL!

If you think you fit somewhere in this loop, let me know and we can try to work you into the schedule. :)

Patichou

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 12:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob Just got home from Prince Edward Island You will LOVE it. Try to go to a Lobster supper. The churches have them. Acadia to Hyanis? Wow long trip Let me know if you are going to stop in Portland
Susan

Mware

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, Bob - check out taking Route 44 all the way from Providence,RI to Manchester, CT. From there, depending upon where we meet, you'll be easily accessible to I-384W which will bring you to I-84W to I-91S.

Babyruth

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 01:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Holy Cow, Bob!
You are going to be driving right past my Mom's old home in Nova Scotia, which is now owned by someone else, and is now a bed and breakfast! It's on Robert's Island, near Argyle, on the lighthouse route between Peggy's Cove and Yarmouth. Here's a link:
http://www.quincetree.com/

If you read the historical info, be aware that it's an old article (1989), and the "current owner" at the time was my Mom. Because she's been living in Australia the past 18 years, and can't immigrate to Canada because she's not an independently wealthy retiree, she sold her family house to Judy a few years ago.

In 1997, Ms. Sweetpea and two pals and I had quite an adventure driving to NS (went thru Ontario, NY, Mass, Maine, camping along the way, took Bluenose Cat to Yarmouth, spent 2 days renting and loading a large Uhaul truck with my Mom's stuff, then took the ferry from Digby to NB, and drove south to Maine, retracing our route home). All her stuff is at our house now. Wanna buy an antique pump organ? LOL

The new owner of the Quince Tree lives nearby (a member of another family who has lived on Robert's Island for generations), and she's made the house into a bed and breakfast, as you can see on the website. The house has always had the name The Quince Tree, because of the quince trees out front. All the historical info on the Rickers (on the website)... they are my family ancestors. :) Darn, I wish I could go there and see the "new" place, and show you guys around the area!

I see that Judy rents it by the week, not by the night. Dang.

Here's a website to help you find a place to stay in the area, since it seems from your schedule that you may be needing to spend the night along there somewhere:
Where to Stay

We (Ms Sweetpea, two friends, and myself) stayed at The RedCap Motel in West Pubnico ( while packing up the house) in 1997, and liked it very much. If you want some laidback, small village authentic Acadian (French-based Canadian) food and culture, that's a place to go. The restaurant is a local favorite place to eat. Everyone in the place was speaking an Acadian dialect, and enjoying the homecooked meals. That little restaurant and motel are inexpensive, too.

There's other places to stay listed, too.

Tell you what, can I just squeeze into a suitcase and stowaway on your trip? :) I wanna go, too!

Well, now that I've blathered on about all that, HAVE A GREAT TRIP! I'll email you my highway exit number, in case we can say hey on your way home. I'm less than 2 miles from the exit. I'm scheduled to work that day, depends what time of day you're driving by. I may have to suddenly come down with something that day...

Babyruth

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops. Correction: That NS trip was in September of 1998, not 97.

Bob2112

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 02:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought you were a year early with that!

Babyruth

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! Well, I hate to let such an important error in my post go uncorrected!

Halfunit

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob -

Your trip sounds like a blast! Are you going to be wired while you travel?

I can't make it while you are eastbound, as I will be at work while you zoom by on the 14th, but I am thinking like BR and maybe we can all arrange something on your way home? :)

I realize you may just be exhausted and want to go straight home, that's why I wondered if you will be traveling wired, like Tess, so that you can check in with us.

Bob2112

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wired Checklist:
  • Laptop with 800# dialup (for work only )
  • 2 Nationwide Cell Phones
  • GPS connected to Laptop (updates position on mapping software)
  • Handheld GPS (for hiking and geocaching)
  • Big @ss coffee mug!
Yes, I think I'm wired!

<...Let's not start on the setup for the kids...>

Looks like Babyruth adds another 75 miles to the ride home, so fitting that in will depend on where we stay Saturday night. Of course, if BR would drive 50 miles south, then we would not have to stray too far off I-80! :)

Halfunit: If you head north 60 miles, then you will hit I-80 too!
Unfortunately, not close to where BR would hit it.

Halfunit

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob -

You ARE wired... oh my goodness. Just make sure to plug yourself in to the charger once in a while.

See... here's the nifty thing about this. By the time you're chugging back home on I-80, I will have met Babyruth. So, depending on how much I like her , I may just drive along I-80, closer to where she is, and she can drive to I-80, and we can have a Turnpike Lovefest.

I would just need to know when you are a few hours out of a predetermined meeting place, and if Babyruth can make it.

If not, I am more than willing to drive an hour north and meet the Sponge Family solo. :)

<By the way, I am right along I-77, a mile east of exit 83 - just so you have something else to plot with your GPS... I can try to get you latitude and longitude coordinates, if you like - not to steer off course, just to have something else to map, lol...>

Squaredsc

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yall are hizzelarious. yeah bob you are wired.

Redstar

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 06:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, on your way through Maine, you have got to make a stop at Len Libby Candies to see the world's largest Chocolate Moose. It's right on Rt. 1. Check it out: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MESCAmoose.html

They have terrific candies, and HUGE cashews, aw well. Yum! It makes a terrific and quick get out and stretch stop.

Heyltslori

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 06:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang. That's a big moose.

Babyruth

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey! If SpongeBob and family aren't coming into Michigan, (which I now see in the fine print of the schedule for the 30th...duh!) this Babyruth would be happy to go to Ohio for a Turnpike Lovefest with them and Halfunit. It would be great to meet her cat, Dopey, too!

Tess

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 12:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Bob should come to Minnesota on the way home. Now I just need to figure out a way to steal all the maps and disable the GPS.

Bob2112

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 06:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<...Drives up to Minnesota and sees that Tess' house is empty. Drives back home...>

Tess

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 10:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What, you couldn't wait a few days? Wait til you see the photos of you and Juju on your California vacation! Oh wait, you'll be gone. Nevermind.

Pamy

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 07:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Babyruth...you will get to see MY Dopey in October when you come out to CA!!

Halfunit

Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nice try Pamy.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 06:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, make sure and phone me when you are in P.E.I, right now the ferries are on strike but I don't think it will last long. Everything will probably be fine when you need it. Anyway call to make sure,(collect is no problem) and I will let you know what is going on with them. You may have to come back on the bridge which shouldn't mess up your plans too much because the time between the Bridge on the New Brunswick side and the ferry terminal in Pictou is about the same as the time the ferry takes. I am starting a job, so I really want to know what time you and your family will pass through New Glasgow so I can meet you.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 11:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, I hope I am not too late. If I haven't already said this, I sure meant to. Don't even know if anybody else has already warned you about it. Do NOT, under any circumstances, attempt to drive in Boston. JUST. DON'T. DO. IT. It is am impossible task. Oh sure, you are larger than life and can take on anything. I am warning you. Do NOT do it. I scoffed as well and was brought to my knees. Park the car somewhere outside, take some public transportation in, and WALK once you get there. It is a small town, very walkable. Small town, NOT driveable.

You have been warned and admonished.

Tess

Friday, August 08, 2003 - 01:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju, my brother-in-law who lives in Acton, MA (outside Boston near Concord) agrees with you 100%. He avoids Boston at all costs even to the point of driving to Rhode Island to fly here out of their airport instead of flying out of Boston.

Bob2112

Friday, August 08, 2003 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the advice, Dawg and Angel! :)

I have not driven in Boston 3 times, so I know what you are talking about. Last time was just after the start of the Big Dig and it was all we could do to get out of the airport.

We've got about a 1/2 day before heading on to the hotel and have not really planned anything, yet. Walking and eating will likely be high on the list and we may opt for some sightseeing close to Plymouth.

Llkoolaid: I'll be in touch before we leave and also contact you from the road for an update. I will be checking email and the board frequently, so I'd be interested in any information about the ferry strike. I'm hoping the ferries wil be running again, but, if not, then we will just get an earlier start for the bridge and have more time with you! :)

Juju2bigdog

Friday, August 08, 2003 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Quote:

Last time was just after the start of the Big Dig and it was all we could do to get out of the airport.




I got lost getting TO the airport, and I KNEW where I was going. This was after my colleagues had abandoned me with the rental car so they wouldn't get stuck driving it back to the airport, knowing they wouldn't be able to get there driving themselves. I finally accosted some poor woman on the street pushing a baby carriage, and told her I was going to miss my flight if she didn't help me. She told me how to sneak in through a hole in a fence to an alley that led to some rental car driveway (not mine), and I made it in time.