The Route

Deciding on exactly which route to take has been the hardest thing to do.  The more we look through the travel guides, the more we find to do.  At one point, we added up all of the stops we were planning to make, along with the travel time, and we were at a total of 55 days!!!  That's almost two months!  Needless to say, we had to be realistic and cut out some stops.  One disappointing cut was the stop in Niagara Falls, but we plan to go there sometime in July.  After lots of cutting and rearranging, we finally got the projected route down to about 43 days.  We're trying to stick to a 6 week time frame. 

So, just where are we going???

Here's our projected route:

Washington DC
Baltimore, MD
Hershey PA
Lancaster PA
New York City, NY
Cape Cod Seashore, MA
Plymouth, MA
Boston, MA
Bar Harbor, ME
Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
Digby, Nova Scotia
The Ovens, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton/Sydney, Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Bangor, ME
Twin Mountains, NH
Mt. Washington, NH
Cabot, VT
Barre, VT
Waterbury, VT
Luray, VA

....and finally......HOME!!!

There will be lots of variety on this trip.  We’ll be in bustling cities, sleepy small towns, farm communities, beach towns, and an island where “time seems to stand still”.  We will learn how ice cream and cheese are made in Vermont , how potato chips are made in Cape Cod, and how chocolate is made in Hershey.  There will be rides on city buses, subway trains, Amish buggies, lobster boats, ferries, and even a historic cog railway.  We will explore sea caves, visit a granite quarry, tour Capitol Hill, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, go whale watching, and much, much more.  Most of all, we plan to enjoy this special time that God has allowed for our family.  We are so thankful for His blessings!