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21 Jan 20, 12:08 AM |
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We did a week in Toronto/niagara, then flew to Calgary and did two weeks road trip in the rockies. Stayed in Canmore (cheaper than Banff), lake Louise, and jasper. So much to do there, and so beautiful in the summer.
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21 Jan 20, 09:33 AM |
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We've done a couple mixing Canada and the USA.
Trip 1 - Toronto, Niagara, Scranton, New York City, Boston, Ottawa, Toronto. Trip 2 - Montreal, Albany, Long Island (Montauk), Philadelphia, Washington DC, Niagara, Blue Mountain, Toronto.
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21 Jan 20, 10:05 AM |
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We have done many road trips in US and enjoyed them all. Our favourites have been a round trip from Boston taking in Portland and Road Island. Last years was Washington, Skyline Drive, Blue Ridge Mountains, Williamsburg, Chincoteague and Annapolis.( if you want to visit the naval academy they won’t accept any ID but passports for foreign visitors). Living in Devon the travel to US from Bristol with TUI helps so doing St Augustine, Charlestone and Savannah and the mountains plus Florida panhandle was good.
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21 Jan 20, 12:31 PM |
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Some great ideas here. My favourite trip was Seattle to San Francisco (which I would do rather than the opposite direction), closely followed as runner up by New England last year. Both trip reports are in my signature.
This year we are doing Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Olympic National Park, Oregon Coast, Portland, Seattle and back to Vancouver. Train from Seattle to Vancouver.
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22 Jan 20, 08:35 PM |
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My issue with New England is will it feel like being in the US? My problem with Canada, as lovely as it seems is that it’s not the US so maybe covering the 2 would be an option. I just love the feel I get when in the US( don’t get it anywhere else) that I’d fear missing that if I just visited Canada.
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22 Jan 20, 09:16 PM |
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We are doing another road trip this year. We are doing Boston, Cape Cod, stopping off somewhere on the way to Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Geneva, Saratoga Springs and back to Boston.
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23 Jan 20, 03:06 AM |
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I guess that depends on what you want to "feel." New England prides itself on being "old" America with a heavy emphasis on colonial culture from the 1600s and 1700s with many ties to that area's Native American culture. Of course it is also the section of the US that reminds us most of England! Ha!
The US has so many cultures within: southern (southeast), out west, midwest, great plains, California (its own culture), southwest... one could go on. Maybe pick your favourite flavour and then focus your "road trip" there? (My favourite is NYC. Can you tell? )
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23 Jan 20, 09:52 AM |
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Canada feels a LOT like the US in many ways. The roads, buildings, cars, restaurants, accents etc.
In many ways the people are friendlier and the service is better. Of course in Quebec there's a lot of French-speaking too. Canada is fantastic, frankly. I'd go back any time - I love going there just as much as the US.
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23 Jan 20, 10:07 AM |
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We research these to death (and have executed several). We are not adverse to AMTRAC for parts of any journey or internal flights if it works better.
We have done... Fly in to Pensacola and go West to Mobile Alabama (USS Alabama) before then heading back for Destin, Panama,Tampa, Orlando (1200 miles). There are awesome beaches up on the Panhandle. Fly into Tampa, then Venice, Naples, Duck Key, Key West and then back to Miami. This can be added to or incorporated with parts of the Pensacola one. Fly into NY then AMTRAC to Washington before a drive down to Florida. Fly into Boston, AMTRAC to NY, Fly to Dayton OH, drive to Cincinatti, Fly to Orlando, drive via Naples to Miami and then home. (See Trip report in signature). Fly into SFO then drive Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Valencia, Anaheim, San Diego, Long Beach, Santa Monica, then home (know that you don’t want this, but trip report in my signature). This Easter is... Fly to SFO, drive Monterey, San Luis Obispo, fly to Seattle then drive to Vancouver then home. In detailed planning and to be executed in next 5 years ... a. Fly to Boston in late summer then drive N to take in all of the small states, Vermont etc before then striking West to Buffalo (Niagara Falls), Detroit, Chicago, then home. 1500 miles give or take. b. Fly in to gorgeous San Diego then strike East to take Grand Canyon (go N E), Tombstone (go SE) Davis Monthan, Austin etc and various other points before concluding in New Orleans and flying home. 2700 miles for all or 2000 miles excluding Grand Canyon. If you flyfrom San Diego to LV or even start at LV rather than San Diego, you can do it in 1700 miles. My ultimate aim in the coming years is to take in as many US states as possible, before age (and Insurance) make it too difficult.
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