Hello friends! We are less than a year from traveling which means the booking windows for accommodations are opening, so we've been busy getting our itinerary firmed up for our trip to explore the northeastern states. Before we make reservations, I wanted to go through the itinerary visually with Google maps to show DH the route - and to give him the opportunity to look left and right of the planned route in case there was something along the way that we wanted to add. As it turns out, there was! We ended up adding two days to our return trip to have opportunity to check out the historical places in Appomattox and Harper's Ferry.
Our Middle States trip took us through 17 states; this one will take us through 14 with only Georgia being in common. Friends gave me a 50 states bucket list water bottle that you add stickers to for each state you go to, so I'll get to add 11 more stickers! We'll be going through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and West Virginia.
We will mostly stay in hotels, motels, and local inns as the few cities where we are staying more than one night have a 3-night minimum on the affordable Air BnB's. We did have to alter a few towns we originally thought we would spend a night because there just wasn't anywhere to stay. This is why I plan the route and select lodging for the entire trip before making any actual reservations so I won't have to shift and re-shift. It's also why I don't book accommodations that are not refundable - in case something comes up along the way.
Next up, I'll be working on places of interest so we have an idea of what we might want to see and do ... after all, we've got 14 states to see!
~ Cindy D.
This is so cool! I hope to have all fifty one day! You need one of those big sticker maps on your back window to fill in along the way!
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