Friday, August 11, 2017

Around Maine in 12 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN

Day 1: 

7am - Leave Home

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Natural Bridge/Lexington KOA

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Wells State Park

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

10am-12pm - Museum of Old York
-Old Gaol

12:45pm-5pm - Old Orchard Beach Pier
-beach

5:15pm-Camp - Ne're Beach Family Campground

Day 4:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30am-11:30am - Two Lights State Park
-Rocky coast -lighthouse -Lobster Shack(lobster roll)

12:45pm-2pm - Eagle Island State Historic Site
-ocean scenery -North Pole Explorer home

2pm-3pm - Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site

3:30pm-Camp - Gray Homestead Ocean Campground

Day 5:

9:15am - Leave Camp

9:30am-1:30pm - Cap 'n' Fish Boat Tour
-Puffin Tour at 10am

3:15pm-4pm - Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory

4pm-5pm - Fort Knox Historic Site

5:30pm-Camp - Forest Ridge Campground

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15am-Camp - Acadia National Park
-JR Program
8:30-8:45 - Thompson Island Info Center
9:15-10:15 - Barlsland Trail (1.4m)
10:30-11:30 - Sand Beach
12:15-12:45 - Cadillac Mountain
1-1:30 - Hulls Cove VC
2:30-3:30 - Schoodic Woods Campground
3:45-4:30 - Schoodic Point
4:45-Camp - Schoodic Woods Campground

Day 7:

*Sunrise at 4:30am

9am - Leave Camp

10:45am-(Camp)11:30am - Cobscook Bay State Park

12pm-2pm - Roosevelt Campobello International Park
-vc/exhibits/film -Roosevelt Cottage/Gardens

3pm-4:30pm - Quoddy Bay Lobster Company
-dinner -Fisherman statue

5pm-Camp - Cobscook Bay State Park

Day 8:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - St Croix Island International Historic Site
-visitor center -JR Prog. -interpretive trail

2pm-(Camp)3pm - Katahdin Stream Campground at Baxter State Park

3:15pm-4:30pm - Baxter State Park
-Kidney Pond (loon and moose)

4:45pm-Camp - Katahdin Stream Campground

Day 9:

7am-8am - Abol Pool
-moose

8:30am-10am - Breakfast and Pack up Camp

10am-12:30pm - Explore more of Baxter State Park

3pm-(Camp)4pm - Balsam Woods Campground

4:30pm-9pm - Maine Moose Watching Tour
-Moose Safari at 5pm

9:30pm-Camp - Balsam Woods Campground

Day 10:

Balsam Woods Activities
-kayak rentals -pool

Day 11:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3

6pm-Camp - Allentown KOA

Day 12:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2, 5-5:30, 8:30-9

10pm - Home

Around Maryland in 14 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN

Day 1:

7am - Leave Home

30 Minute Pit Stops:  10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Natural Bridge/Lexington KOA

Day 2:

8am - Leave Camp

11am-1pm - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
-JR Program
-Georgetown VC -Great Falls Tavern -boat rides -Washington Aqueduct Dam

1:15pm-2:30pm - Clara Barton National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -Red Cross Office

3:15pm-Camp - Pohick Bay Regional Park campground

3:45pm-10pm - National Harbor

Day 3:

9am - Leave Camp

9:45am-12pm - Fort Washington Park
-JR Prog. -visitor center -historic fort

12:30pm-3pm - Piscataway Park
-visitor center -National Colonial Farm -Marshall Hall Ruins

3:45pm-Camp - Pohick Bay Regional Park campground

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Thomas Stone National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -guided mansion tour

11:30am-1pm - Surratt House Museum

2:30pm-Camp - Calvert Cliffs State Park
*17min to Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

9:15am-9:45am - Kunta Kinte/Alex Haley Memorial

9:45am-11am - Maryland State House
-Matthew Henson plaque
-Thurgood Marshall Memorial

11:15am-1pm - Annapolis Maritime Museum
-Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse

1:15pm-3:30pm - US Naval Academy
-John Paul Jones

4:15pm-Camp - Tuckahoe State Park

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-12pm - Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
-state park -visitor center

12:15pm-1:30pm - Bucktown Village Store

2:45pm-Camp - Assateague State Park

Day 7:

9am - Leave Camp

9am-4pm - Assateague Island National Seashore
-JR Prog. -visitor center -nature center -North Ocean Beach -Wildlife Loop -wild horses -Pony Swim - Tom's Cove VC

5pm-Camp - Pocomoke River State Park

Day 8:

8am - Leave Camp

10:30am-12pm - National Cryptologic Museum

12:30pm-1:30pm - Edgar Allan Poe House

1:45pm-4pm - Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
-JR Prog. -vc/exhibits/film -museum

4:30pm-Camp - Patapsco Valley State Park

Day 9:

9:30am - Leave Camp

10am-11am - Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum

11am-12pm - Westminster Burying Ground
-Edgar Allan Poe grave

12pm-2pm - USS Constellation Museum

2pm-4pm - Top of the World Observation level

4pm-6pm - Washington Monument at Mount Vernon

6:30pm-Camp - Patapsco Valley State Park

Day 10:

9:30am - Leave Camp

10am-11am - The Star Spangled Banner Flag House

11:30am-1:30pm - Hampton National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -mansion tour -gardens -outbuildings

2pm-5pm - Ladew Topiary Gardens

5:45pm-Camp - Patapsco Valley State Park

Day 11:

9am - Leave Camp

9:45am-12pm - Monocacy National Battlefield
-JR Prog. -vc/museum -auto tour -trails

12:15pm-12:45pm - Mt. Olivet Cemetery
-Francis Scott Key Monument

1:15pm-Camp - Catoctin Mountain Park
-vc -museum -trails -Hogrock

Day 12:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30am-11:30am - Washington Monument State Park
-museum -battlefield -trails

11:45am-4pm - Antietam National Battlefield
-JR Prog. -vc/exhibits/film -self-guided auto tour -National Cemetery -War Correspondents Arch -Pry House Field Hospital

4:30pm-Camp - Harper's Ferry/Civil War KOA

Day 13:

9am - Leave Camp

9:15am-11:30am - Gathland State Park

2:30pm-3pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

6pm-Camp - Warriors Path State Park

Day 14:

9am - Leave Camp

12pm-12:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

3:30pm - Home


Around Massachusetts in 16 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Home

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4:45pm-Camp - Breedan Bottom Campground

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4pm-Camp - Kettletown State Park Campground

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

9:15am-12pm - Springfield Armory National Historic Site
-JR Program -visitor center -self-guided tour

1:45pm-5pm - Battleship Cove
-USS Massachusetts -USS Lionfish -USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr -PT Boats -museum

5:30pm-Camp - Horseneck Beach State Reservation

Day 4:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-12pm - New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park
-JR Program -whaling museum -Seaman's Bethal -visitor center(waterfront and park)

1:30pm-7pm - Cape Cod National Seashore
-JR Program -Salt Pond Visitor Center/film/museum -trails -beaches -overlooks -Pilgrim Monument -Providencetown Museum

7:30pm-Camp - Nickerson State Park

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-11:30am - Plimoth Plantation

11:45am-1:30pm - Pilgrim Memorial State Park
-Mayflower II -Plymouth Rock -Forefather's Monument

1:35pm-3:30pm - Pilgrim Hall Museum

4:15pm-Camp - Wompatuck State Park

Day 6:

10:30am - Leave Camp

11am-12pm - Church of the Presidents
-United 1st Parish Church
Burial Sites:
-John Adams and wife
-John Quincy Adams and wife

12pm-3pm - Adams National Historical Park
-JR Program -visitor center/film -trolley tour -Quincy Homestead -Old House at Peace Field

3:30pm-Camp - Wompatuck State Park

Day 7:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9:30am-11am - Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
-Jr Program -visitor center/film -home tour

11:15am-2:30pm - JFK National Historic Site
-JR Program -home tour -town tour -visitor center/film/exhibits

3:15pm-Camp - Harold Park State Forest
-Lorraine Park Campground

Day 8:

8:45am - Leave Camp

9:30am-12pm - Longfellow House Washington Headquarters National Historic Site
-JR Program -house tour -visitor center -walking tours

12:30pm-2:30pm - Boston African American National Historic Site
-JR Program -visitor center -Black Heritage Trail (blue trail)

2:45pm-4:30pm - Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

5pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 9:

8:15am - Leave Camp

8:45am-1pm - Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
-JR Program -Bostons Lights Tour (3.5hours) -welcome center/visitor center

1:15pm-4:45pm - Boston National Historic Park
-JR Program
Walking Tour -Freedom Trail(red)
-Boston Common VC
-Boston Common
-Mass. State House
-Granary Burning Ground
-Old South Meeting House
-Ben Franklin Statue

Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 10:

9am-6pm - continue Boston National Historic Park
-Old State House
-Boston Massacre Site
-Fanevil Hall/VC
-Paul Revere House
-Old North Church
-Printing Office Edes&Gill
-Copp's Hill Burying Ground
-Bunker Hill Monument/Museum
-USS Constitution/Museum

6:30pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 11:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -Ironworks House tour -vc/film -museum -Industrial site tour -nature trail

11:30am-12pm - Old Burial Cemetery

12:15pm-1pm - Witch Trails Memorial

1pm-3pm - Salem Maritime National Historic Site
-JR Prog. -vc/film -Derby Wharf -ship tours -walking tours

3pm-4pm - Salem Witch Museum

4:30pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 12:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10am - Salem Witchcraft Victims Memorial

10:30am-11am - Gloucester's Fishermans Memorial

11:45am-2pm - Lexington Battle Green

2:30pm-5:30pm - Salem Smugglers Tour

6pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 13:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-1pm - Minuteman National Historic Park
-JR Prog. -Lexington VC -Battle Road Trail
-Minuteman VC -Concord VC -North Bridge VC

1:30pm-5pm - Lowell National Historical Park
-JR Program
-vc/exhibits/film -Mill and Trolley tour(2:30p) -Boott Cotton Mills Museum -Mill Girls and Immigrants Exhibit -canal boat tours -canal walkway

5:30pm-Camp - Lorraine Park Campground

Day 14:

9am - Leave Camp

10:15am-12:30pm - Moore State Park
-historic saw mill

1:30pm-2:30pm - Dr Suess National Memorial Sculpture Garden

3:45pm-Camp - Kettletown State Park

Day 15:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4pm-Camp - Breeden Bottom Campground

Day 16:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm - Home


Other Interests:
Bar Seen in Cheers
Cheers Bar Replica
"Cry Innocent" Witch Trial
Salem Witch Museum


Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Around New Hampshire in 8 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN

Day 1:

7am - Leave Home

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Maple Lakes Campground

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2, 5-5:30

6:45pm-Camp - Oxbow Campground

Day 3:

9:45am - Leave Camp

10am-11am - Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site

12pm-1pm - Taylor Mill State Park
-sawmill

1:10pm-2:30pm - The Robert Frost Farm
-hometour -trail -poetry readings

3:30pm-Camp - Hampton Beach State Park
-visitor center -ocean beach

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-10am - Fort Constitution State Historic Site
-visitor center -fort tour -Portsmouth Harbor light

10:15am-11:30am - USS Albacore
-museum -submarine -visitor center

1:30pm-Camp - Franconia Notch State Park
-Flume Gorge -beach -visitor center -trails -historic sites -aerial/tramway

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-1pm - Mount Washington Cog Railway
Mount Washington State Park
-Tiptop House -observatory -state park/visitor center -museum

1:45pm-5pm - Weeks State Park
-overlook -home tour -fire tower -museum

6pm-Camp - Franconia Notch State Park

Day 6:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Polar Caves Park

11:15am-1:15pm - Sculptured Rocks Natural Area

2:30pm-4:30pm - Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
-visitor center/film -JR Program - home tour -trails

5pm-Camp - Tree Farm Campground

Day 7:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5:30pm-Camp - Maple Lakes Campground

Day 8:

9am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 12-12:30, 3:30-4

7pm - Home