Summer road trip to the east

Abear79 · Mar 9, 2018

My family and I are going on about a 20 day road trip from home up to Boston and back. Our stops are; Ellijay, GA, Washington DC, Boston, Hershey PA, Gatlingburg TN, and another stop or 2 before coming home. If you have any must see or dos in these areas please let me know. And any routes to avoid (my rv is 13' 3") I will have 2 spares, are there any other extras I might need or want to make life on the road a lil easier?

Thanks

'Lil Guy' · Mar 9, 2018

Abear79 said:
My family and I are going on about a 20 day road trip from home up to Boston and back. Our stops are; Ellijay, GA, Washington DC, Boston, Hershey PA, Gatlingburg TN, and another stop or 2 before coming home. If you have any must see or dos in these areas please let me know. And any routes to avoid (my rv is 13' 3") I will have 2 spares, are there any other extras I might need or want to make life on the road a lil easier?

Thanks

If you've got the time, Ive's COE park in N central Penn. minutes from NY state line is a great park with huge sites and full hookups. From there you're only 30 minutes from the Watkins Glen and the finger lakes of NY. Maybe 2 hours from Niagara Falls.
Good luck with your dually in Boston. Great place to site see and good tour bus to destinations that run every 30 minutes. You'll never park the dually in town. Have a drink at the Cheers pub. We went on up to Bangor, Maine and stayed so we could go to Bar Harbor. Take the bus up to the highest point in Acadia park to see the Cranbury Islands. Absolutely beautiful.
If you like Civil War sites, go to Gettysburg. If you do, the 360 degree Diorama and painting at the visitors center is amazing. The driving tour puts you back in time and to stand on Little Big Top and look at what the soldiers saw is breathtaking along with the open fields of Pickets charge.

One thing I noticed is that the roads all run N and S and you'd better be ready for more toll roads than you've ever see. We spent a couple of months up that way and really enjoyed it.
Gatlinburg is nice but I would drive there and stay elsewhere and take the buss into town form the departure station outside of town.
I could go on and on but We'll see yo at a rally soon and Debbie could tell you a lot more.
See you in Kinder.

jassson007 · Mar 9, 2018

Abear79 said:
My family and I are going on about a 20 day road trip from home up to Boston and back. Our stops are; Ellijay, GA, Washington DC, Boston, Hershey PA, Gatlingburg TN, and another stop or 2 before coming home. If you have any must see or dos in these areas please let me know. And any routes to avoid (my rv is 13' 3") I will have 2 spares, are there any other extras I might need or want to make life on the road a lil easier?

Thanks

Get with Lyle Mercer in a couple weeks. He will be at Kinder and lives in PA.

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JWalker · Mar 9, 2018

jassson007 said:
Get with Lyle Mercer in a couple weeks. He will be at Kinder and lives in PA.

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If you stop at Washington DC, stay at Cherry Hill park. Very nice Campground. It has metro transportation right into DC. Stayed there a few times.

Hershey is great. Make sure you do the chocolate world tour. There’s an amusement park there also. Several campgrounds nearby. Harrisburg East campground. Pinegrove campground. Conewago campground. Hershey also has their own campground nearby.

You Are only a short distance away from Gettysburg PA. A beautiful historic place to visit. Also a nice variety of campgrounds to stay at.

Depending which way you go to Boston, stop by Mystic Connecticut. We had a rally there last year. Beautiful. Beaches, seaports, casinos. Very nice. We stayed at the Mystic KOA. Right off 95.

Enjoy and safe travels.

Abear79 · Mar 9, 2018

Thanks everyone, Going to make some notes. We usually have to go to Boston every other year. Instead of flying like we done in the past we wanted to make it a family trip. Its looking like a wash on cost. 3 day trip with round trip air tickets with hotel is really close to the 20 day road trip. If this goes well, this will be an every 2 year trip for us. I appreciate the info, keep it coming

DebiMac · Mar 9, 2018

The Anchor Down RV Park is in Dandridge, TN...just down the street from Gatlinburg, TN. HIGHLY recommend staying there...but reserve ahead as it’s quite popular. If you can, get a spot on the water...but there are no bad spots. All have fireplaces - some upright, some not. The view of the lake and Smoky Mountains is incredible. Cement pads and patios. Large internal streets. There are a few pull-thru’s but the back-in sites have the best views and all back-in’s are EZ to get into. Excellent wifi and cable. Pool. Beach area. Kayaks on the lake are great. Also boat tours. Fun kid area (or for adults!). It is THE most beautiful place we’ve stayed (and we’ve traveled all over) and the service is beyond fabulous. (Well, OK...Disney’s Fort Wilderness is probably equal to this...it’s a tie to our favorite places, but that’s not in the area!)

There are a number of other very nice RV parks closer to town if you’d prefer that. Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg are all next to each other and are great! We had much fun there. Don’t miss the Titanic exhibit. It’s amazing...it’s right on the main road in Pigeon Forge. You’ll spot it...the building is a large ship!

Have fun!

Abear79 · Jun 22, 2018

First night on our summer road trip. Ellijay, Georgia