Jul. 3rd, 2004 04:35 am
I'm a travelin' man...
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
textualdevianceSo, it seems my dilemma about what to do to get outta Dodge this year has been somewhat solved: It's been more or less decided we're doing a driving tour of New England this fall.
I've gotten some good advice from some, anyone else familiar with the area and can give some pointers? Places we should be sure to hit? Things to avoid? At the moment, the plan is to do a big loop starting in Boston, and going up to Halifax, then up to Quebec, down the river to Montreal and then back through Vermont to Boston again.
We're not into B&Bs or anything terribly twee, although some of those Newhart-styled Inns might be nice. Mostly we just don't want to be smothered by overly-nosy lodging staff.
I realize the area will probably be rather full, as this is busy season there, which is why I'm planning now. Advice about the Canadian part of the trek would be especially welcome. 14 years out of school and my French is well out of practice. Am I going to get beaten for being a stupid American if I fumble with it in some of the smaller Quebec towns? I don't plan on straying far from the river or border (Riviere du Loup would be the furthest out), so hopefully that will help. (I'm quite familiar with Vancouver and Victoria, and have done Toronto, so I'm not a Canada virgin, just that part of the country.) Is a side trip to PEI worth it? What are drive times on the lesser highways like? Do you usually keep up to speed or are they small enough to add a lot of time?
What about scenery? Any unusual features? Waterfalls are a big fetish of mine, so those would be good. We also like oddball things, so long as they're not too far off the main route. Any long stretches of boring nothing to avoid?
I've gotten some good advice from some, anyone else familiar with the area and can give some pointers? Places we should be sure to hit? Things to avoid? At the moment, the plan is to do a big loop starting in Boston, and going up to Halifax, then up to Quebec, down the river to Montreal and then back through Vermont to Boston again.
We're not into B&Bs or anything terribly twee, although some of those Newhart-styled Inns might be nice. Mostly we just don't want to be smothered by overly-nosy lodging staff.
I realize the area will probably be rather full, as this is busy season there, which is why I'm planning now. Advice about the Canadian part of the trek would be especially welcome. 14 years out of school and my French is well out of practice. Am I going to get beaten for being a stupid American if I fumble with it in some of the smaller Quebec towns? I don't plan on straying far from the river or border (Riviere du Loup would be the furthest out), so hopefully that will help. (I'm quite familiar with Vancouver and Victoria, and have done Toronto, so I'm not a Canada virgin, just that part of the country.) Is a side trip to PEI worth it? What are drive times on the lesser highways like? Do you usually keep up to speed or are they small enough to add a lot of time?
What about scenery? Any unusual features? Waterfalls are a big fetish of mine, so those would be good. We also like oddball things, so long as they're not too far off the main route. Any long stretches of boring nothing to avoid?
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
I don't know if you've ever been to that part of the country before, but you should also keep in mind that *everything* is really close together there... and when you're looking at most driving atlases, the scale is completely different from what you might be used to with Western states.