

| Subject: | Re: Empire State VW camping club summer 2012 NY to Maine trip |
| From: | Tom Buese |
| Date: | Thu, 3 May 2012 16:28:28 -0400 |
Great! You are coming thru my area near Bar Harbor in Blue Hill, Maine-will catch you in the area. Cheers, Mr. BZ-always looking to camp w/ VWaholics. On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Daniel O Stevens <dosteven@syr.edu> wrote: > Only a few days ago it was April and I was like.. ahh plenty of time.. > And now it's 1st week of May and I'm like GAHHH the trip is only in 2 > months... that's 60days away.. > > > I'm planning a VW family & friends road trip (anyone here is invited to > catch us if interested or when we're nearby) > Pace is set your own or by group, > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5956360#5956360 > Departing Upstate NY July 3rd on a trip to Coastal Maine and back July > 15th > > Crossing Vermont from Burlington to the North Woods & White Mtns of New > Hampshire. > Then thru Maine's lakes region thru Augusta, ME to Coastal Maine and Bar > Harbor. > Travel days are around 200mi each. > > > July 2012 NY to Maine travel itinerary. > Please Pmail me if you have any tips or insight to the timeline or > destinations > > NY to Maine July 2012 travel information. > > Give this a look over and give me some feedback. Much of these areas are > familiar to some extent. > I know there's a lot more info than needed but it's all part of the > discovery/planning process. > > The major considerations I used was to avoid > 4th of July congested holiday areas (lake George, Bar Harbor, Franconia > Notch & NH Lakes region) > grueling hours of interstate travel, specifically I-90 in Mass & I-95 Mass > to Portland > *VT state parks have 2day min stay anyways. (only in VT SP once on trip) > > Route map (Tenative) http://g.co/maps/h3q7t > > > > Tue 3rd TRAVEL- Syracuse, NY to Button Bay S.P - Burlington, VT (2 nights) > long travel day > Depart Syracuse around 2pm > > weds (4th July)TOUR- Burlington, VT area attractions > > thur 5th TRAVEL- Burlington, VT to Gorham, NH (3 nights Moose Brook S.P) > long travel day > > Fri 6th TOUR - Gorham, NH (Northern NH woods, fire tower & wildlife > daytrip return via Grafton Notch, ME) > > Sat 7th TOUR- Gorham, NH (White Mtns loop, Conway NH attractions, Crawford > notch, Mt Washington) > **Alternate for Saturday is to TRAVEL to Bar Harbor fro (4) nights in > coastal Maine** > > sun 8th TRAVEL - Gorham, NH thru Woodstock, ME to arrive Bar Harbor, Maine > (3 nights Lamonie S.P) Long travel day > > mon 9th Tour & explore Bar Harbor and Down East Maine > > tues 10th Tour & Explore Bar Harbor and central coastal Maine > > Wed 11th TRAVEL - Bar Harbor via stop in Portland, ME (old Port) to > Ossipee, NH (2 nights) long travel day (*Alt additional day in Bar Harbor) > > Thur 12th TOUR - Ossipee, NH (Conway & Central Lakes region, Kancamagas > Highway, castle in clouds) > > Fri 13th Travel - Ossipee, NH (via Kancamagus?) stop in Woodstock NH & > Woodstock, VT arrive West River Westies Townshend, VT(2 nights) long travel > day > > Sat 14th West River Westies in Townshend, Vermont > > Sun 15th TRAVEL - return to Syracuse via Bennington, VT & Papa Pete's for > brunch, Bennington museums? long travel day > > > Lodging specifics: > July 3rd (2days$20+$6fee+$1Day-dog) - Button Bay State park 802-475-2377 > http://www.vtstateparks.com/htm/buttonbay.htm > > July 5th (3days $25+$9RA-fee) Gorham, NH - Moose Brook S.P ~$100wkend > http://www.nhstateparks.org/explore/state-parks/moose-brook-state-park.aspx > > July 8th (3 days $27) Bar Harbor/Acadia Maine - Lamonie S.P > http://www.campwithme.com/doc/parks/reservations/ > > July 11th (2days $31/nt) Whits End campground > http://www.whitsendcampground.com/rates.htm > > July 13th (2days $24) West River Westies > http://www.limbobus.org/westies.html 1-802-365-7510 > > Contact me if you have any questions, or destinations or travel hints for > these locations. > -- Tom Buese
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