Driving from New York

Thanks Chrissie & Maureen

Looks like we've got a few hours of planning ahead of us now!!!

Perhaps it will be easier to fly after all...[msnwink]

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Any tips or good places to stop on the way?
Thanks
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You can ususally do it with 2 overnight stops. Myrtle beach in South Carolina is a good choice for the second stop while driving from NY to Orlando in late spring or summer. The I-95 passes within 25 miles of the beach and it is an easy diversion.

I wasn't too keen on the idea when Helen first mentioned it, out of the blue, but now I'm getting quite excited about the prospect of exploring new places on our way to Florida.

Thanks everyone for all your ideas so far...:D

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I wasn't too keen on the idea when Helen first mentioned it, out of the blue, but now I'm getting quite excited about the prospect of exploring new places on our way to Florida.

Thanks everyone for all your ideas so far...:D
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This sounds like a lot of fun, I love to see all the different places in the US. Ray loves driving so I get to look at all the scernery as we drive. We haven't done this route yet but it is one we would consider. We had a couple of guests from near NY travel down by car and they thought nothing of it, a short hop.[msnsmile2]

I have a couple of friends that live in the USA and they seem to take driving 1,000+ miles in their stride. They would pack up the car and the kids and set off on a Thursday night to drive to Orlando. They would only stay a couple of days and then do it all in reverse! I love driving but have never really considered that sort of distance, maybe I should look at a map and see what nice places I could visit on the way from NY to Orlando :)

Pam.

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I have a couple of friends that live in the USA and they seem to take driving 1,000+ miles in their stride. They would pack up the car and the kids and set off on a Thursday night to drive to Orlando. They would only stay a couple of days and then do it all in reverse! I love driving but have never really considered that sort of distance, maybe I should look at a map and see what nice places I could visit on the way from NY to Orlando :)

Pam.
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Ever since I saw the 'road' movies of the 1970s, it has been my ambition to drive across the USA coast to coast on my own. Traditionally, this is done from NY to LA but as I don't like LA, I hope to do it from New York to San Francisco someday.:)

When I was a kid, my family drove from NY, down to Georgia, then across country to Los Angeles, then up the West Coast to Oregon, then back East across the north to NY. We saw all kinds of sites, historic and natural landmarks, and I will never forget all the places we went to. I wish I could do the same for my kids some day.

We drove all over Europe when my father was posted to Germany when I was aged between 7 - 11. As Teresa says you never forget it.

We are looking at driving from NY or Washington to Kissimmee in the summer as we are flying over with our youngest and a friend who will be staying in NY to visit friends father for a week and then down to us for a fortnight. Well that is the plan, it rather depends on whether I am going to be able to fly then, otherwise it is plan b, and the girls just go to NY for 2 weeks, and we go away on our own later. But we have been planning a route as it is something we are keen to do.

If you have the time it is a great way of seeing a variety of different places.

We particularly enjoyed Lancaster County with the Amish and covered bridges, Gettysburg (very atmospheric), Shenandoah National Park and Williamsburg.

We are planning Washington DC to Florida in 2006 Fiona. There was a thread on here about it once an it sounded a fantastic trip. We would take a week to ten days for the drive down and then the same again in Florida[8D] Hope you are wll enough to make the trip I shall look forward to the trip report[msnwink]<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by fiona
We drove all over Europe when my father was posted to Germany when I was aged between 7 - 11. As Teresa says you never forget it.

We are looking at driving from NY or Washington to Kissimmee in the summer as we are flying over with our youngest and a friend who will be staying in NY to visit friends father for a week and then down to us for a fortnight. Well that is the plan, it rather depends on whether I am going to be able to fly then, otherwise it is plan b, and the girls just go to NY for 2 weeks, and we go away on our own later. But we have been planning a route as it is something we are keen to do.
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