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Post by booklady on Jun 2, 2008 20:52:46 GMT -5
Actually, I'm really not looking for sightseeing suggestions. I want to visit a friend in PA, and then see Gettysburg, and then I think I'll pretty much go straight to Vicksburg over the course of two or three days. The final stretch I think I've decided to go Highway 61 South from Memphis (seeing, but not stopping to make a "deal" in Clarksburg!).
What I was hoping for was just a suggestion for a nice place to stop for the first night (I think I'll be pretty wrung out; it's going to be hard to say goodbye to my son and my home for the last 24 years), and a pretty drive the nice day. I was thinking maybe somewhere along the Hudson.
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Post by booklady on Jun 2, 2008 20:54:56 GMT -5
I'm really sorry to be so indecisive. I'm a little tired of trying to figure things out.
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Post by doctork on Jun 2, 2008 22:52:25 GMT -5
Actually, I'm really not looking for sightseeing suggestions. What I was hoping for was just a suggestion for a nice place to stop for the first night (I think I'll be pretty wrung out; it's going to be hard to say goodbye to my son and my home for the last 24 years), and a pretty drive the nice day. I was thinking maybe somewhere along the Hudson. How about one of these Westchester County B&B's? Both say they have great views of the Hudson River. Alexander Hamilton House 49 Van Wyck Street, Croton-on-Hudson 10520 Phone: 914-271-6737 alexhouse@bestweb.net www.alexanderhamiltonhouse.comAlexander Hamilton House is a romantic Victorian Inn with river views in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, the gateway to the Hudson River Valley. Crabtree's Kittle House Restaurant and Inn 11 Kittle Road, Chappaqua 10514 Phone: 914-666-8044 fax: 914-666-2684 www.kittlehouse.comBuilt in 1790, this Restaurant and Country Inn offers progressive American cuisine. From Harrisburg south, I'm figuring a lot of your journey will be a straight shot on I-81, an easy road, mostly without much traffic, and lots of great scenery, especially through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A scenic detour would be to cut east over to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina (either I-77 in VA or US 321 in TN-NC) and travel the Parkway further south for a spell. Very scenic just for the drive, even without sightseeing, though there are many beautiful overlooks where you can stop briefly and admire the scenery. Boone and Little Switzerland both have lots of places to stay, or keep on 'til you reach Asheville and spend the night there. From Asheville (pronounced "ashvul" not ash - ville) take I-40 back to Nashville or Memphis, depending on how you plan to reach US 61. From Nashville you could take the Natchez Trace too, but I haven't traveled that myself. If it is like the Blue Ridge Parkway, count on mostly 25 - 35 miles per hour, clearly not the express route. Alternatives: take I-81 almost to Knoxville, then cut over to Great Smokey Mountain NP for a short foray, then stay in Sevierville or Pigeon Forge or Gatlinberg, all in TN. Double back to I-40 for the rest of the trip west to Nashville (if you choose to do more scenery on the Trace) or Memphis to connect more expeditiously to US 61. Avoid both Nashville and Memphis at rush hour.
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Post by booklady on Jun 3, 2008 4:06:31 GMT -5
Doc, thank you. Can you please come out here and hold my hand for the next two weeks?
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Post by doctork on Jun 4, 2008 23:47:44 GMT -5
Doc, thank you. Can you please come out here and hold my hand for the next two weeks? If I didn't have to work in the clinic, I'd definitely head to your place to hold your hand and help you finish sorting and packing, then do the road trip. I like road trips! Then you could visit me here, because I have read that the best way to de-clutter is to collaborate with an objective friend. Having just completed the task at your own home, I'm sure you could be a big help de-cluttering here.
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Post by gailkate on Jun 5, 2008 9:25:41 GMT -5
"Objective friend" sounds almost like a contradiction in terms. I have a few very good friends and they would all be champion enablers. "Of course you can't throw that way - it's your very first frying pan that you bought with your own money! And that's the camera you got with Grape Nuts boxtops!" As for the road trip, I love 'em, too. If you can't assemble friends to join in a caravan, you do still have time to go to the humane society and adopt a fine, companionable dog. A genial lab mix, always ready for adventure and absolutely uncritical. ( Yes, a stop at that Dairy Queen is just what you need to keep up your strength- wag, wag.) All my major road trips included a faithful dog, one who would accept approximately 15 square inches in which to curl up or sit upright admiring the scenery. And you know, Bookie, a dog for a single woman in a new town would be protection, company, and a way to meet people. Even guy people, should you be thinking along those lines.
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Post by doctork on Jun 8, 2008 22:54:24 GMT -5
Attention bookie - ask and it shall be given! You wanted info on Knoxville, and here it is in today's NYT, "36 Hours in Knoxville": travel.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/travel/08Hours.htmlThere is a free Friday lunchtime concert sponsored by WDVX-FM; bring a lunch you pick up from the nearby "old fashioned mercantile" Mast General Store. Also near a marvelous sounding place called Market Square, where you might want to stay the night - Hotel St. Oliver, "a historic inn right off the square with more eccentricity than Cher." I wonder if I could spend an extra day there on the Storytelling trip in October?
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Post by booklady on Aug 22, 2008 21:16:36 GMT -5
This isn't travel related, but I'm looking for suggestions on relieving eye strain. Anybody?
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Post by joew on Aug 22, 2008 22:09:05 GMT -5
Close your eyes?
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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Post by joew on Aug 22, 2008 22:43:34 GMT -5
But seriously, when is the last time you had your eyes checked by an optometrist? I think the major cause of eyestrain is not having eyeglasses with the right prescription.
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Post by slb2 on Aug 22, 2008 22:51:40 GMT -5
I use an eye pillow filled with something and scented with lavender. It's cased in silk. It's lovely.
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Post by slb2 on Aug 22, 2008 22:52:04 GMT -5
I bought it at a thrift store for fifty cents.
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