almostmom
04-28-2010, 10:55 AM
OK, this is a bit long, but I'm hoping to get some advice! Thanks in advance if you make it through...
We are thinking of driving from Boston to Asheville, NC to visit some friends around July 4th. I'm really torn, as it would mean 4 car days over a 6-day holiday, but we have been trying to see these friends for years. The drive is about 14 hours total. The other option for us is that we could spend the time at a family house on the beach in Maine, only 2 hours away! But that is an easy fall back...
So if we do it, we'd leave on Wednesday June 30 (though we might go to NYC on Tuesday night and stay with friends, taking a few hours off the trip), and stay somewhere Wed. night, heading to Asheville on Thursday morning. Any suggestions on where to stop and stay? A hotel with a pool sounds nice, but we could also consider camping.
We'd have Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday,and Sunday morning to spend with out great friends and their kids.
Then we'd leave on Sunday July 4th (also a bummer) and drive half way back with a similar hotel or camping stop-over, making it home on July 5th.
I'm not putting this in a very optimistic light, but it would be wonderful to see these friends, who have been bugging us for years to visit (they've visited us more often). But I also know that going to Maine for this time would be so nice, as it might be the only time we have that house to ourselves all summer!
Flying is really expensive, and not direct.
Any advice is welcome!
We are thinking of driving from Boston to Asheville, NC to visit some friends around July 4th. I'm really torn, as it would mean 4 car days over a 6-day holiday, but we have been trying to see these friends for years. The drive is about 14 hours total. The other option for us is that we could spend the time at a family house on the beach in Maine, only 2 hours away! But that is an easy fall back...
So if we do it, we'd leave on Wednesday June 30 (though we might go to NYC on Tuesday night and stay with friends, taking a few hours off the trip), and stay somewhere Wed. night, heading to Asheville on Thursday morning. Any suggestions on where to stop and stay? A hotel with a pool sounds nice, but we could also consider camping.
We'd have Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday,and Sunday morning to spend with out great friends and their kids.
Then we'd leave on Sunday July 4th (also a bummer) and drive half way back with a similar hotel or camping stop-over, making it home on July 5th.
I'm not putting this in a very optimistic light, but it would be wonderful to see these friends, who have been bugging us for years to visit (they've visited us more often). But I also know that going to Maine for this time would be so nice, as it might be the only time we have that house to ourselves all summer!
Flying is really expensive, and not direct.
Any advice is welcome!