I've posted a few times asking for travel advise, 'must see' locations and of course 'must visit' quilt shops. Thank you all that responded. The information has been sooooo helpful. I've got a notebook with all the information. We will leave early Wednesday morning traveling with our 5th wheel camper. I am hoping to share photos with you all as we travel, if not I will when we return. It will be about a month long trip going east, then north, then northeat and back down east coast If anyone has last minutes suggestions we are ready to hear them. Keep in mind this is so totally new for me...I am a planner (a little OCD about it really) I usually have every stop, route & event planned to the smallest detail. Not this time, we will drive until we decide to stop, take whatever road or route strikes our fancy and stay gone as long as we want. Keep us in your prayers for safe travel.

You should start a thread in the Personal Diaries section and add pics and information as you go. That way people could follow you easily. Just a suggestion!! Have a great time....

Have a lovely time and I look forward to all your pics as you go along. The PDA suggestion is a good one.

Have a great time.

If you get to Lancaster, you will be close to Gettysburg (relatively speaking). If they still have the tour guides, check them out. Eat lots of fall apples-Try all the gazillion varieties you will find along the way. Lake George in NY is absolutely gorgeous. Have a wonderful and safe trip! Look forward to seeing your pics.

Don't forget to have lots of fun and share all the great stories and adventures with your quilting board friends.

Sounds like fun ~~ wish I was going with you! :)

If you are going as far as New York, the Finger Lakes area in central New York State is just beautiful! Wonderful autumn colors, the long lovely lakes surrounded by dozens of wineries, (mmmm.... wine tasting tours!), lots of history, the absolutely breath-taking gorges to walk up, and lots more. If you would like some personal recommendations, please let me know!

Have a wonderful adventure! In Western New York some beautiful places are Niagara Falls and Watkins Glenn. If you'll be traveling on 390 you could visit Stony Brook State Park and a bonus is that a mile down the road is my favorite LQS Material Rewards in Dansville, NY. If you continue north on 390 you'll come to Mt. Morris which has a lot of neat antique shops on the recently renovated Main Street- about 2 miles down main street you'd come to the beautiful Letchworth State Park (grand canyon of the east). Things will start getting really pretty around here soon with the Fall colors coming on. Have a safe and wonderful time!

Sorry for double post.

ROAD TRIP! The absolute best kind of vacation. My husband and I take one every summer. We went to Montana last year and this year we went to the Redwoods. Enjoy yourself. You will have a wonderful time.

We love road trips. Have a wonderful time and travel safe.

Thanks everyone...I appreciate your suggestions and well wishes...we are truly so excited we can hardly wait to leave. I am keeping a notebook of all the suggestions and ideas and plan to share info & photos of our trip. You guys are the best...I could never have planned this trip without all the great info from the board.

Only a month? You will want to be gone longer than a month to take in all of that! But it sure sounds like fun. Don't know how far north you plan to be; but if you are in the Lake Erie area there is a great large store in Bettsville, Ohio called the Doormouse. It's great just aisles and aisles of fabric in a barn style facility. Also, Paducah Ky is also a fun stop, that town lives and breathes quilts. Eleanor Burns store is there and she had some great prices when we were there. Enjoy and travel safe. Oh, yes please keep us updated.
Sandy