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Originally Posted by carolaug
Oh...and Salem, Ma...wonderful history...witches...and Plymouth Rock...and the plantation. And I love Gloucester MA http://www.gloucesterma.com/
My sister lives on the Martha Vineyard - its expensive to bring your car over and back. |
Originally Posted by QBeth
While in Vermont, consideer going to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory! It's a wonderful tour on how the bears are made, repaired, etc.
As for Ben & Jerry's, I wasn't impressed. People tell me it used to be better a few years back before it was bought from the original owners. Also, the tour, if I remember correctly, involved a lot of stairs. Just MHO. |
I KNEW you would come up with some great ideas. I'm thinking this will need to be a two month vacation rather than two and 1/2 weeks.
THanks for the ideas and keep them coming! |
Come up to the north shore of Boston. Marblehead is beautiful, lots to see and do (4th of July weekend in the Marblehead Festival of Arts) and lots of history. Only 16 miles north of Boston.
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Really depends on where you cross over into NH. If coming across 89 into NH there's an awesome quilt store in Henniker, Quilted Threads.
If you go to the NH state website, you can look by region there and there is tons of stuff to see here. :-D |
Not many folks mentioned Maine.The coast line is lovely.Food is good in many places,try haddock chowder,lobster,crab,oh and scallops are the best.Of course I have never had them anywhere but Maine.Clams are geat too.Just have to get the correct chef in order to get the best anything. MHO is that the plainer they are the better they are.
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Originally Posted by booklady
Originally Posted by QBeth
While in Vermont, consideer going to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory! It's a wonderful tour on how the bears are made, repaired, etc.
As for Ben & Jerry's, I wasn't impressed. People tell me it used to be better a few years back before it was bought from the original owners. Also, the tour, if I remember correctly, involved a lot of stairs. Just MHO. |
A MUST is Ipswich for the famous Ipswich clams.
Or Revere Beach for Kelleys lobster roll. Oh how i envy you- i am originally from Mass. and would love to be going with you. Have a great trip- and stay safe. |
Ditto on the Boston traffic. It can be hairy! even for a seasoned driver. We live near Boston and would strongly advise using the "T" which can take you around Boston with many stops along the way. You could also do the Trolley or the "Duck Tour" which stop at many great spots. You can get on and off as many times as you want. You can then gauge how long it might take to walk to the next stop of just do a short walk and return to the spot where you got off. PM me with questions.
Also: Fourth of July is going to be very crowded so get in town early. Most of all enjoy the area. Keepsake Quilting in NH has to be one of your stops and there are great chairs outside the shop for DH :)
Originally Posted by Radiana
Must try to get to Plymouth Plantation, it's a recreation of the original settlement. There are people there who take the part of the settlers going about their day. We loved that place.
Just a word to the wise about Boston.........Unless things have changed since we visited, traffic is a little crazy. It's a wonderful place with lot's to see and do but it's not easy to dr |
Originally Posted by hobo2000
If you are driving thru PA in the way to DC,stop thru Lancaster, Intercourse, and Bird in Hand, they all have fantastic quiltshops and great food served family style as this is the heart of Amish Country. REmember, the Amish close everything on Sunday.
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