Thursday, 29 September 2011
T-minus 48 hrs (adding a day to the front end of trip)
Sue in her infinite wisdom and fickleness, has suggested we leave a day early to spend more time in the Shenandoah National Forest. So Day (-1) [Satrday] will be have us going to Winchester VA before going to Luray Caverns.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Planned Route (Oct 2-8, 2011)
Our planned route will be as follows,
Day 1, we leave West Chester, PA for Lancaster, York and Gettysburg before dropping down into Maryland. We'll continue thru Frederick and then reach Virginia. In Virginia we'll go thru Front Royal before reaching our first destination Luray Caverns. After enjoying the caverns we'll travel down Skyline Drive to Big Meadows Lodge (MP 51.2), part of Shenendoah National Park, for our first night.
Day 2 is planned completing Skyline Drive and then taking the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) down to the Natural Bridge. This is the destination of our second day.
Day3 and Day 4 is planned for Lynchburg and Appomatox before arriving in Charlottesville. In Charlottesville we are planning on enjoying some of their wonderful wine, as well as seeing Tho. Jefferson's Monticello and James Madison's Montpelier.
Day 5 will take us east over to Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg. From there we hope to get over to Colonial Beach (Geo. Washington's birthplace) before reaching St. Mary's/Lexington Park, MD for this day's final destination.
Day 6 will take us into St. Mary's before heading north thru Chesapeake Beach and Annapolis before dropping down south along MD's Eastern Shore to Easton, MD for this day stop.
Day 7, our last day will take us into Tighman's Island, then up to Rock Hall and Chesapeake City before returning back into PA and home.
The following is a link to a map of our route, http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2108+Eton+Court,+Chester,+PA&daddr=39.86635,-77.04569+to:101+Cave+Hill+Road,+Luray,+VA+22835+(Luray+Caverns)+to:Big+Meadows,+Shenandoah+National+Park,+Luray,+VA+to:38.193415,-78.756263+to:37.93381,-78.95203+to:37.6513191,-79.3220343+to:Natural+Bridge+Station,+VA+to:Lynchburg,+VA+to:Appomattox,+VA+to:Charlottesville,+VA+to:Charlottesville,+VA+22902+(Monticello+Memorial+Park)+to:Orange,+VA+to:Courthouse+Rd+to:Colonial+Beach,+VA+to:Dowell+Road,+Solomons,+MD+to:St.+Mary's,+MD+to:38.69217,-76.53502+to:Annapolis,+MD+to:Easton,+MD+to:Tilghman,+Tilghman+Island,+Talbot,+Maryland+to:38.75043,-76.14969+to:Rock+Hall,+MD+to:39.50635,-75.83196+to:998+Roundhouse+Court,+West+Chester,+PA&hl=en&geocode=FaHRYQIdrbl_-ykZqFKw4u3GiTH9iHtReK57Vw%3BFe5PYAIdRmBo-yml9i_ip1fIiTEilXQqKQK8zw%3BFb8CTgIdMy1S-yFpSeWCxp7Qbg%3BFee7SwIdviVT-yHE_LUdt1akjw%3BFQfJRgIdWUZO-ylV0qvOBoS0iTFAYLdOWFrtRg%3BFfLSQgIdoklL-ymRShRIwmiziTHDJ1Q7DdRYow%3BFXeDPgIdTqRF-ykdO788jy2ziTHnKdyXwrHlRw%3BFWEMPgIdQdVC-ymr06ePGdFMiDGGGlDTc_9-lw%3BFXrjOgIdmmJI-ykBBDKQeNmyiTFh4iDIXvO2ww%3BFSEGOgIdtThN-ymrglqVUPuyiTGcHkbgu5gktg%3BFfpHRAIdeopS-ymPpFDqLYaziTH8dIvDlvCGkA%3BFRQERAIdg7hS-yElvxiEOIZknA%3BFSOURwIdjh9Y-ynxMszvdxC0iTHwirDvmEcYPw%3BFbrtRgIdIh5g-w%3BFe63RwIdAaFp-ykprQgnez23iTGwj1KsWXLqrw%3BFRb_SAId2Wpx-ylT4b8Ydti5iTFMFQQNmUEe3A%3BFapzRQIdMMhy-ylZ5ra_7V23iTHtTn1XTvF2Rw%3BFUplTgIdFCtw-ymHI_a-EYa3iTEbg-VCi_vOtQ%3BFY3DUgIdadJw-ynVL2dwZfa3iTFLJ6jT_VT4Qw%3BFQumTwId1ip3-ymTwkXYMEC4iTHj320fhVSj8Q%3BFRDGTgIdfjlz-ym_P1tTsSW4iTECcBIx9JG7wg%3BFd5ITwIdRgx2-ymradOGyD64iTFc0o4yBpTHqw%3BFXYzVQIdNr90-yllN_kTQQi4iTFeJVvUV6psew%3BFa7RWgIdaOV6-yl12lcak6PHiTFt39Lt87g6iQ%3BFTiZYgIdEEx--yllTZFUnfPGiTFvBRUcgdxIVw&sll=39.494504,-75.739746&sspn=0.278183,0.608368&vpsrc=6&mra=dvme&mrsp=23&sz=11&via=1,4,5,6,17,21,23&ie=UTF8&ll=38.702659,-75.904541&spn=4.500532,9.733887&z=7&dirflg=d
Day 1, we leave West Chester, PA for Lancaster, York and Gettysburg before dropping down into Maryland. We'll continue thru Frederick and then reach Virginia. In Virginia we'll go thru Front Royal before reaching our first destination Luray Caverns. After enjoying the caverns we'll travel down Skyline Drive to Big Meadows Lodge (MP 51.2), part of Shenendoah National Park, for our first night.
Day 2 is planned completing Skyline Drive and then taking the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) down to the Natural Bridge. This is the destination of our second day.
Day3 and Day 4 is planned for Lynchburg and Appomatox before arriving in Charlottesville. In Charlottesville we are planning on enjoying some of their wonderful wine, as well as seeing Tho. Jefferson's Monticello and James Madison's Montpelier.
Day 5 will take us east over to Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg. From there we hope to get over to Colonial Beach (Geo. Washington's birthplace) before reaching St. Mary's/Lexington Park, MD for this day's final destination.
Day 6 will take us into St. Mary's before heading north thru Chesapeake Beach and Annapolis before dropping down south along MD's Eastern Shore to Easton, MD for this day stop.
Day 7, our last day will take us into Tighman's Island, then up to Rock Hall and Chesapeake City before returning back into PA and home.
The following is a link to a map of our route, http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2108+Eton+Court,+Chester,+PA&daddr=39.86635,-77.04569+to:101+Cave+Hill+Road,+Luray,+VA+22835+(Luray+Caverns)+to:Big+Meadows,+Shenandoah+National+Park,+Luray,+VA+to:38.193415,-78.756263+to:37.93381,-78.95203+to:37.6513191,-79.3220343+to:Natural+Bridge+Station,+VA+to:Lynchburg,+VA+to:Appomattox,+VA+to:Charlottesville,+VA+to:Charlottesville,+VA+22902+(Monticello+Memorial+Park)+to:Orange,+VA+to:Courthouse+Rd+to:Colonial+Beach,+VA+to:Dowell+Road,+Solomons,+MD+to:St.+Mary's,+MD+to:38.69217,-76.53502+to:Annapolis,+MD+to:Easton,+MD+to:Tilghman,+Tilghman+Island,+Talbot,+Maryland+to:38.75043,-76.14969+to:Rock+Hall,+MD+to:39.50635,-75.83196+to:998+Roundhouse+Court,+West+Chester,+PA&hl=en&geocode=FaHRYQIdrbl_-ykZqFKw4u3GiTH9iHtReK57Vw%3BFe5PYAIdRmBo-yml9i_ip1fIiTEilXQqKQK8zw%3BFb8CTgIdMy1S-yFpSeWCxp7Qbg%3BFee7SwIdviVT-yHE_LUdt1akjw%3BFQfJRgIdWUZO-ylV0qvOBoS0iTFAYLdOWFrtRg%3BFfLSQgIdoklL-ymRShRIwmiziTHDJ1Q7DdRYow%3BFXeDPgIdTqRF-ykdO788jy2ziTHnKdyXwrHlRw%3BFWEMPgIdQdVC-ymr06ePGdFMiDGGGlDTc_9-lw%3BFXrjOgIdmmJI-ykBBDKQeNmyiTFh4iDIXvO2ww%3BFSEGOgIdtThN-ymrglqVUPuyiTGcHkbgu5gktg%3BFfpHRAIdeopS-ymPpFDqLYaziTH8dIvDlvCGkA%3BFRQERAIdg7hS-yElvxiEOIZknA%3BFSOURwIdjh9Y-ynxMszvdxC0iTHwirDvmEcYPw%3BFbrtRgIdIh5g-w%3BFe63RwIdAaFp-ykprQgnez23iTGwj1KsWXLqrw%3BFRb_SAId2Wpx-ylT4b8Ydti5iTFMFQQNmUEe3A%3BFapzRQIdMMhy-ylZ5ra_7V23iTHtTn1XTvF2Rw%3BFUplTgIdFCtw-ymHI_a-EYa3iTEbg-VCi_vOtQ%3BFY3DUgIdadJw-ynVL2dwZfa3iTFLJ6jT_VT4Qw%3BFQumTwId1ip3-ymTwkXYMEC4iTHj320fhVSj8Q%3BFRDGTgIdfjlz-ym_P1tTsSW4iTECcBIx9JG7wg%3BFd5ITwIdRgx2-ymradOGyD64iTFc0o4yBpTHqw%3BFXYzVQIdNr90-yllN_kTQQi4iTFeJVvUV6psew%3BFa7RWgIdaOV6-yl12lcak6PHiTFt39Lt87g6iQ%3BFTiZYgIdEEx--yllTZFUnfPGiTFvBRUcgdxIVw&sll=39.494504,-75.739746&sspn=0.278183,0.608368&vpsrc=6&mra=dvme&mrsp=23&sz=11&via=1,4,5,6,17,21,23&ie=UTF8&ll=38.702659,-75.904541&spn=4.500532,9.733887&z=7&dirflg=d
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