2 week itinerary

My husband and I are planning a trip in the Fall of 2006 to Boston and surrounding area probably October when the leaves are changing. We will be driving from Wisconsin and will fly home. We would like our first stop along the way to be Niagra Falls for 2 days. Then continue on to Boston area. Looking to spend time in Boston, Plymouth Rock, Salem, maybe add some civil war or revolutionary war history into the trip. Would someone in the area please help me put this plan in motion. We also would travel north of Boston toward New England area and fly home from there. We would appreciate any and all help with an interesting itinerary.

2 week itinerary

Firstly, if you haven%26#39;t noticed from a number of posts of late, October in New England is a busy month. Hotels and B%26amp;Bs fill up quickly so I would make the reservations by August, perhaps even earlier.

Niagara Falls is a good spot to begin - you might think about visiting the area from the Canadian side. The view is better and it is less commercialized. In fact, you would probably save driving time by taking the Queen%26#39;s Highway through Ontario and then come across at Niagara or just a little bit east. I think Ogdensburg, NY is a busy border crossing.

Give some thought to changing the order in which to see things while you%26#39;re here. You can make it from Niagara Falls to Burlington, VT in a day. It%26#39;s a long one, but would allow you to see northern Vermont at the beginning of the trip, when the foliage will be peak.

I think it might be either the Shelburne Museum or perhaps UVM that would have an exhibit on the Battle of Lake Champlain. Excavation has been ongoing in locating and raising sunken vessels from that battle, including the one which Benedict Arnold commanded.

For Civil War history, you can visit St. Albans, VT, about 40 minutes north of Burlington and see the location where a small band Confederate troops tried to invade from the North via Quebec but were repelled by the locals. It%26#39;s one of those weird things that very few people aside from war buffs are aware of.

Coming south, you could veer off into New Hampshire and Maine, which I%26#39;m sure have their share of Revolutionary War spots. I can%26#39;t vouch for the Civil War.

Once you%26#39;re in Boston, you can ditch the car and do all the history stuff you want via public transport. Train service is available to Plymouth to get to the plantation and the Mayflower. The same with Salem. The only glitch would be getting to Lexington and Concord. But, if you stay outside of Boston you can keep the car and do the tranport thing into town when you want to.

Also, if you wait and do Boston at the end, you%26#39;re more apt to have warm weather further into the month and more choices of flights out of Logan. Hope this helps!

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