Day 1 - Baltimore and Drive

Arrive in BWI and pick up the rental car

Drive 20 min to Ellicott City (cute little downtown with many shops and a nice food scene)

Eat lunch at Ellicott City Manor Hill Tavern 

Drive to Gettysburg (1h 20m) - National Park

Have a drink and snack at Mason Dixon Distillery

Drive to Hershey World (1h) - tour runs every 30 min. book bar tour around 6:00pm

Dinner - Irv’s Pub  

Stay in Holiday Inn Express West Harrisonburg (2 nights)

 

Day 2 - Hershey Park

Breakfast at the hotel

Hershey Park - $15 parking - Opens at 10 am

 

Day 3 - Ithaca, Finger Lakes

Breakfast at the hotel - leave by 8 to drive to Ithaca (3h 30m)

Lunch - Ithaca Beer Company

See Cornell University (12m)

Drive to Taughannock Falls State Park (20m) $8 fee (Gorge Trail) Damiani Cellars (27m)

Drive to Watkins Glen State Park (10m) $8 fee (Gorge Trail)

Fox Run Vineyards (28m)

Drive to dinner (12m) - Kindred Fare

Stay at Hyatt Regency Rochester (50m) - 2 nights

 

Day 4 Niagara Falls

Breakfast at Starbucks in hotel

Drive to Niagara Falls (1h 30m)

Maid of the Mist ride ($18 adult and $10 kids)

Lunch - Third Street Retreat

Drive to Old Fort Niagara (30m) and see Lake Ontario

Drive to Lockport Cave Tour (30m) ($15 adults and $10 kids) Dinner - Tap and Mallet

Second Night Hyatt Regency

 

Day 5 Drive Upstate New York

Breakfast at Starbucks in hotel

Rochester Museum of Play ( $15 pp)

Lunch - The Gate House

Drive to Cooperstown (3h) visit the Hall of Fame ($23 adults and $12 kids)

Dinner - Mel’s at 22

Drive 1h to Stay at Holiday Inn Johnstown 

 

Day 6 Drive to Vermont

Drive to Fort Ticonderoga (2h) ($23 adults and $10 kids)

Drive to Burlington, VT (1h 20m)

Lunch - Farmhouse Tap and Grill

Drive to Ben and Jerry’s factory tour (20m) ($4 adults - buy there) Drive to Sterling Pond Trail (1h)

Visit Cabot Cheese and Champlain Chocolates

Dinner - Blackback Pub

Stay in Fairfield Marriott Waterbury 

 

Day 7 Drive to Maine and Acadia National Park

Breakfast at hotel leave by 7 am

Drive to Augusta (4h) lunch - Vickery Cafe (sandwich shop)

Drive to Bar Harbor (2h) check into hotel Wonder View Inn 

Hike - Bar Harbor Trail (low tide), Ocean Path Trail  

Dinner - Geddy's

 

Day 8 Maine

Wake up early to see the sunrise on Cadillac Mountain

Bubble Rock Trail Hike Drive

30 m to Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse and Wonderland Trail Lunch - Charlotte’s Lobster Pound

Drive to Portland (3h 15m)

Beer Tour at Allagash Brewery

Drive to Portland Head Lighthouse (15m)

Dinner - Otto Pizza

Drive 26 m to Holiday Inn Express Biddeford (booked FREE)

 

Day 9 Drive Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Drive to North End area Boston 1h 30m - park and walk around Lunch - Pauli’s (sandwich place and Mike’s Pastry)

Drive to Pilgrim Memorial State Park 45m - Plymouth Rock

Drive 40m to Falmouth, Cape Cod

Rent bikes from Corner Cycle $12 adults and $8

Drive (1h 15m) to see Brown University 

Check into Airbnb 

Walk to Dinner - Ogie’s Trailer Park

 

Day 10 Rhode Island to NYC

Breakfast - Holy Donut

Drive 50m to Newport, RI - Cliff Walk

Drive to New Haven, lunch (pizza) and see Yale

Check into AirBnB on Upper East Side

Walk 15 min to Central Park Walk 

Walk 15m to Top of the Rock $34 adults and $28 kids 

Walk to Times Square

Dinner - whatever inspires us

 

Day 11 NYC to Philadelphia

Breakfast - bagels

Drive to Liberty Park NJ Statue of Liberty $18 adults $9 kids

Drive to Philadelphia (2h)

Stop in Staten Island for lunch - G-Knows Cheesesteaks

Smith Playground,  Museum of American Revolution

Dinner - Lucky's Last Chance

Stay in Airbnb (Queen's Village)

 

Day 12 Philadelphia to Airport

9am - Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, US Mint Tour (free) Lunch - Independence Beer Hall

Drive back to Baltimore - Stop at University of Delaware 1h 8m

DInner at airport - Flight back