East Coast Trip List/Summary
April 19th, 2023
This is the last post for the East Coast Trip, This will include a list with all of the East Coast Trip Posts and also a little sample of each post. This post has been updated recently to make it so that it has the first 55 words of each East Coast Trip post, so that you can sort of get the idea for each post
- East Coast Trip Part One - National Museum of the U.S. Air Force/Dayton, OH
- East Coast Trip Part Two - Grand Island/Niagara Falls, NY
- East Coast Trip Part Three - Bar Harbor, ME/Acadia NP, ME
- East Coast Trip Part Four - Boston, MA
- East Coast Trip Part Five - Washington, D.C. Metro
- East Coast Trip Part Six - Luray, VA/Shenandoah NP, VA
- East Coast Trip Part Seven - Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN and NC
- East Coast Trip Part Eight - Huntsville, AL/U.S. Space and Rocket Center
- East Coast Trip Part Nine - Miramar Beach, FL, Ocmulgee Mounds, GA and Chickamauga Battlefield, GA
Part One - National Museum of the U.S. Air Force/Dayton, OH
At our first major stop on our East Coast Trip was Dayton, OH, were we went to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force twice! I saw a Wright Military Flyer (replica), the B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Bell,a B-24, a B-26, Me 109, Me 190, Me 163 Komet, Me 262, P-80 Shooting Star...
Part Two - Grand Island/Niagara Falls, NY
After Dayton, OH we went to Sandusky, OH for a few nights to meet with some of our friends. After there we went to Grand Island, NY for the night were we went to Niagara Falls and did the Maid of the Mist boat tour (because at the time the U.S./Canadian border was closed). While doing the tour, we saw American, Bridal Veil, and Horseshoe Falls...
Part Three - Bar Harbor/Acadia NP, ME
After we left Grand Island, NY we went to Albany, NY for the night, then, after Albany, we went to Portsmouth, NH for several nights. Then, we went to Bar Harbor, ME for a week. The following dates are what we did there.
September 14th 2022:
On our first full day, we hiked to the top of the Beehive (a massive rock formation that kinda looks like a huge beehive). If you are in the area it...
Part Four - Boston, MA
After Bar Harbor, ME we went to Boston, Massachusetts for several days. While in Boston, we walked seven miles of the Freedom Trail throughout Boston stopping at in order of this list below. When we first went to the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest ship still commissioned in active service with any navy (since 1799) it was closed to the public due to a trip scheduled...
Part Five - Washington, D.C. Metro
After Boston, MA, we went to the Washington, D.C. metro for a week. While in D.C. we went to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, right outside of Washington Dulles International Airport. This museum is one of the two locations of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. While there we saw over 300 aircraft including the World War I SPAD to the Boeing 307 to the Boeing...
Part Six - Luray, VA/Shenandoah NP, VA
After Washington, D.C. we went to Luray, VA where we went to Luray Caverns one time and Shenandoah National Park three times.
October 2nd 2022
On the day we arrived, we went to Luray Caverns where we walked 1.25 miles of paved trail throughout the cave. The cave was discovered in 1876 and is over 64 acres in all of the charted area. The cave also...
Part Seven - Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN and NC
After Luray, VA we went to Gatlinburg, TN for three weeks. This post includes the highlights of several days.
October 8th 2022:
Our first hike was the Appalachian Trail to Mount Kephart via the Jumpoff Trail. The trail starts at Newfound Gap (in the western part of the country, it would be Newfound Pass) which is one of the most popular spots in the...
Part Eight - Huntsville, AL / U.S. Space and Rocket Center
After we left Gatlinburg, we went to Huntsville, AL for the night where we went to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. The Space and Rocket Center is home to one of the three remaining Saturn V's and one of the ~5 remaining V-2 Rockets. The Space and Rocket Center is also the home of Space Camp (you might of heard of the movie Space Camp which is based...
Part Nine - Miramar Beach, FL, Ocmulgee Mounds NHS, GA and Chickamauga NBP, GA
Miramar Beach, FL/Point Washington State Forest:
After Huntsville, AL, we went to Miramar Beach, FL. We stayed at Camp Gulf and several sites were directly on the beach! While we were here, I also saw the Blue Angels fly over our campground and the Blue Angels support aircraft, the C-130J, Fat Albert several times. Our bike ride at...
