When dreaming about retirement one of the fun things to do is to think about the traveling you will do, once you don’t have to go to work every day.
When you are in retirement, one of the fun things to do is to think of all the neat things you have done over your lifetime.
For today’s post, I am combining those two ideas and posting about some of the enjoyable road trips that I have done. This has been fun to remember and maybe will give you an idea for a road trip of your own. Some here are some memorable scenic road trips I have experienced.
Road Trips
1. Blue Ridge Parkway is absolutely gorgeous! Described as America’s favorite drive. I started near Cherokee NC took the parkway all the way up to Blowing Rock. Also have been on the Blue Ridge Parkway in a drive through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The Summer or early Fall is a great time for this trip.
2. Montana Practically the whole state is scenic but we took I-15 to Butte, then I-90 to Missoula then to the scenic drive on Hwy 83 to Kalispell and Whitefish. Along the way we passed through the Valley of 1,00o haystacks. From there a ride through Glacier National Park on the Going to the Sun road staying in the wonderful park lodges ending up at the famous Many Glacier Lodge.
3. Nova Scotia Flew to Boston and got a comfortable rental car for the drive up to Portland Maine and took the ferry over to Yarmouth Nova Scotia. With the help of the Canadian Embassy we have planned out 5 overnight stays on the drive along the northern coast, stopping on our trip at the Bay of Fundy to eat scallops and to visit the scenic Peggy’s Cove, ending up at Halifax.
4. Charlottesville VA area. Make Charlottesville your base and take in the area with day trips to homes of three presidents, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison. Not to be missed is a day trip through the Shenandoah National Park. Allow 3 or 4 nights in Charlottesville but you could continue the trip down to Williamsburg and Jamestown for a longer trip.
Retirement Travel
So these are four of my best road trips. For your retirement travel planning, maybe this will give you an idea for a trip of your own. Enjoy!
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Originally posted 2012-05-13 12:31:41.
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Nice to read about these four road trips. This blog is very helpful to plan my trip.