Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
10-23-2009, 06:30 AM
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Don't worry about the flock treatment of the tour buses in DC. If you're wanting to capture as much as possible in DC, just go ahead and use them. You can get off where you want and stay as long as you like. There's a bus at each of the many stops every 15 minutes and they usually aren't too packed. I've done it both ways and the tour buses are the way to go... There is just too much to see in DC and like the last time my wife and I were there, we scored a few tickets to the limitied places there (the top of the Washington Monument, the Capitol) by riding the tour bus from other tourists that weren't going tp use them. The tickets are free, but they limited the amount of traffic to them. I would plan on a day there with all the Smithsonian Museums, monuments, and Arlington Cemetery - you have to see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Since you're going up and coming back, don't forget about Niagra Falls and the western side of NY/Canada. It would be a straight shot east of Boston and you could come down through Pennsylvania, West Viginia, Vrginia, North Carolina and into Tennessee. There's a lot of scenery to see this route. The only problem with the Blue Ridge Parkway this time of year is the traffic. The fall foliage draws a lot of pepole to the parkway and if you want to capture some of this, I would get on it for a few hours and then jump back on an interstate. There's still a lot to see from the interstate not to discount it and you'll be able to travel faster. Anyways, have fun on your trip.
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