Vacation suggestions from east coast Vintagers
09-11-2009, 11:41 AM
#14
I was going to suggest Middleburg, since it is a lovely old town and not far from Dulles. But the traffic on Route 50 in the weekday morning is a mess (so I hear). You may have the same problem on the Dulles Greenway (the road John is suggesting). There is a hotel right at the airport. Not that exciting, though. 
09-11-2009, 12:06 PM
#15
Originally Posted by valentine,Sep 11 2009, 02:24 PM
A great place!! Thanks again, Zippy for arranging the wonderful spring trip.
09-12-2009, 04:12 AM
#17
Originally Posted by Morris,Sep 11 2009, 12:36 PM
One more question- we need to spend the last night close to Dulles Airport. I think we should be on the west side of DC to avoid traffic going into DC on Wed. morning. What's a good town/area to stay? Any favorite hotels?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Rory Kelly 703-618-5466
You can take it easy in the morning, leave your hotel around 10-1030, do a winery or 2 for lunch, and then head to DC for the monuments and museums in the afternoon and early evening. Washington at dusk is just great.
Rory is a great guy ...... and Again .. my $0.02 .
09-12-2009, 05:09 AM
#19
I got nothing.
09-12-2009, 06:05 AM
#20
Couple items not mentioned yet....depending on your timing:
* Annapolis would be a great spot to visit....history, USNA, seafood, sailing and the Chesapeake region. It's only 36,000 pop and easy to get there from Dulles
* Obviously, there is also a wealth of history right around G-burg, unless you've already "done it" before. The new Visitor Center is terrific and there should be some re-enactor stuff going on on the battlefield. At the VC, you can also book a spot on a tour of the Eisenhower farm....Ike and Mamies home after his Presidency....very interesting. Looter already gave you some good restaurant tips....and there IS a B&B right on the edge of the battlefield.
* Gettysburg is one the east end of Adams County, which has 20,000 acres of orchards and is the Apple Capital of Peeay. The small town of Arendtsville (aka A-ville
) is 10 miles N of Gettysburg and hosts a neat Apple Festival for two weekends in early October. Google to find out specifics.
* The ACAA annual "big deal" of Classic Cars takes place about 40 miles east of G-burg on October 7-8-9-10 in HERSHEY, Peeay. This event is HUGE (judged classics, car corral, swap meet, etc), but may interest you more than the +1. OTOH, the town of Hershy and it's history is also interesting. I am going on Fri morning Oct 9...haven't made it there is many years.
* Annapolis would be a great spot to visit....history, USNA, seafood, sailing and the Chesapeake region. It's only 36,000 pop and easy to get there from Dulles
* Obviously, there is also a wealth of history right around G-burg, unless you've already "done it" before. The new Visitor Center is terrific and there should be some re-enactor stuff going on on the battlefield. At the VC, you can also book a spot on a tour of the Eisenhower farm....Ike and Mamies home after his Presidency....very interesting. Looter already gave you some good restaurant tips....and there IS a B&B right on the edge of the battlefield.
* Gettysburg is one the east end of Adams County, which has 20,000 acres of orchards and is the Apple Capital of Peeay. The small town of Arendtsville (aka A-ville
) is 10 miles N of Gettysburg and hosts a neat Apple Festival for two weekends in early October. Google to find out specifics. * The ACAA annual "big deal" of Classic Cars takes place about 40 miles east of G-burg on October 7-8-9-10 in HERSHEY, Peeay. This event is HUGE (judged classics, car corral, swap meet, etc), but may interest you more than the +1. OTOH, the town of Hershy and it's history is also interesting. I am going on Fri morning Oct 9...haven't made it there is many years.