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New England fall foilage
We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage.
Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! |
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"Segue" wrote in message ... We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage. Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! If you're from an area without fall color, a cruise at the right time would be beautiful. In my area, Indiana, prime color is dependant on the weather and hard to predict. There is some color for a month. I don't know if that would diminish a "fall color cruise" by having trouble predicting the right week to travel. New Englanders could tell you if driving would be significantly better for that reason. Of course, a cruise is always good. Harry Cooper |
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"Segue" wrote in message ... We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage. Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! We did a Fall Foliage sailing a few years back. It was a wonderful trip with regard to the places we visited (Newport, Quebec, Saguenay River Fjord, Halifax) but it definitely was NOT a good sailing from a beautiful foliage perspective. You're pretty far out to sea much of the time, so you don't see any foliage, and once up near Halifax/Sydney and the St. Lawrence Seaway, most of the trees are evergreens. And the St. Lawrence is so wide that you don't see the land on the sides much. The only place we saw nice foliage was Quebec. But that's already much further south compared to where you turn into the St. Lawrence from the Atlantic. If you want beautiful foliage, I vote driving vacation. Though make sure you get to Quebec. I loved Quebec. Beautiful city. --Tom |
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"Seehorse Video" wrote in message ... "Segue" wrote in message ... We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage. Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! If you're from an area without fall color, a cruise at the right time would be beautiful. In my area, Indiana, prime color is dependant on the weather and hard to predict. There is some color for a month. I don't know if that would diminish a "fall color cruise" by having trouble predicting the right week to travel. New Englanders could tell you if driving would be significantly better for that reason. Of course, a cruise is always good. Harry Cooper Timing is not the issue, it's that you're way too far out at sea, or way too far north much of the time. Once up near Halifax/Sydney and around the top of the St. Lawrence most of the trees are evergreens. The only place we saw beautiful maple trees was Quebec. And many Fall foliage sailings don't even go to Quebec. --Tom |
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:46:55 GMT, "Segue" wrote:
We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage. Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! I'm from Western Massachusetts. No cruise will show the foliage like driving. Why not take in the Berkshires and some historical places like Concord/ Lexington as well as many of the old whaling towns? Thumper Here's a few sites that will help you plan a trip. You should book hotels well in advance. http://www.yankeefoliage.com/slides/ http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/fal...ltrvelplnr.htm http://www.visitnewengland.com/curre...nies_list.html |
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New England fall foilage
Amtrak runs a train thru the Adirondacks that goes to
Montreal. You can time it just right for color. It might be worth a try. I heard there are some fantastic views. Joe "Segue" wrote in message ... We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage. Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! |
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"Joe C" wrote in message ... Amtrak runs a train thru the Adirondacks that goes to Montreal. You can time it just right for color. It might be worth a try. I heard there are some fantastic views. Joe The Montreal train used to run at night. From Wikipedia: Amtrak's Vermonter is a 611-mile (983 km) passenger train service between St. Albans, Vermont, New York City and Washington, D.C. One trip runs in each direction per day. The train replaced the overnight Montrealer which terminated in Montreal, Canada. When the Montrealer route was threatened with cancellation due to budget cuts, the State of Vermont stepped in to subsidize service as far north as St. Albans, near the Canadian border. It sound like it might be a good option even though it doesn't go to Montreal. --Tom |
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New England fall foilage
We never take a new england cruise for viewing the foliage,since we have
beautiful scenery right here in south jersey in the fall. cruise lover(~~~~~) .. |
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New England fall foilage
"Tom K" wrote in message
... "Segue" wrote in message ... We are thinking of a cruise in the fall to see the New England foilage. Have never been to New England in the fall -- seeking advice as to whether a cruise is the best way to do this or would a driving vacation be better? Thanks! We did a Fall Foliage sailing a few years back. It was a wonderful trip with regard to the places we visited (Newport, Quebec, Saguenay River Fjord, Halifax) but it definitely was NOT a good sailing from a beautiful foliage perspective. You're pretty far out to sea much of the time, so you don't see any foliage, and once up near Halifax/Sydney and the St. Lawrence Seaway, most of the trees are evergreens. And the St. Lawrence is so wide that you don't see the land on the sides much. The only place we saw nice foliage was Quebec. But that's already much further south compared to where you turn into the St. Lawrence from the Atlantic. If you want beautiful foliage, I vote driving vacation. Though make sure you get to Quebec. I loved Quebec. Beautiful city. Thank you Tom and everyone else who responded. This was exacly the information we need! For fall foilage we will drive, and save the cruising for another time and place. Have a happy New Year, all, Segue |
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