tips for driving from New York to Birmingham

Hi Everybody,

My boyfriend and I will be driving back and forth from Long Island, NY
to Birmingham, Alabama for a wedding. We have no experience driving
south of Maryland and would love some tips on what to see and where to
stay. We like to see things like caverns and stay places with private
bathrooms. Besides those 2 things and a moderate budget, we're
completely open.

Thanks!
Liz

"Liz" wrote in message
...
Hi Everybody,

My boyfriend and I will be driving back and forth from Long Island, NY
to Birmingham, Alabama for a wedding. We have no experience driving
south of Maryland and would love some tips on what to see and where to
stay. We like to see things like caverns and stay places with private
bathrooms. Besides those 2 things and a moderate budget, we're
completely open.

Thanks!
Liz


hmmmm....I don't know what you've been reading about the South, but all of
our h/motels these days have private bathrooms. Indoor plumbing, too.

:-)

stay places with private bathrooms

The only places you'll find shared bathrooms is in some "Bed &
Breakfast" places (private homes), hostels (dormitory-style hotels),
and campgrounds.

On Apr 23, 12:26*pm, wrote:
stay places with private bathrooms

The only places you'll find shared bathrooms is in some "Bed &
Breakfast" places (private homes), hostels (dormitory-style hotels),
and campgrounds.

Sorry, I wasn't dissing the South. Yes, that's what I meant. :-) I
don't want recommendations for B&Bs unless they have some rooms with
private bathrooms. anyone?

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:20:48 -0700 (PDT), Liz
wrote:

Hi Everybody,

My boyfriend and I will be driving back and forth from Long Island, NY
to Birmingham, Alabama for a wedding. We have no experience driving
south of Maryland and would love some tips on what to see and where to
stay. We like to see things like caverns and stay places with private
bathrooms. Besides those 2 things and a moderate budget, we're
completely open.

Be sure to take the route down through Delaware and over the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge into Virginia!

"Liz" wrote in message
...
On Apr 23, 12:26 pm, wrote:
stay places with private bathrooms

The only places you'll find shared bathrooms is in some "Bed &
Breakfast" places (private homes), hostels (dormitory-style hotels),
and campgrounds.

Sorry, I wasn't dissing the South. Yes, that's what I meant. :-) I
don't want recommendations for B&Bs unless they have some rooms with
private bathrooms. anyone?




Liz -- It might help if you let us know which route you're taking. Straight
interstate, or do you have time to wander on back roads? There are lots of
nice B&Bs in the area around the Smokies (look up Townsend or Wear Valley,
Tennessee, or areas around Asheville). There are caverns throughout
Kentucky, and SW Virginia, too, if I remember right (but I'm blanking on
names). But those aren't on your way, unless you have detour time.

Sarah

Liz wrote:
Hi Everybody,

My boyfriend and I will be driving back and forth from Long Island,
NY
to Birmingham, Alabama for a wedding. We have no experience driving
south of Maryland and would love some tips on what to see and where
to
stay. We like to see things like caverns and stay places with
private
bathrooms. Besides those 2 things and a moderate budget, we're
completely open.

Luray Caverns would be the obvious choice--largest cavern in the east,
quite pretty, and it's a mile off of the fastest route from NYC to
Birmingham. If you like Neil Gaiman or tourist traps, you should
probably see Rock City in Chattanooga--it's also very close to the
fastest route, but it's not really much of a cave. Mammoth Cave will
take you about 300 miles off the route--it's the _longest_ known cave
in the world.

Beyond that, here's a list of commercialized caverns in Virgina
http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?featureid=30.

If you're experienced cavers/climbers (and have a quarter mile or so
of rope and a good set of ascenders) then you might also want to check
out Ellison's Cave in Armuchee, GA, which would take you about 60
miles off your route--has two different 400+ foot pits among other
things--no guided tours though--it's in a state wildlife management
area and you're pretty much on your own.

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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:04:02 GMT, (Graz) wrote:


Be sure to take the route down through Delaware and over the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge into Virginia!

It would add more than 3 hours to the trip and would miss the caverns;
many of which are along I-81.

wrote in message
...
stay places with private bathrooms

The only places you'll find shared bathrooms is in some "Bed &
Breakfast" places (private homes), hostels (dormitory-style hotels),
and campgrounds.


In MY opinion, that is reason enough to NOT stay in B and B's. Why ANYONE
would want to have toshare a bathroom...or have a communal breakfast is way
beyond me! I want to have private conversations during breakfast..I don't
want to be NICE and SOCIAL at that horrible time of the day.

"Sarah Banick" wrote in message
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"Liz" wrote in message
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On Apr 23, 12:26 pm, wrote:
stay places with private bathrooms

The only places you'll find shared bathrooms is in some "Bed &
Breakfast" places (private homes), hostels (dormitory-style hotels),
and campgrounds.

Sorry, I wasn't dissing the South. Yes, that's what I meant. :-) I
don't want recommendations for B&Bs unless they have some rooms with
private bathrooms. anyone?




Liz -- It might help if you let us know which route you're taking.
Straight interstate, or do you have time to wander on back roads? There
are lots of nice B&Bs in the area around the Smokies (look up Townsend or
Wear Valley, Tennessee, or areas around Asheville). There are caverns
throughout Kentucky, and SW Virginia, too, if I remember right (but I'm
blanking on names). But those aren't on your way, unless you have detour
time.

Sarah

Some "sawthern Laydies" are so well-used that their "parts" resemble
caverns, both stem and stern.