Flanders’ Road Trip to East Coast – Fall 2007 All Itinerary Details Subject to Change without Notice
Friday, October 19 • 10:00 dress for trip – orange shirts (Mom’s with floral monochrome capris) • 10:30 check list – parting instructions to Bethany (water plants, collect mail, use security alarm, stay on top of laundry & dishes, etc. • 11:00 pray/ set trip odometer to 000 • 11:15 lunch at Traditions • 12:00 Tyler, TX Little Rock, AR via 155/ 59 to Texarkana, I-30, I-430 (314 mi) • 5:00 Hotel check-in: Hampton Inn Little Rock I-40 (500 W 29 th St) 501-771-2090 2 rooms w/ 2 double beds for 2 adults/8 children. Includes free hot breakfast and free high-speed internet. $74 per room per night (military—show ID). Cancel by 6pm day of arrival. Confirmation #85835815
Saturday, October 20 • 7:00 Up and dress – Jamaica T-shirts (Mom’s with maternity jeans) • 8:00 Hot breakfast buffet at hotel • 9:00 Pray/ Check gas • 9:15 Little Rock, AR Memphis, TN via I-430N/ I-40E (137 mi) • 12:30 Lunch in Memphis • 1:30 Memphis, TN Nashville, TN via I-40 (210 mi) • 5:30 Eat dinner in Nashville • 6:30 Hotel Check-in: Embassy Suites at Vanderbilt/ 1811 Broadway/ 615-320-8899. 2 rooms w/2 queen beds + sofa sleeper for 2 adults/8 children, incl. breakfast. $99 room/ night (military rate). parking $12. Confirmation #81896263
Sunday, October 21 • 7:00 Up and dress – Old Navy flag T-shirts, jeans (Mom navy maternity 2-piece) • 8:00 Breakfast at hotel • 11:00 Lunch in Nashville • 12:00 Nashville, TN Cincinnati, OH via I-65 to Louiville, KY, then I-71 (278 mi) (Stop to tour Mammoth Cave on the way) • 2:00 Set watches ahead one hour (Eastern Time) • 5:00 dinner in Cincinnati • 6:00 hotel check-in: Comfort Inn/ 5944 W Chester Rd/ 513-645-1700 (I-75 to exit 19 Union Center Blvd, TL. 1/10 mi to Mulhauser, TR. 1/10 mi to W Chester, TL. Hotel on right) 2 rooms w/2 queen beds and one roll-away for 2 adults/8 children Includes free breakfast/ free internet. Indoor, heated pool. $85/room/night Cancel by 4pm day of arrival. Confirmation #50235597
Monday, October 22 • 7:00 up and dress – Niagara Falls T-shirts (Mom in 2-pc nautical maternity outfit) • 8:00 breakfast buffet/ check-out • 9:00 pray/ check gas • 9:15 Cincinnati, OH Toledo, OH via 1-75 (198 mi) • 12:15 lunch in Toledo • 1:15 Toledo, OH Frankenmuth, MI via Hwy 23 to Flint/I-75 to exit 136 (134 mi) • 3:30 hotel check-in: Zhender’s Motel and Splash Village 1-800-863-7999 2 standard rooms, 2 double beds each for 2 adults/8 children $129/room/night price includes total of 8 passes to Splash Village (additional passes, $15 each) check-in at 4 pm, but may use water park beginning at noon. check-out at 11 am, but may swim until 4 pm. Cancel by 4 pm on Saturday, Oct. 20, to avoid cancellation fee Confirmation #L502025, L502026
When are you leaving on your trip? It has been along time since I have been to Frankenmuth Michigan so I asked my sister (who goes at least oce a year ) which restaurant she recommends and she said Bavarian Inn. She also reminded me that they have neat covered bridge which is nice to take a walk over. hopefully the fall colors will be nice but you may be there after the peak. Make sure you go to Bronners. here's a little info • Settled in 1845 with 15 original settlers • "Franken" is the province from which the settlers came: "Muth" means courage in German. The name Frankenmuth means "Courage of the Franconians" • Over 2 million people visit Frankenmuth each year • 2 million chicken dinners are served every year (700 Tons of Chicken) • Bavarian Inn & Zehnders combined can seat 2,500 people at once • Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland has a showroom the size of 5.5 football fields • 500 styles of Nativity scenes are on display at Bronner's
Tuesday, October 23 • 7:00 up and dress – turquoise/ black/ white • 8:00 breakfast at hotel • 9:00 Frankenmuth, MI Niagara Falls, NY via I-75/ I-69/Hwy 402 (230 mi) (will need passports at Canadian border, as 402 will take us through Canada) • 1:00 lunch in Niagara Falls • 4:00 Niagara Falls, NY Rochester, NY via Hwy 219 to Buffalo, then I-90 (92 mi) • 5:30 dinner in Rochester?? (or further east?) • 6:30 hotel check-in: Comfort Inn Central/ 395 Buell Rd/ 585-436-4400 (exit 46 off I-90 E. I-390 to exit 18B Brookes Ave. TR at 1 st light. Hotel on left) 2 rooms w/ 2 queen beds for 2 adults/ 6 children (computer max w/o crib) Includes free breakfast and free internet. $87/room/night (military rate) Cancel by 4pm date of arrival Confirmation #50231600
Wednesday, October 24 • 7:00 up and dress – gray T-shirts (Mom in gray/blue stripes w/ maternity jeans) • 8:00 breakfast at hotel • 9:00 Rochester, NY Albany, NY via I-90 (231 mi) • 1:00 lunch in Albany • Visit Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza – p. 56 Downtown between Madison Ave. and State St. Phone (518) 473-7521. • Art Museum tour available by appointment. Observation deck of the 42-story Corning Tower Building open daily 10-3:45. Free tours of the New York State Capitol building at Washington Ave, Swan, State and Eagle Streets given daily at 10, 12, 2 and 3. Note carvings on the Million-Dollar Staircase, which depict famous people in American history, and friends and relatives of the artists • 2:00 Albany, NY Brattleboro, VT via I-787/ Hwy 7/ Hwy 9 (81 mi) • 3:30 see covered bridge in Brattleboro? Stained Glass gallery??? • 4:30 Brattleboro, VT Concord, NH via Hwy 9 (71 mi) • 5:30 hotel check-in: Hampton Inn Bow NH/ 515 South St/ 603-224-5322 2 rooms w/2 beds each for 2 adults/8 children $92/room/night (military rate) Includes full breakfast, free high-speed internet? Confirmation #82675016
Thursday, October 25 • 7:00 up and dress – pale blue/ brown (Mom in stripes w/ brown maternity corduroys) • 8:00 breakfast at hotel • 9:00 Concord, NH Kittery Point, ME via Hwy 4 to Portsmouth to I-95 (51 mi) Listen: Your Story Hour – George Washington • 10:00 visit ____ • 11:30 lunch in Maine • 12:30 Kittery Point, ME Boston, MA via I-95 (62 mi) • 1:30 tour Boston • Eat at Durgin Park (Baber’s recommendation) – p. 289 In North Market building of Faneuil Market Place. Phone (617) 227-2038. No reservations accepted. May have to wait an hour for your seats. Generous portions of traditional New England fare, including fresh seafood and homemade dessert. Served by spicy waitresses at family-style tables. MC, VI. • 5:00 Browse Faneuil Market • Boston National Historic Park Visitor’s Center – p. 107 15 State Street, across from the Old State House. Phone (617) 242-5642. See 8-minute slide show to get overview of Boston’s Colonial history. Clean, public restrooms – use them before beginning the walk! Pack drinks/snacks in diaper bag. • 10:00 Freedom Trail – p. 107, 113-114 Begins at information center on the Common. Phone 242-5642. Free 90 minute walking tour offered at 10, 11, 1 and 2 on Sundays, conducted by Park Rangers. Follow the red line to sites, which include: Boston Common – 44 acres of property kept as “common” ground for the benefit, or punishment, of citizens. Cattle and sheep grazed there, soldiers trained, and miscreants were put in stocks or executed beneath its trees. Shaw Memorial – a bronze bas-relief recalling the first black regiment to serve in the Civil War – p. 112. State House – Note the copper-clad dome, forged in Paul Revere’s foundry and painted gold after the Civil War. This building became the model for others like it throughout the colonies, including the US Capitol. Statues, historical paintings, battle flags and war relics displayed inside. Free admission. (Closed Sundays). Park Street Church – Built in 1809, this was the scene of William Lloyd Garrison’s first anti-slavery address in 1829. Granury Burying Ground – Interred on the grounds are three signers of the Declaration of Independence – John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Robert Treat Paine – as well as Paul Revere, Peter Faneuil, Boston Massacre victims, and Benjamin Franklin’s parents. *Gravestone rubbings are not permitted in this or any other Boston cemetery– p. 108. King’s Chapel – The wooden original was erected in 1687, the first Anglican Church in America. Since the puritan settlers had fled England to get away from what they considered Anglican heresy, the church was not welcomed. The present granite building was erected around the original structure, to avoid interrupting services. The old building was then torn down and passed, piece by piece, through the windows – p. 69AE. Old City Hall – Note the two statues in front. One is of Benjamin Franklin, who despite being so closely associated with Philadelphia, was born in Boston. The other is Josiah Quincy, Boston’s second mayor and the builder of Quincy Market, soon to be seen on this walk – p. 70AE. Old Corner Bookstore – (at the end of School Street, on the left) occupied in 1833 by publishers Tiknor and Fields, it subsequently became the meeting place of several of that firms most renowned authors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Whittier, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Even Charles Dickens dropped by – p. 70AE. Old South Meeting House – The second oldest church in the city, “Old South” became a principal meeting place for agitated Bostonians during the years before the revolution. The Boston Tea Party was launched from behind these doors – p. 70AE. Old State House – In 1776, the new Declaration of Independence was first read from the balcony at the harbor end of the building. Notice the silver unicorn and golden lion on the roofline. These are replicas of the originals, which were torn down and burned during the Revolution as symbols of the hated monarchy. -–pp. 70-71AE. Faneuil Hall – focal point for Boston’s #1 tourist attraction, Faneuil Hall Market Place. The statue in front is of Sam Adams – p. 72AE. Paul Revere House – The oldest house in downtown Boston, it was built in 1680, almost 100 years before being bought by Paul Revere. This is where Revere raised his 16 children (by two wives), although they did not all live here at the same time. This was the waterfront in his time, all of the land on the other side of the square being later created by landfill. House contains 17 th and 18 th -century furnishings. Admission: $2.50 adults, $1 ages 5-17. – p.111, p. 72AE. Old North Church – The first peal on this continent sounded from this church in 1744. On the evening of April 18, 1775, a sexton displayed two lanterns in the steeple to signal the departure of the British from Boston. Call (617) 523-6676 for information about “Paul Revere Tonight” and “Behind the Scenes” – p.110. Charles River Dam Visitor’s Information Center – Free tour available daily 9-3. Phone (617) 727-1188, ext. 445 – p. 103 Charlestown Navy Yard USS Constitution – 54-gun frigate nicknamed Old Ironsides due to its engagements with the British in the War of 1812. It is purportedly the oldest commissioned ship in the world. Constructed of live oak and red cedar timbers secured by bolts and copper sheathing made by Paul Revere, it was first launched in 1797. Free admission. – p. 106. Bunker Hill Monument – Marks site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, fought June 17, 1775.Open daily 9-4:30. Free Admission. – p. 103. “Whites of their Eyes” – multi-media reenactment of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Daily 9:30-4:30 in the Bunker Hill Pavilion on the Freedom Trail next to USS Constitution . Admission: $3 adult, $1.50 ages 5-18, $8 family. John Adams home • 12:30 Eat lunch • 1:30 Children’s Wharf Museum – p.107 300 Congress St. Phone (617) 426-8855. Three floors of hands-on exhibits featuring boats and water play, giant building toys, raceways, bubbles, a climbing maze, Arthur’s World and children’s theater. Open daily 10-5, and until 9 on Fridays. No charge with DSP membership. • note Next trip visit Boston Tea Party Museum? – p. 103 Congress Street Bridge on Harbor Walk. Phone (617) 338-1773. Re-enactment every half-hour daily 9-5. Admission: $8 adults, $4 ages 4-12. • 3:30 Visit Harvard Campus in Cambridge – pp. 121-122 Harvard University Natural History Museum (24 Oxford St), esp. Botanical Museum to see the Ware Collection of glass flowers: over 3000 individual blooms created by German artists and glassblowers, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudoph, between 1887-1937. Phone (617) 495-1910. • Admission: $5 adult, $3 ages 3-13. Closes at 5 PM • 5:00 dinner in Boston • 6:00 Boston, MA Plymouth, MA via I-93 (40 mi) • 7:30 hotel check-in: Hampton Inn & Suites Plymouth. 10 Plaza Way. 508-747-5000. Two rooms w/ 2 queen beds for 2 adults + 6 children (computer limit). Indoor pool and spa. Free high-speed Internet access. Includes hot breakfast buffet. $93/ room/ night (military). Confirmation #83777100
Friday, October 26 • 6:30 up and dress – black turtlenecks (Pilgrim/ Indian costumes for younger ones) • 7:15 breakfast at hotel • 9:00 visit Plimoth Plantation (already bought family pass online for $95) • 3:30 Plymouth, MA Cape Cod, MA via I-93/ Hwy 3/ SR 28 (30 mi) • 4:00 hotel check-in: Sea Crest Resort/ 350 Quaker Rd/North Falmouth/508-540-9400 (Located on Old Silver Beach, 2.8 mi sw of jct SR 28 and 151 via SR 28A) 2 adjoining rooms with 2 double beds each with refrigerator, $145/room/night Cancel >2 weeks prior to date of arrival and receive full refund of deposit, minus $15/room processing fee. Cancel < 2 weeks, forfeit payment for one night’s lodging. Confirmation #339113, #339114 • Time? Writer’s reception—spouses invited
Saturday, October 27 • 7:00 up and dress – red polos (Mom in red kimono and floral maternity pants) • 7:30 Doug in conference
Sunday, October 28 • 7:00 up and dress – navy and green rugby shirts (Mom in green w/ denim jumper) • 8:00 breakfast at hotel—Doug in conference • 12:00 Cape Cod, MA New York, NY via __ (260 mi?) • 6:00 hotel check-in: Hampton Inn Carlstadt NJ/ 304 Patterson Pl/ 201-935-9000 2 rooms w/2 queen beds for 2 adults/8 children $109/room/night (AAA rate) Includes free hot breakfast and free high-speed internet. Cancel by 6pm day of arrival Confirmation #83995528
Monday, October 29 • 7:00 up and dress – red flag T-shirts (mom in red jumper) • 8:00 breakfast • 9:00 New York, NY Washington, DC via___ (210 mi?) (through Philadelphia @ 100 mi? – see: Betsy Ross House/ 239 Arch Street. Phone (215) 627-5343. Home where Colonial seamstress stitched the first American flag in 1777. Open Tues.-Sun. 10-5. Donations. United States Mint 5th and Arch Streets. Phone (215) 408-0114. Offers self-guiding audiotape tours, which take about 45 minutes. No cameras. Open Mon.-Fri. 9-4:30. Free admission. Liberty Bell Pavilion 5th , 6 th , Market and Chestnut Streets. Phone (215) 597-8974. Park rangers relate Bell’s history, daily 9-5. Free.
• 12:30 Tour Mount Vernon? At South end of George Washington Pkwy. Phone (703) 780-2000. Open daily 9-5. Admission: $8 adults, $4 children 6-11, free under 6. Listen: Songs of the US Presidents • 2:30 Tour US Capitol – p.88 Capitol Hill. Phone (202) 225-6827. Free 30-minute guided tours Mon.- Sat. 9:30-3:30. Get Senate & House Gallery passes from Rep. Hall ([email protected] ). Stop by his office – 2221 Rayburn House Office Building. (202) 225-6673. Must pick up passes and tomorrow’s White House tickets in advance. • 3:30 Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building – pp. 77-78 Across from Capitol at 1 st and Independence. (202) 707-6590. View 12-minute film inside West Front Entrance Visitor’s Center. Magnificent, richly ornamental Italian Renaissance architecture built in 1897. Open Mon. – Sat. 10:00 – 5:30. Free tour begins at 4:00. • 5:00 Dinner in DC – Old Ebbitt Grill? – p.416 675 15 th Street SW, one block east of White House. Phone (202) 347-4800. (Within easy walking distance from hotel) Features casual dress, children’s menu, and great clam chowder. Dinner: $9-$19. Accepts MC, DS, VI. • 6:00 hotel check-in: Embassy Suites Convention Center/ 900 10 th St/202-739-2001 2 rooms for 2 adults/6 children (max. computer would allow) Includes breakfast. $209/ room/ night (gov. rate) Cancel 24 hrs before scheduled arrival to avoid fees Confirmation #81430184 • 6:30 Tour monuments at night – Lincoln Memorial – interpretive tours given by request 8 am-midnight (p. 78) FDR Memorial – park rangers available 8am-midnight (p. 75) Jefferson Memorial – tours given by request until midnight (pp. 87-88) Washington Monument – only open 9-5 this time of year (pp.90-91)
Tuesday, October 30 • 7:00 up and dress – blue & white stripes, jeans (Moms w/ navy maternity pants) • 8:00 breakfast at hotel • 9:00 tour Washington • 6:00 Washington, DC Williamsburg, VA via __ (125 mi) Listen: • 8:00 hotel check-in: Great Wolf Lodge/ 549 E Rochambeau/ 757-229-9700 (from 1-64 Eastbound, take Lightfoot/Rt 199 exit (exit #234). Take second Mooretown exit off Rt. 199. At 1 st stopelight, turn left onto E Rochambeau Dr. Follow road past Wal-Mart (get breakfast food/ snacks??) and Lodge is just past the curve on the right) 2 family suites (no balcony) $170 room/night (AAA rate). Includes 4 waterpark passes per room (additional passes $15/day–under 2 free) Note: Mom does not need a pass for arrival/departure days, so we’ll only need one extra pass for Wed, Oct 31 Breakfast buffet (not included) is $5.95 age 5-10, $12.95 adult (we should probably just eat breakfast items from Walmart) Cancel by October 27 for refund of first night’s deposit minus $25/room Confirmation #10147600, 10147601 includes 8 • Coloring contest – ages 12 and under – turn in by 10 am daily. Winners selected at 11 am • Ghosts of Yorktown tour??
Wednesday, October 31 • 7:00 up and dress – colonial costumes • 8:00 breakfast at hotel • 1:00 Lunch in Williamsburg • 2:00 Visitor’s Center – p. 293 Get a copy of this week’s “Visitor’s Companion”. Note children’s activities. • 9:00 Visit Yorktown – pp.294-295. Off I-64 exit 247 on Old SR 238. Phone (757) 253-4838.Visit museum and Continental Army encampment and an 18 th Century farm. Open daily 9-5. • 5:00 Dinner in Williamsburg • 7:00 Tour Williamsburg, and do not miss the following stops: Powell House – children may join in doing chores with a colonial family Brickyard – remove shoes and help make bricks to be later used on site Governor’s Palace – home to 7 royal governors, P. Henry & T. Jefferson DeWitt Wallace Gallery –10,000+ decorative objects dating 1600-1830 Bassett Hall? – reservations required, (800) 447-8679. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Center – 18 th -20 th century folk art. Closed Thur. • 5:00 Dinner at King’s Tavern? Make reservations in advance. • Trick-or-treat in costume at the lodge (candy trail)
Thursday, November 1 • 7:00 up and dress – yellow polos (Mom’s w/ denim jumper) • 8:00 breakfast at hotel – check out • 9:00 Williamsburg, VA Concord, NC via I-64/I-95/ I-85 (300 mi) • Visit?? • 6:00 hotel check-in: Hampton Inn Concord/ 612 Dickens Pl NE/704-793-9700 2 rooms w/2 double beds each for 2 adults/8 children Includes free breakfast and free high speed internet. $71/room/night (gov. rate) Cancel by 6pm day of arrival to avoid penalty Confirmation #82481736
Friday, November 2 • 7:00 up and dress – brown/ khaki clothes (Mom brown velveteen maternity) • 8:00 breakfast @ hotel, check-out • 9:00 pray/ get gas • 9:15 Concord, NC Atlanta, GA via ___ (290 mi) Listen: Books on Tape: Johnny Tremain – 2½ hrs. Travel Bags: Activity Books • 3:30 Reset watches to Central Time (back one hour) • 5:00? Hotel check-in: Embassy Suites Olympic Park/ 267 Marietta/ 404-233-2300 2 parkview suites w/2 double beds + sofa sleeper for 2 adults/ 8 children Includes cooked-to-order breakfast and manager’s reception Cancel 24 hrs. before scheduled arrival to avoid penalty Confirmation #88250760
Saturday, November 3 • 7:00 up and dress – kelly green T-shirts (Mom’s w/denim maternity overalls) • 8:00 breakfast at hotel • 9:00 pray/ check gas • 9:30 visit Children’s Museum?? • 12:00 Atlanta, GA Pearl, MS (just east of Jackson) via I-20 (375 mi) Listen: Geography Songs – US States and Capitols Great American Wars – Civil War – 4 hrs. Ballads of American History – Civil War Snacks: bottled water, granola bars, raisins Travel Bags: more learning wrap-up • 5:30 dinner • 6:30 hotel check-in: Hampton Inn Jackson Pearl/ 1234 Phillips St/601-932-7676 2 rooms w/2 queen beds for 2 adults/8 children: $76.50/room/night (AAA rate) Includes free hot breakfast and free high-speed internet. Cancel by 6pm day of arrival Confirmation #87465928 • 2:00 Daylight Savings Time ends (back one hour)
Sunday, November 4 • 7:00 up and dress – New Orlean’s T-shirts (Mom’s with denim maternity overalls) • 8:00 breakfast buffet at hotel • 9:00 pray/ check gas • 9:15 Pearl, MS Tyler, TX via I-20/ Hwy 69 (300 mi) Listen: Books on Tape – Shades of Gray (Reeder) – 5¼ hrs. Snacks: Handi-snacks, juice boxes Travel Bags: activity books • 2:30 THERE”S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!!
======Don’t forget to pack: • tennis rackets • camera • Plimoth Plantation cards • computer • crochet
Wardrobe Schedule: Friday (11/19) – orange shirts (Mom’s with floral monochrome capris) Saturday (11/20)– Jamaica T-shirts (Mom’s with maternity jeans) Sunday (11/21)– Old Navy flag T-shirts, jeans (Mom navy maternity 2-piece) Monday (11/22) – Niagara Falls T-shirts (Mom in 2-pc nautical maternity outfit) Tuesday (11/23) – turquoise/ black/ white Wednesday (11/24) – gray T-shirts (Mom in gray/blue stripes w/ maternity jeans) Thursday (11/25) – pale blue/ brown (Mom in stripes w/ brown maternity corduroys) Friday (11/26) – black turtlenecks (Pilgrim/ Indian costumes; dress for pm?) Saturday (11/27) – red polos (Mom in red kimono and floral maternity pants) Sunday (11/28) – navy and green rugby shirts (Mom in green w/ denim jumper) Monday (11/29)– red flag T-shirts (mom in red jumper) Tuesday (11/30) – navy & white stripes, jeans (Moms w/ navy maternity pants) Wednesday (10/31)– colonial costumes Thursday (11/1) – yellow polos (Mom’s w/ denim jumper) Friday (11/2) – brown/ khaki clothes (Mom brown velveteen maternity) Saturday (11/3) – kelly green T-shirts (Mom’s w/denim maternity overalls) Sunday (11/4) – New Orlean’s T-shirts (Mom’s with denim maternity overalls)
Packing list for ______: shirts: orange shirt Jamaica T-shirt Old Navy flag T-shirt Niagara Falls T-shirt turquoise or black or white shirt gray T-shirt pale blue and/or brown shirt black turtleneck red polo navy and green rugby shirt red flag T-shirt navy & white stripes colonial costumes yellow polo brown/ khaki shirt kelly green T-shirt New Orlean’s T-shirt 3-4 pr. shorts 2-3 pr. blue jeans swimsuit 8-16 pr. socks (unless planning to wear sandals most of the time) 8-16 pr. underwear 4-5 pr. pajamas Colonial costume Pilgrim/ Indian costume (younger kids only)