Road trip from Dallas, TX through Vermont

[Betty Farmer]

My husband and I will be leaving the area of Dallas, TX, through Northeast Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky into western Indiana.Then through Indiana, Ohio, New York state, in and through Vermont being the destination. We will be returning to Texas.



Due to limitation in walking it is strictly a driving trip; without itinerary. Looking for scenery, good camping areas and points of interest you have enjoyed.


2 lane roads and mountainous areas do not deter us. We are pulling a 28 ft AS with a one ton GMC DuroMax Diesel, dually. Yes, an overkill. We used the pickup in our construction business prior to owning the Airstream travel trailers.



I thank you.

[uncle_bob]

Hi

Well, one route option is Dallas -> Memphis -> Nashville -> I-81 and up to New England that way. Not a lot of insane traffic (but there is some) and there are a lot of nice places to stop along the way.

Do you have a specific stopping point in Indiana? It might help us to come up with ideas if you have another destination in route.

Bob

[Betty Farmer]

I plan to make a 2-3 day stop stop in Odon, Indiana. Odon is in the Southwestern quadrant of Indiana; northeast of Vincennes and North of Washington, IN and Montgomery.Perhaps in Daviess County.Thank you for your input.

[Goal15]

5 hours or so from Dallas, Maumelle COE campground just west of Little Rock on the Arkansas River. Great place to stay a day or a week.

Seven Points COE campground just east of Nashville. A hidden gem

Then head north through Bowling Geen Ky. Shaker Museum at South Union Ky

In Vermont, don't miss Shelburne Museum Also covered bridge between Windsor, Ct and Cornish NH

[sb55]

I live in Vermont. What time of year are you traveling?Since Vermont is a small State you can probably get by with a South, Central and North campground and do day trips to most sights.

[UpStateNYer]

I live in NY upstate and lived in Dallas 20 years.

I grew up in New York and went to the Adirondacks as a kid every summer.

if you want convenience go to Brookwood RV Resort. If you want a beautiful campground then Roger's Rock is the way to go. No electrical or on site water hook ups but water spigots every 3rd site. 45 minutes to Middlebury, Vermont.

call me at 315-368-3633 and I will give you my perspective.

[slowmover]

We took that trip from Dallas in 1969. Detoured around the gigantic Big Muskie dragline as the Interstate was closed and a huge high dirt ramp was built to get it over the road. We were still all about the biggest, the best, and no limits till about that point. (The Moon Landing). Hit the Great Lakes near Erie, PA and studied the rocks of Niagara Falls as the American side was turned off that year. (Who else turns off the faucet to one of the Great Lakes. Who else could?)

Enjoyed the company of my grandmothers aunt in Essex Junction where she’d served as postmistress for years. About 90 then. A real heatwave, they were all complaining as it was 87F. Shelburne Museum was great.

Got caught in the traffic for Woodstock on the way back past NYC. I’ve had fun for almost a half-century telling knuckleheads I was there. Ha! (With the Manson murders, the bloom was forever off of California from then on. Only went back once).

IH69, IH64 and IH81 make the easiest route as to least traffic out of Texas. But that’s not the point to travel, is it?

Upstate NY and Lake Champlain were much my favorites. Personally, I’d make the Erie Canal a significant part of that trip today. From Buffalo and east. Then water and rail transport up the Hudson Valley. (The different map overlays thru time).

Good luck.

(Though you won’t have the fun I did in watching those nickel-squeezing Yankees eyeball a big bechromed Cadillac with Texas plates. And pulling a wingless aircraft behind it).

Someone cue up Sinatra in that great 1958 Billy May arrangement of, “Let’s Get Away From It All”.

And have fun.

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[PKI]

Betty, you have two threads running. Might ask the mods to combine and eliminate or not.

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f42/...nt-185100.html

Travel safe. That can be a great trip. Pat