Anonymous
06/08/2025 11:15
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Boston and cape cod. History, sports, whale watch, beaches, food.
Beach: yes
Swimming: no
Anonymous
06/08/2025 11:02
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think NYC is always amazing. There's less people and it's not high season in summer there. With kids it's not like you're needing to enjoy the charms of the city v seeing all the activities a big city offers. AC is everywhere as well. As kids, they aren't gonna remember anything adults would - they will only remember the fun
Chicago is another remarkably fun place and it will be high season there. It's such an easy trip from here. Aug has air show on the beach. I wouldn't do UP but I would do Chicago and you do have beach there. That's my hometown so h know it well.
I prefer Wildwood and Jersey shore v OBX personally. I like the food up north
Agree with PP about Boston and NE beaches but Shenandoah is easy too. It depends on how easy you want to make it and your budget. Depends on your family's personality. We are city folks who enjoy the beach but I can't hang out in sand 24/7 for 7 days straight it's just too much sun for me
Agree with Chicago. The Willis Tower sky deck, Field Science Museum, great art museums, Boat tours (River Architecture Tour or Lake Sunset tours). Great outdoor options and fun food. Plus beaches!
Chicago is not East Coast.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 11:01
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Shenandoah. It’s beautiful, it’s cooler, it’s great for kids. Stay in a lodge if you don’t like camping. Hit Luray caverns, too.
+1 for Luray
Anonymous
06/08/2025 10:24
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
The Adirondacks are beautiful. We loved lake placid.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 10:20
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
We did new river gorge and smoky mountains for spring break. I really wqnt ro go back to new river gorge during the summer. Kids can go white water Rafting, jet boats, bridge walk, rock climbing, zip lining. Plus lots of fun hikes.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 10:16
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think NYC is always amazing. There's less people and it's not high season in summer there. With kids it's not like you're needing to enjoy the charms of the city v seeing all the activities a big city offers. AC is everywhere as well. As kids, they aren't gonna remember anything adults would - they will only remember the fun
Chicago is another remarkably fun place and it will be high season there. It's such an easy trip from here. Aug has air show on the beach. I wouldn't do UP but I would do Chicago and you do have beach there. That's my hometown so h know it well.
I prefer Wildwood and Jersey shore v OBX personally. I like the food up north
Agree with PP about Boston and NE beaches but Shenandoah is easy too. It depends on how easy you want to make it and your budget. Depends on your family's personality. We are city folks who enjoy the beach but I can't hang out in sand 24/7 for 7 days straight it's just too much sun for me
Agree with Chicago. The Willis Tower sky deck, Field Science Museum, great art museums, Boat tours (River Architecture Tour or Lake Sunset tours). Great outdoor options and fun food. Plus beaches!
Chicago dogs and deep dish pizza! I lived there for 10 years, and the first place I go when I get back is either Wiener’s Circle or Lou Malnati‘s.
The Art Institute is one of my favorite museums in the world. The aquarium is great as well.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 10:14
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Shenandoah. It’s beautiful, it’s cooler, it’s great for kids. Stay in a lodge if you don’t like camping. Hit Luray caverns, too.
Beware of ticks, though.
Yep. Was up at Big Meadows on Memorial Day weekend, and came home with two ticks on me.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 10:12
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
I still remember Philadelphia and seeing the Liberty Bell when I was a kid. Seeing all of the revolutionary war stuff there, and all of the history, was amazing.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 10:03
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Sunset beach NC
Anonymous
06/08/2025 09:49
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:I think NYC is always amazing. There's less people and it's not high season in summer there. With kids it's not like you're needing to enjoy the charms of the city v seeing all the activities a big city offers. AC is everywhere as well. As kids, they aren't gonna remember anything adults would - they will only remember the fun
Chicago is another remarkably fun place and it will be high season there. It's such an easy trip from here. Aug has air show on the beach. I wouldn't do UP but I would do Chicago and you do have beach there. That's my hometown so h know it well.
I prefer Wildwood and Jersey shore v OBX personally. I like the food up north
Agree with PP about Boston and NE beaches but Shenandoah is easy too. It depends on how easy you want to make it and your budget. Depends on your family's personality. We are city folks who enjoy the beach but I can't hang out in sand 24/7 for 7 days straight it's just too much sun for me
Agree with Chicago. The Willis Tower sky deck, Field Science Museum, great art museums, Boat tours (River Architecture Tour or Lake Sunset tours). Great outdoor options and fun food. Plus beaches!
Anonymous
06/08/2025 09:49
Subject: Re:Most impressive trip on east coast
Could you do a few small things instead of one place for a week? Like a few days in Boston, do the Duck Boats, the Aquarium, the Freedom Trail if your kids are into History. Then a day in Newport RI with the mansion tours, or go into NH and go up to Conway in the White Mountains? Pick another New England town as you head back home?
Anonymous
06/08/2025 09:41
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not NYC in the summer. It’s hot and smells like balls.
I've been to NYC in August near Labor Day a bunch of times for vacation
There's lots of wow there.
It can be hot but no more than a beach vacation.
I wouldn't walk too close to dumpsters and trash bags, but it's not memorable different from other times of year regarding stenchiness.
Ok, I live in NYC and I love it all year round, but summer is known to be a stinky time in the city, as the garbage rots in the heat. It shouldn’t stop people from coming but it’s important to be realistic.
OK, but I think I am being realistic. Maybe it is that tourists don't spend as much time in stinky areas. The subway is gross but so what.
The Met and other museums, Central Park, Battery Park, Liberty Island, Broadway theater...anything by the water or air conditioned is fine.
I visited Paris in a March when the trash workers had recently been on strike and the media was full of scary pictures of trash mountains. We saw a few of those and skirted some alleys but it was NBD.
A lot of people, especially parents, don't have the luxury of traveling at the exact right time for decades.
Stinky New York can still be amazing.
I think you’ve visited a few times and don’t really know what you’re talking about. If you are walking the streets of NY, which is an important and fun part of being in the city, you will not avoid the ripeness of the city. But yes, NYC is amazing all year round.
That's exactly what OP wants to do. Just visit on a short trip. Maybe our August trips were so memorable the smell didn't bother us. We did a medium amount of walking through Manhattan and my kids did a bike tour. The subway can be gross...we saw pizza rat's little brother.
Back to amazing...I have my eye on this ticket for my next August visit.
https://experiencetheride.com/
Anonymous
06/08/2025 09:39
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
I love NYC…but not in the summertime. NYC is a great weekend trip in the fall or spring.
If your kids still talk about Puerto Rico, then they likely enjoyed the beach (and perhaps the two forts in Old San Juan coupled with the beautiful architecture and vibe and El Yunque). You can’t replicate that in area mountains imho.
If they enjoyed the beach, then take them to the beach.
If budget is an issue, post a budget and ask for tips.
I’d go to the DE/MD beaches. No need to spend a lot of time driving further. Most kids hate long drives.
Imho the key to memorable trips for kids is keeping them entertained with things they like…which is often different from what some adults like.
If your kids still talk about Puerto Rico, then they likely enjoyed the beach (and perhaps the two forts in Old San Juan coupled with the beautiful architecture and vibe and El Yunque). You can’t replicate that in area mountains imho.
If they enjoyed the beach, then take them to the beach.
If budget is an issue, post a budget and ask for tips.
I’d go to the DE/MD beaches. No need to spend a lot of time driving further. Most kids hate long drives.
Imho the key to memorable trips for kids is keeping them entertained with things they like…which is often different from what some adults like.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 09:38
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
deep creek lake and renting a pontoon is fun. Pittsburgh is supposed to be fun
Anonymous
06/08/2025 09:35
Subject: Most impressive trip on east coast
Anonymous wrote:Mammoth Cave, Smokey Mountains.
Eh we weren’t impressed with Mammoth. We loved New River Gorge in WV. Or Banff Canada.