Trip Summary
Day by day summary of the trip. Details are on the Itinerary and the Possible Routes pages.
Tuesday, September 17
Tuesday, September 17
- Leave home and drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway from Fancy Gap, VT to Peaks of Otter Inn on the Parkway.
- Sunset at Peaks of Otter: 7:24pm
- Drive on the last of the Blue Ridge Parkway on to Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park and stay at the Big Meadows Inn in the park. Big Meadows is a good place for night photography. It will be almost past full moon on the way to Last Quarter
- Sunrise at Peaks of Otter: 7:03am Sunset at Big Meadows in Shenandoah: 7:18pm
- Explore Shenandoah National Park.
- Sunrise: 6:59am Sunset: 7:16 pm
- Drive from Shenandoah to the Poconos
- Sunrise at Shenandoah: 7:00am Sunset in the Poconos: 7:05pm
- Drive from Poconos to Manchester, VT
- Sunrise in the Poconos: 6:49 pm Sunset in Manchester: Sunset at 6:52pm
- Drive from Manchester to Lake Champlain. Stay at North Hero House, North Hero, Vermont
- Sunrise: 6:39am Sunset: 6:51 pm
- Average Temperature in Burlington, VT in September: 51 degrees Low and 70 Degrees High
- Tour Lake Champlain Area - Stay again at North Hero House
- Sunrise: 6:41 am Sunset: 6:49 pm
- Drive from North Hero to Stowe taking a very scenic route through the Green Mountains and Scenic Highway 100. Stay at the Stowehof Inn
- Sunrise: 6:42 am on Lake Champlain Sunset: 6:45 pm in Stowe, VT
- Average Temperature in Stowe, VT in September: 43 degrees Low and 56 Degrees High
- Tour area around Stowe. Stay another night in the Stowehof Inn
- Sunrise: 6:41 am Sunset: 6:43 pm
- Drive from Stowe to Franconia in the White Mountains. Stay at Gale River Motel
- Sunrise: 6:42 am in Stowe Sunset: 6:37 pm in Franconia, NH
- Tour the White Mountains. Stay at the Gale River Motel each night
- Sunrise: 6:40 am Sunset: 6:35 pm
- New Moon, September 28
- Average Temperature in North Conway, NH in September: 34 degrees Low and 57 Degrees High
- Drive from Franconia to Bethel Maine. This is a short drive so we will see more of the White Mountains on the way. Stay at Bethel Village Motel
- Sunrise: 6:29 am in Franconia Sunset: 6:26 pm in Bethel, ME
- Explore the western mountains of Maine. Travel from Bethel to Rangely, Maine. Stay at Loon Lodge in Rangeley
- Sunrise: 6:41 am in Bethel, ME Sunset: 6:23 pm in Rangele, ME
- Average Temperature in Rangeley, Maine in October: 32 degrees Low and 53 Degrees High
- Tour the Rangely Lakes region. Stay at Loon Lodge again.
- Sunrise: 6:42 am Sunset: 6:22 pm
- Drive from Rangely, Maine to Acadia. Travel on the Old Canada Byway and see Moxie Falls. Stay at Otter Creek Inn
- Sunrise: 6:43 am in Rangeley, ME Sunset: 6:10 pm in Otter Creek, Maine
- Tour Acadia National Park
- Sunrise: 6:34 am Sunset: 6:09 pm on Friday
- Sunrise: 6:40 am Sunset: 6:00 pm on Thursday 10/9
- First Quarter Moon on October 5
- Average Temperature in Bar Harbor, Maine in October: 42 degrees Low and 59 Degrees High
- Leave Acadia and tour the Blue Hill Peninsula. Stay at the Country Inn at Camden-Rockport
- Sunrise: 6:41 am in Otter Creek Sunset: 6:02 pm in Camden, ME
- Tour Coastal Maine from Camden to Sears Point. Stay at the Country Inn at Camden-Rockport
- Sunrise: 6:46 am Sunset: 6:00 pm
- Average Temperature in Portland, Maine in October: 39 degrees Low and 59 Degrees High
- Tour Coastal Maine from Camden to Boothbay Harbor. Stay at Cap N'Fish's in Boothbay Harbor
- Sunrise: 6:48 am in Camden Sunset: 6:00 pm in Boothbay
- Tour Coastal Maine from Boothbay to Phippsburg Peninsula. Stay at Cap N'Fish's in Boothbay Harbor
- Sunrise: 6:50 am Sunset: 5:59 pm
- Full Moon
- Tour Coastal Maine and drive to South Portland. Stay at Best Western Merry Manor
- Sunrise: 6:51 am in Boothbay Sunset: 6:00 pm in South Portland, ME
- Tour some of Portland and travel to Keene, New Hampshire. Stay at Best Western Plus Keene.
- Sunrise: 6:55 am in South Portland Sunset: 6:07 pm in Keene, NH
- Average Temperature in Keene, New Hampshire in October: 35 degrees Low and 61 Degrees High
- Tour Southern New Hampshire. Stay at Best Western Plus Keene again.
- Sunrise: 7:04 am Sunset: 6:05 pm
- Drive from Keene to Queeche Gorge, Vermont. We will travel on Scenic Highway 100. Stay at Quality Inn Queeche Gorge
- Sunrise: 7:05 am in Keene, NH Sunset: 6:03 pm in Queeche Gorge, VT
- Drive from Queeche Gorge to Bennington. Stay at Harwood Hill in Bennington, Vermont
- Sunrise: 7:07 am in Queeche Gorge, VT Sunset: 6:06 pm in Bennington, VT
- Average Temperature in Queeche, New Hampshire in October: 38 degrees Low and 56 Degrees High
- Leave Bennington and tour the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Stay at the Great Barrington Travel Lodge
- Sunrise: 7:11 am Sunset: 6:06 pm in Great Barrington, MA
- Average Temperature in Bennington, VT in October: 36 degrees Low and 59 Degrees High
- Begin the drive home. Stay at the Comfort Inn in Chambersburg, PA
- Drive home