I Haven’t Been There Yet, But I Will Go There Next Vacation
By Marcella S. Meeks
There are so many places to go here in the United States, places I have never been, and I just keep adding them to my bucket list. Today, I sat down and constructed a round road trip for July 2024 that I plan on taking if all goes as planned. It will cover several states along the East Coast that I’ve always dreamed of going to someday. Whether I make them all yet remains to be seen.
When owe leave Louisiana, our first stop will be in Biloxi, Mississippi where we’ll stay a couple of nights before driving to Mobile, Alabama for the night. The next day we’ll drive to the Florida Panhandle and work our way down to Clearwater Beach for two more nights. We’ve been to Clearwater Beach a few years back. They have the softest white sand I’ve ever seen. After that, we’re heading to the Florida Keys – Key West, The Lower Keys, Marathon, Islamorada and Key Largo, After visiting seven or eight days here, we’ll venture on to Jacksonville and stay the night. After Florida, we’ll stop off in one of the coastal towns in South Carolina before heading on to North Carolina where we’ll spend another night. Our next stop will be Norfolk, VA where we’ll spend a couple of days before heading off to see the state capitol and then somewhere in New York where we’ll hold up a couple of nights before heading to Niagara Falls. We will stay in Niagara Falls a few nights before starting our journey home. On our way back, we’ll stop for the night somewhere in Tennessee and then get up real early the next morning and drive home. Ten states (counting Louisiana) in one month!
This will be an epic trip of a lifetime and one that we probably won’t do as often but this is one time (July 2024) that I’m going to strive to make happen.
There will be two groups traveling together (both groups will have teenagers and pets along for the ride) so this will be interesting. We need trip ideas for each place – if you’ve ever been to any of the places above, we could use some ideas here. What are some of the interesting places we should visit? Leave us a comment or reply in the Reply Box below.
This trip idea is only in idea stage at this time. I’ll keep you posted whether we make it or not …
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It sounds like an epic road trip. I can’t make any recommendations, but would love to see what choices you endorse. I know My Grangather liked to takes his family to Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain and visit Civil War sites. I’ve wanted to follow his footsteps and see for myself.
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When we leave out in May, starting with day 1, I will be making posts along the way (I’ve thought about doing some videos but not sure yet how that will pan out – I’m a little camera shy, and my self-confidence always gets in my way. I have been to Teneessee back in 2001 but we were in a hurry and just passed right on through but I’d like to go back there. And the Civil War Sites sounds interesting … I’ve been to Vicksburg Missisiippi and took my children when they were in elementary school) they’re all grown and married now) and we visited the Civil War sites there. My son has always talked about wantng to go back to see that, but we just never have. Now that you’ve inspired me and reminded me, it might be a good idea to plan a Civil War trip maybe Spring Break 2025! We’ll leave Louisiana, drive to Vicksburg, Mississippi and then on down to Chattanooga, Tennessee and Lookout Mountain. It sounds like fun. I’ll invite my son along – it’s been awhile since we all took a road trip together. These days, it’s usually me and some of the grandchildren… i appreciate your comment and hope to hear from you again, Maybe it’s time you followed in your Grandfather’s footsteps and head on back down to Tennessee. I’d love to see some photos and some posts about your trip when you finally go there. You can email them to me at marcies1960@aol.com. In the meantime, I’m going to start planning a nice little road trip to Chattanooga next spring.
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Welcome to my love of fort Jesus Mombasa I’m there everyday and am a guide there.
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