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- October 11, 2023. Montreal to Home.Today was our last day in Montreal. We needed to checkout of The David by 11 but our flight wasn’t until 6:50pm. So the hotel allowed us to store our… Read more: October 11, 2023. Montreal to Home.
- October 10, 2023. Montreal.Our final day in Montreal celebrating Lorna’s birthday today! We had a relaxing morning at The David before we headed off at 10. The plan was to walk to the… Read more: October 10, 2023. Montreal.
- October 9, 2023. Montreal.Yesterday, Lorna found an interesting guided walking tour called “Old Montreal: Off the Beaten Path” and signed up for it today. Before we left the hotel for the walk to… Read more: October 9, 2023. Montreal.
- October 8, 2023. Montreal.Lorna had the great idea yesterday to book us on a small group, full-day Montreal city tour for today. We were instructed to meet our tour guide/driver at the nearby… Read more: October 8, 2023. Montreal.
- October 7, 2023. Quebec City to Montreal.Today, we ventured back to Montreal for the last days of this wide-ranging trip. Leaving the Hotel du Vieux-Quebec was hard as it was such a nice place to stay.… Read more: October 7, 2023. Quebec City to Montreal.
- October 6, 2023. Quebec City.In reading about our hotel in the review comments section of Google Maps (great easy resource as lots of folks like to share their experiences there), several posters mentioned the… Read more: October 6, 2023. Quebec City.
- October 5, 2023. Clayton to Quebec City, Canada.Started the day with a beautiful sunrise off our deck… After showering. I saw this on the sink counter and had to laugh… Today we traveled about 330 miles (roughly… Read more: October 5, 2023. Clayton to Quebec City, Canada.
- October 4, 2023. Ithaca to Clayton (Thousand Islands), NY.We had a nice leisurely early morning at the Inn and then took off around 9:30 to our next destination, Clayton up near the Canadian border. We wanted to find… Read more: October 4, 2023. Ithaca to Clayton (Thousand Islands), NY.
- October 3, 2023. Ithaca.Today, we explored Ithaca and specifically Cornell University and the Lab of Ornithology. But first, we needed our morning coffee. The Inn has a cool coffee machine on the ground… Read more: October 3, 2023. Ithaca.
- October 2, 2023. Cooperstown to Ithaca, NY.We awoke to heavy fog outside our hotel window. Today, we ventured from Cooperstown to Ithaca, where Cornell University and its world-renowned Laboratory of Ornithology is located. In High School,… Read more: October 2, 2023. Cooperstown to Ithaca, NY.
- October 1, 2023. Essex to Cooperstown, NY.I haven’t written anything about it up until now because there wasn’t anything to report. But today, the start of October, was our first fall “leaf-peeping” day of the trip… Read more: October 1, 2023. Essex to Cooperstown, NY.
- September 30, 2023. East Haddam, CT.Today, we ventured north about 20 minutes next to the Connecticut River to the town of East Haddam where an ancient ancestor of mine helped to establish the town many… Read more: September 30, 2023. East Haddam, CT.
- September 29, 2023. Nantucket to Essex, CT.We had a leisurely morning at the inn (checkout 11) before departing Nantucket on the 12:30 fast ferry back to Hyannis. We walked downtown to do a little more shopping… Read more: September 29, 2023. Nantucket to Essex, CT.
- September 28, 2023. Nantucket.The Martin House Inn was originally built in 1803 for Captain Edward Gardner and later became a bed and breakfast in the 1970s. We get the impression that people were… Read more: September 28, 2023. Nantucket.
- September 27, 2023. Mystic, CT to Nantucket, MA.Today, we made our way to Hyannis, Massachusetts to take the high speed ferry over to Nantucket, a place that Lorna has wanted to visit for a long time. But… Read more: September 27, 2023. Mystic, CT to Nantucket, MA.
- September 26, 2023. Fredericksburg, VA to Mystic, CT.Today, we awoke in Fredericksburg to cool and overcast conditions with some light drizzly rain. Our view… The Hampton room was quite nice and included your standard buffet breakfast downstairs.… Read more: September 26, 2023. Fredericksburg, VA to Mystic, CT.
- September 25, 2023. Clemson to Fredericksburg, Virginia.As we left Clemson this morning, it was the start of 3 straight road days up the East Coast. But first! A mother-daughter Clemson pedicure at the Aloha Salon and… Read more: September 25, 2023. Clemson to Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- September 24, 2023. Anderson and Greenville.We awoke this morning with a light fog encircling the forest outside as viewed from our “treehouse” bedroom aerie. In speaking with the owner Bill, he has owned this property… Read more: September 24, 2023. Anderson and Greenville.
- September 23, 2023. Clemson Gameday.Today, we were fortunate to get awesome tickets to the football game between #4 ranked Florida State University and unranked Clemson University. A friend of our daughter has grandparents who… Read more: September 23, 2023. Clemson Gameday.
September 21, 2023.
We begin our journey with a redeye on United Airlines from San Francisco to Atlanta, Georgia. My close friend Joe kindly offered to take us to the San Francisco Airport which saved us from requesting an expensive Uber.
Our ultimate destination for this first leg of the trip was Clemson, South Carolina where we will be driving from the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport to visit our daughter who is a junior there.
Charlotte, North Carolina is an alternative airport to fly into when traveling to Clemson as it’s about the same distance from both Atlanta and Charlotte to Clemson (about a 2 1/2 hour drive), but in this case, the airfare was significantly lower flying into Atlanta so we went that route.
A third option is to get a connecting flight into Greenville, South Carolina but it’s often faster just to drive from Atlanta or Charlotte considering the wait for the flight, flight time and the fact that Greenville is still a 45 minute drive to Clemson.
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Our flight was scheduled to depart SFO at 10:30pm but was delayed about 40 minutes. It was a packed flight and everyone tried to get some shuteye during the 4 1/2 hour flight.
On to tomorrow!
East Coast Road Trip: From Clemson to Montreal 