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s/o of my smokey mountains post--- Are we crazy?

Ok so maybe we were celebrating my mom's birthday with too many captains and cokes, BUT this is what we decided! lol....

Start off going to Memphis for 2 days then driving from there to Gatlinburg, 2 days then going to Washington DC for 2 days then driving home stopping at the Baseball Hall of Fame. lol. I think we are crazy. But Kevin and my mom think it's perfectly fine. What do you think? I've never been to DC and have wanted to go for-- forever. But I want to do white water rafting again too! What are your opinions? 

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Re: s/o of my smokey mountains post--- Are we crazy?

  • I think it's doable, it's just a lot of time in the car.  I know Gatlinburg to DC is a good full day's drive, so it will just depend on how much time you have and taking into account travel days.
  • I think you're cheating yourself out of quality time in each of those locations.

    Drop one of them. 

    Here's the mileage I estimate:

    Chicago to Gatlinburg: 575 mi

    Gatlinburg to Wash DC: 488 mi

    Wash DC to Cooperstown: 375 mi

    Cooperstown to Chicago: 777 mi.

    Total driving:  ABout 2200 miles.  Even if you average 60 miles an hour, that's still 37 hours of driving.

    Skip DC and Cooperstown.   FLY to DC (easy enough to do from Chicago) sometime and spend at least 3 full days there, if not 4, sometime when you can really appreciate the city. 

    Save Cooperstown for another trip in the future.

     

    OR:  Skip Gatlinburg.  Just go to DC.  Spend the time there.  It's still 1500 mi round trip of driving, but at least you can spend more time in DC. Or, again, just fly. 

     

     

     

     

  • I'm going to ditto Kathy on this one.  It is just too much driving to do.  You won't really get to enjoy anything with all that driving.  You'll just get somewhere, then feel like you have to pack up again.  I just know we did a bit of driving on our HM, and I kinda wish we had just chosen one place and spent the whole time there.  It wasn't as relaxing as it could have been. 

    I would probably do TN, and then do DC at a separate time(when you can fly there, parking would be a b!tch, and in two days you really won't get to do everything you want).  And def. don't add Cooperstown in for this trip, that is going WAY out of the way.  Make Cooperstown a separate trip.  There is still a lot to do in that area, and it would make a nice relaxing separate trip to rent a cabin and relax by the water for a week. 

  • Nix everything except DC and come hang out with me and Alicia!
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  • That is a lot of driving! I have done 2 of those legs a few times. The drive from Memphis to Gatlinburg (pretty much hometown) is not bad but from Gatlinburg to DC can be really long. All of that packed into a few days would be crazy. You would not have much time to see anything because you would be spending so much time in the car.
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  • Sounds do-able.  Busy, lots of time in the car but doable.  Its  nice bonding time but not much time at the places you want to visit.

    Then again we drove to Yellowstone and back in 8 days and loved every minute of it and never spent more than a couple hours anywhere besides to sleep.
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  • thanks guys. I think Kevin and my mom were crazy, and I was right lol
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    "One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go." ---Sheila Murray Bethel
  • Geo, I am from around Gatlinburg and Ben is from Memphis. Let me know if I can help you plan your trip at all. I have not been too helpful  in your posts thus far but let me know what you need recommendations for and I will try to help.
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  • Thanks so much! I appreciate that :)
    Berly's Thoughts updated 4/2/2011
    Do you like jewelry? Buy 2 get 4 half off, your half off items are your most expensive items
    "One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go." ---Sheila Murray Bethel
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