Anyone do the traditional old road trip?
We did family road trips for years when the kids were young, mostly through the White Mountains area, often traveling from NS to Maine, NH, Vernont, NY then Ontario and back... We never booked rooms and never had a problem!!
Last summer we did the exact same route on the motorcycles and it was a nightmare motel wise!! So many Mom and Pop motels were closed or run by people who no longer had the same ideas of cleanliness... One night we rode until near 1am and finally found a room for near $300!!!
So this year we are doing two trips, one for Friday 13th in Port Dover that will be a 4 day trip (Niagra Falls/ Port Dover/ Goderich ON & Wasaga Beach) and another 10 day trip to the Tail of the Dragon on the NC/TN border...
Finding and booking motels is frustrating, and it means determining how far between stops... And not getting off course which was half the fun!!! Thankfully for the longer trip we are at the same motel for several nights.. I knew it would be important to book that early because of being in high season for bikes..
So do any of you do old fashioned "Road trips"? Do you wing it or book it?
Crap wanted to have a poll... Hit finish too fast...
1) Wing it all the way!
2) Plan motels
3) Plan "every" detail
4) Book weekends, wing the rest...
5) Acadian Rappie Pie (Look it up)
We did family road trips for years when the kids were young, mostly through the White Mountains area, often traveling from NS to Maine, NH, Vernont, NY then Ontario and back... We never booked rooms and never had a problem!!
Last summer we did the exact same route on the motorcycles and it was a nightmare motel wise!! So many Mom and Pop motels were closed or run by people who no longer had the same ideas of cleanliness... One night we rode until near 1am and finally found a room for near $300!!!
So this year we are doing two trips, one for Friday 13th in Port Dover that will be a 4 day trip (Niagra Falls/ Port Dover/ Goderich ON & Wasaga Beach) and another 10 day trip to the Tail of the Dragon on the NC/TN border...
Finding and booking motels is frustrating, and it means determining how far between stops... And not getting off course which was half the fun!!! Thankfully for the longer trip we are at the same motel for several nights.. I knew it would be important to book that early because of being in high season for bikes..
So do any of you do old fashioned "Road trips"? Do you wing it or book it?
Crap wanted to have a poll... Hit finish too fast...
1) Wing it all the way!
2) Plan motels
3) Plan "every" detail
4) Book weekends, wing the rest...
5) Acadian Rappie Pie (Look it up)