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Oct 1: Fly to Boston
Arrive late, find the only open restaurant (Thai food run by an East Indian), check into airport hotel. Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express SaugusOct 2: Drive to White Mountain National Forest
Drive the scenic Kancamagus Hwy from Conway to Lincoln, New Hampshire. Ride aerial tramway at Cannon Mountain. Accommodation: Indian Head ResortOct 3: Drive to Vermont
Drive through best autumn foliage to Montpelier capital for lunch. Tour Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory alongside a group of Mennonites and sample exclusive Vermont maple ice cream. Drive to Stowe along the scenic Green Mountain Byway, passing the Von Trapp family hotel on the way to ours.Accommodation: The StowehofOct 4: Drive to Adirondacks
Drive scenic Middlebury Gap Road through Hancock to Middlebury. Visit the Lake Placid Olympic Village. Accommodation: Golden Arrow Lakeside ResortOct 5: Explore Area
Walk, shop, eat and swim in indoor pool.
Oct 6: Cross into Canada
Drive scenic Whiteface Memorial Highway, then through Castleford, Ontario, to Renfrew in the Ottawa Valley.Accommodation: Sands on Golden LakeOct 7: Arrive at Thomas Cottage
Drive through to the Opeongo Line and through the Algonquin Provincial Park to Vanessa's cottage on Kushog Lake. Accommodation: Thomas CottageOct 8: Celebrate Pre-Canadian Thanksgiving
Ian and Vanessa cook turkey. The Canadians take a polar dip in the lake.Oct 9: Arrive at Inwood Cottage
Drive to Sarah's cottage at Thunder Beach on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. Celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with Auntie Dawn and two generations of Thomas cousins.Accommodation: Inwood CottageOct 10: Paddleboard & Scrabble
James teaches Ian to paddleboard, and Sarah demonstrates her Scrabble prowess.Oct 11: Drive Along Lake Ontario
Take scenic Forks of the Credit Road toward Belfountain, then Queen Elizabeth Way along Lake Ontario. Take 24 south to explore Ball's Falls Conservation Area.Accommodation: White Oaks Resort & Spa
Oct 12: Drive to Ithaca, New York
Drive into the Finger Lakes area to the university town of Ithaca where Marcelle's parents lived when they were first married. Accommodation: La Tourelle Resort & SpaOct 13-14: Explore Ithaca
Walk around the Cornell campus and the town of Ithaca. Take a walk in Taughannock Falls State Park. Have dinner one night in the resort's John Thomas Steakhouse.Oct 15: Drive into the Berkshires
Drive Schenenectady to Waterford/Cohoes along the scenic Mohawk Towpath, then to Williamstown, Massachusetts. Accommodation: Journey's End LodgeOct 16: Return to Boston
Drive to Charlemont and make one last detour for fall color on route 8a through Greenfield. Accommodation: Crown-Plaza Boston-NatickOct 17: Fly home
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