I need a freaking vacation! But I'm mostly broke.


We've been thinking about taking a road trip, but we are not sure where to go and with the cost of gas i'm not even sure how far we can go. We've been to Boston and Philly a bunch of times....as well as Amish country, and the shore.


Does anyone know of some out of the way places in the north east that are fun and inexpensive to visit?

we just got back from cedar point in ohio. pretty affordable

cborgman said:

Tell me more!

Washington D.C.

Find a cheap hotel a few miles out and you'll be fine.
Admission to the monuments and museums is FREE.

PurpleJedi said:

I'm thinking about that.

Sweeny79 said:

But you'd better go before the REAL heat of summer arrives!

PurpleJedi said:

have to wait a few weeks...if we dont go this summer we'll go in fall.

Sweeny79 said:

If you get to go to the National Museum of the Native American, you'll have to post a full report.
I'm dying to go see it.

PurpleJedi said:

will do

You should come out to Cali and visit me! Oh, and if you're looking to save money, you could leave your man at home!

ReturnofDOOK said:

You should head up to St Johns University in NY, I hear that they have a really creepy Professor up that way.

6 hours North of Boston is Bar Harbor, a beautiful, breath taking, tourist town. If you don't fall into the hype, hussel and bussel of the town you will find a beautiful spirit. Spend the day in a national park or just sitting by the seashore. Take a drive around Mount Desert Island and take in a little shopping. Have some fun by blowing the mind of people whom I use to work and live around.

Sweeny79 said:

how far are you from the coast? any coast? usually there are really affordable b&b's on small islands in the Great Lakes. find the port, hop the ferry, then go spend 3 or 4 days somewhere charming and bicyle around these islands. you can also rent little cottages, but unfortunately they usually only accept weekly rentals and not daily ones, also the prices are higher from memorial until labor day for high season. some do offer good discounts though if you're willing to make your vaction over weekdays rather than weekends...what state are u in (or want to go to)???

Sweeny79 said:

A W E S O M E amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. GREAT rides including several that are ranked in the top 10 roller coasters of the world, including the # 1 and 3, i know for sure (one of the friends who went is a hardcore ride freak, he told us history, ranking, stats and all for each ride as we were in line).

From your place in NJ, it's about a 9 hour drive, pretty affordable, and well well worth it.

ReturnofDOOK said:

Sweeny79 said:

be careful Kim.....

jerseykrs said:

NOPE shes mine, she would never play with YOU or DOOK

come here and we'llc elebetra nin.

amorbella said:

Why dont you try New England, but NOT Boston? Maine, Vermont, you know, all the pretty places Cape Cod?

amorbella said:

cborgman said:

Love it there! Haven't been in years though.

GangstaFam said:

you're so close to it. that would be an awesome place for an org invasion

Sweeny79 said:

i guess hershey park would be too mundane...?

purplerein said:

its on our list of parks they want to do soon

cborgman said:

It would be way too obvious to tell you that you have to take the hershey highway to get there, so i won't. They have a new rollercoaster called the mustang. when we were there, it broke, just as the cars were on the hill going up. they were stuck for over an hour...but if you love chocolate, hershey parks the place for you!

purplerein said:

well, now i dont want to go. that's terrifying

MickG said:

Bar Harbor is beautiful...fuck the rest of Maine though. Portland is ok...

purplerein said:

Been there before...

I'm thinging Niagra Falls or DC.