U.S Holiday

[glenn court]

Hi All
My family has just decided to spend Xmas this year in the U.S
We intend to fly into NYC the week before spend a few days there then somewhere snow covered for Xmas. We figure we may have to book somewhere for the Xmas period soon,so my question is does anyone here have any suggestions or recommendations for a family friendly resort

[David Anderson]

Glenn, at all costs avoid Champaign Illinois.
(bad people come from there –

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[glenn court]

DA
This trip has all the makings of a Clark Griswald movie,3 generations on Holidays together for over a month 😀

[Zach Matthews]

This sounds extremely cool to me.

[Steve K.]

Glenn,

If time is not important….when you head south to FL, hop on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Staunton VA all the way to Cherokee, NC. Beautiful scenery and a few nice lodges along the way…. Google “Peaks of Otter” for an example. The road typically rides the crest of the Appalachian Mountains all the way. I-81 is off to the west so you can bail at any time if you want to pick up the pace. Slobber over all the trout water you’ll be going by.

[Rich Kovars]

I’d look at going up to Manchester, Vermont, if I were you.  It’s a very idyllic Bing-Crosby’s-Holiday-Inn sort of a place, tucked into the low green hills of Vermont.  It’s a four hour drive from New York (assuming you catch a traffic break), it has at least one grand old hotel I’m aware of and plenty of bed and breakfasts (still the best way to experience a foreign country, in my opinion).  Plus, Manchester is home to the American Museum of Fly Fishing and the Orvis factory (plus a great Orvis store complete with DeHavilland Beaver floatplane suspended inside).  That’s as close as you’re going to get to fishing in winter in New England anyway.

I would have said ‘Bob Newhart sort of place :).  It is a great place to visit.  If you do get up there be sure to stop into Orvis and take a tour of the rod shop.

the Equinox is really nice.  Orvis runs their schools out of the Equinox.  The hotel also hosts the British Falconry School.   

The scenery is really nice in New England, even in winter, if you get up into the Green Mountains in Vermont and the White Mountains in New Hampshire.

[Anonymous]

Whatever you do you should at least devote some research and consideration to the Adirondaks.

[glenn court]

I’d look at going up to Manchester, Vermont, if I were you.

[Ben Cochran]

I second Zachs recommendation. Leaving NY City, I would also recommend taking the Merrit Parkway. I lived and worked in Manhattan and traveled this road very often, BEAUTIFUL! You can catch it just north of the city and take it to Greenwich, CT. I would then travel over to Hartford and take the route up through the Berkshires and in to Vermont. This area gets a lot of very deep snow, during this time of year but it holds so many historical places and some great B&B’s, an alternative if the snow gets to deep for your safety. Vermont is one of the most amazing states and it almost seems as if God placed his hand there, when he created the world. Manchester is great but you can also find more lodging in Stowe. Stowe has more of an European flare about it and is also home to the Von Trap lodge. This is the same family that the movie  “Gone With The Wind” was formatted after. The lodge is amazing!!! Stowe is also a ski mecca so make sure to have reservations first.

Make sure that on your way back down to the south, have plenty of coins for the excessive tolls booths in the northern part of New Jersey. 😉

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