New England / Canada Fall 2015
10/2/15 – 10/11/15
Friday October 2nd
Go hotel / maybe night light house photos
Americas Best Value Inn Mt Royal Motel
30 West Grand Avenue, Old Orchard Beach , ME
Saturday October 3rd
Sunrise: 6:39am
9am leave for Portland head light
Photos / brunch with Jason
2:00 for Leave Sunset at bass harbor lighthouse (3.5 hours)
If leaving earlier then 1:30 then For Stephen King – 47 West Broadway, Bangor, Maine 1 hour away Pet Sematary Cemetery – Mount Hope Cemetery at 1048 State Street in Bangor
Acadia Gateway Motel
329 Bar Harbor Road, Trenton, ME
Sunday October 4th
Sunrise: 6:32am
Sunset: 6:12pm
Sunrise from Otter Cliffs
Free for all in Acadia National Park
Leave after Sunset at Blue Hill Overlook from the Cadillac Mountain Summit for Lubec (2.5 hours) leaving before sunrise is good if weather allows
Cohill’s Inn
7 Water St, Lubec, ME 04652
Room #3, the Mulholland Lighthouse room
Pub – Open Daily 11:00 to 9:00, kitchen closes at 8:45 PM
Monday, October 5th
Sunrise: 6:30am for Lubec, ME Sunset 6:17 for Quebec city
High Tide | Low Tide | |||||||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |||||
Time (EDT) | Height (ft) | Time (EDT) | Height (ft) | Time (EDT) | Height (ft) | Time (EDT) | Height (ft) | |
4 | 4:16 am | 18.7 | 4:40 pm | 19.2 | 10:36 am | 0.7 | 11:10 pm | 0.2 |
5 | 5:17 am | 17.8 | 5:42 pm | 18.4 | 11:36 am | 1.5 | — | — |
Sunrise at West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
The most photographed is the famous candy-striped West Quoddy Head Lighthouse: most eastern part of the US
Then cross into Canada
East Quoddy Lightstation
Also known as Head Harbour Lightstation, situated on a rocky outcropping at the northern tip of Campobello Island, it is one of the oldest and most photographed Canadian light houses. The station is accessible by foot at low tide, across a narrow walkway. The incoming tide rises 5 feet per hour, and people trying to cross once the tide starts to rise have been swept away and died.
after lunch – Leave Lubec for Quebec City
GPS for Quebec City Skyline
46°48’58.2″N 71°11’08.4″W or 46.816167, -71.185667
Dinner with Maxime Bilodeau – (home) 736 Boulevard Taschereau Sud – Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Quebec, Canada – 418-209-8889
Best Western Plus City/Centre/Centre-Ville
330 De La Couronne, Quebec City , QC , Canada
Tuesday, October 6th
Sunrise 6:50 for Quebec City Sunset 6:26pm for Montreal
Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, 5300 Boulevard Sainte-Anne, Québec, QC G1C 0M3, Canada
Montmorency Falls Vista Point
46.889745, -71.146203
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
À 30 minutes de la ville de Québec to Jacques-Cartier National Park
103 chemin du Parc-National
Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, QC G3C 2T5
Old Quebec City
Leave about 3:30 for Montreal (2.5 hours) for sunset photos
Dinner with friends
Days Inn Montreal Downtown
215 Rene Levesque Boulevard, Montreal, QC
Mount Royal for Night photos
Wednesday, October 7th
Sunrise 7:00 AM for Montreal Sunset: 6:20pm for Derby VT
Notre-Dame Basilica
Address: 110 Notre-Dame Street West, Montreal,Quebec H2Y 1T2, Canada
Olympic Stadium Address: 4141 Avenue Pierre-de Coubertin, Montréal, QC H1V 3N7, Canada
Old Montréal East Tour (Prepaid)
Departure
At 11:00 a.m.
In front of the Boutique du parvis of Notre-Dame Basilica
110, Notre-Dame West Street
(Metro Station: Place d’Armes)
Duration
90 minutes
- Notre-Dame Basilica (including the interior visit at no additional charge)
- Cours le Royer
- St-Paul Street
- Place Jacques-Cartier
- City Hall
- Champ de mars
- Bonsecours street and its chapel
- End at Bonsecours Market
1:30 leave for VT border town (1 hour 40 minutes) leave 2:30 at latest
Haskell Free Library and Opera House
93 Caswell Ave Derby, VT 05830
Library / Tour Hours
Wednesday 9-5
Lake Willoughby (30 minutes away) Coordinates
44° 46′ 46.11″ N 72° 4′ 19.84″ W
then
44° 43′ 3.40″ N 72° 1′ 48.28″ W
maybe Franconia Notch State Park
then
Quality Inn At Quechee Gorge
5817 Woodstock Rd., Rt. 4 Quechee, VT 05059
Thursday, October 8th
Sunrise 6:55am
Leave 6:15 am for Jenne Farm (30 minutes)
43° 31′ 28.34″ N, 72° 33′ 34.52″ W
43.524538, -72.55959
or
43° 31′ 34.47″ N 72° 33′ 27.44″ W – Jenne Farm
1630 Jenne Rd, Reading, VT 05062
2.5 hours to Mount Washington
September 28 – October 11 . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
1 Mount Washington Auto Road, Gorham, New Hampshire, 03581
Common Man Dinner
25 Water Street
(if using a GPS please enter 1 Gulf Street for accurate directions)
Concord, NH 03301
The Common Man in Concord serves lunch daily from 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Our Bar ‘n Grill offers lighter fare from 3 – 10 p.m. Monday – Thursday, from 3 – 11 p.m. on Friday, from Noon – 11 p.m. on Saturday and from Noon – 10 p.m. on Sunday. Dinner is served nightly from 4 – 9 p.m. Sunday – Thursday and from 4 – 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Best Western Plus Cold Spring
180 Court Street, Plymouth, MA
Friday, October 9th
Plymouth rock / Mayflower II
State pier
Plymouth, MA 02361
Arrive by 2:00 Island Queen Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard
Dock Address (Where Ship Departs From)
75 Falmouth Heights Road
Falmouth, MA 02540
Depart Falmouth | Depart Oak Bluffs |
9:00 AM | 9:40 AM |
10:30 AM | 2:15 PM |
3:00 PM | 3:45 PM |
6:00 PM | 6:45 PM |
8:00 PM | 8:45 P |
On Martha’s Vineyard On the Cliffs
23 Aquinnah Cir
Aquinnah, MA 02535
Gay Head Lighthouse on the Gay Head Cliffs
If raining skip the ferry and got to lizzie
Lizzie Borden House
230 2nd St
Fall River, MA 02721
Tours of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast / Museum are every hour from 11a.m. untill 3 p.m., 7 days a week,
Americas Best Value Inn-Providence/Rumford
400 Newport Avenue Rumford, RI 02916
Saturday, October 10th
Leave 9am for Boston
Freedom Trail Tour 10:30am
Sites we cover on the tour:
- Boston Common
- Massachusetts State House
- Park Street Church
- Granary Burying Ground
- King’s Chapel
- Old South Meeting House
- Old Corner Bookstore
- Old State House
- Boston Massacre Site
- Faneuil Hall
- and much more!
Reservations: REQUIRED. Click here to reserve. Groups of 6 or more must contact us before booking.
Where: Outside the Park St. T Station on the eastern edge of Boston Common. Tour ends at Faneuil Hall. 42.356368,-71.062137
Duration: Approximately 2 hours. Tour distance is approximately 1 mile (1.6K)
When: Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10:30am.
Cost: This tour is free to take, and you get to decide what, if anything, the tour was worth when it’s done. A name-your-own-price tour is a tour for anyone’s budget.
– See more at: http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/boston-tours/walking-tours/boston-freedom-trail/#sthash.Z2LUJjYU.dpuf
Free for all
Knights Inn Boston/Danvers
225 Newbury Street Route 1 North, Danvers, MA
Sunday October 11th
Leave 9:30
20 minutes to The Witch House, 310 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 tours 10-5
lunch at Turner’s Seafood at Lyceum Hall 43 Church St, Salem, MA 01970
The building is reportedly haunted by the ghost of Bridget Bishop, the first victim of the Salem Witch Trials, and the restaurant has been featured on many paranormal shows such as Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters.
1:30pm Leave for Portland Airport