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New England / Canada Fall Trip 2015

New England / Canada Fall 2015

10/2/15 – 10/11/15

Chocorua Lake, New Hampshire

Chocorua Lake, New Hampshire

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

Portland head light, Maine

Portland head light, Maine

 

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

Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Acadia National Park

Bass Harbor Lighthouse, 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

Head Harbour Light / East Quoddy Lighthouse - New Brunswick, Canada

Head Harbour Light / East Quoddy Lighthouse – New Brunswick, Canada

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

Dowtown Montreal, Canada- Seen from Chalet du Mont-Royal

Downtown Montreal, Canada- Seen from Chalet du Mont-Royal

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

Quebec Parliament, Quebec City

Quebec Parliament, Quebec City

 

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

Haskell Free Library, Derby Line, VT

USA/CA border at Haskell Free Library, Derby Line, 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

Jenne Farm, VT

Jenne Farm, VT

 

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

River near Mount Washington, NH

River near Mount Washington, NH

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

Gay Head Lighthouse, Martha's Vineyard

Gay Head Lighthouse, Martha’s Vineyard

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

Plymouth Rock

Plymouth Rock

 

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

Boston Skyline

Boston Skyline

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

The Witch House, Salem, MA

The Witch House, Salem, MA

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