cogerox Loc: Northern Cal

Thanks for your reply, Mac.

cogerox Loc: Northern Cal

Thank you boberic, we'll be in touch.

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

If you visit the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (and, you should!), stay in Townsend, TN, not in Gatlinburg. Much less crowded. Check out the Foothills Parkway, Little River (in Tremont), Cades Cove.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

3 months? You will need 3 years to see this area. Draw an arc around Washington D.C. using a 100 mile radius. You might get to see most things within the arc in 3 months. D.C. alone could require that much time. If you are interested in architecture that city is your Mecca. Good luck in seeing whatever you are able to fit into your schedule. Hope your trip is one of many fond memories.

Photocraig

Just a few dozen spots to go suggestions. Then google photo ops there.

Mass: Salem of Witch Trial fame. Overlooking the harbor (pronounce Hahhbah thereabouts.)
Freedom Trail in Boston lots of guides available including USS Constitution.
Plymouth area
Cape Cod is a photo career in itself. The weathered shingle buildings beg for B&W conversions. Chatham Bars resort is/was an old timey resort that is photogenic. Google for updated status. But it is a great photo op. If the cranberry bogs are in bloom or are showing the red berries you can go crazy--even better with hip boots to get low.
Old Sturbridge Village, a post Williamsburg Rockefeller restoration. Authentic and docents in period dress. It should be less crowded after Labor Day.
Connecticut: Very under rated for beauty. Old Mystic Village has the Cutty Sark (of Whisky Fame) Clipper ship.It looks like it is going 20 Knots at the dock! Great sweeping "lines" compositions as well as a day's worth of details. The entire village is great. The Mystic Pizza sign is still up of the Julia Roberts fill fame, so I'm told.

The entire Mississippi Valley is a wonderland of photo ops. Suggest getting a Mississippi River Lock operating with a barge transiting up or down stream. The Great Lakes all combined could be an Ocean. The Milwaukee shore of Lake Michigan is a quaint and even has ritzy parts. Don't miss the beer and German Food.
Chicago is TWO lifetimes of Architecture photos. The Navy Pier on Lake Michigan is colorful. Contrast with the architecture of Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Boston and NY and if you get there. Philadelphia, Baltimore inner Harbor--a small water Taxi ride gets you to on-shore views. Washington DC is a monument shooter's dream. Jefferson (the most elegant, appropriately) and Lincoln at night (Be SAFE) are super. By day there are Paddle boats that can get you closer and offer a different perspective than t'other tourists. Great Falls, up the Potomac are quite impressive as is Harper's Ferry, WV as is the Horse Country on Rt 7 in between. The restored trails following the old B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Canal have great opportunities. There's a small amusement park and railroad somewhere along there, it think.

Ney York, Oh yeah, you could do a lot on Niagara Falls from both countries. The finger Lakes, Lake George, Lake Champlain, the Hudson River Valley and West Point all with photos waiting for YOU. (See Robert Rodriguez Jr's site robertrodriguezjr.com for ideas) The Old Rheinbeck Aerodrome in Hudson NY has WWI air shows and re-creations--look it up. A fun break. Out the window from the Passenger side, show the Z in the Tappan Zee bridge on the NY Thruway in Tarrytown NY. Just north of there are Ossining (home of Sing Sing), Harmon where they change from Diesel to Electric locomotives for the into NY City run. That entire area from Croton-on-the-Hudson down to Tarrytown was the setting for the Washington Irving Sleepy Hollow and Headless Horseman stories and many decisive and interesting Revolutionary War battles and intrigue. BY the Way, this could be a location to tie up the rig and ride into NY on the train and spend a few days exploring NY on foot. Central Park, yet another career for an landscaper, and NY City has TWENTY lifetimes of photographs waiting to be captured. . Route 9 (plus its many alphabetic variances 9A-H, at least) offer great views and sights but without the smooth 12 foot wide Thruway lanes.

If you choose to go that far North, The St Lawrence River is fabulous and there is a ferry affording the on-shore shots of the foliage you will encounter up there earliest in the season. Don't miss Vermont Maple Syrup and demo at several of the Maple Syrup and sugar candy farms.

So, did you say you were going for two years????????????? Just think how much film we shot back in the days I lived in most of these places. Have a great trip and post some of the results.

Craig

cogerox Loc: Northern Cal

We are indeed going to the Great Smokey Mountains, and we'll check these places out. Thanks DWU2.

cogerox Loc: Northern Cal

I wish we had three years, davidrb, but we'll have to see whatever we can in three months this time. Perhaps longer the next time. Thanks.

cogerox Loc: Northern Cal

Craig, thank you for the plethora of suggestions. I'll certainly try to post some during the journey.

Grnway Loc: Manchester, NH

Roger,

If you can time it right, catch Waterfire in Providence, RI. go to waterfire.org to check it out. Boston, from the Cambridge side, on Memorial Parkway, makes a great night shot.

And, in my home state of NH, you've got all the scenery you'll want to shoot, from dramatic seascapes and quaint villages (the small town of Holderness, nestled between the lakes region and the mountains, is particularly cool), to our rugged White Mountains. A relatively quick hike up the Caps Ridge trail will take you to the top of Mt. Jefferson in the Presidential range, just north of Mt. Washington.

In another 3-4 weeks, you'll be able to see entire mountainsides blush......

CO

That's definitely an area to visit. I've been to the Outer Banks of N.C many times. I did some hang gliding from the sand dunes there for a couple of summers.

If you are traveling there on Interstate 64 then also visit Colonial Williamsburg, VA. You can get great shots there.

repleo Loc: Boston

In MA - Rockport, Salem, Boston, Plymouth, Sandwich, Cape Cod lighthouses, Provincetown, Nantucket & Siasconset, Rock Harbor (sunsets). Inland - the Berkshires

MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay

When you go through anywhere in New England, especially Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire you will be in the midst of the best fall foiliage, in estimation, in the entire country. The covered bridges in Vermont are iconic. As you come down the east coast, spend a day in Mystic, Connecticut you will see a history of Naval ships. Good luck and I envy you!

jrw_mdus Loc: Elk River Basin, Cecil County MD, USA

Stop in at Chesapeake City MD. Wonderful little town that died when a high level bridge was built over the C&D Canal and then was reborn. few quaint shops, Some wonderful buildings that have been restored from the 1850's, and the Canal Museum Which was the Pump House when the canal was a lock Canal. It has two of the best Walking Beam Steam Engines still standing. Would suggest Crab Cakes at the Schaefer's Canal House on the north side, and if you are lucky a large ship or two will pass by.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

You should try to hit Nova Scotia in September - the weather can start getting bad after that. Cape Bretton Highlands at the eastern end of NS is awesome. There is a very nice National Park campground near Ingonish. If you have time to head over to PEI (Prince Edward Island) it is very beautiful. But you really want to plan on being in New England in early October. Coming back from Nova Scotia - come across New Brunswick into Maine at Calais and then drop down on Rt 1. There is a beautiful state park called Cobscook Bay SP - very peaceful, beautiful spot. No services at the campground. From there you can visit Lubec and the West Quoddy Head SP and lighthouse (no camping there) and go across the bridge to Campobello Island (Canada) - at the far end is the fantastic East Quoddy Head light house (see: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-221396-1.html ). Then down to Acadia National Park. Then over to New Hampshire - the White Mountains are spectacular in the fall. The loop around the mountains, including the Kankamagus Highway - covered wooden bridges, waterfalls, etc. Really nice.

OK - that's my offer - areas with which I have familiarity. Have fun!

pbfuller

I would recommend the North Shore of MA - Salem, Marblehead, Rockport, Gloucester, Ipswich. Historically important areas with lots of great places to see. Also, in NH take a drive up Mt. Washington, the highest peak on the east coast. The 'Cog Railroad' is a great take.