Updates Moved to “What’s Coming Up?” Page!
On the Road with Lizzy, since 1Q 2023
UPDATE to March 2023 Plans! Feb 26, 2023: We have pretty solid plans through 3Q 2023, ideas/hopes/dreams through 3Q 2025. We’ll update as our plans evolve. Hopefully this post will help those wondering when they might see us! (If Gail didn’t make it too complicated!)
NJ/New England Family/Friends may want to skip right to NE Summer 2023
Sketches of near-term/long-term routes, by Quarter
Note, the further out “plans” include a few Bucket List Trips like…visiting National Parks around the Great Lakes, driving the Great River Road, visiting all around the Four Corners, and… Alaska!
More detailed plans, in the near-term
1Q 2023
January 14-31Complete
Heading South thru Oregon and CaliforniaFebruary 1-19CompleteEast across Southern Arizona- February 20-March 31 Enjoying now!
New Mexico, especially the “Nuclear Corridor”
Cancelled Guadalupe Mts NP Camping! - April 1 – Trinity Site Open House!!!
2Q 2023
- April 1 – Trinity Site Open House!!!
- April 2-May 7
Hightail it: from New Mexico to Pittsburgh, PA via Midwest Capitol Cities - May 8-June 1-Home in Bellevue
- June 2-29
Pittsburgh east to Jersey Shore
(June 16-30 Details)
3Q 2023 Outline
- June 30- September 4
Near Family in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island and some touring
(details below) - September 5-October 8
Fall Foliage, etc. through northern New England, into upstate New York
Northeast Summer 2023 Details – Fathers Day to Labor Day
We’ve planned our summer to go “back-n-forth” between New Jersey and New England, to spend time visiting family & friends in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. We’ll also tour some National Parks, 3 new state capitols, and a few other places of interest. (We still have to confirm a couple of locations, currently noted with “??“.) Color Highlights are to more easily see dates for Jersey Shore near Grandkids and for New England near Family.
When
- June 16-19
- June 20-29
.. - June 30-July 13
.. - July 14-20
- July 21-27
- July 28-August 4
- August 5-9
- August 10-16
- August 17-21
- August 22-30
- August 31-Sept 4
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Do What
- Grandkids! Hang out on Jersey Shore
- Grandkids!/Jersey Shore & Trenton, Philadelphia, Scranton, Deleware River
- Visit MA Family & Friends, Tour Hartford, Boston, Providence
- Grandkids! Hang out on Jersey Shore
- Southern NJ NPs, Gail’s Bday Cape May
- Grandkids! Visit NYC
- Gail Family Reunion, sites on CT Shore
- Enjoy Cape Cod & vicinity
- Enjoy Rhode Island shore & vicinity
- Grandkids! Hang out on Jersey Shre
- Brian Labor Day on Lashaway? Visit MA Family & Friends
Stay Where
- Jackson, NJ
- TBD Hotels, while Lizzy in Shop
- Sturbridge, MA
– - Jackson, NJ
- Marmora, NJ??
- Jersey City, NJ
- Old Lyme, CT
- Sandwich, MA??
- Wakefield,RI??
- Jackson, NJ
- Sturbridge, MA
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4 Comments
Mary · February 13, 2023 at 5:32 am
Wishing you all a safe, healthy & fun trip 2023 & travel blessings.
What does Q mean in Q 2023????
Gail · February 13, 2023 at 9:02 am
Thanks! The 1Q, 2Q, 3Q, 4Q refer to the 4 Quarters of the year. And while we haven’t fully planned 4Q 2023, yet, we do hope to stop in Deleware at Lums Park State Park a few days on our way to Florida. That’s only about 45 minutes from you. Keep you posted.
Gretta · February 19, 2023 at 1:24 pm
quite a nice itinerary, glad you are enjoying the country. I will be at
Cape Cod 9/1-9/4. hope to get to see you before that. Stay Safe.
Gail · February 20, 2023 at 6:55 am
We will DEFINITELY see YOU in July.