1st trip to New England - need suggestions

My husband and I are planning a trip to New England next spring or summer and have never been. We need suggestions on where to go. We%26#39;d like a ';home base'; and be able to take day trips with 1 or 2 overnight stays. Where would be a good place to park our suitcases and travel out from there and still get in as much of the area as possible? Another thought we had was to just go up to Maine and spend our week there. All suggestions will be most helpful.

1st trip to New England - need suggestions

How about Bar Harbor, Maine...

http://www.barharborinfo.com/

You can enjoy Acadia National Park, Maine; take the CAT to Nova Scotia; and then take various day trips from there such as to Bangor Maine. http://www.bgrme.org/

...46 miles away...

There%26#39;s a whole selection of lodging to choose from from bed and breakfasts to hotels to private houses

www.barharborinfo.com/lodging_frame2.html

Take a look at the above site to see what looks fun for you.

The CAT - transportation from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia...

go over for day or a couple of nights....

Have fun planning!

1st trip to New England - need suggestions

You%26#39;re not going to get a lot of posts regarding New England on the North Dakota forum. Try Maine, Vermont, or New Hampshire instead. That said, Bar Harbor would definitely be a good stopping off point.

With seven days as your time budget, you%26#39;d be hard pressed to spend enough time in any one New England area to truly enjoy it. If it%26#39;s peace and relaxation you seek, then Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont offer it in abundance, although there%26#39;s much to do, see and eat in all three states: golf, swimming, site seeing, spectacular mountains and the famous culinary delight, lobster. Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are wonderful if you enjoy swimming and ocean vistas. You could easily spend seven days in Boston alone with its early Americana historic sites and its wonderful aquarium. Rhode Island, especially Newport, offers much history, as well. I would recommend a stroll along Cliff Walk where you can see the magnificent mansions built by the likes of Doris Duke and the Vanderbilts. Connecticut offers Mystic Seaport, where you can go aboard a wonderfully preserved whaling ship and tour the associated museum, or head a bit upstate to Foxwoods where you can engage in games of chance. To help narrow down your choices, I%26#39;d recommend a visit to http://www.newenglandtimes.com to get in-depth information on each of the states. It%26#39;s an excellent site that should help you make the choices of greatest interest to you.