Thread: Our next jaunt accros the States.

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I don’t understand your itinerary. It’s fine from OK City to Nashville on I-40 but then Dayton to Knoxville doesn’t make sense. From Nashville go north east on I-65 to Bowling Green, home of the Corvette museum, and from there to Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby if you’re interested in horse racing, and from there you have two options. Going north on I-65 will take you to Indianapolis and from there I-70 to Dayton or I-71 from Louisville to where it merges with I-75 to Cincinnati and on to Dayton.
What’s in Knoxville? It’s the gateway to The Great Smokey Mountains and Dollywood is on the way to the Smokeys, but other than that I’m at a loss. There is a very nasty hair pin curve about in the middle of the Smokeys and the road will take you to the end at Cherokee, North Carolina and unless it’s changed over the years it’s nothing but a tourist trap.
From Dayton you would head east on I-70 and through a small portion of West Virginia to Pennsylvania . I-70 merges with I-76 just a bit south east of Pittsburgh and just a bit east of Bedford, Pennsylvania I-70 splits from I-76 and I-70 goes southeast toward the Washington DC area while I-76 goes east toward the NYC area. You will be at the edge of the Pocono Mountain range travelling through Pennsylvania and the scenery is gorgeous IMHO.
There are other routes but this keeps you mostly on Interstates. If you travel some of the back roads in Kentucky and Tennessee don’t be surprised to possibly seeing some older gentleman sitting in his rocking chair on the front porch with a double barrel 12 gauge shotgun cradled in his lap, ‘shine country, and it’s been my experience that their not real friendly either.
When you get the time go to Map Quest and bring up the Interstate system, it's fairly thorough.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

I don’t understand your itinerary. It’s fine from OK City to Nashville on I-40 but then Dayton to Knoxville doesn’t make sense. From Nashville go north east on I-65 to Bowling Green, home of the Corvette museum, and from there to Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby if you’re interested in horse racing, and from there you have two options. Going north on I-65 will take you to Indianapolis and from there I-70 to Dayton or I-71 from Louisville to where it merges with I-75 to Cincinnati and on to Dayton.
What’s in Knoxville? It’s the gateway to The Great Smokey Mountains and Dollywood is on the way to the Smokeys, but other than that I’m at a loss. There is a very nasty hair pin curve about in the middle of the Smokeys and the road will take you to the end at Cherokee, North Carolina and unless it’s changed over the years it’s nothing but a tourist trap.
From Dayton you would head east on I-70 and through a small portion of West Virginia to Pennsylvania . I-70 merges with I-76 just a bit south east of Pittsburgh and just a bit east of Bedford, Pennsylvania I-70 splits from I-76 and I-70 goes southeast toward the Washington DC area while I-76 goes east toward the NYC area. You will be at the edge of the Pocono Mountain range travelling through Pennsylvania and the scenery is gorgeous IMHO.
There are other routes but this keeps you mostly on Interstates. If you travel some of the back roads in Kentucky and Tennessee don’t be surprised to possibly seeing some older gentleman sitting in his rocking chair on the front porch with a double barrel 12 gauge shotgun cradled in his lap, ‘shine country, and it’s been my experience that their not real friendly either.
When you get the time go to Map Quest and bring up the Interstate system, it's fairly thorough.

Ken: Thanks for your input.
That makes sense.
At the moment we're (read She,) undecided as to whether to head for Cape Cod as our penultimate destination; or go the other way to have a peek at the lakes area, before flying out of NY.
What would the panel recommend?

(Haven't had a chance to look at any maps today; we're hosting a neighbourhood get-together this evening and its been all go all day!)