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Old 05-05-2014, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BogeyBoy View Post
I would spend the first night in Savannah. Then head up I26 to Asheville for your second/third night and see the Biltmore. Then head up I81 through the Appalachian Mountains. When you get to Harriburg PA head north on US15, hook up with US17/I86 and head west to Bath, NY, from there to Hammondsport. There are many nice stops along that route.

I was raised in the Finger Lake area, very near Hammondsport. My sister lives at the north end of the lake (Keuka Lake), in Branchport - which is where The Esperanza Mansion is located. (My sister works there. Until this year she managed the Esperanza Rose, a dinner/tour boat on the lake. Unfortunately the boat needed some expensive repairs and will no longer cruise the lake.)

Drive around the lake and tour some of the wineries. East lake road is a little off the lake and a faster route, West lake road is down near the lake, slow an curvy, very busy during the summer months.

Last year we came back through Phili and down the coast. Took some time but was enjoyable.
I would second these ideas 100%
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