Aussie needs help!

My wife and I will be travelling to New York in late September and spending a week in Mnhattan before heading up to New England. We plan to catch a train to New Haven CT, hire a car and then just cruise though New England for 2 weeks before heading back to Manhattan for another week. However, I am beginning to realise that the Fall in New England is a very busy time with accomodation at a premium in some areas. So, I would really welcome some help in setting up an intinerary so I can start booking inns and B%26amp;Bs, our preferred type of accomodation.

From New Haven we intended hugging the coast up into Capoe Cod and after that, who knows? We love small coastal towns, similar inland etc.

If anyone can come up with ideas on great places to go for our 2 weeks I would really welcome some assistance.

Thank you,

Spudee

Aussie needs help!

Check out SomersetBoys post down near bottom, that should give you plenty of ideas.

Aussie needs help!

Thanks Hillside, will do.

Much appreciated,

Spudee

Rhode Island is a fabulous state, much under appreciated. The beaches are gorgeous and not nearly as crowded as some elsewhere. Providence has fantastic restaurants and the historical buildings there are great. We hang out in RI all the time as its easier to get around and cheaper than our home state of Mass. In September, NOT on a weekend, check out Newport, Narragansett, Block Island, Providence, Westerly, the Kingston area, Wickford, Bristol, I could go on and on as these are all lovely coastline areas that are well worth visiting. Block Island is reached by a ferry from Point Judith (get a map as soon as possible) and it%26#39;ll be very quiet but if you like small coastal towns, you won%26#39;t be disappointed by any of these. Inland, just take your map and start driving west for some laid back and pretty little towns. The driving isn%26#39;t too bad as its a small state.

Hi Karrieb,

Firstly, thanks for your reply. A great thing about these forums is that you can get info %26#39;straight from the horse%26#39;s mouth%26#39; in the form of people familiar with the areas you are interested in. I have cut and pasted your reply into a %26#39;New Englang%26#39; file I have started. We will certainly be staying at Newport which will most likely be our first overnight stop after we pick up a rental car in New Haven. I now have a very well detailed road map of New England and I have also ordered a GPS for the rental car. Thanks once again,

Spudee.