Best East Coast Road Trip USA: Maine Travel, Route One, Rt. 1, Maine to Florida, Transit Connect
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- When we told our family and friends we were going on a road trip down Route 1, none of them had even heard of it. Now that we have traveled down it in our 2013 Ford Transit Connect Camper Conversion Van, we cannot believe more people do not know about it! We consider it one of the best East Coast road trips we have ever done.
So far on our East Coast Road trip we have traveled in our Micro Camper Van to Fort Kent Maine, America's First Mile, Jasper Beach, Waco Diner, Four Corners Park, St. Croix Island International Historic Site and Wild Blueberry Land.
If you are looking for East Coast USA road trip ideas or an East Coast USA road trip itinerary we hope our experience can help you map out your travels! The first leg of the trip starts in Maine!
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You guy's are the most fun couple I have have had the privilege of following...thank you for showing me the East Coast!!!
Aw, you are too kind! Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it!
Love this video! We will be doing this road trip in a few weeks in reverse, from central FL to Maine (we will be camping 3 nights in Acadia), and will be visiting the First Mile Marker. After that, we swing over to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and then back to central FL. Safe travels!
Probably one of the more authentic videos on vanlife and van conversions! Well done guys - getting actually started on your dreams is a big one! Most people just talk about it..
Thank you for the kind words! It was definitely intimidating to take the leap into van life (and TH-cam) but we are so glad we did! For what it is worth, it is never too late to go after your dreams! (as cheesy as that sounds)
Very cool to see you in my neck of the woods. I'm right across the border from Route 1 in St. Stephen, Maine, Canada and I actually travel it to get to work.
Happy to have found your channel!
Well this was amazing and we got to see so many “cool” sites we’ve never seen. Def makes me want to do this same trip. Thanks for sharing!! 💜
You should! And when you do you absolutely have to keep us updated on how it goes :)
Love your adventures and "imperfect" van! You're doing it 🤠
Thank you! We are excited to finally finish our van!
Nice trip You are lucky the transit is good on gas unlike my e350XL. 😀
That is one of the reasons we chose it :) We love our van! But, the trade-off is that you have a lot more extra space! Something we are envious of somedays, oh well haha the grass is always greener I suppose!
I'm loving these videos! It looks so fun.
We had a blast traveling down Route 1 and are happy to hear you are enjoying the videos! Thank you for your support, we really appreciate it!
So glad I found your videos. Planning a trip next spring from Florida to New York, so love the idea of using Rt 1.
Awesome! You will have to keep us updated when you go and let us know of all the cool places you visit as well!
Hi - I live in NH and have always thought Route 1 would be an amazing trip! Glad I found you and am now following 😊
Thank you for the kind words and for watching, we really appreciate it! You are right, it really was an amazing trip :) Hopefully you get to travel down Route 1 in the near future, you won't be disappointed!
This video is...cute! Lol...glad I found your channel...looking forward to seeing the end result! 🚐💙🌊
Thank you so much for your support! It means so much to us!
This was entertaining looking at your older videos, arguing like a old married couple. Reminds me of my son and I having fun while arguing and giggling.
Maine looks really pretty, strange seeing a beach with pebbles. Australia has sand only.
The pebble beach was definitely one of the most memorable experiences we had in Maine, the sound it made especially!
I am so excited to do this!
Have so much fun! Thank you for watching!
Y’all fighting about pot holes 😂😂 let her drive than bruh 😂 couples patience really be battle tested on road trips fr
Cool trip !!
Thank you! And thank you for watching, we really appreciate it!
Beautiful view & scenery definitely makes me want to visit the beach especially since I've never been to the beach in my 27yrs of living🙂😎🚎🚌
Hopefully you make it to a beach soon :) Thank you for watching, we really appreciate all of your support!
@@mikeandheather Ur welcome I can imagine 🙂
You guys are cool 😎 👌. We thinking of making a road trip too. Awesome
Thank you 😊 You totally should take that road trip! Thank you for watching, we really appreciate it!
Awesome video!!! My husband and I are taking a road trip to Maine for our 1 year anniversary next month.
Any advice on what route to take or must see places??
We’re traveling from Texas to Maine to visit Acadia❤️
Thank you in advance!
Wow! That sounds awesome! If you are looking for quirky roadside attractions I suggest checking out the Roadside America website- that is how we were able to find some attractions off the beaten path :) www.roadsideamerica.com/location/
You will be going through a few states we have not visited yet (so envious haha) so we cannot really give great advice on where to check out BUT what we can do is tell you of some of the places on our bucket list! Through Tennessee we are really looking forward to eventually doing the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Shenandoah sky drive in Virginia. If you drive through Kentucky one of the things we really want to do is paddle board/kayak in the underground caves at the Red River Gorge.
From some of our travels so far we recommend stopping in at some of the major cities even if just for a day like NYC, Washington DC, etc. Salem, MA is always cool and when you are on the coast a Whale Watching tour is a must! One of the places in Connecticut we did not get to but looks interesting is the Dinosaur State Park! Honestly there is so much to do, hike and see all along your route, whatever you choose to do it will be a fantastic trip! We hope this helps! Have fun and be safe! Let us know how it goes :)
I want to visit Acadia National Park someday in the fall!
Acadia National Park is a wonderful place to visit and visiting during the Fall would be amazing! We hope you get there someday soon :) Thank you so much for watching, we really do appreciate it!
“please don’t touch me” i need one of those 😂😂😂
In Australia, they refer to an overlook as an Look Out.
That probably makes more sense haha
Thank you so much for watching, we really do appreciate it!
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Heather - I can't believe someone from Buffalo would be complaining about potholes : )
You'd think I would be used to them by now but I complain every time I hit one in Buffalo too, must be a special talent of mine haha Thank you so much for watching, we really appreciate it!
Thanks for the video. How long will it take you to get to Florida? What music site do you use?
Hi! Our road trip is only two weeks long. We would have loved to travel longer down Route 1 but unfortunately we could only take two weeks off our full-time jobs. But, we are making the most of it! Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it!
Also, we are using Music Bed for our music! We looked at a few other websites that were offering free trials but found we liked the songs through this site the best: www.musicbed.com
Hope that helps!
You need a camera with Image stabilization. Looking forward to watching the entire series of videos.
We actually just bought a gimbal for our camera! We are excited to use it and see if it helps with our image stabilization. Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it and you watching!
The exit to my house is on route 1. You guys drove past it! :]
That is too cool! Small world 😊 Thank you so much for watching, we really do appreciate it!
I'm leaving Monday to go to fla. From Maine what stuff is there to do on the way
We used the www.roadsideamerica.com/location/ website as we traveled from Maine to Florida! It was great to find unique attractions in whatever state you are interested in. Just click "map" next to whatever state you want to visit and then it will pull up the red pins of roadside attractions in that area. So you could totally pull up every state you are going to drive through and see what stops you would be interested in!
If you are looking to travel Route 1 like we did, we suggest using the route1views.com/travel-the-road/ website!
There are so many great spots to choose from while traveling from Maine to Florida but if we had to suggest 3 must do stops on the route we took, we would suggest stopping in at Acadia National Park in Maine, Cumberland Island in Georgia, and the Coral Reef in the Florida Keys ☺️ Hope this helps!
How many weeks did you spend on the Maine to Florida trip?
Hi- it took us 12 day to drive down the coast and one full day of driving to get back to New York after leaving Florida. Hope that helps! Thank you for watching 😊
If you don't mind the questions, how many days and how much money did you budget for the trip and how much did it actually end up being?
We absolutely do not mind! We have actually been asked this question a few other times too and are hopefully going to put together a more detailed description of our route explaining everything including the costs. We didn't keep great track of everything, but we put some quick estimates down below. (Hopefully we will have a more accurate number for you soon)
You can really make this trip for WAY WAY less than what we spent! We know that the cost of our trip is on the high side (at least for how we usually travel) but we splurged when we got to Florida in our "Entertainment category" of our budget, which brought the cost of the road trip way up! If we didn't do that the cost would have been significantly lower. I am not sure if you have watched through all of our full road trip videos, but just as an example, our swimming with sharks experience was $465 alone. (This experience could easily be cut. If you still wanted to snorkel there are much more affordable options, like going to the coral reefs in the Florida Keys! Which is arguably equally as cool... swimming with sharks was just on our bucket list)
Again a really rough/quick estimate would be the following:
-Gas: $640
(or about $40 per day- our most expensive category outside of entertainment)
-Food: $150
(we are not foodies and were able so cut back on our food spending eating mostly sandwiches and meals like that- we did eat at the Rt. 1 Diner which was about $30 and Red's in Maine which was $60 (which is a crazy cost but we had to try the famous sandwich haha))
-Accommodations: $30- for the campsite in Maryland
(we used the iOverlander app to find free camping spots and stayed in lots of Walmarts and Cracker Barrels to save money everywhere else)
-Entertainment*: $660
We put an asterisk here because this is completely customizable depending on people's budget and their interests. As well as there are so many great FREE things to do along Rt. 1 you could still have an amazing trip without paying for "attractions" (Shark snorkeling- $465, Acadia National Park entrance- $30, Cumberland Island- $60, Fort Knox Observatory- $20, Mystic Seaport Museum- $50, Salem Witch Museum- $30)
--> We did not include Disney in this cost, we actually used some travel points we have on our credit cards to cover our Disney tickets so it did not cost us anything! We can elaborate more on this if you would like :)
The biggest thing that we want to stress is that this trip can be done for cheaper, we do not want to discourage people from taking this route because it is 100% worth doing! Even gas can be cut down (in the sense of cost per day (if you are able to drive the route slower) and deviations from Rt. 1- for example Cumberland Island is well off of Rt.1 which we had to drive to and then return to Rt. 1 because we wanted to drive the entire route) There is a great website called route1views.com were you can find attractions and interesting spots, mostly free, along Rt. 1 that you wouldn't need to drive far to and thus save money on gas and entertainment.
Please let us know if you have more questions! We hope this helps! Hopefully this wasn't information overload haha
@@mikeandheather thanks! I haven't yet watched all of the videos, doing that tonight.
Heather (Dorthey) and Mike.......................you're not in Buffalo (Kansas) any more.
Love this! So true!
Wrong Turn? Or Final Destination?
I (Heather) definitely misspoke when I saw that truck (must have been from the fear of following it haha) but I meant to say the Final Destination scary movie where the truck crashes. The Wrong Turn movie is not a great one to watch before a road trip though too, especially if you find yourself lost in a wooded area haha
@@mikeandheather Very true lol
I'm gonna guess that Mike is an Aries and Heather is a Leo.
Heather is actually a Taurus and Mike is a Virgo 😉
Thank you for watching, we really appreciate it and you!