Welcome to Al’s Epic Road Trip Extravaganza!
(Also known as: “11,000 Miles, 42 Halls of Fame, and One Man’s War with Google Maps”)
Picture this: This fall, one man sets out on a quest so big that even his GPS said, “Are you serious, bro?” Al will cover more miles than most rental cars survive in their entire lifetimes, all while chasing history, waterfalls, lighthouses, sports shrines, and, let’s be honest, a disturbing amount of lobster. This isn’t just a trip. It’s part pilgrimage, part endurance test, and part excuse to say he’s “busy” when his family calls..
Starting in Tallahassee, Al blasts through miles of asphalt like a caffeinated trucker with a GPS.
Al weaves through lighthouses, lobster shacks, witch trials, waterfalls, art museums, and cemeteries. Salem witches will judge him, Niagara Falls will soak him, and Sally’s Apizza will save him.
And at the end? Al returns to Tallahassee a legend, armed with stories, pictures, and a permanent craving for lobster rolls.
🌟 Trip Highlights
🏀 Springfield, MA – Basketball Hall of Fame
🌉 Quechee Gorge, VT
🌲 Franconia Notch State Park (The Basin & Flume Gorge, NH)
🌲 Flume Gorge, NH
🏞️ Sabbaday Falls & Kancamagus Highway, NH
🏔️ White Mountains & Mount Washington, NH
🏡 Danville, VT – Visiting Cousins Mickey & Betty
🌊 Moss Glen Falls (Stowe & Granville, VT) + Warren Falls
🪦 Evergreen Cemetery, VT
🏰 Fort Ticonderoga & Mount Defiance, NY
⛵ Lake George, NY
⚾ Cooperstown – Baseball Hall of Fame
🥽 Corning, NY – Glass Museum
🏈 Canton, OH – Pro Football Hall of Fame
🎸 Cleveland, OH – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
🎨 Cleveland Museum of Art
🍝 Historic Little Italy, Cleveland
🎭 Jamestown, NY – Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Museum
😂 Jamestown, NY – Comedy Museum
💡 Barcelona Lighthouse, NY
🏖️ Lake Erie State Park, NY
🌊 Bruce Peninsula National Park, ON
🌊 Niagara Falls (US & Canada)
🏰 Casa Loma, Toronto
🏛️ Royal Ontario Museum
🎨 Art Gallery of Ontario
🌆 Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto
🗼 CN Tower, Toronto
🏒 Toronto – Hockey Hall of Fame
🦌 Parc Omega, QC
⛰️ Mount Royal, Montreal
⛪ Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal
🏘️ Old Montreal
🐧 Biodome de Montreal
🌊 Montmorency Falls, QC
🏰 Old Quebec
🏰 Musée du Fort, Quebec City
🏰 Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
🏰 Citadelle of Quebec
🌊 Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park, ME
🪨 Bubble Rock, ME
🌊 Jordan Pond, ME
🦞 Wiscasset, ME
🌊 Eastern Promenade, Portland ME
⚓ Old Port Historic District, Portland ME
💡 Portland Head Lighthouse & Museum
📚 Portsmouth Athenaeum Library, NH
⚓ USS Albacore, NH
🏖️ Kennebunkport, ME
💡 Cape Neddick Nubble Lighthouse, ME
🏖️ Plum Island, MA
⚓ Salem Maritime National Historic Site
⛵ Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem MA
⛪ St. Peter – San Pedro Episcopal Church, Salem
🧙 Bewitched Statue, Salem
🏛️ Salem Witch Museum
🪦 Salem Witch Trials Memorial
🪦 Old Burying Point Cemetery, Salem
🏛️ Salem Witch Dungeon Museum
🏠 Jonathan Corwin House (The Witch House)
🧙 Hex: Old World Witchery
🗽 National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth MA
🏛️ Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth MA
🪨 Plymouth Rock
⛵ Mayflower II, Plymouth MA
💡 Hyannis Lighthouse, MA
🏛️ John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
🏖️ Nauset Light Beach, Cape Cod
🏖️ Cape Cod National Seashore
⛪ Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum
🐳 Whaling Museum, Nantucket
🏨 Brant Point Inn, Nantucket
🎨 RISD Museum, Providence RI
🌊 Waterplace Park & Riverwalk, Providence RI
🏰 Newport Mansions, RI
🌊 The Cliff Walk, Newport RI
💡 Southeast Lighthouse, Block Island RI
⛰️ Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island RI
🍕 Montes Pizza – The Legendary Slice (10.0 Dave Portnoy rating)
🐳 Nantucket, MA
🦞 Connecticut & New Haven
🗽 New York City & New Jersey
⚠️ Hazards Along the Way
GPS Directions: At least three moments where Al shouts, “Recalculate THIS, Google!”
Cemeteries: So many stops that his family texts, “Al, are you running errands for the Addams Family?”
🤔 Why My Family Thinks I’m Crazy
“Wait, you’re driving how many miles on purpose?”
“You’re visiting five different Halls of Fame… are you trying to get knighted by sports?”
“You’re touring cemeteries… for fun?”
“You’re crossing into Canada in October, you know it gets cold, right?”
✨ Final Sales Pitch
This is not just a trip. This is not just tourism. This is Al’s quest, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see every hall of fame, eat every lobster, and get judged by both witches and Canadians.
By the time it’s over, Al won’t just have traveled; he’ll have ascended into the pantheon of road trip legends.
