Sounds great. That's what I was thinking for the first reunion...See where John and Eleanor and family located. Great history any place in New England. From experience, if we select a motel with reasonable rates, tell them it is a Whitney reunion and ask for a price break, usually they'll accommodate. Alan, when we travel from PA to MA for reunions, we take 83 to 81 to 84 to the MA turnpike to what ever exit where we have our reservations. When we visit family in RI, we take a different route off of 84E nr Waterbury, Conn., toward Providence. This 84 goes through NY from Port Jervis to Danbury Conn, avoids Tappanzee Bridge and George Washington Bridge. Joan York PA On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:32:15 EST Hogle1@aol.com writes: >I think the idea of a Whitney reunion in Massachusetts is a great >idea. I >realize that many of us live in other parts of the country, or Canada, >and we >have a preference for our own location. But realistically what better >place >than where John and Elixir and family landed? To be able to see when >people >lived, see cemeteries, and records. It would be foolish to plan it >somewhere >else. >Some of us have never been to the area that is rich in our history. I >think >that to have the chance to get together with family and friends and do >our >own pieces of research is a golden opportunity. >No, it would not be an inexpensive weekend, but most of us might be >able to >save to attend in another year or 2. I am disabled so the timeframe >is not >such an issue for me. > >May I suggest doing this in the fall, early October is wonderful. I >have >traveled to the East for 3 years now in the fall and it is >breathtaking. I >have not yet been to MA, however. The temperature is moderate (not >too hot >and not too cold) and we might be able to get some decent rates. I >have >found motels in MA to run from the reasonable to the outrageous when I >have >researched them. Massachusetts is a small state, almost everything of > >interest is a matter of hours away at the very most, so a location an >hour or >so outside of Boston would give us less expensive accommodations. >I have been talking about such a trip for years, but have not done it. > I >will be there with bells on!!!!! Just tell me when and where. > >Jo Hogle > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.