Route help requested

[Big Dude]

If I were making the trip, I would go the same way - swinging west to avoid the big eastern cities. Asheville is becoming a tourist destination city with more to see than just Biltmore and it has many good restaurants. I would spend a few days there and go to the Grove Park Inn for lunch or just to see the place, drive a piece of the Blue Ridge Parkway, maybe drive up to Waynesville and/or Cherokee (gets you into the mountains). I think Savannah and Charleston are both must sees and we enjoyed them both.

[DrDaveMA]

Do NOT miss Gettysburg! Go North on I81 to I84 stop in Promised land State Park. That route avoids Washington DC, Baltimore, and most Importantly NYC!