Follow the New York Thruway, stopping for 2 days in the Catskills, 1 night in Saratoga Springs, 2 more in the Finger Lakes, and finally finishing at Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes. Or get away from it all, splitting 4 days between the Adirondack towns of Lake George, Lake Placid, and Saranac, and 3 boating in the Thousand Islands.