Alliance: where do elves go after Darkshore?

[MongoJerry]

I never had a gap of quests in Auberdine that I can remember.  I've had issues with them going grey or green sooner than I'd like because I collect so many my experience shoots up too quickly. :)  With my nightelves who plan to stay on Kalimdor as much as possible it's Darkshore and then Ashenvale/Stonetalon Mountains.  Unfortunately, if you do that, you generally miss out on the lower instances unless you go and specifically target those quests to get you into the instances on the other continent.

That's my experience as well. Blizzard (finally) added so many quests to Darkshore that there's no need to leave for the other continent if you don't wish to for a long time. If you want to stay in Kalimdor, make sure to check out not only Ashenvale but also Stonetalon Mountains. There are several quests there that people often miss, because since you have to go through Ashenvale to get to Stonetalon, there's this feeling that you should do Ashenvale first when that's in fact not the case. A good portion of Stonetalon is lower level than Ashenvale and some parts are in the same level range as Ashenvale. Also, make sure to pick up the flight path there.