The 2008 VSCNA/NYSOC Fall Foliage Tour

The 2008 VSCNA/NYSOC Fall Foliage Tour!

Saturday October 18th, 2008

Let’s go for a drive on October 18th 2008, rain or shine. If you want to go, be at RiK Rydant's farm at 9:30 am for complimentary coffee and donuts. Departure time is 10:30am sharp. Address is 2700 Route 209 Marbletown, NY 12440, just south of Kingston NY,

Directions: NYS Thruway RT 87 to exit 19 (Kingston) to 209 South for 5.7 miles. The Farm will be on your right.  

Please note if you miss any of the 10:15am drivers meeting you will not receive your route instructions and will NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE---

NO EXCEPTIONS! We are cracking down hard on reckless drivers. This is a tour, not a race. 

The VSCNA and NYSOC will be joined by the Adirondack Motor Enthusiasts Club (AMEC), so expect a lot of interesting and varied vehicles. We will make two scheduled stops along the way, at a scenic overlook on Rt. 52 above Ellenville and at the Old Stone Church in Cragsmore.

Please pre-register for this event so we have an idea what to plan for.

After our last stop in Cragsmore, we will proceed to New Paltz NY via some very narrow and twisty roads for lunch at the Gilded Otter Restaurant and brewery: http://www.gildedotter.com/home.htm 
Total drive time: approximately 2 hours 15 minutes.  
Total miles: approximately 75  
Total number of micro-brews available at the Gilded Otter: 8

As always, non-VSCNA and non-NYSOC members and their families are welcome. You don't even need a Saab!

We will divide into two groups, one “historic" and one “Non-Historic”, additional groups will be added if needed. Please bring FRS radios if you have them! Arrive with a full tank of gas.

The route will take us through an incredible array of roads and terrain. Here is a brief description of the route:

Through historic Stone Ridge and past many Revolutionary War era homes. Over the Mohonk ridge near New Paltz, past the best rock climbing and repelling areas in the Northeast. Down the Shawangunk ridge on Tow Path road, literally driving through the ultra creepy and still functioning Eastern NY Correctional Facility, a castle-like, turn of the century maximum-security prison. http://www.correctionhistory.org/easternny100/html/eastory.html Back up the ridge on Gully road, through Historic Cragsmoor and down the ridiculously narrow and steep Vista Maria. Then just a whole slew of narrow twisty back roads to New Paltz. 
Be there or be square.

Best regards, 
Bruce Turk

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