I'd figure we start a new thread just to coordinate the meeting points and times of everyone in the Tri-state area that will be heading out to the start point of Lambertville, NJ.

As per the run organizer:

Saturday October 13th
Meet 7:15am
Driver's Meeting 7:45am
Depart 8am Sharp!


Here is what we have so far:

NYPorscheChik, ark3, Croc'ed & Fab911: Meet in Long Island and begin to head west

PistolPete & craiger: will join you guys in the parking lot of the Bulova Corp. center in Queens right off the Grand Central. PorscheChik/ark3, check your PM for specific directions.

FirstCayman: Meet at the Molly Pitcher rest area just south of exit 8A on the NJ Turnpike.

I think I got everyone. earman is not sure if he'll be able to join us this time.

Now the hard part will be to work the meeting times backwards from 8AM and allow for some buffer. The Long Island folks have it the worse. My gut feeling tells me the following:

Long Island crew: meet between 5-5:30AM
Me and craiger: 6AM - 6:30AM
FirstCayman: 7:30AM

FirstCayman, you're closest to Lambertville, what is your estimated time to reach there from the rest area?

-Pete

Well, I won't be there as I live in California and have prior committments. But it is my Birthday. So have a great time!!!

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Hey Pete,

I'm actually in PA, and will be meeting you at Lambertville.

Guys, I have a hiccup....
If I go on Saturday, I will never make my deadline of Monday the 15th. (I have to work my real job on Sunday, so that is out) to be able to go i would have to have everything 100% done and wrapped up by Friday. No Way I can do that in just 2 1/2 nights.

So, to make me happy, I need someone to be a true "Porsche-brother"... I promised PistolPete to ride navigator w/me... now i feel like a heel... who will be a great guy and extend a generous spirit to Pete? Come on, make me proud!
-Jackie

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looks like after all my effort to switch things around, I will not be able to make this Saturdays' run...please take alot of pictures.

Sorry to hear earman, with this warm weather, I'm sure we'll be able to do some late November and Decemeber runs. I'll hopefully have my car by then!

Everyone else in the LI area, we'll be meeting at 5:30AM SHARP in the

Bulova Corp. Center.
75-20 Astoria Blvd.
Queens, NY 11370

The entrance is on 25th Ave and 75th St.

Westbound on the Grand Central to Exit 5, Marine Air Terminal.

At the top of the exit ramp, left at the light (Ditmas Blvd, it becomes 82nd St.).

Continue straight over the highway for three lights (past Astoria Blvd) and make a right at the 4th light (25th Ave)

Go straight for 1/4 mile until you see a large parking lot on the right side (75th St.) and go in the entrance. (There is an empty guard shack)

If you see the HomeDepot parking lot, you've gone too far. Turn around.

We'll meet by the main entrance of the building, there is plenty of parking so no worries about squeezing the cars or double parking.

More useful information from the organizers.

Things to remember:
1) Bring a picnic lunch - we will be eating lunch in the park.
2) Make sure you fill up your car and empty your bladder before you arrive in the parking lot.
3) Bring 2-way radios if you have them - it's a good way to keep in touch during the drive.
4) Bring money. The park wasn't charging entrance when we visited, but I don't know if the do charge at peak times.
5) Consider nametags...

You will find a coffee shop on Bridge St. in Lambertville for coffee and donuts if you so desire. Also, you will find 2 gas stations at the intersection of Bridge St. and Rte 29 for filling up/emptying out. These gas stations are a short walk from the start point.

Don't worry, we'll be spending quite some time at High Point. We'll have the standard meet and greet - social time. Time to admire the view and also time to grab lunch and chat some more. I think we'll arrive a little after 10am. I do not envisage us leaving before 11:15am.

Also, I will be trying to put together a detour drive of Route 97 once we reach High Point State Park. If I get one person who knows the area to lead the way, then I'll definitely be doing that. If nobody steps up, this detour will get skipped. Not a big deal, as there's another run coming soon that will probably cover this road as well.

I will post more comments about the Long Island caravan route in just a few moments.

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I am concerned about being late if we meet at 6 AM. Even if we manage to leave right away at 6 AM, we'll arrive at the Molly Pitcher rest stop (south of 8A on the NJTP) at 7:10. Assuming FirstCayman is ready to go more or less right away, and we manage to leave by 7:15, we'll be about five minutes late for the start of the run and we'll have missed the drivers' meeting entirely. The driving times are all based on Google Maps.

I suggest we target a 5:30 AM meeting at Bulova Corp so that we can meet FirstCayman at 6:45 and comfortably make the drivers' meeting at 7:45.

Any takers?

The start of the Rennlist run aka our 7:45 AM destination (not posted in this thread yet!) is
Lambertville Municipal Court
25 S Union St, Lambertville, NJ 08530

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Sounds good to me...5:30am tomorrow at Bulova then. Any suggestions on 2-way radios, since I don't currently own one???

I've PM'ed FirstCayman and he'll meet us at the start point instead of the rest area. The rest area is a bit out of the way for us coming from the north.

We'll now be able to take Turnpike to I-287 to 202 right to Lambertville.

Let's keep the 5:30AM meet time, 30 minutes won't make a difference, I'll be up anyway, and we won't have to rush all the way down.

I'll bring a 2-way (the other one has a bad battery) so that we can at least hear what is going on with the caravan.

-Pete

So as of right now we have

Myself
ark3
Croc'ed

Meeting @ 5:30AM at the Bulova Corp. center and heading directly to the Lambertville start point.

Anyone else in the NYC area joining us?

-Pete

too bad Jackie. Catch you next time

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