Ithaca Car Camping trip

“we need to keep the calls to the park to a min. there was a prob once before when a tt trip and everyone and his mother was calling. the rangers had a big prob with that one. anyone remeber that?”

“The park is actually on rt 327 near rt 13. Rt 327 is small and won't appear on most maps. Follow above directions...”

“Those directions jive with the topo map. I was wondering whether there was access from the south end. Apparently not. Gotta move my waypoint.”

“Don't worry about the park rangers Mapes, I'm sure someone has emailed them the link to this thread.

I heard the governor has called out the National Guard.”

“That would explain all the helicopters.”

“If you're coming up 95 from the far south, you should look for a way to cross over to I-81 by Washington, DC or as soon as possible thereafter. I-81 is a much better road for north/south travel in the Northeast, as I-95 north of Washington DC is plagued with the most horrible traffic imaginable.

Also, of interest to anyone coming from points far west, NY-17 is in the process of being converted to I-86, and could be labelled either way, or both, depending on whether a given section has already been converted or not. I believe most of the road west of Elmira, NY, has already been changed to I-86 and is posted so.”

“just hope scorch can guide what is sure to be a lost soul to safety...ok maybe two lost souls if my bro makes it..”

“has anyone heard of MAPQUEST?

get it together you lizard breaths!

give me a break!
forget treebeard beating you all in the cookoof. look out for MAPLE!”

“We seem to be getting towards the point where everyone (except Shep and Scorchy) know where theyare going! j/k

Seriously. Shep, if you would like, I could try to map something out with AAA for you. Please tell me exactly where you are coming from and I will map out specific deirections for you, if need be.”

“Mapquest directions eat $hit!

For those coming from south of DC and Baltimore, MarkO's suggestion works. Take the Balmer Beltway around Balmer and take I-83 north to I-81 (near Harrisburg, Pa.), then take I-81 north.

For those taking Route 17/I-86 west from Binghamton, take Route 96 north from the village of Owego.

Route 96 bears left in the village of Candor, while the route straight ahead becomes Route 96B. Route 96 follows valleys to the park, while Route 96B goes almost directly to Ithaca.”

“96 bears oh my”

“Scorchbutt - You are heading up on Friday??? And what time???”

“Just checked the PennDOT and NYDOT websites. There are construction projects along I-81, but should be no major delays. No projects listed for the state roads from Binghamton west on 17 or north on 96.

I tried several ways to get Mapquest and Yahoo to give logical directions, and even using intermediate points, the directions they give are roundabout, and sometimes on secondary roads rather than primary roads.”

“TD I will pick you up for $2300.00

deal?”

“Don't do it TD. She'll just squander the money on kayaks, and you'd be an enabler.”

“ok geo, for $2300.00 I will let you win the cook-off..”

“The judge will cost far less, and the money won't be squandered on kayaks.”

“not on kayaks. a trip of a life time!”

“That's what you say now, but after you get your hot little hands on the money, it will be off to the nearest kayak shop, where they know you by your first name.”

“wow I need a smoke after that...”

“Just what the heck is a "scrochie"? Is this something new for pulling back your hair, or is someone misspelling again?

I think we lost the Y chromosome of my group, since job deadlines are encroaching. So it looks like just me and my tender little chillins. We will arrive sometime early in the evening Thursday. I hope that Allison will be there waiting for her pals.”

“Looks like treebeard (the cheat) picked a winner.”

“Ally will probably be chewing up trees and spitting out toothpicks, waiting for your two, Lyndy.”

“Thanks, Geo! You posted the very reason I picked this place. I got goose bumps just looking at that! The Daks and the Cats have a certain majestic beauty that's characteristic of Eastern New York State. But, the Finger Lakes region has a different, majestic beauty all its own. This is going to be wonderful!”

“I am putting my list of everything I plan to cram into my Jeep together right now.

Just hope the weather turns for us”

“From the looks of it, Enfield Glen (Treman) and Watkins Glen are almost tossups.

Taughannock is a must-do though.”

“The next to last photo on that page had a neat geology joke. Anybody get it?”

“You guys lead, I will follow”

“Isolated TS on Thursday, partly cloudy the other three days:

Thu
Jul 15 Isolated T-Storms 77°/60° 30 %
Fri
Jul 16 Partly Cloudy 76°/58° 20 %
Sat
Jul 17 Partly Cloudy 78°/57° 10 %
Sun
Jul 18 Partly Cloudy 78°/59° 10 %”

“where are you getting that info from?”

“Way too early for weather. They can't even get the weather correct an hour from now.”

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“That has completly changed since this morning. Friday and Saturday were 60% chance of showers.

I like the evening temps.”

“The Weather Channel website - 10-day forecast.”

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“Damn! Those are sweet pictures. This is going to be good.”

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“replace that clown in the boat and put me there in my kayak

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“Thanks Geobeet and Maple...yea baby...bring on the scenery!!”

“ok im done


just one more



everything you want
need to know

Ithaca”

“click on visitor info

well worth the little trip!”

“I can't wait, damn jobs, if it weren't for the job I'd leave now!”

“The trip looks like 3 and a half to four hours for me. I expect I'll arrive between 1 and 2. If the campsite's empty, I'll start setting up.

Yeah Roam, I hear ya.

Take this job and sho...

Ooops, gotta eat!”

“did we find out who will be there thursday?

I know we are leaving early am thursday and will be there by 1:00pm”

“I'll be there Thur evening.”

“I will be there on Thursday as will Paul, Elyce, and their three terrorists.”

“geo thats mean.

true but mean”