WESTERN POCONOS / WILKES-BARRE / LANDS AT HILLSIDE FARMS
When - Saturday, July 18, 2020
Drivers' Meeting: 9:30 a.m.
Depart: 9:45 a.m.
Where - Sheetz Station
5001 MacArthur Road
Whitehall, PA Location
Event Leader - Walter Cramer
Walter will host a nice ride on July 18, 2020, through the Western Poconos region, with a possible visit to the Francis E. Walter Dam (if the road is open by then) and a run up the road used for the Giant's Despair Hillclimb 🤩, near Wilkes-Barre. The drive will leave from the Sheetz station in Whitehall, at the intersection of MacArthur Rd. (PA Route 145) and Chestnut St., and head north, over Blue Mountain, eventually passing through Hickory Run State Park. There will be a "comfort break" at a WAWA in that area, about 1 1/2 hours into the drive. The next stop will be for our picnic lunch at Kirby Park, in Wilkes-Barre. NOTE - Please bring a snack or picnic lunch with you. Also, if you can fit them in, consider bringing camp chairs or folding chairs along, which will aid with the social distancing. From there, the route runs northwest for ~ 10 miles to The Lands at Hillside Farms for our now-traditional ice cream dessert.
This event will follow the current Pennsylvania rules for COVID-19 safety. We will require that all participants maintain six-foot social distancing, and we will require masks to be worn when not in our cars (or stuffing our faces with ice cream). To avoid common handling of materials, we will email the directions to participants, for home printing, and we will eliminate the usual paper sign-in sheet. Since the sign-in confirms your agreement with LVMOC’s standard Waiver and Release, we will now consider your post to this event thread, indicating that you intend to participate, to be your “electronic” signature, indicating your agreement with said Waiver and Release (copy available on request).
This drive will be limited to 15 cars, including the leader, with priority given to paid LVMOC members. If the 15-car limit is not met, we will open the drive to non-members.
We will probably use FRS radios for communications.
Attending:
- Walter & Nancy
- Janice & David
- Louie
- & Corrina (still social distancing?)
- Jeff
- Wanda & JerryB
- Michele
- Alison & Mike C
- Gail & Bill
- Tom, w/"Bergy"
- Jim & Melissa
- Ken & Evan
- Xavier
- Evan
Waiting List (Non-members):
Silver 2011 NC PRHT Grand Touring (actually Janice's car)
Spot on. Kiernan and I will bring the Pitcrew for another round.
If you'd like, I can cover dues for this year and next.
Very excited to spend more time with the community.
Evan, we moved you from "wait-listed" to "attending", since the two remaining openings have not been filled by paid members.
We hope to see you tomorrow!
David
Silver 2011 NC PRHT Grand Touring (actually Janice's car)
Walter, thanks for another great day! Sunny weather, nice roads and ICE CREAM! I was very impressed by the way you navigated all of us thru downtown Wilkes-Barre, not once, but twice! 👍 And, the opportunity to take a run up the Giant's Despair Hillclimb route is always a nice addition (well, the first time was nice... the second time up the hill, behind that pitiful Honda Civic that could barely top 5 mph, was rather less of a thrill 😕).
We welcomed a new couple, Xavier and Heydi (got it right, now!), in a nice 2019 ND RF. Also, it was nice to see Evan and his son, Kiernan, again, for their second event with us. Today was Kiernan's birthday, and I hope he enjoyed his ice cream and his visit to Hillside Farms.
In all, a lovely day! Thanks, again, to Walter (and to Nancy, his patient co-pilot) and also to Corrina, for running tail and making sure any stragglers were herded along.
David
Silver 2011 NC PRHT Grand Touring (actually Janice's car)
Thanks Walter for a fun day of driving and ice cream! What could be better than that? Looking forward to next Saturday's drive.
Thank you everyone for making Heydi and I feel so welcomed today, we truly enjoyed our time can’t wait for the next ride
We're glad you and Heydi (OK, I stand corrected on her name... sorry about that) enjoyed this drive, Xavier! Again, we welcome you as new members of LVMOC, and we hope to see you at more of our events!
Silver 2011 NC PRHT Grand Touring (actually Janice's car)
Yes, Xavier, it was nice seeing your Ceramic White pulling into the Sheetz Station yesterday morning. So happy you and Heydi were able to join us and that you both enjoyed yourselves. We'll see you on future drives.
Thank you again Walter for another great drive to get some tasty ice cream!
Happy Birthday again to Kiernan and Evan!
Love that ceramic Xavier! It is one of my two favorite colors for the ND, the other being polymetal grey
2016 ST Ceramic Metallic GT aka Ghost