A VISIT TO WORLDS END STATE PARK AND RICKETTS GLEN 8/4/21
When - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
NEW ARRIVAL TIME: 10:00 NEW DEPARTURE 10:15
NEW MEETING PLACE: WAWA Blakeeslee
Event Leader - Walter Cramer
Join Walter on a weekday Drive that is a bit different from any of the drives he has offered in the past... this Drive is an all-day excursion. However, driving the roadways through the Endless Mountain Region of Pennsylvania is a real treat. It would entail an early morning departure, traveling four lane highways North, picking up route 115, turning onto Laurel Mountain Road and driving down the Giant’s Despair Hill Climb in Wilkes Barre. As we always do, pulling over in the parking lot and letting anyone who desires to drive “up” Giant’s Despair Hill Climb.
We then navigate to a Sheetz Station in the Wilkes Barre area for a rest stop. My Worlds End State Park Drive begins at this point. At Worlds End, we can visit the famous scenic view of the Endless Mountains Region at the Loyalsock Forest Canyon Vista. From there we travel South to visit and drive around Eagles Mere Lake. We continue our journey South skirting the forest area of Ricketts Glen State Park and pick up route 118 East. We will be enjoying lunch at the Ricketts Glen Hotel. Ricketts Glen State Park is famous for its Falls Hiking Trail that offers views of nineteen waterfalls. The most photographed waterfall, which we will be stopping at, is just minutes away from the Ricketts Glen Hotel.
We continue East, back to the Sheetz Station where our Drive began. On the route home, we once again drive up the Giant’s Despair Hill Climb and pick up route 115 and continue our return trip home via four lane highways.
Return time to the Lehigh Valley will be in the range of 4:00 - 5:00.
This event will follow the current Pennsylvania rules for COVID-19 safety. 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).
We will use FRS radios for communications. Be sure to arrive by 8:30 a.m. with a full gas tank and an empty bladder 
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Attending:
- Walter
- Mike C. & Alison
- Ralph
- Michele
- Louie & Corrina
- Miata Mike
- Jim T.
- Dave P.
- Patricia
- Bill & his sister
- Ed G.
- Jon Petty
Silver 2011 NC PRHT Grand Touring (actually Janice's car)
Hey there... Go ahead and sign me up, it will be me and my sister. I got off, but she's waiting to find out if she can get off or not. Thanks!
Just got word my new heat & a/c system will take 2 days to install. This knocks me out for this drive... 🥺
Ralph, so sorry to hear that. I know you have been looking forward to this one.
Well, if it is a hit, I will be doing this again next year.
Why the switch to a later time? Isn't an earlier start better? My sister did get off, so we'll be there. If someone could print us the driving instructions, that would be great! Thanks !!
Bill, I will print out the turn-by-turn directions for you and will give them to you at the WAWA.
Can you provide me your cell phone number.
Walter
Why the switch to a later time? Isn't an earlier start better? My sister did get off, so we'll be there. If someone could print us the driving instructions, that would be great! Thanks !!
I believe the idea is that we will start closer to where we will be having the fun roads. This later time takes into account that many will be travelling to get to the start.
2014 Club 2.5L "Punisher Edition", 2017 RF GT
@rhetlaw Walter, here's the cell # 215-206-8583. You will have to give me yours too, I don't answer calls that I don't know who it is. Thanks.
@livetodrive I'm not complaining about the time, it works for me.. It will take us about an hour and a half (or more, depending on weekday traffic) to get to the starting point.
You can go ahead and put me down for this one ...something comes up I'll reach out.
@rhetlaw Walter, here's the cell # 215-206-8583. You will have to give me yours too, I don't answer calls that I don't know who it is. Thanks.
My cell number is 610 509-7120.
I'm in
JP
I would have loved to join the group today to check out these new roads. However I have a meeting later this afternoon and while I can multi task pretty well, driving during a Zoom meeting would probably be frowned upon. Wait, I just missed a great opportunity to have a zoom-zoom Zoom meeting. 😆
2016 ST Ceramic Metallic GT aka Ghost
We all wish you were joining us, Jeff. We'll miss your presence and whichever one of the "tailing" navigators that would have joined you.
