5th Annual Bucks County Covered Bridge Cruise 10/11/15

[Bee]

RIDE IS ON!!!

Well folks, it's official...the 5th annual Bucks County covered bridge cruise is on again this year!! Based on insightful feedback and great ideas from previous cruisers (thanks everyone!), we want to make this an even bigger success and try to avoid anyone from getting lost along the way.

For starters, we are asking everyone to sign up (along with your club affiliation) in this thread so we can get an accurate count on the number of cars attending. As we get closer to the day of the cruise, everyone will be assigned a group number and a team leader who knows the route we are taking. If anyone is interested in volunteering to be a lead, please contact either Kevin (kmm1412) or me.

Also, as some of you may know, Camaro5 has been experiencing issues with pushing out email notifications for PM's and Thread Subscriptions, so please check back here regularly for updates.

9/19 UPDATE: The route has been added and we will be crossing 5 covered bridges this year. Although, the route is subject to change if there are any unexpected road or bridge closings but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. (Sorry, I couldn't resist ) As a reminder, some of the roads we will use are definitely roads less traveled...they are narrow, twisty, and run right through people's back yards. Please be safe and keep an eye out for pedestrians/bicyclists as well as oncoming traffic.

10/9 UPDATE: Please read the second post for additional information!

Things to remember bringing if you have them:
1) Walkie-talkies...or a cell phone with at least one other person's number in the cruise
2) GPS...not necessarily for directions, but so you can see what road you're on and look for the next turn
3) Money for concessions at the airport...or pack a lunch for when we get there.
4) Cameras and/or GoPro's...since we can never have too many pictures of our cars!

Date: OCT-11-2015 Sunday

Meet Time: 9:30 AM

Meet Locations GPS Coordinates: 40.296728,-74.874101

The closest address available is:
1107 River Road
Washington Crossing, PA 18977

Parking Lot is ~50 ft NORTH of Washington's Crossing Visitor's Center (PA side) on the opposite side of the road.

From: Latitude: 40.296648 Longitude: -74.874107, Washington Crossing, PA 18977 US Parking Lot

To: 516 Cafferty Rd, Erwinna, PA 18920-9252 VAN SANT AIRPORT

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS - The link for the route can be found here and a more user-friendly copy is attached at the bottom of this post.
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Miles to Next Turn Road Comment

4.7 LEFT on Aquetong Rd - First left AFTER Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
0.4 S.LEFT on Covered Bridge Rd - Second street on left, across from a church
1.0 CROSS Van Sant Covered Bridge (#1)
0.6 RIGHT @ STOP sign on Lurgan Rd
0.9 RIGHT @ STOP sign on Street Rd
1.3 RIGHT to stay on Street Rd - First right after hairpin curve to the left
2.8 REGROUP at Peddler's Village - Second parking lot entrance on right
0.0 RIGHT on Upper York Rd (PA-263)
0.6 S.LEFT on Greenhill Rd. - Second street on left
0.5 LEFT @ ALLWAY STOP sign on Aquetong Rd.
2.4 LEFT @ STOP sign on Carversville Rd.
0.1 Q.RIGHT on Carversville Wismer Rd - First street on right
4.4 CROSS Loux Covered Bridge (#2)
0.6 RIGHT @ STOP sign on Dark Hollow Road
0.9 RIGHT on Covered Bridge Rd - Where road bends to the left
0.6 CROSS Cabin Run Covered Bridge (#3)
0.2 LEFT to stay on Covered Bridge Rd - First street on left
0.6 STRAIGHT@ STOP sign and becomes Tohickon Rd
2.4 H.LEFT @ STOP on River Rd (PA-32) and cross bridge
0.1 LEFT @ STOP sign to stay on River Rd
5.5 LEFT on Headquarters Rd - First left past the "S" shaped bridge
0.3 S.RIGHT on Geigel Hill Road - Near US Post Office
0.1 CROSS Erwinna Covered Bridge (#4)
6.3 LEFT @ STOP sign on Durham Rd - Second stop sign after crossing RAPP Creek
1.4 S.LEFT on Oak Grove Rd - Just past Vanderlely's Truck Service
0.5 LEFT @ "T" on Hollow Horn Rd - Continuing straight at next crossroad
1.2 RIGHT @ STOP sign on Red Hill Rd
0.1 S.LEFT to continue on Hollow Horn Rd
2.1 CROSS Frankenfield Covered Bridge (#5)
0.6 RIGHT to arrive at Van Sant Airport (on right)
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IN:
1) Bee (SEPA5)
2) JustGeorge (SEPA5)
3) kmm1412 (SEPA5)
4) theragtopguy (SEPA5)
5) 2011ss/rs (South Jersey Camaro Club)
6) Big A (SEPA5)
7) sscamaro (SEPA5)
8) floyd haughton (SEPA5)
9) goatslapper (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
10) IDEALG (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
11) PSUsupaman (SEPA5/Lethal Visions Camaro Club)
12) xnyuokr (SEPA5)
13) alexmak (SEPA5 and Central Jersey Camaro Club)
14) Glasstop2010RS (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
15) walld0566 (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
16) One Sick Camaro (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
17) allsteelers (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
18) redirish (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
19) VictorDelDuca (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
20) Gen5jayz
21) Mike McCain (SEPA5)
22) Larry (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
23) Zslash28
24) Vengeance Graphix (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
25) Mark (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
26) NJNorm (Central Jersey Camaro Club)
27) nlamelza (SEPA5)
28) Deb Fourre Stacer (SEPA5)
29) Herb & Cindy Freas (SEPA5)
30) Nick & Anthony Riccardi
31) Ron & Dottie Briggs (SEPA5)
32) Ed & Jodi Entenberg (SEPA5)
33) rockrau (SEPA5)
34) RDZL1
35) JacekPSUr1 (SEPA5)
36) CamaroSCG
37) Gem's 1st & 5th gen (SEPA5)
38) Ed Thompson (SEPA5)
39) Sh!ftHappens (South Jersey Camaro Club)
40) +1 with Sh!ftHappens (South Jersey Camaro Club)
41) 94impss
42) RS/4 life (South Jersey Camaro Club)
43) NJBourne23 (SEPA5)
44) dstaskel
45) CamaroCoastie23 (South Jersey Camaro Club)
46) randy's2012 (South Jersey Camaro Club)
47) Omaha
48) snowman4951
49) jackcobra
50) twintailf14 (SMCC)
51) Iroc-z86 (Tach'd Out)
52) BostiPB (Tach'd Out)
53) Lightrider
54) Gen5jayz-Brent
55) Brian Kepner (SEPA5)
56) dramanic
57) jgenestra2012
58)

[Bee]

10/9 UPDATE: The forecast has stabilized and I don't think we could ask for better weather on Sunday...72 and Sunny!

Groups: Thank you everyone who has signed up so far and providing your group information. If I missed your group association, please let me know so I can update the list accordingly. There is no cap to the number of cars, so if you still aren't sure if you can make it, or decide at the last minute, you have until 9:30AM to make it to Washington's Crossing (not that we are rolling out at that time, but you get the idea).

When you do arrive at the parking lot, please be sure to check in with Jodi, Kevin, or me as soon as possible. We will have a printed copy of the directions along with other important cruise information and will provide your group number at that time. If possible, our goal is to try and park everyone in line with their group, and then you can go about cleaning your car, taking pictures, socializing, etc. Should the off-chance of there being too many cars in the lot, then we will resort to random parking and call each group number when it is time to start.

Radios: To help minimize cross-group chatter, each group will be using their number as the channel (no sub-channels), so Group 1 will use channel 1.0, etc. As long as you are not in the last group and you need to stop without holding up the rest of your group, just go up one channel and you should be fine. If you are in the last group, let one of the photographers know and we'll stop with you.

Pictures: There will be two photo-ops along the route. The first covered bridge (Van Sant) is not too far from Washington's Crossing. Tony (xnyuokr) and Jack (JacekPSUr1) will be setup and direct you from there. Since the road is straight and wider, you can take your time crossing and even stop once you clear the bridge. However, since the road does have a lot of local traffic, please allow enough room before the bridge to allow on-coming cars to cross between the mini-photo shoots.

The next covered bridge for photos is Cabin Run, which is the third covered bridge along the route. Due to parking restrictions and road conditions, I am asking everyone just to do a rolling stop after crossing the bridge and then continuing up the road (and remember to make the first left after the bridge). The group lead and tail will know when the last car has crossed the bridge so they can resume cruising speeds.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!

[JustGeorge]

Count me in! - SEPA5

[kmm1412]

Count me in also, George!

For those attending, we may be able to group people for the cruise according to their club affiliations also. Please advise your club affiliation also when notifying us of your intention to attend, if not noted in your signature. Any questions, please contact George (Bee) or myself (kmm1412) via PM.

[theragtopguy]

I am in!!! Hoping for another weekend of nice droptop weather!!!


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[2011ss/rs]

We will be there for the fun.
South Jersey Camaro Club. .

[Big A]

I'm in.

[sscamaro]

Count me in also. SEPA5

[floyd haughton]

ill be there was great last year

[goatslapper]

I'm in. Central Jersey Camaro 5 Club

[IDEALG]

I'm in this time!

[PSUsupaman]

I'm definitely in for this cruise!!
(SEPA5/Lethal Visions Camaro Club)

[xnuyokr]

So very IN! Don't forget to bring a walkie talkie if you own one!

[alexmak]

Count me in (ex-SEPA5, now in NJ)