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[Edmund Gerber]

Don,
Thanks. I followed you up to Crystal Brook on this route two years ago. Great route. My issue is whether I want to shorten the ride by   Slabbing to 517.
Ed 

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> On Sep 18, 2019, at 3:45 PM, Don Eilenberger via NJSBMWR <njsbmwr at casano.com> wrote:
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>> On 9/18/2019 12:25 PM, Ed Gerber via NJSBMWR wrote:
>> Yannis
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>> Not yet.?? Paul Cooke also expressed an interest in riding together & I thought we might go up via the Parkway?? & 287 to 512 west to 517 up to 23 though Port Jervis and then take New York route 42. But if you have a different route in mind that's great.?? If your interested we could meet up wherever is convenient for you.?? I'd rather not leave the shore much before 9am to avoid traffic.
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>> Ed
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>> BTW Ignore the question marks; my email software is just acting up. 
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> Ed, the question marks are something Bill's mail server adds to messages hoping to amuse us.
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> FWIW - My usual route to Crystal Brook:
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> 1-195 to Rt 29N, R29N to Frenchtown. At Frenchtown, turn left then right onto 619. Follow 619  about 10 miles to where 519 appears, a right turn.
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> Take 519 to Hope - continue straight on 521. Take 521 to where it comes out on Rt 206 (521 does a left/right jog along Rt94 in Blairstown).
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> At 206, 521 merges with 206N.  JUST before the NJ/PA border (and Delaware River and toll crossing at Milford, 521 takes off to the right again, heading NE to Rt6. Turn left on Rt6, the bridge into PA is right there.  Head into Port Jervis. (You've avoided the toll and some traffic..)
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> I usually plan on lunch in Port Jervis. No place I'd care to recommend though.  Take Rt6 northwest through PJ, and watch for the fork for R42.  At this point there are some choices:
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> Choice 1:  One of my favorite roads - Rt 42 between PJ and Monticello NY. You can go this way - it has nice sweepers, banked just right, usually excellent pavement and wide shoulders to help spot any deer terrorizing you.
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> You'll head north out of Montecello on Rt 17, take it to Liberty NY,(**) and get on Rt 55 east.  Take 55 to  Rt 19 (Claryville) which heads north.  Wonderful road - you want to follow it to Frost Valley Road (watch for the YMCA camp signs) - this is even a better road.
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> It follows the banks of the Big Flatbrook River almost all the way to Big-Indian. At one point it makes a 90 degree left turn and is then Called Rt 47. Continue on - I'd suggest putting "Big Indian" in your GPS as a waypoint.  Turn right - you'll briefly be on Rt 28, watch for the left turn for Rt 42 - it's a bit tricky.
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> At this point put the Crystal Brook Resort address into your GPS, and ask it to take you there. There are only great roads between this point and Crystal Brook.
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> Choice 2: Instead of bearing right onto Rt 42, continue straight onto Rt 97. This runs along the edge of the Delaware, and through Hawks Nest - a sorta famous (but very short) motorcycle road often used by BMW for their advertisements (close proximity to their headquarters in north Jersey I guess..)   Continue on 97 to Barryville.
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> At Barryville, turn North (right) on Rt 55.  Take 55 until it gets to Liberty - then you can take the route above from Liberty. (see (**))
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> PS: On Rt 55 you will go past the actual site of Woodstock. There is a big stone out in a field that commemorates it.
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> Done right - travel time, 9AM my house (so ~ 50 minutes over to Trenton) - you should arrive at Crystal Brook around 4PM.  Plenty of time for a nap before dinner.
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> Wish I was going - some great motorcycling along those routes. These are all good roads once you get to Trenton, and it avoids ugly roads like I-287. Those are no fun.  When leading a group up, we usually meet at a Sunoco station in West Trenton on Rt 29. It's right where the S turns around some houses in the middle of the highway are.
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> Don Eilenberger
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