[NJSBMWR] Event Reminder Oktoberfest, Catskills - Don, Dan and ALL the club! <A HREF="http://www.njsbmwr.org/octoberfest2019.html">More Info Here</A>

Thu Sep 19 18:22:21 EDT 2019

Are you going to meet somewhere tomorrow?
Will it be a group ride to Catskills or not?
Thank you

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:20 PM Edmund Gerber via NJSBMWR <
njsbmwr at casano.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 18, 2019, at 3:45 PM, Don Eilenberger via NJSBMWR <
> njsbmwr at casano.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/18/2019 12:25 PM, Ed Gerber via NJSBMWR wrote:
> >> Yannis
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >> BTW Ignore the question marks; my email software is just acting up.
> >
> > Ed, the question marks are something Bill's mail server adds to messages
> hoping to amuse us.
> >
> > FWIW - My usual route to Crystal Brook:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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..)
> >
> > 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:
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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 (**))
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Don Eilenberger
> > deilenberger at gmail.com
> >
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