</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Charlie Belew:
<strong>I won't be able to get out of here until afternoon. Like 4 or so. It's 7 hours give or take so that puts me in Florida before Midnight. Maybe I can get out sooner & maybe Fri traffic won't be bad. The route I'll be taking from your directions, is there alot of toll roads? Never drove up north before. I'll have my CB on 20. Don't have a cell. Guess I'll just chip in for brekky.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Charlie,
You'll have the NJ Pike and then the NY throughway -I87. I believe that's it for tolls. You'll have to go through a few different tolls on those two highways, but thats it.
Check on an atlas for the Albany/Troy NY area. The exact directions through this area are these:
Interstate 87 North to Exit 23. This puts you on Interstate 787 North towards Albany and Troy. 8 exits up is the Watervliet, NY Exit. Take that exit and loop around to Route 2 East. According to Doug, this was a bit confusing, but Route 2 is very near that exit, and there must be signs. After getting on Route 2 East, stay on it all the way into Florida.
Pick up a Western Massachusetts map if you can, and take a look at Florida. You'll see Rt 2 take a sharp, very sharp turn on the map and this is heading up the mountain. After seeing the town that you just passed through,(North Adams), from a very high vantage point, you are about half a mile from the right hand turn towards the campground- Shaft Road.
I'll place some glow sticks that you can follow.
BTW- Breakfast: I have enough BlueBerry Pancake batter made up to feed a dozen people. Hope everyone likes blueberry pancakes! I have a large heavy pan for these and if anyone wants to bring eggs, and anything else, please do. I'll also take care of the coffee, OJ, and milk.
Oh, Charlie, if you want to grab some good disposable plates, and silverware that would be great.
And just give a yell on the CB when you get up that mountain. I'll be listening.
