New Haven road meet - official annoucement

[froggie]

I won't be.  Had been on the fence about going, but a good friend of mine down here is leaving for grad school soon, and his going away party is that night.  Sorry...

[vdeane]

Just curious about how much extra time I should allocate and if any areas are going to have delays, particularly I-84, I-91, and I-95.  Google claims my route is 4 hours 11 min (15 min if completely clinching I-691) and I plan to leave at 7:30 so that's an extra 20 min, but if I need more let me know.

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Maple+Ave&daddr=41.4258,-72.82071+to:41.3764163,-72.9076384+to:CT-10+S%2FDixwell+Ave&hl=en&ll=41.849105,-74.086304&spn=3.400147,4.938354&sll=41.535696,-72.753696&sspn=0.10678,0.154324&geocode=FVS9hQId86WB-w%3BFYgbeAIdGtio-yk9i9U4bc7niTEANKvP-ksWTA%3BFaBadwIdioSn-ykTGxYSe9rniTFmOLXtRBKMsw%3BFW8tdwIdfUqn-w&mra=mrv&via=1,2&z=8

Less concerned about the return trip since I don't have a set time I need to be home by, but I might as well post it too.

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=CT-10+S%2FDixwell+Ave&daddr=41.369461,-72.8699318+to:41.29515,-72.91804+to:41.02274,-73.61671+to:41.51807,-74.11441+to:41.38646,-75.58199+to:Maple+Ave&hl=en&ll=40.813809,-74.179687&spn=3.454585,4.938354&sll=41.324232,-75.19043&sspn=0.857019,1.234589&geocode=FW8tdwIdfUqn-w%3BFXU_dwId1Reo-ylB3B7d89DniTG098J2NkecFA%3BFS4ddgId6Fun-ymj6eleN9jniTGsvQPAuXwl1g%3BFRT1cQIdurKc-ykFkQsmUZjCiTGcMnoMYJCo2w%3BFfaDeQIdlhqV-ykhg6qWpy7diTHNTfhxt1oBEA%3BFdyBdwId2rV--ylHo_tCZ9zEiTFruAtefrlcNA%3BFVS9hQId86WB-w&mra=dpe&mrsp=5&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5&z=8

[Roadgeek Adam]

95 can be nuts at any point from when I've gone.

[Duke87]

Heading out you might hit a little traffic around Waterbury. Otherwise, trouble is unlikely.

Heading home, I-95 is I-95, but on a Saturday evening it's most likely going to be fine.


On another note, I made the reservation at SBC today. The private room is ours. A good turnout from the maybes will put us in excess of 20 attendees.

[Roadgeek Adam]

On another note, I made the reservation at SBC today. The private room is ours. A good turnout from the maybes will put us in excess of 20 attendees.

Record is 27 set at Baltimore, so good luck

[vdeane]

Heading out you might hit a little traffic around Waterbury. Otherwise, trouble is unlikely.

Heading home, I-95 is I-95, but on a Saturday evening it's most likely going to be fine.

That's good to know.  Looks like a half hour or so of extra time just in case is all I'll need.  Not that I've ever had problems with Google underestimating how long a trip will take (if anything they usually overestimate).

[mtantillo]

The restaurant website has directions...from "Interstate SR 15".  Ugh!

[Dougtone]

The restaurant website has directions...from "Interstate SR 15".  Ugh!

I saw that.  It may be just a quick copy and paste oversight from the previous entries in their directions page (SBC has a handful of locations), but then again, maybe not.

As for me, I plan on getting some Connecticut state route mileage around New Haven that I still need, before the meet.  While I intend on enjoying lunch with the group and going for part of the tour, I am planning to veer off from the meet after the 91/95/34 interchange-ish portion of the meet, so I can venture east and north.

[hbelkins]

As much as I wanted to come to this, especially since the Wausau meet fell through, looks like I am going to have to pass. Way too much going on at home to be able to make a journey of this length. I am happy to report that the sick kitty seems to be improving, though.

Now I'm going to try to set my sights on the Central New Jersey meet in August.

[Duke87]

Hmm... looks like my photo ended up a little off-center. Adam, I'm blaming your tripod.

Anyways:


Left to right: Adam Moss, Daniel Case and son, Doug Krause and son, Rob Malme, John Housty, Doug Kerr, Anthony Costanzo (kneeling), Corey Dukes, Dylan Lainhart, Steve Alpert, Jon Deane, Mike Tantillo, Lou Corsaro, Carl Tessier


Despite me making a wrong turn, despite an ugly detour due to unexpected street closure that got a couple of us lost, despite us not being able to make our most important stop due to it being swarming with cops and construction workers when we got there, and despite my friends from New York bailing on me, we had a good turnout and an all around good meet. Thanks to all who came and all who wanted to come but couldn't!

[hbelkins]

Glad you guys had a good time. Sorry I missed the fun, but I don't like the heat and probably would have melted had I been outside for too long. Going to try to see some of you in Jersey next month if circumstances will allow.

[Alps]

Hey, I'm a friend from NJ, not NY!

[Duke87]

Hey, I'm a friend from NJ, not NY!

I wasn't talking about you, silly. I have a couple friends from New York (City) who were supposed to come but ended up being unable to make it on account of a power outage. I may bring them to Central Jersey in a few weeks instead.

[yanksfan6129]

Yeah I wish I could've gone but apparently I didn't request the day off for work, and given that I called in "sick" just a week and a half ago, I felt like I should go to work. Not to mention, I ended up scratching a bit of a roadgeek itch on Friday afternoon/evening with a last-minute trip up to Albany and Troy anyway.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Can it Duke, you could have adjusted it yourself