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NE Area Pre-Rally:
June 29-July 2, 2010. Bob Burnham is hosting an SI Pre-rally before the Northeast Area rally from June 29 - July 2 at the Burlington Elks Lodge. Make a donation to the Elks for three nights of dry parking. Contact Bob Burnham at e-mail below or call 603 762-0172.
The location for our NEAR pre-rally has been changed to the Elks Lodge in Burlington VT, same dates, Tuesday, June 29 to Friday July 2. A choice of two sight-seeing trips by car are planned for
Wednesday. Trip 1 is a 200 mile ride around Lake Champlain while Trip 2 is a 100 mile trip through the Champlain Islands, returning to Burlington by way of St. Albans. For the first fifty
miles, both trips follow the same route, north along the Vermont shore, then following US Route 2 through the Champlain Islands to Rouses Point, New York. There, trip 1 continues south on the west
(New York) side of the lake, while trip 2 reverses direction toward Swanton VT and then southerly to St. Albans on the way back to Burlington. Full itineraries will be provided for you. On Thursday, a
visit to the Shelburne Museum is planned. See www.shelburnemuseum.org for a description of what you can expect there. On Friday we will caravan
into the Northeast Area Rally site, seven miles away in Essex Jct
Drections to the Elks Lodge, 925 North Ave., Burlington VT. Interstate 89, Exit 14W (US route 2 west, Main Street). Get into the center lane as soon as you can, and stay in that lane.
The right lane is for turns only. Go about 1.7 miles on Main Street, turn right on to Battery Street, and then a left where Battery must turn left or right. Bear to the right on to
North Avenue. The Elks club is 1.7 miles on the left. The Elks driveway is the third driveway on the left after the traffic lights at the junction with SR 127. Look for an SI sign
at the driveway.
Breakfast and supper meals are planned, but in the interest of an early start and later return on Wednesday, none are planned that day. At the least, we will have a welcoming supper Tuesday and a
breakfast Thursday.
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