wmond

I plan to drive to Tremblant for the July DE with NNJR and NER from central NJ. Will actually drive my GT3, not trailering. Looks like a long drive and fastest route would be the NY State Thruway basically all the way. But, having spent a fair amount of time in the Berkshires as a kid, I used to love the drive up old route 22 to 7 (which looks like it can get me to the Canadian border if I stay on it).

Other than the obvious time penalty this will create, are there any must stop/see places on the drive from NJ to Tremblant? Any great food stops? Largest ball of twine in Vermont? Any advice would be appreciated. The good news is that July 4 is a holiday and the event starts on the 5th, so I have the whole day to make my way north. I’m actually super excited about the drive up, and thinking of warmer days to come. Would be cool to find a hidden treasure on the trip if anyone knows of one.

ajw45

Funny, I've done the drive from NYC to LCMT a few times and never really stopped to enjoy it, would love to see what people come up with....

twk63

I used to live in Great Barrington years ago, I always enjoyed breakfast at Martins. Hopefully it's still around.

lebby83

I was thinking about signing up for this event as its over my vacation.

mhm993

Hemmings is in Bennington VT. A good gearhead stop at their museum.
There used to be a great fried fish place called Vern's in Bennington too. Might still be there.

Turbodan

Watkins Glen is a great stop along the way
Coopers town if into baseball
Ben and Jerry's factory tour in Vermont
You can put your car on a ferry over one of the finger lakes
You could stop in Montreal on the way too

mhm993

"You can put your car on a ferry over one of the finger lakes" Umm..No?

Maybe lake champlain?

Sweeper

It is a terrific ride through VT, plenty of sites and not that much longer.. I took GT3 to the Porsche parade in Vt a couple years ago.
As said already, the Glen is on the way too, a must see IMHO

My sig picture was taken at the Orvis shop in Vermont

wmond

According to Google, Martin's closed down about 2 years ago. We used to have a house in Sandisfield and New Marlboro. Fun summers at York Lake and Tanglewood, and there was a hobby shop in Great Barr. called Wonderful Things (also now closed according the world wide interweb), cool model rockets and stuff, very fun. If I took old 22 to 44, I'd be about a mile or 2 from Lime Rock. Looks to be about a 3 hour time penalty if I decided to take route 7 all the way to Canada. Turning a 7 hour drive into a 10 hour drive, my next thread (guest written by my *** (can I say *** here?)) will be on the comfort of a full day in the carbon fiber LWB seats.

Keep the ideas coming y'all. Thanks.

wmond

I think Watkins Glen is a bit too far west to be efficient, but I've driven there the last 2 years and will be there again hopefully at the end of July. I'm digging the Vermont, Bennington, Burlington route at the moment. Will need to see what Route 7 looks like in terms of entertaining driving.

Sweeper

Roads are great and fast.
http://www.equinoxmountain.com



fun thing to do too, it's pretty lumpy though..

rnh204

Stop by Lake George?

SWK6Cup

don't forget about Saratoga Springs.....plenty of decent restaurants to visit and it could be right on your way.

Matt Romanowski

Great car museum as well. http://www.saratogaautomuseum.org/

It's been a long time, but the Equinox Inn owner was a PCA racer. Not sure if it's the same person.

Sweeper

Yes it is Matt, he gave us a nice tour of Southern Vermont, Needed Crossle though