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2018 Oilburners Rally
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Sorry buddy, but you are going to have really annoying neighbors. The clowns in site 30 are real idiots!!!
Heath
What, did they put me beside those A-holes again? I need to move!Sorry buddy, but you are going to have really annoying neighbors. The clowns in site 30 are real idiots!!!
Heath
I will shave the beard to get my fu-man-sho (spelling?) out just for Missy!
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F350camper
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Awesome that you will be coming out to see all us weirdos! I think it will be a good one this year.
UMR_Engnr
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I'm still debating the 15 hour drive, but either way I'm looking forward to seeing what agenda you guys come up with.
F350camper
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I tried to reserve yesterday. I probably was calling before they opened, so I left a message and asked them to call back. They never did. I'll try again today, but in the morning is my best time to do it, and I have trouble getting back to it later in the day. If somebody talks to someone down there, please ask them to call me. 717-806-5561
I used to live very close to that campground. I will warn you we have gnats up here during that time of year. A wide brim hat is usually all I need. They drive my wife nuts and she uses one of those net things sometimes around her head. A smokey fire will probably shoo them away also. If you have one of those 4 legged portable awnings with the netting, I would bring it.
You will be pretty much 20 minutes or so from any decent sized town. Harrisonburg is south, and has all the stores and eating places you could want.
20 minutes west is a little town called Broadway and then a little north of it Timberville. Timberville just got a Walmart with a garage and groceries, near the Walmart is a shopping center with a Foodlion grocery store and a Do it Best hardware store.
About 20 minutes north on route 11 is a town called New Market. This is where the very young VMI cadets back during the civil war marched all the way from Lexington south, up the valley and fought in the battle of New Market. They have a nice museum there, here is a link.
http://vmi.edu/museums-and-archives/virginia-museum-of-the-civil-war/
The campground is at the bottom of Massenutten mountain. This is a ridge of mountains that pop up in the middle of the valley. On the other side of the mountain where you will be staying is Page Valley in Page county. Over there is a decent set of caverns to see called Luray Caverns. I went their when I was in grade school and was impressed. Here's a link to that.
https://luraycaverns.com/
It's not cheap to get into the caverns, but they are pretty big inside. You will have to go up to New Market, route 11 is best to take. Go to the second stoplight and take a right on route 211 and that will take you over the Massenutten mountain and into Page valley to the caverns.
On the way to the caverns you can stop by Cooters. They just had their "******'s last stand" this past summer. There was a pile of people there for that. It's on the way to the Caverns right on 211. Here's a link to that.
https://cootersplace.com/cooters-luray-va/
If you keep going east on 211 past the caverns, you eventually end up going up another mountain range. This is the eastern boundary of the Shenandoah Valley and on this mountain range is Shenandoah National Park. Here is a link to that.
https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm
For now it's $25 per car to get in to the park. If you go in the park on 211, there is about 30 miles of the park to the north, and about 60ish miles to the south. If you go south there is a place called "Big Meadows" and they have a visitors center called "Byrd Visitor Center".
If you go to the park and then ride south, you will pass lots of hiking trails, picnic areas, a place called "Skyland" which has horseback riding and rooms to stay, you will then get to the Byrd Visitors center, and if you keep going you will run into route 33. If you get off there you will have seen the central part of the park, and route 33 west will lead you right into Harrisonburg.
If you need to go to Harrisonburg, and want to make a trip of it, as soon as you get to the stop sign leaving the campground, you can take a left and head south. This is a little winding road that follows the bottom of the mountain, and eventually ends up on 33 that goes into Harrisonburg.
I will tell you I-81 down here is terrible. Lots of trucks, lots of accidents and back-ups. You will probably use 81 to get here, but running around to different places locally we avoid it if possible. Route 11 will get you anywhere you need to go that 81 will.
You will be pretty much 20 minutes or so from any decent sized town. Harrisonburg is south, and has all the stores and eating places you could want.
20 minutes west is a little town called Broadway and then a little north of it Timberville. Timberville just got a Walmart with a garage and groceries, near the Walmart is a shopping center with a Foodlion grocery store and a Do it Best hardware store.
About 20 minutes north on route 11 is a town called New Market. This is where the very young VMI cadets back during the civil war marched all the way from Lexington south, up the valley and fought in the battle of New Market. They have a nice museum there, here is a link.
http://vmi.edu/museums-and-archives/virginia-museum-of-the-civil-war/
The campground is at the bottom of Massenutten mountain. This is a ridge of mountains that pop up in the middle of the valley. On the other side of the mountain where you will be staying is Page Valley in Page county. Over there is a decent set of caverns to see called Luray Caverns. I went their when I was in grade school and was impressed. Here's a link to that.
https://luraycaverns.com/
It's not cheap to get into the caverns, but they are pretty big inside. You will have to go up to New Market, route 11 is best to take. Go to the second stoplight and take a right on route 211 and that will take you over the Massenutten mountain and into Page valley to the caverns.
On the way to the caverns you can stop by Cooters. They just had their "******'s last stand" this past summer. There was a pile of people there for that. It's on the way to the Caverns right on 211. Here's a link to that.
https://cootersplace.com/cooters-luray-va/
If you keep going east on 211 past the caverns, you eventually end up going up another mountain range. This is the eastern boundary of the Shenandoah Valley and on this mountain range is Shenandoah National Park. Here is a link to that.
https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm
For now it's $25 per car to get in to the park. If you go in the park on 211, there is about 30 miles of the park to the north, and about 60ish miles to the south. If you go south there is a place called "Big Meadows" and they have a visitors center called "Byrd Visitor Center".
If you go to the park and then ride south, you will pass lots of hiking trails, picnic areas, a place called "Skyland" which has horseback riding and rooms to stay, you will then get to the Byrd Visitors center, and if you keep going you will run into route 33. If you get off there you will have seen the central part of the park, and route 33 west will lead you right into Harrisonburg.
If you need to go to Harrisonburg, and want to make a trip of it, as soon as you get to the stop sign leaving the campground, you can take a left and head south. This is a little winding road that follows the bottom of the mountain, and eventually ends up on 33 that goes into Harrisonburg.
I will tell you I-81 down here is terrible. Lots of trucks, lots of accidents and back-ups. You will probably use 81 to get here, but running around to different places locally we avoid it if possible. Route 11 will get you anywhere you need to go that 81 will.
Once it gets closer I will decide, but it looks like I will just be doing a night or two and staying in a hotel/motel. But still to far out for me to be sure.
As long as I don't get knocked up before that I can be not as close to the bathroom [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
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