Westies at Watkins

Itinerary

Friday:

Friday activities will focus on finding our camp sites and getting acquainted. Come and register for the event at site 187. Tee-shirts will be available.

Saturday:

Saturday Morning - We are planning a Burrito breakfast compliments of the Empire VW Camping Club. If you can, bring something to share.

Saturday we will plan on taking a hike and discovering Watkins Glen State Park in its full beauty of the glacier-carved mile-long gorge. In the afternoon, we can relax at the campsite, drive around the area, and go wine tasting at the many wineries along Seneca Lake and other adjacent Finger Lakes.

Optional: As an option for Saturday, the Corning Glass Museum is just down the road in the town of Corning and well worth the visit. There are also other side trips and museums around the area.

Saturday Night we are planning a potluck dinner. Bring something to share to the Pavillion by the main road.

At night time, we can retire swapping tall VW tales and be entertained with some live music around the campfire. In past years we all enjoyed some cool door prizes donated by some of the Vanagon List Vendors. Let's hope they come through again this year to continue with this tradition.

IMPORTANT - This is a change from previous years. If you are planning to participate in the events at the racetrack on Sunday at noon, you will need to obtain Thunder Road track tickets from The Glen Store in the town of Watkins Glen. A group purchase is also available. There will be no tickets available at the gates of the racetrack. No ticky no entry. Cost should be around $15 for our group, per vehicle, going on the track.
Viewing from the Grand Stands is always available to all.

Sunday

Events will be a to pack up and caravan to the racetrack about 5 miles away (up hill) and join up with the Finger Lakes VW Club members caravaning down from Rochester along with other VW club members from Syracuse and Buffalo in their VW cars. We will then be led onto the racetrack for pictures and do laps for about an hour before enjoying lunch.

VENDORS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT AT THE CAMPGROUND.

CAMPING INFORMATION

The Park Service has reserved and opened up the Onongada Village loop just for our VW crowd. No online or phone reservations are required. Just drive on up to the ranger kiosk at the camping area, and pay for one of the avaialble sites. Two vehicles are allowed per site. .

This campground loop does not have electricity at the sites. If you need electricity in your van, then the only camping area at WGSP with electricity is in the Mohawk Village loop.

Pet Owner information:
DO NOT leave dogs unattended anywhere in the park.
No dogs allowed on Gorge Trail.
Pet owners must show current rabies certificate. ( for their pets ;-)

Beer drinker information:
No beer kegs allowed at the park.

Partier Information:
Quiet hours are from 10:00 pm and 7:00 am and are strictly enforced.

Age restrictions
To register for a campsite, the camper must be 18 years old and show proper ID.

Electrically connected:
Mohawk Village / Loop B is the only loop with electric sites at Watkins Glen.

Contact: Joel Cort for additional further details on the camping event
Home jcort@rochester.rr.com
Home (585) 377-4161
Cell (585) 690-8145