Fall 2007 Skyline Drive Cruise!
10-30-2007 | 05:01 AM
#143
Originally Posted by GOINFASTWCLASS
If ya'll are interested you might want to contact Karen Beck-Herzog with Shen. National Park for a special use permit. Her phone is (540)999-3300 or by e-mail: karen_beck-herzog@nps.gov. You might be able to get into the park at a lower rate instead of the $15.00 1 through7 day pass. In either case hope you have fun this weekend.
I contacted the park about a Spring 2007 cruise. I received a package that was filled will bureaucratic jargon, and next to impossible to comprehend. My interpretation of the rules is that you need a permit if you are going to be using a facility such as a camping area. Then you must submit an itinerary of the days activities, and a parking plan. The permit is several hundred dollars plus an hourly charge for clean-up. Although we are a group, we will be traveling through the park, not using park facilities.
10-30-2007 | 08:29 AM
#144
Originally Posted by davidv
Thanks for the contact.
I contacted the park about a Spring 2007 cruise. I received a package that was filled will bureaucratic jargon, and next to impossible to comprehend. My interpretation of the rules is that you need a permit if you are going to be using a facility such as a camping area. Then you must submit an itinerary of the days activities, and a parking plan. The permit is several hundred dollars plus an hourly charge for clean-up. Although we are a group, we will be traveling through the park, not using park facilities.
I contacted the park about a Spring 2007 cruise. I received a package that was filled will bureaucratic jargon, and next to impossible to comprehend. My interpretation of the rules is that you need a permit if you are going to be using a facility such as a camping area. Then you must submit an itinerary of the days activities, and a parking plan. The permit is several hundred dollars plus an hourly charge for clean-up. Although we are a group, we will be traveling through the park, not using park facilities.
10-30-2007 | 10:18 AM
#147
Originally Posted by PhiSig
I'm def not trying to pay to drive around skyline, thats for sure.
THE FEE IS 15 bucks and they take plasitc. I was just there two weeks ago.
If you dont want to pay to drive around Skyline, then you obviously have never been. If 15 bucks is stopping you, then maybe you should of bought a used 240 instead of a Z..lol.
Just messing with ya lol.....its well worth the loot!
I am driving up from Richmond that morning
after driving down from DC on Friday night just to make this drive, so dont bail out over a few dollars bro.
Last edited by 4SHIZZIL; 10-30-2007 at 10:56 AM.
10-30-2007 | 10:51 AM
#149
Originally Posted by mdracer76
Its worth every penny.
+1 and this is the perfect time of year to go too altho i imagine its gonna be cold once we get closer to the top...i remember from last year the wind was relentless!
10-30-2007 | 02:34 PM
#150
Originally Posted by umzzz
+1 and this is the perfect time of year to go too altho i imagine its gonna be cold once we get closer to the top...i remember from last year the wind was relentless!
10-30-2007 | 02:53 PM
#151
Damn i start my vacation on the 3rd so i think im gonna have to come out for this.Wher are the baltimore area peeps gonna meet and then drive down.Or should we meet at the normal columbia walmart instead and then cruise down.
As long as they take credit, and I won't have to deal with cops.
10-30-2007 | 04:42 PM
#154
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Ok not trying to be rude here, but it is a National Park run by the National Park Service, the $15 entrence fee goes to the upkeep of Shenandoah National Park (it's there for our enjoyment). It was constructed back during the depression by the CCC as a way to have a national park closer to those living on the east coast; and as a way to provide work for young men. I know I know we didn't always have airplanes and interstates. As long as you aren't doing things you'er not suppose to such as passing on a double yellow, speeding, peeling out of the entrance station or feeding the wildlife chances are you'll be fine. Yes, the Park Police will be out. Keep in mind that all the leaf lookers are out and it'll probably be crowded. The earlier you arrive the better (less of a line to wait in). Again hope you all have a blast on the drive and maybe I'll see you coming into the park!
10-30-2007 | 05:01 PM
#155
Originally Posted by GOINFASTWCLASS
Ok not trying to be rude here, but it is a National Park run by the National Park Service, the $15 entrence fee goes to the upkeep of Shenandoah National Park (it's there for our enjoyment). It was constructed back during the depression by the CCC as a way to have a national park closer to those living on the east coast; and as a way to provide work for young men. I know I know we didn't always have airplanes and interstates. As long as you aren't doing things you'er not suppose to such as passing on a double yellow, speeding, peeling out of the entrance station or feeding the wildlife chances are you'll be fine. Yes, the Park Police will be out. Keep in mind that all the leaf lookers are out and it'll probably be crowded. The earlier you arrive the better (less of a line to wait in). Again hope you all have a blast on the drive and maybe I'll see you coming into the park!
Thanks Smokey.
10-30-2007 | 06:25 PM
#160
Originally Posted by Alberto
What happened in your Z?
I love S2K's, I dont think anybody will/should have an issue with it they are awesome cars.
I love S2K's, I dont think anybody will/should have an issue with it they are awesome cars.
i had VDC thing came on all the time on twisty roads. it was really bad.