The bike trip will be to and
from Kaufmanhaus (the Risk's place). The bike route is at <www.t9ch.org/Docs/04-05/Chatham_County_route.html>
and a map is at <www.t9ch.org/Docs/04-05/ChathamBikeMap.jpg>.
There is a "food fee" of $12 per scout. Gayle and John Risk will
arrange or purchase certain meals. Fee should be paid upon
arrival at camp.
Schedule
Friday.... come as early as you wish on Friday afternoon.
Eat before you leave, but bring your own pre-made foil pack dinner to
cook over a campfire in the camping area. Dinner time would be
late, probably 7:00 or 8:00 PM. Plan on NO COOKING
UTENSILS. Eat out of the foil pack, so NO CLEAN-UP REQUIRED.
Saturday Morning.... Get up early (6:00 AM) and start bike
trip. This will put us through town before any traffic.
Stop at Al's for breakfast. We will sit outside at the 2 picnic
tables and eat Sausage & Egg biscuits paid for out of the "food
fee" Gayle and I will have coffee and juice for everybody.
Saturday Noon .... Cold cut lunch (Salami & Cheese on
tortilla bread) purchased by Gayle and me out of the "food fee"
Saturday Evening... Pot luck Dinner before the court of
honor. Parents should bring enough food to feed themselves and a
couple extra. That way there will be plenty of food if some
parents do not come. Drinks provided out of "food fee"
Sunday Morning... Cook Breakfast over a fire. Bacon and
Eggs & bread, will be provided out of the "food fee".
Boys will cook their own eggs on cast iron skillets provided.
Bacon for all will be cooked by me. Make a bacon & egg
sandwich and eat it on a paper towel (provided). For Clean-Up,
skillets will be thrown into the fire and the egg and grease will burn
off..... NO WASHING.
Sunday Noon.... Lunch at home.
NOTES: Except for Friday night foil pack, and Saturday night Pot
Luck... all food and drink is purchased from the $12 food fee
charged to each scout. This fee is designed to also provide for
the camping & biking adults at no additional cost. Drinks
will all be "bulk" quantity gator-ade or some other mixed powered
drink, coffee, tea, or water. If anyone feels the need for soda,
they need to bring it themselves. everyone should bring their own
cup or water bottle to refill for drinks. We will not be
providing throw away paper or plastic cups. Coffee mugs will be
available.
Tents.....
We can set up the new canopy (with walls) and anybody who wishes can
bring a sleeping bag and a ground cloth, and sleep inside. For
those who want either privacy or peace & quiet (or both), bring a
personal or troop tent.
Cooking & eating...
It will not be necessary to bring stoves or fuel, as we will be cooking
over campfires. Plates and utensils are not required unless you prefer
the Sunday morning breakfast on a plate instead of making a
sandwich. -- DO bring a water bottle or cup to have with you for
drinks, both at camp and on the bike trip.
Directions
Here are the latest directions:
- From Chapel Hill, Go South on 15-501.
- Cross the Haw River and go 1.4 miles to Russell Chapel
Road. It's a major road going to the right, tucked in the middle
of 'road construction barrels'. If you come to a traffic light,
you have gone a half mile too far.
- Turn right onto Russell Chapel Road and go 1.1 miles to 'Saralyn
Rd' and turn right. It's a gravel road with a normal small green
street sign. There is a small trailer park on Russell Chapel
Road, just before you get to Saralyn.
- Go to the end of Saralyn Road (about a mile) and Turn
right onto Quartz Hill Road.
- Continue about 100 feet to the fork in the road at the Russian
Sign, and turn left.
- Shortly, at the bottom of the hill, you will see a small cluster
of mailboxes, and a road to the right. That's our driveway.
As you turn, look to the right for a small sign with "146" on it.
The Driveway is about a half mile long. About midway, you will
pass a new road going left up the hill. Don't take the new road,
but continue on to our place. As you come up the hill, the red
guest cottage is on the right and our house a little further on the
left.
