BOY SCOUT TROOP 255 TEN MILE RIVER 2014 SUMMER CAMP DATE/PLACE: Sunday JULY 20th to Saturday JULY 26th (Week 3) TMR CAMP AQUEHONGA Site 3A MEETING : 1:00PM on SUNDAY, JULY 20th at TMR CAMP AQUEHONGA Meet in CAMP AQUEHONGA parking lot. MAKE SURE YOUR SON EATS LUNCH BEFORE WE MEET. Scouts will have dinner at Camp. PICK UP: 10 AM SATURDAY JULY 26th Meet and pick up your child at Camp Aquehonga. Park and go to Site 3A. TRANSPORT: Everyone is responsible for getting to camp on their own. If you wish to car pool, you should make your own arrangement with other Scouts who are going. RULES: A copy of the camp rules is attached. Parents, please read and go over them with your son. Scouts who continually misbehave may be asked to leave and their parents will be called to pick them up immediately. MERIT BADGE: Each Scout should have with them a list of Merit Badges they wish to attempt. (see enclosed advancement schedule) We recommend they sign up for 3 to 6. Scouts must attend all sessions during camp to qualify. Note: some merit badges have prerequisites. WHAT TO BRING: See the attached list of things to bring. Class-A uniforms required for travel to and from camp and for dinner meals. Bring your Class-B uniforms and other clothing enough for 7 days. Bring about $25 spending money. Some merit badges require Scouts to buy craft kits. Scouts are responsible for their own possessions. The camp and leaders are not responsible for losses. IMPORTANT!!! - LEADERS & SCOUTS MUST HAVE A COMPLETED MEDICAL FORM SIGNED & STAMPED BY A DOCTOR !!! If you do not have a fully completed medical form you will be asked to leave camp. -MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SWIM TRUNKS AND TOWEL. Pack swim items on top, you will need them immediately upon check-in. FOOD & MEDICATION: Meals are provided by the camp. If your child has any dietary restrictions please let us know in advance. If your son takes any medication, please give them to the Scout leader. DIRECTIONS : TMR CAMP AQUEHONGA is approximately 2 ½ hours from Queens. Directions enclosed. CONTACT: To contact your son, you can leave a message on Anthony Drew at 347-395-7560. In case of emergency: Aquehonga office 845-252-2023 8am to 10pm or TMR main number 845-252-2000. Please note it is difficult to contact Scouts at camp; phone service in the are is terrible. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL Tony Drew (718)886-6823 (347) 395-7560 Drive 125 miles, 2 h 18 min Directions from 171-29 46th Ave to Camp Aquehonga 171-29 46th Ave This route has tolls. Flushing, NY 11358 Get on I-295 N from Utopia Pkwy and Northern Blvd 1.6 mi / 5 min 1. Head east on 46th Ave toward Auburndale Ln 0.2 mi 2. Take the 3rd left onto Utopia Pkwy 0.3 mi 3. Take the 3rd right onto Northern Blvd 0.8 mi 4. Turn left onto Clearview Expressway Service Road 0.1 mi 5. Merge onto I-295 N via the ramp on the left to Throgs Neck Bridge 0.1 mi Continue on I-295 N. Take Bronx River Pkwy, Sprain Brook Pkwy N, I-87 N, US-6 W and NY-17 W to State Rte 17B W/Co Rd 117 W/Rt 17B W/State Rt 17B W/St Rt 17B W in Thompson. Take exit 104 from NY-17 W 106 mi / 1 h 46 min 6. Merge onto I-295 N Partial toll road 6.1 mi 7. Take exit 12 for Interstate 278 W/Bruckner Expwy toward Manhattan 0.6 mi 8. Merge onto I-278 W 0.5 mi 9. Take exit 53 toward White Plains Road/Castle Hill Avenue 0.2 mi 10. Merge onto Bruckner Blvd 0.7 mi 11. Turn right onto Soundview Ave 0.2 mi 12. Soundview Ave turns slightly right and becomes Metcalf Ave 289 ft 13. Take the ramp on the left onto Bronx River Pkwy 8.1 mi 14. Continue onto Sprain Brook Pkwy N 9.1 mi 15. Take the exit on the left onto I-287 W toward Tappan Zee Bridge 1.7 mi 16. Merge onto I-87 N Partial toll road 32.7 mi 17. Keep right to continue on I-87, follow signs for US 6/New York 17/Harriman Toll road 0.5 mi 18. Take exit 16 for New York 17 W toward U.S. 6/Harriman Toll road 0.9 mi 19. Merge onto NY-17 W Toll road 1.1 mi 20. Continue onto NY-17 W/US-6 W 12.2 mi 21. Continue onto NY-17 W 30.8 mi 22. Take exit 104 for New York 17B toward Monticello/Raceway 0.4 mi Continue on State Rte 17B W/Co Rd 117 W/Rt 17B W/State Rt 17B W/St Rt 17B W. Drive to Crystal Lake Rd in Tusten 17.8 mi / 28 min 23. Turn left onto State Rte 17B W/Co Rd 117 W/Rt 17B W/State Rt 17B W/St Rt 17B W 7.7 mi 24. Turn left onto NY-55 W 4.1 mi 25. Turn right onto Crystal Lake Rd Destination will be on the left 6.1 mi Camp Aquehonga 1481 Crystal Lake Rd, Narrowsburg, NY 12764 These directions are for planning purposes only. You may find that construction projects, traffic, weather, or other events may cause conditions to differ from the map results, and you should plan your route accordingly. You must obey all signs or notices regarding your route. 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NOTE: The traffic light at the top of the Cross Bronx Expressway exit ramp has one of those “Red Light” cameras. If you run the red light you will get a ticket! An alternate to the Cross Bronx Expressway is to take the Bruckner Expressway, West (I-278, West) to the White Plains Road exit. Proceed along the service road about 1/2 mile until you see the small signs directing you to turn right to the entrance to the Bronx River Parkway. Bronx River Parkway Go north on the Bronx River Parkway into Westchester County. After passing under the Cross County Parkway, the right lanes split off for the Bronx River Parkway and the left lanes split off for the Sprain Brook Parkway (also called the Sprain Parkway). Stay left on the Sprain Brook Parkway. NOTE: The Sprain Brook Parkway is a “fast” road, and there are some people doing 70+ mph. Go north on the Sprain Brook Parkway over the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) and over the Saw Mill River Parkway. At this point, the Sprain Brook Parkway and the Bronx River Parkway join together and become the Taconic State Parkway. Approximately a mile after becoming the Taconic State Parkway get off for NYS 9A, North (the exit is for NYS 9A and NYS 100). NOTE: NYS 9A is a narrow, 2-lane, curvy road with 3 traffic lights and low overpasses. Semis use this road and need to get in the left lane to get under the overpasses. It is advisable to yield to them! If one takes this route south, once you get on the Taconic State Parkway from NYS 9A, stay in the left lanes so at the split, you stay on the Sprain Brook Parkway and not to end up on the Bronx River Parkway. (As can be seen from the above directions, one might be inclined to just use the Bronx River Parkway for going both north and south. Be advised that where it splits from the Sprain Brook Parkway (in either direction), it becomes a narrow twisty road with traffic lights and in some places, local streets just empty into the road with only a stop sign. During the day it carries a lot of slow moving traffic. Traveling this section of the Bronx River Parkway is not advised.) Go north on NYS 9A through 3 traffic lights onto US 9, North towards Peekskill. NOTE: Approximately a half-mile after the third traffic light, the road is very curvy and goes steeply down to the Hudson River.