Lodging information
We encourage folks to collaborate on their own room-sharing plans. (You can see below who's already planning to come, and contact folks you know.)
Primary Hotel: Ithaca Airport Ramada Inn
This year, we've got a block of rooms at the Ithaca Airport Ramada Inn, a short drive from the Ithaca Airport and the Cayuga Heights Fire Station, our meeting location. Room reservations will be accepted up to October 10th, 2008. Our group rate is $109.95/night plus tax. If you will be arriving late, need a rollaway (extra charge), or need a first floor room, please mention these when making your reservation. After October 10th, any remaining rooms will be put back into the regular inventory for sale to the general public. Once that date passes, we can't guarantee that the hotel will have any rooms available as this is a very popular time of year for out-of-town visitors. Also, if getting a non-smoking room is important to you, be sure to request it when you make your reservation.
To reserve a room at the Ramada Inn, call 607-257-3100 or the national reservation line at 1-888-272-6232. Make sure to ask to be part of the Accord room block. You can reserve online at http://www.the.ramada.com/ithaca05091.
Rooms are reserved for Friday and Saturday nights,
October 17th and 18th. Arriving Thursday or staying until Monday is unlikely to pose a problem, but making such arrangements early is a good idea.
PLEASE: When you reserve one or more rooms, please
let Dan know (a) which hotel and (b) how
many rooms. That knowledge will help us to know how our blocks are
doing and whether we might need additional rooms.
Schedule of Events
Friday: Casual afternoon gathering. We'll use the Ramada's lobby and lounge area as our "base of operations" from late afternoon on. You can meet us there, have a bite to eat, and relax with a beverage, etc.
Fri 6:00 PM: Dinner at the Glenwood Pines.
Sat 9:30 AM: Breakfast. If you're interested, meet for breakfast for something to eat before we get together for the Glen Convoy. Mmmmm... yummy. We recommend Manos Diner on Route 13 south of downtown Ithaca or CTB Appetizers in the Cayuga Mall. Please plan breakfast such that you can be on time at the fire station at 10.
Sat 11 AM: Meet for Glen convoy. Show up at the Ramada Inn parking lot on North Triphammer Road near Pyramid Mall. Please be GASSED UP and ready to go. We will leave directly for the Glen, do lunch at Burger King when we get there, then hike, which will take most of the day.
After we return, there will be some quiet time to hang out at the park or clean
up (or go to the local booksale) before....
Sat. 6:00 PM: Dinner at the Ramada. We'll again be dining at the Ramada Inn, with a selection of entrees available, at a price of $20 per person including tax and tip. Details below. Please bring cash, and if you can, please bring exact change!
Sat. After Dinner: Whatever you please. Go sleep off the meat. Go to
various pubs if you're over twenty one. There will probably be something for the
under 21 crowd to do. Last year, many of us went to Purity Ice Cream for dessert.
Sunday 10:00 AM: Brunch at Ramada. Cost: About $11 per person, including tax and tip. We really do need to know whether you'll be at brunch, so there's enough room for everyone who's coming and so we don't have to pay out of our pockets for those who don't show up!
