LCS 2011 Preliminary Cruise Maps - NEED FEEDBACK!

[PSB]

My wife and I are charge of planning the Friday cruises for LCS 2011. We've come up with about ten new cruise routes. We also plan on keeping at least the Hocking Hills and the Mid-Ohio Vintage Auto Race cruises we did in 2010, so we need to weed a few out. Here's the first six, still working on the maps for the others.


Thanks,

Pete
OCC Board Member

NOTE, when you open the google map links you will have to zoom and/or pan to see the route - I don't know why...



1) Bucyrus, OH (http://www.bucyrus.org/), 135 miles roundtrip

Attractions:
- Checkmate Power Boats (I'm planning on setting up a factory tour) http://www.checkmatepowerboats.net/manufacturing.html
- Cooper's Mill, Picking Copper Kettle Co. and Carl's gas Station and 50s Memories

Google Map of Route - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...1&spn=1.499375,,



2) Wayne National Forest (188 miles roundtrip)(http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fs...520-%2520Home/)

Scenic drive through Wayne National Forest. Stops in Shawnee, OH (bathroom/stretch break), gas at Speedway on western edge of Nelsonville, Lunch at the Coffee Cup restaurant before continuing through the forest, Logan, back to hotels.

Google Map link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.231842&z=10



3) Velvet Ice Cream Factory, Utica, OH (http://www.velveticecream.com/mill/ye_olde_mill.asp), 110 miles roundtrip

Google Map Link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.231842&z=10



4) Clifton Mill, Clifton Gorge, and Young's Dairy near Yellow Springs, OH (95 miles roundtrip)

Cruise southwest through London to historic Clifton Mill (www.cliftonmill.com), eat breakfast at the Millrace Restuarant and tour the mill, take a short hike to see Clifton Gorge (http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/882/default.aspx), then cruise to Young's Dairy for homemade ice cream (http://youngsdairy.com/)

Google Maps Link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...hz604iDHXCT7Xy


5) Frazeysburg and Longaberger Basket Factory Cruise

Stops:
B) Dillon National Park for a stretch & bathrooms
C) Longaberger Basket Factory Tour http://www.longaberger.com/homestead.aspx
D) Sunoco for gas


Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...9,1.167297&z=9

6) Castles and Caves Tour (Urbana)

Stops:
B) Ohio Caverns: http://www.ohiocaverns.com/
C) Piatt Castles: www.piattcastles.org/
D) Lunch at http://www.robertsonmiami.com/

Link to Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,1.231842&z=10

[bobcowan]

I'd go for either 2 or 6. Probably 2.