Westchester Beemers Motorcycle Club

Litchfield Jail Run
2022-06-05 08:45 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Market Place Tavern, 7 North Street, Litchfield, CT, 06759, United States
Go directly to Jail Do not pass GO, do not collect $200. This ride takes us to the Litchfield County Jail. The oldest building in the town, it was built in 1812 and had a capacity of 120 prisoners. When Connecticut eliminated County government in 1960, the state took over the jail. It ceased operating as a prison in 1993 and was sold to private investors in 2013.
Looking to develop the site, plans emerged to combine it with some nearby buildings and as construction came to a close in late 2018, the building had been converted to four luxury residential apartments, two financial advisory firms, a bakery, several boutiques, and a popular restaurant.
The restaurant named the Market Place Tavern is our destination for this ride. Featuring options like the Jailhouse Burger, fish & chips & even Tavern Truffed Mac & Cheese, it should be a great meal to go with the 3 hour meandering route we have planned to get there.
Sunday June 5th
8:45AM Meet at Dunkin’ Donuts Cross River20 N Salem RoadCross River NY
9:00AM Depart from Dunkin’ Donuts Cross River
12:15PM Arrive at restaurant in Litchfield after a nice 108 mile meandering route.
There are a few gas stations down the street from the restaurant to refuel the bike after lunch.
Routes for the ride
Routes are available as a GPX file of the track to ensure most compatibility with your GPS. You can convert the track into a route on your GPS and display the track as well to confirm accurate routing.
GPX file
Rever route

***Rescheduled*** Summer Sausage & Schnitzel Sojourn
2022-06-18 09:45 - 15:30 | Mountain Brauhaus, 3124 US 44, Gardiner, New York, 12525, United States
Our second German restaurant outing of the season. This one brings us closer to the Catskills. We’ll be dining at the Mountain Brauhaus. http://www.mountainbrauhaus.com

We do need to make reservations about a week in advance, so please RSVP so we can have a count. Our ride out will be about 2 hours of some fun roads taking a bit of the long way into some of the Shawnagunk mountains.

9:45AM Meet at the Mobil station at the Annsville Circle near Peekskill10:00AM Depart Mobil~12:05PM Arrive at Mountain Brauhaus

Departure location:

Mobil station at roundabout where Rt 9 & Rt 202 connect just north of Bear Mountain State Parkway on the Hudson)

98 Hook Road Peekskill, NY 10566

Depending on your GPS, this is sometimes called Roa Hook Road in Cortland, NY 10567: https://www.google.com/maps/place/98+Roa+Hook+Rd,+Cortlandt,+NY+10567/@41.2986315,-73.9387449,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2cf2aaf000e25:0x19c2af59c829e8b!8m2!3d41.2986275!4d-73.9365562

Pining for Pennsylvania
2022-06-23 20:00 - 2022-06-27 19:59 | Steel Steeds Campground, 1095 State Route 405, Milton, PA, 17847, United States
Central PA is home to the Ridge and Valley Appalachians and the Appalachian Plateau. This unique geologic region has hills that appear as a s-curve across the state and the roads have had to adapt to the natural terrain resulting in some of the best roads in the Northeast. What better way to enjoy them than loading up some camping gear and mounting your German steel steed for a 4 day weekend trip?
Our base camp is the Steel Steeds Campground located directly on the west branch of the Susquehanna River that caters to motorcyclists. If tent camping isn’t your thing, don’t fret, they have cabins as well as RVs you can rent.
Plenty of eating options as Lewisburg is just on the other side of the river and has many restaurants just a 5 minute ride away. Or the Susquehanna smokehouse is walking distance, just next door for dinner. Firewood is available if you want to cook by the fire.
We are centrally located to any areas you may want to explore. Pennsylvania Dutch area is a bit south east near Lancaster. You can visit the Harley Davidson factory in York PA in about 3 hours roughly due south. Want to relive the scenes from the tv show The Office? Scranton is about 2 hours north east. Less than an hour away is Centralia, famous for the underground coal fires that forced the town to be abandoned along with the graffiti highway. And if you want to see an eclectic collection of bikes, Bill’s Bike Barn is half an hour away.
And if you want roads, we are smack in the middle of a ton of G1, G2 and G3 roads from Butler maps.
Rates range from ~$10/night for tent space to ~$65/night for cabins and up to ~$105/night for a large RV, so there is something for every budget.
Please RSVP here and make reservations for your accommodations at https://www.steelsteedscamp.com.
Route details
We have a few routes planned out at the site in 3 different lengths ranging from about 90 minutes to 8 hours total ride time so you can pick whichever works for you each day or make your own. Routes are available both as GPX files that can be loaded into most any GPS and a Rever route that can be followed directly in the app:

A quick side trip over to Bill’s Old Bike Barn via some twisty roads takes about 90 minutes to cover ~45 miles. GPX FileRever route
Fun roads Option #1 takes a north east loop with a 4 hour first loop covering about 130 miles to first fuel stop and lunch in Williamsport. The return leg is about 1:45minutes covering ~55 miles, for a total day of about 185 miles and just under 6 hours ridingGPX Outbound (before lunch)GPX Return (after lunch)Rever route outbound (Before lunch)Rever route return (after lunch)
Fun roads Option #2 takes a south west leg with a 4:20 leg covering about 120 miles to lunch in State College. We have another long leg to return with about 3:45 covering about 105 miles to return for a total day of about 8 hours total riding and 225 milesGPX outbound (before lunch)GPX Return (after lunch)Rever route outbound (before lunch)Rever route return (after lunch)

Ride out
The campground is ~215 miles by highway from Westchester. As we have members from all over Westchester and the surrounding areas, we won’t have a single group ride out, but allow everyone to plan their own best way and ride out with others near them.
I’ll likely ride out with some twisty roads for the first part of the day and then highway to bypass Scranton et al and stop for food & fuel opportunistically. Others are welcome to join me, please reach out to Niels if interested.
