[MR] [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic

[lordgaelan at aol.com]

I would suggest taking the turnpike from Breezewood to Bedford (NO TOLL).? I have taken this route 4-5 times in both directions.? It is a great route.? The major hills are on I-99 and on 422 near the Walmart we go to if you go east.? Most of the route is 4 lanes wide.? It also keeps you out of Pittsburgh traffic, which means about the same driving time.

I-99N is also US 220N.? It is what I have always referred to as the "22" route.? Every time you come across a new road with the number 22 in it, headed north or west, Get on It. (220 to 22 to 422).

Gaelan mac Cuinneagain

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Dean <scott_dean at mindspring.com>
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org; keep at windmastershill.org
Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 2:35 pm
Subject: [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic


Greetings!?
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I was working with Google maps to check out possible alternate routes from the DC area up to Pennsic which don't involve driving the PA Turnpike. One of the possible routes it came up with is to take I-70 up to Breezewood then US-30W over to Bedford where you pick up I-99N up to Altoona. From just south of Altoona, you take US-22 and US-422 west through central PA through Indiana (the town not the state), Kittanning, and Butler. It looks like is about the same distance (278 vs 280 via the turnpike) and it only adds about 15 minutes to the estimated time. I am also looking for a route that minimizes elevation transitions since I will be pulling a trailer.?
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Anyone tried this route??
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BTW, you can type "Pennsic War, Slippery Rock, PA" as a destination into google maps and it recognizes it and routes you to Coopers Lake. For some reason, if you just type "Pennsic War", it routes you to "Howard County: Registation & Program Info" in Columbia MD... go figure.?
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Thanks!?
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-- Manus?
? Seneschal, Canton of Elvegast in the Barony of Windmasters' Hill?
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?mka Scott Dean?
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