"Go West Young Man" 1st Annual Cruise to Galena, IL

Going to try a few new cruise spots this year.

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Meet at the Belvidere Tollway Oasis off of I-90
2510 Pearl St, Belvidere, IL 61008
Meeting time 945 am
Departing at 10 am

1 hour 40 min/ 93 mile drive

Arrive by 1145 am/12 pm
Chestnut Mountain Resort
8700 W. Chestnut Mountain Rd
Galena, IL 61036


They have a ton of things to do, alpine slide, zip line, river cruise, segway tours,  mini golf, disc golf, and bike rentals.

For $40 you can get an adventure package that gives you one ride on the zip line, unlimited alpine slide rides,and one round of mini golf/ disc golf.

People can buy individual tickets on their own and the web page has that information.

https://www.chestnutmtn.com/on-the-mountain/summer-activities/adventure-package/

Info on a few things

Alpine Slide - All children less than 48” tall and under the age of 7 must ride with an adult.

River Cruise - 1.5 hours, leaves at 11 am, 130 pm,and 330 pm, requires a reservation, max people is 39.  
You take a scenic chair ride and a alpine slide ride to and from the departure area.

Soaring Eagle Zip line - Riders must be at least 42 inches tall to ride.
Rides (single or combined) must not exceed 450 pounds.

Segway Tour - Must be 14 years old and weigh between 100 and 260 pounds
Have to make a reservation 48 hours in advance

There are two restaurants that will be open during summer when we are there.
https://www.chestnutmtn.com/restaurant-page/sunset-grille/
https://www.chestnutmtn.com/restaurant-page/the-summit/


Once we arrive at the mountain everyone is free to do their own thing.  

Will stay until about 5 pm, everyone is free to come and go as they please.  Those that stay until then we can cruise back together.

Anyone that wants to stay overnight all the information on rooms are on the website.

Date??

Fixed.

99% sure i am in. as long as something doesn't come up i should make it.

We're in

This looks like fun. I'm in. We may try to stay overnight. If anyone is interested in doing that let me know. A couple years ago some of looked I to getting a cabin for a weekend and it wasn't too expensive.

I'm in, but the wife and I are staying until Monday.

dawn and I .will be in for this one .

Cool deal!!! See you all at the oasis. Corey bring me that shirt to swap out.

eviltrycycle wrote:

Cool deal!!!  See you all at the oasis.  Corey bring me that shirt to swap out.

It's in my car - Thanks Crystal.

We are in!

Opps, due to sickness, we won't be joining you.

Maybe next time.

Cool. Looks to be a small group going but that is fine with me.

After we leave the meeting spot at the oasis taking 20 all the way out. Should be a nice drive.

See you all on the 8th.

So if everyone that says they are coming still is coming we will have 6 cars. But you never know more could show up.

See you all in the morning.

Still going for sure.....

We will be there

Wish we could make it. I have waaayyyy to much shit to get done around the house.
Feel like I haven't had a free weekend cause my wife doesn't know how to say no to anyone, lol.

For those coming tomorrow I made a small thank you.

We are heading out.

This place was a BLAST. The drive it was hella fun too. Working on videos at some point today.


I want to go back for my birthday in October, cannot wait to see the tress all colorful.

Def had fun and the ride out was great.

I still have to look at the video I took also.

Downtown area was also fun

We had a blast too. And the back roads are super fun!

The last video is processing and then they will all be up.


Finally.

Ok they are up, link is in my sig.

That was fun! Blackjack Rd was awesome too!

Thanks for setting that one up Crystal and thanks for the cookies......