2016 Ride Schedule - National Veterans Awareness Organization

NATIONAL VETERANS AWARENESS RIDE
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
AUBURN, CA
8:00am
8:10 am ETD
8:20am ETA
8:30am
9:15am ETD
11:00am
12:15pm
12:30pm
May 17-28 2016
Riders meeting
Depart motel for Bowman School
Bowman School
Flag raising ceremony, Patriotic sing-along, NVAR Q&A
1:30pm ETA
3:00pm ETD
Lunch on your own
Riders meeting
Depart Motel for Mather VMAC
10535 Hospital Way, Mather, CA 95655
Visit vets
Ride back to hotel (Bowman Exit to Motel)
4:15pm
Staff & Board Meetings
5:55pm
Depart for dinner: Sweetpea’s-13498 Luther Rd. Auburn
Hotel:
Quality Inn - 13490 Lincoln Way, Auburn (Ex 122 off I-80)
530-885-7025 NVAR Rate: $65.00
Reserve by 4/15/16. Rooms blocked for 5/15, 16, 17.
National Coordinator: Jerry Conner 312-213-1032
Ride Leader: Steve Moore 219-873-5910
Road Guard Captain: Larry MacKay 847-878-5164
Pacer: Mike Kline 563-349-0071
Missing Man Coordinator: Dan Kuepker 219-380-9186
Chaplain: Wayne Worden 530-906-9120
Chase Truck: Ed Kintzele 219-877-7103
Merchandise: Bruce Manner 219-877-4480
Sit Reps: Julie Manner 219-877-4481
Registration: Tony Jackson (H) 309-236-3390
Wreath Laying Coordinator: Patrick Martindale 515-321-5616
Motel Manager: Sandy Kintzele 219-877-7103
Tail Gunner: Ron Immesoete 563-210-5367
Awards Angel: Karla Lloyd 219-561-8813
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
AUBURN, CA
6:45am
Depart motel for breakfast
7:00am –7:30am
Breakfast at Auburn Veterans Hall, 100 East St.
7:30am – 8:00am
Riders Meeting and Send-off
8:00am
8:15am
Depart Auburn Veterans Hall
Drive Thru Bowman School Parking Lot
10:15am ETA
10:30am ETD
Exit 4 Gas Stop at Boomtown, NV
@ 110 miles Meet Reno Police Escort
10:40am ETA
12:10pm ETD
Exit 14, VAMC Reno, NV. Visit Vets and eat lunch
1000 Locust St., Reno, NV 89520
12:45pm ETA
1:10pm ETD
Exit 48, Northern NV Veterans Cemetery
Wreath Laying Ceremony @ 38 miles
2:20pm ETA
2:45pm ETD
Exit 106 gas stop at Lovelock, NV
@ 60 miles
4:50pm ETA
Exit 229 gas stop at Battle Mountain, NV
5:15pm ETD
@127 miles
6:00pm
6:20pm
Meet 1st escort at Carlin, NV
Meet 2nd escort at Hunter Exit #292
6:30pm ETA
3rd Escort at Elko, NV off ramp @74 miles
Dinner Provided by the VFW Post 2350
Hotel:
Gold Country Inn
2050 Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801
800-621-1332 Ask for NVAR rate $69.00
Reserve by May 5, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
ELKO, NV
6:30-7:30am
Breakfast at hotel
7:30am
Riders meeting
8:00am ETD
Depart – I-80 East
10:45am ETA
11:05am ETD
Exit 410 Gas Stop at Wendover, NV
@ 110 miles NOTE TIME CHANGE
12:45pm ETA
1:00pm ETD
Exit 99 Gas at Lake Point (meet escort)
Flying J @102 Miles
1:45pm ETA
4:00pm ETD
Exit 129 to Utah State Veterans Nursing Home
700 S. Foothill Dr., SLC, UT 84113 (turn left onto
Mario Coppicki to enter home)
@ 33 miles Visit vets and have lunch
4:55pm ETA
Escort to meet us at Echo Rest Stop
5:25pm ETA
Exit 5 to Dinner at VFW Post 4280
917 Front Street, Evanston, WY
@80 miles from SLC
Hotel:
Days Inn
1983 Harrison Drive
Evanston, WY 82930
307-789-0783 Ask for NVAR rate of $69.99
Reserve by May 1, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
EVANSTON, WY
6:30am
Breakfast at Motel
7:30am
Riders meeting
8:00am ETD
Depart
9:30am ETA
10:00am ETD
Exit 99 Gas Stop at Rock Springs, WY
Cruel Jack’s Gas @99 miles
11:45am ETA
1:00pm ETD
Exit 214 Gas Stop/Lunch at Rawlins, WY
T/A Gas @118 Miles
2:30pm ETA
3:00pm ETD
Exit 310 Gas Stop at Laramie, WY
Petro Gas @99 miles
Pick up escort 10 miles west of Cheyenne (Mile Post
336)
4:00pm ETA
Exit 364, to Cheyenne VAMC
2360 E. Pershing Blvd. Cheyenne 82001
@55 miles
Dinner provided by the VFW Post 1881, 2816 East 7th St.
(307) 638- 8886
5:30pm ETD
Hotel:
Days Inn
2360 W. Lincolnway
Cheyenne, WY 82001
307-778-8877 Ask for NVAR rate: $83.00
Reserve by April 20, 2016
Saturday, May 21, 2016
CHEYENNE, WY
6:30am
Breakfast at Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 128
1600 Thomes Ave.
7:30am
Riders Meeting
8:00am
Depart
9:45am ETA
Exit 59 gas stop at Sidney, NE
10:10am ETD
@ 106 miles
Note time change
1:10pm ETA
2:00pm ETD
Exit 177 gas & lunch at North Platte @120 miles
Lunch at memorial across from gas stop
Ride east on I-80
3:45pm ETA
4:10pm ETD
Exit 272 gas stop at Kearney, NE
@99 miles, Qwest Travel
5:00pm ETA
6:15pm ETD
Exit 312A Grand Island, NE @50 miles
Visit Veterans Home
2300 W. Capital Ave., GI, NE.
6:30pm
Dinner at American Legion Post 300, Doniphan, NE
Hotel:
Motel 6
7301 Bosselman Ave. (Hwy 281 & I80. Exit 312)
Grand Island, NE 68803
308-384-6666 Ask for NVAR rate: $65 for 1, $75 for 2.
Reserve by May 1, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Grand Island, NE
6:30am
Breakfast at Truck Stop (free with room at Motel 6)
7:30am
Riders Meeting in Truck Stop parking lot
8:00am
Depart
9:20am ETA
9:50am ETD
Exit 395 gas stop. Right to Shoemakers
@87 miles
11:00am ETA
12:35pm ETD
Exit 3 Council Bluffs, IA @68 miles 130 S. 6th St.
Bayless Park Wreath Ceremony. Lunch provided
1:20pm ETA
1:40pm ETD
Exit 40 gas stop. Left to Wings
@40 miles
2:30pm ETA
3:00pm ETD
Exit 86 Right 1 mile to The Rock
@49 miles
4:00pm ETA
5:30pm ETD
Exit 131 off I-80 Des Moines VAMC, 3600 30th St.
Meet escort @45 miles. Police escort to dinner.
6:00pm ETA
Dinner at American Legion Post 663,
6805 Douglas Ave., Urbandale, IA
Hotel:
Comfort Inn
4950 NE 14th, Des Moines, IA 50313
515-266-6800 NVAR Rate $89
Reserve by May 8, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
DES MOINES, IA
6:30am
7:30am
8:00am
Breakfast at Amvets Post #2
2818 5th Avenue
Riders Meeting
Depart - Escort
9:00am ETA
11:00am Lunch
12:00 ETD
Iowa Veterans Home, @50 miles, Exit 142, Hwy 65 North
1301 Summit, Marshalltown, IA. Lunch at Vets Home
1:10pm ETA
1:35pm ETD
Exit 201 Gas Stop Left Turn
@ 57 miles
2:30pm ETA
4:00pm ETD
Exit 242 to Iowa City VA Health
Care System – 601 Hwy 6 West
@ 43 miles
4:50pm ETA
Exit 284 meet escort
4:52pm ETD
@ 44 miles
5:20pm ETA
All Veterans Memorial in Davenport Memorial Park
6:00pm ETD
1022 E. 39th St. Davenport, IA @ 18 miles
6:15pm ETA
Dinner at American Legion Post 26
702 West 35th Street
Hotel:
Country Inn and Suites
140 East 55th Street, Davenport, IA 52806
563-388-6444 NVAR rate $83 by May 1, 2016
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
DAVENPORT, IA
6:30-7:00am
Breakfast at hotel
7:00am
Riders Meeting
7:30am
9:20am ETA
9:45am ETD
Depart w/escort
Exit 97 @112 miles at Marseilles, IL
South to Gas Station ½ Mile, East Side
9:55am ETA
11:00am ETD
Mideast Conflict Wall at Marseilles, IL @ 4 miles
11:05am ETA
Lunch: American Legion 235 - Marseilles, IL
11:55pm ETD
1:45pm ETA
Exit 19 on I-94 @94 miles, Portage, IN
3:10pm ETD
JROTC Program at High School
3:50pm ETA
4:15pm ETD
Exit 34A Michigan City, IN @27 miles
Stage @ H-D, 2968 N. Hwy 421. Escort to…
4:30pm ETA
Danny Bruce Memorial
5:15pm ETD
5:30pm ETA
5:45pm
St. Joseph Club. 2001 Franklin St.
Dinner
Hotel:
Red Roof Inn, 110 Kieffer Road, Mich. City
800-874-9000 (National No.) Use code:B007VETSTR
for $53.99 rate Reserve by April 24, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
MICHIGAN CITY, IN
6:00 – 7:00am
Breakfast – D.A.V. #23, 2301 Ohio St. Michigan City
7:00 – 7:30am
Ceremony
7:30am
Riders Meeting
8:00am
Depart
10:15am ETA
10:35am ETD
West Central School
@ 50 miles (Note Time Change)
11:20am ETA
12:30pm ETD
Indiana Veterans Home
3851 N. River Rd. West Lafayette
@ 40 miles Vets and lunch
1:00pm ETA
1:30pm ETD
Exit 158, I-65, Gas at Frankfort, IN
@ 20 miles BP Station pick up escort
2:45pm ETA
3:25pm ETD
Exit 96, I-70, Mt. Comfort, IN
@ 62 miles Gas of America
5:00pm ETA
Exit 21 at Brookville, OH
@85 miles
5:45pm
Dinner at AMVETS
Hotel:
Holiday Inn Express 95 North Parkview Dr.
Brookville, OH 937-833-9998 NVAR rate: $89.00
Reserve by April 26, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
BROOKVILLE, OH
6:30 – 7:00am
Breakfast at VFW Post 3288
7:00am
Riders Meeting
7:15am
Depart – I-70 East to 675 South
To 35 East, to 50 East.
Bicket Exit 58. Meet Xenia Riders
8:15am
9:15am ETA
9:45am ETD
Exit Mile Marker 14, County Rd 550, Chillicothe, OH
Chillicothe VA Medical Center, 17273 St. Rte. 104
@112 miles (Partial group stay with vets)
10:10am ETA
10:30am ETD
Exit Township Hwy 213/ Jones Rd. gas stop
@12 miles
10:30am ETA
12:30pm ETD
Southeastern School (1 mile south of gas stop)
Program and lunch (w/ full NVAR)
2:20pm ETA
2:45pm ETD
Exit CR-14 Division St., Parkersburg, WV. Go Mart Gas
Stop, 1810 Camden Ave. @88 miles
4:30pm ETA
5:35pm ETD
Clarksburg – Louis Johnson VAMC @75 miles
One Medical Center Drive
Clarksburg, WV 26301
5:55pm ETA
VFW Post 573, 430 W. Pike St. Clarksburg, WV 10 miles
6:10pm
Dinner at VFW Post 573
Hotel:
Best Western Bridgeport
100 Lodgeville Rd. Bridgeport, WV
304-842-5411 NVAR rate = $89.00
Reserve by May 5, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
BRIDGEPORT, WV
6:30-7:30am
Breakfast at Eat'n Park (across street from motel)
7:30am
8:00am
Riders meeting at Eat'n Park (100 Tolley St.)
Depart
9:45am ETA
10:15am ETD
Exit 34 I-68 East Gas Stop
@100 miles
10:45am ETA
11:30am ETD
Exit 50 at Rocky Gap Maryland
Veterans Cemetery @20 miles
12:30pm ETA
Meet escort at rest area just inside WV border on I-81
1:00pm ETA
3:00pm ETD
Martinsburg, WV VAMC, 510 Butler Ave.
@ 80 miles from Rocky Gap
3:15pm ETA
3:30pm ETD
Gas Stop within 20 miles east of VAMC
5:15pm ETA
Motel @ 80 miles
5:45pm
Board Meeting – Motel
Dinner on your own
Hotels:
Rooms &
Rates ok
Thru 5/29
Comfort Inn/Landmark 6254 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
703-642-3422 NVAR rate = $94, Reserve by 4/27/16
(2 night minimum)
Saturday, May 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC
6:30-7:15am
7:15am
7:30am
Breakfast at motel
Riders meeting
Depart
8:00am ETA
9:10am ETD
Vietnam Memorial
9:30am ETA
10:00am
11:15am
12:00pm ETD
Arlington National Cemetery
Board Tram
Wreath Laying at Tomb of the Unknowns
1:15pm ETA
Lunch with DC Ramblers @Accokeek Fire Dept. Station 24
Prince George’s County, MD
After Lunch
On your own
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Washington, DC
5:30am
Line-up at motel for Freedom Ride
6:00am
Depart from motel
12:00 Noon
Freedom Ride through DC begins