Alright, so here's a rough outline of what I'd like to do this year. Please give it a read and post your opinions:
Tuesday May 13th - depart NH and meet NE'ers along the way (the usual spots)
No leaving at ungodly hours of the morning either. I doubt the CT folks would have to leave their houses any earlier than like 10-11ish.
Drive most of the day Tuesday and stop to sleep for the night. Where we sleep depends on how many people we have in our caravan. I will look at options ranging anywhere from camping, crashing at other CEGers homes, or motel/hotels.
I think driving straight from here to the Cleveland OH area is doable without too much fatigue. It'd be about 11 hours for most, and less obviously for others.
Wednesday May 14th - at a reasonably early hour, depart from Cleveland area and drive roughly one hour to Sandusky Ohio -
Cedar Point. Spend the day getting amusement park silly. Park hours that day are 10am-7pm.
Obviously if we sleep further east than Cleveland, the drive to Sandusky in the morning will be a little longer. No more than 2 hours is ideal, IMO.
Most likely we won't stay at the park til closing. Maybe leave a bit early, get some dinner and then depart for Canton, MI, which is 2 hours from Sandusky.
That would mean checking into the hotel in Canton Wednesday night, rather than Thursday the 15th, like most CEGers.
We have never had a problem in the past getting a hotel to extend the discounted rate for extra days, so I doubt this will be a problem. I'll look into it just in case anyone is nervous about it.
Thursday May 15th - sleep in to your heart's content. Spending the day chilling out, maybe wash your car, whatevah!
The Waterford Hills racing event will be on this day, so you get to look forward to attending that if you like.
You know the schedule for the rest of the weekend.
The trip home can be similar to the trip out, without Cedar Point of course, but that will also depend on when we leave.
I know some people like to skip out on the Sunday event and just go home, but I'd prefer not to. So we'll need to discuss those options as well.