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Join us in Butler, PA ~ May 23 -26, 2025
What You Need To Know About The Upcoming Spring Meet
Hotel Reservation Group Deadline: April 22, 2025; Mention NeHOA or use link on
the website to reserve online. Continental breakfast is included each morning. All members will have FREE lodging at the host hotel (up to three nights). Not a member? Join the NeHOA NOW! This is a great way toRegistration Form Spring Meet 2025 experience our club in a budget friendly way! Must join BEFORE the start of the meet. Visit the membership page for details. Non-members will pay a nightly rate of $122.10 per night (includes all taxes).
Meet Registration Deadline: May 3, 2025
Tentative Schedule of Events
Friday: Tentative cruise night at the hotel or other location.
Saturday: Tour of The Kramer Compound.
Saturday Night: Banquet at the hotel.
Menu: Stuffed Chicken Breast, Braised Beef Tips
One starch, One vegetable
All served with coffee, iced tea, or lemonade, mixed greens salad, rolls &
butter, and Texas Sheet Cake for dessert
Frank Wilson Slide Show following the meal.
Sunday:
Church service.
Business Meeting.
Remainder of the day: On Your Own. Local attractions include mini golf, bowling/game room,
small slot car racing track venue.
Sunday late afternoon: Pizza at the hotel. Provided by the hotel and includes
water, coffee, and tea.
Make Your Hotel Reservations Here
Once on the Ramada Reservation website, select Butler, PA as the location, select check-in and check-out dates, number of rooms and guests. Click the dropdown at “Special Rates”, in Group Code type in 052325NOR. Click “Search” button. Select the first option which is Tesla. Click on the $110 per night button and follow through to complete your reservation. Cancellations with no charge can be made up until 3 PM May 22, 2025.
Schedule
Hotel Information
We will be staying at the Hilton Garden Inn located just off the Hogan Road exit on the north end of town. The address is 250 Haskell Rd, Bangor, ME 04401. We have a block of 40 rooms for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. 20 of those rooms have also been held at the group rate for Thursday and Monday nights. Members can call the hotel directly at 207-262-0099 and mention the Northeast Hemi Owners Association. They can also book online here. If booking online enter “NEHOA” in the Group Code box. That should bring up the group rate of $109/night for a double queen room or king room. The rooms will be held until August 20th.
About The Meet
With the official Memorial Day weekend 2021 meet in Rhode Island postponed again due to COVID, and the “unofficial” meet in New York now in the books, it’s time to look ahead to the Labor Day meet in Maine. There are two sides of Maine—the picturesque rocky coastline, and the seemingly endless lush forests of interior Maine, which are peppered with small towns. From Bangor, we can experience both.
Compared to other meets, the drive to and from Bangor will be a considerable distance for many of us. Saturday will be an on-your-own day, and I expect many of us to check out Acadia National Park, which is 50 miles southeast of Bangor. On Sunday, we will drive to Greenville, which sits at the southern tip of Moosehead Lake 70 miles northwest of Bangor. Most of the roads are two-lane. Due to the harsh winters, they take quite a beating, so rough sections are the norm. Furthermore, summer is road construction season, and often entire sections of the two-lane roads are ripped up for repairs. It is not uncommon to encounter rough, unpaved roads while repairs are being made. Please keep this in mind while deciding which vehicle to bring.
We are hearing that many folks are planning vacations around this meet, and we think that is a fantastic idea! Please do your homework and try to decide ahead of time what you want to see and do while you are there. Don’t forget your GPSs, but I must warn you that we have encountered areas where a GPS won’t work. If you have a map or atlas, bring it too. If you have a good camera, bring it! There is much to see and to photograph.