Organizers/Leaders: Mike and Marie McDonough
Event Name: President Woodrow Wilson Library CruiZe
Event Description:
1. On September 9-10, 2025, Mike and Marie McDonough will lead an overnight event to Staunton, VA to visit the President Wilson Library and Museum, 20 N. Coalter Street, Staunton, VA 24401.
2. The meet-up will occur at 12 noon on Tuesday, September 9 at Zion Crossroads (near I-64 Exit 136). The exact meet-up location is the Wendy's, 441 Market Street, Gordonsville, VA 22942. From Exit 136 take US15 North for a few hundred yards, the Wendy's is just past the Sheetz and in front of the Lowe's.
3. From the Wendy's the group will get back on I-64 westbound for 29 miles to get past Charlottesville. Then we will use Exit 107 Yancy Mills to get on US-250 West towards Waynesboro. We will take US-250 West up over Afton Mountain, then down into Waynesboro and on into Staunton.
4. At Staunton, we will turn right where US-250 intersects with US-11 Greenville Avenue. After going under the railroad tracks, we will continue straight at the next stoplight to the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, 20 N. Coalter Street, Staunton, VA 24401.
5. After the museum we will proceed to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Staunton, 47 Rolling Thunder Lane, Staunton, VA 24401. This will be a left turn off of US-11 South just after crossing under the VA-262 interchange. Make your hotel reservation by calling the hotel, (540) 609-5700, ask for Brooke Piner and tell her you are with the ZSCCA group.
6. Dinner will be at 6:00 PM on Tuesday evening at the Edelweiss Restaurant, 19 Edelweiss Lane, Staunton, VA 24401 (near the intersection of US-11 and US-340). From the hotel, proceed south on US-11 for 8 miles, then turn left on US-340 towards Stuarts Draft. The Edelweiss will be immediately on your right.
7. Google map links for these routes are shown below.
8. Information on the Wilson Library is available at woodrowwilson.org. Info on the Edelweiss Restaurant is available at edelweissvirginia.com.
Comms: Bring your FRS/GMRS radios, channel 18.
Routes:
Wendy's to Wilson Library & Museum: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4k9EU6GtzxKxdG8s5
Wilson Museum to Holiday Inn Express: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VHWYMqWFC42JgEob9
Holiday Inn Express to Edelweiss Restaurant: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gKk5w8MCByopwwD1A
Please familiarize yourself with ZSCCA Group Drive, Convoy and 2-Way Radio Use best practices by reviewing these documents (copy/paste the link into your preferred browser):
1. Basics of Convoy Driving https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dcW9puuDMIdUYghV1dG0_-W1Imo-KdasUUr7RzvhjOM/edit?tab=t.0
2. Proper use of two-way radios https://docs.google.com/document/d/1soCKNW3CAz7zGRwlgeQY7Xf5zUo5ah1JAMhPM0MPbzw/edit?tab=t.0
3. Requirements for particiaption in group drives and convoys https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AffzBYpJhBcQ9toiTkhoAWyBEghAEHvaOaR61RHQf-Y/edit?tab=t.0
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