Good evening all,

It's time to dust off the Mopars and start planning on getting out on the road and putting some miles on our cars! It's definitely OK not to dust off your Mopar too..

This year marks the 19th year of Cruises since we started this thing back in June of 2004..
.. and at the expense of creativity, we will follow the same outline as we have the past few years:

We will meet up starting around 8:00am at the seawall at 10th Street in North Beach, NH - a few miles north of Hampton Beach on Route 1A..
.. we will leave on the Cruise at 9:00.

During the Cruise, we will as always make stops to chat, snack, and stretch our legs in Nashua, Manchester, Mont Vernon, and Peterborough before arriving at Rick & Brenda's Mopar BBQ Fundraiser in Rindge NH around 1:00pm. They host a Mopar BBQ which attracts upwards of 50 Mopars and raise funds to support local Veterans, so please bring $10 or $20 to donate.

That's the basics for now. I'll come back and update this post with more details in about two weeks..

.. all that's left now is to include some photos from past New England Cruises..!

Cheers, and thanks for your interest!
- Art

Hey all,
Two days to go and I apologize for not keeping y'all updated - but if you already got the date, time and place from my post above, that's enough to get your started, we'll all meet up and get going around 9am..

The GPS address for the meet-up point is approx. 819 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, NH 03842, 8am to 9am..

Following are more details than you need, but useful for anyone wanting to meet us anywhere along the cruise route between North Beach and Rindge...

Welcome once again to The MOPARTS NEW ENGLAND SUMMER CRUISE.!
This is our 18th year, so we are apparently considered Adults now..?

SATURDAY JUNE 3rd, 2023, no raindate.

GENERAL OVERVIEW:
8:00 - 9:00am. MEET & GREET at 10th Street and Route 1A, North Beach, NH.
9:00 - 10:00am. CRUISE to 452 Charles Bancroft Hwy, Litchfield, NH.
10:00 - 10:30am. RELAX for a short stop at a small roadside attraction before we head to Nashua.
10:30 - 11:00pm. CRUISE from Litchfield to Greeley Park Nashua, NH.
11:00 - 12:00pm. RELAX at Greeley Park for an hour, restroom break, snack, chat, photos..
12:00 - 1:00pm. CRUISE to Rick and Brenda’s Mopar BBQ in Rindge, NH .
4:00 - 5:00 or Whenever pm. MAYBE CRUISE to ice cream and chat at Kimball's Farms.

TIME: Saturday June 3rd, 2023, meet at 8:00am, we start driving at 9:00.

MEETING PLACE: North Beach, NH 8:00am at the intersection of 10th Street and Route 1a (Ocean Boulevard) south of Route 27 in Hampton, NH.
(GPS approx. 819 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, NH 03842)

WHAT TO EXPECT: A day of easy Cruising with stops to relax, chat, take pics, eat, etc. About 100 miles in 5 hours before we end at a Mopar BBQ - which is a grassroots fundraiser, so plan on donating something.

FACTOID: We seem to always run later than the estimated times given below.

RAINDATE: Same times & places Sunday June 5th.

OTHER INFO:
- No rules or restrictions: Join wherever you choose, leave whenever you need.
- Cars welcome from all Mopar Family makes and models (we got a Ferrari to join us once).
- Feel free to share this on other Forums; ForwardLook.net, MassMopars, etc, etc.
- Bring your friends, kids, pets, spouses, hitchhikers, whatevah.....
- Drive safe, be nice, have fun.
- NOTE: We are invited to Rick & Brenda's Mopar BBQ in Rindge for a free picnic lunch. This is a local grassroots fundraiser to benefit veterans. Bring something to donate.


WICKED DETAILED ITINERARY and GPS LOCATIONS:

1.) North Beach, NH - MEET at 8:00am at the intersection of Route 1a (Ocean Boulevard) and 19th Street. We park at the seawall and enjoy the wicked nice beach. 1:00 hour meet & greet.
(GPS 819 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH 03842).

9:00am to 10:00am CRUISE from North Beach, NH to 452 Charles Bancroft Hwy, Litchfield, NH 03052.
ROUTE: From Hampton take Route 27 west. Continue straight on 27 at the intersection with Route 1 in Hampton. Get on Route 101 West to Manchester, continue West, merge with I-293 and take Exit 2 for Route 3A South. Drive south on Route 3A about 5 miles. The roadside attraction is on your right. Park on the south end of the lot. (1:00hour. 45 miles).

2.) Litchfield, NH - MEET at 10:00am at the roadside attraction amusement park thing, kind of a diner. Stretch our legs, get a drink, etc.. (GPS 452 Charles Bancroft Hwy, Litchfield, NH 03052).

10:30am to 11:00 CRUISE from the roadside amusement park to Greeley Park on Concord St in Nashua, NH.
ROUTE: South on 3A. Merge with 102 and continue south to Hudson, NH. Merge with Route 111 West towards Nashua. Drive across the bridge west to Nashua. Turn right (North) on Orange Street, continue until you bear right at the traffic light with Concord St / Route 3 and go north about a mile until you find Greeley Park. Park along the curb. (12 miles. 00:30mins)

3.) Nashua, NH - MEET at Greeley Park about 11:00am. One hour stop. Use the restrooms, stretch legs, photo ops on park roads, chat and relax. (GPS approx 94 Concord Street, Nashua, NH 03064)

12:00noon to 1:00pm: CRUISE from Greeley Park, Nashua, NH to Rick and Brenda’s Mopar Show in Rindge, NH. (via Route 130 to Brookline, NH, Route 13 to Townsend, MA and Route 119 to Rindge).
ROUTE: Take Route 3 north from Greeley Park, turn left on Route 3 bypass to 101A West. After crossing the highway overpass, take the “jug handle” on the right to cross 101A and drive south on Charron Ave, then turn right on Pine Hill Road towards Daniel Webster College.. Follow Pine Hill until you get to Route 130 West to Brookline NH. Stay on 130 west until you see the Left arrow for Fitchburg, MA. Leave 130 by taking this towards Route 13 and Townsend, MA. Left turn onto Route 13 south. Stay on Route 13 to Townsend, MA and take a right on Route 119. Continue on 119 to Rindge, take a Left on School Road and find Rick and Brenda’s picnic car show for LUNCH. Enjoy a leisurely lunch at the picnic in the shade with friends & cars. (Distance 35mi 1:00hr).

4.) Rindge, NH - ENJOY LUNCH and MOPARS at Rick and Brenda’s about 1:00pm. The BBQ and Mopar Show runs until 4pm - stay as long as you wish, enjoy some picnic food, relax at the show with local Mopars and talking with everyone.. This is the fundraiser part, it's for local Veterans, so bring $10-20 as a donation to support them and as a THANK YOU RICK & BRENDA FOR INVITING US! (GPS 117 School Road, Rindge NH 03461)


5.) … IS THERE ANYTHING AFTER RICK and BRENDA’s..?

…DECISIONS, DECISIONS…
Anyone who wants more driving can head to the ice cream stand at Kimball’s Farms after Rick and Brenda’s. (GPS 158 Turnpike Road, Jaffrey, NH 03452)


Thank you all for your wicked good enthusiasm for this annual event,

Cheers,
- Art

Forecast is for showers tonight into tomorrow, tapering off..

I will be at the North Beach start point tomorrow, and follow our itinerary above.. Drive through whatever showers we may get, and the trend should be improving by the time we reach the Mopar BBQ and after..

Cheers!
- Art

Art, wish I could introduce my new 'Cuda to everyone. I miss the annual run. Hope the weather clears and the Mopars run well!

So where are all the pictures?

Looks like I missed ANOTHER one, ugh.
And yeah Art where's all da pics?

We had rain and it was still an awesome weekend..


You want pictures!? That is going to take a couple days.. Most of my photo are over the file size limit, let me see what I can do.

.. here is a story from the day before we even went on the Cruise:

I drove the '65 Satellite with a friend. We left NY early on Friday. We got to Rye NH early afternoon and we drove around, checked out the beaches and grand estates. Get this.. as we idle past the Wentworth Hotel we see some old pre-war cars in a parking lot behind a screen of shrubs, and hear some guys yell "Hey, nice Mopar!".. We pull in to check out the old cars and ask if it's OK to hang out. They come over to look at the Satellite, we chat a bit and they invited us to stay and check out all their cars - then they get back to their job attending to the old cars. It was pretty insane.. I counted a total of 17 pre-war Bentleys.. nothing but Bentleys, all of them were pre-war cars, probably a million bucks a piece.. "Take as many pictures as you want!"..

The Bentleys were all out on a private Rallye and traveled with their own support trucks and trailers.. the owners were inside at the Wentworth having dinner..

- Art

Found one smaller photo file..

Oh, [censored]! Sideways..

Wow! So cool.
Nice to be able to travel with your own 'road crew' !
Very cool cars.
Thanks for sharing Art