Field Trip to Boxcar Press
Thursday, June 5th at 11am
Meet out front of the Wyndham Rochester Downtown Hotel.
The folks at Boxcar Press have agreed to kindly host this visit. An informative tour of this amazing facility. Platen presses galore. Have you ever wanted to meet the voice on the other side of your order from Boxcar Press.
Arranging transportation to and from Boxcar Press in Syracuse, NY will be the responsibility of the attendees. We recommend car pooling with other wayzgoose attendees and splitting the fuel costs and possible tolls, depending on your routing choice.
To facilitate the arrangement of transportation, we are asking those interested in making the trip to Boxcar Press to indicate their options on the Wayzgoose Registration Form. You can let us know if you are interesting in making the trip and if you would be willing to supply a vehicle for car pooling, and if so, how many passengers you can accommodate in your vehicle. We will post this information to the APA Message Base on groups.io so you can use it to coordinate transportation.
Departure & Arrival Addresses for Mapping Routes:
[Formerly The Holiday Inn Rochester NY Downtown]
70 State Street
Rochester, NY 14624
509 West Fayette Street, Suite 135
Syracuse, New York
The drive to Boxcar Press from the hotel is approximately 1h 30m via the NYS Thruway (I-90), and includes tolls each way of $2.88 with EZ-Pass [$5.05 via Tolls by Mail]. Distance is about 175 miles round trip. [EZ-Pass is a multi-state toll payment system, so bring your windshield tag, if you have one and are planning on driving to Boxcar Press! ]
A non-toll option would be to take NYS Route104 east to NYS Route 370 east to I-690 into Syracuse. Driving time is approximately 1h 45m, saving the cost of tolls. Total distance of this route is about 180 miles round trip and is the fastest non-toll option, but others exist, all taking over 2 hours, according to Google Maps.