{"id":6156,"date":"2025-09-15T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T02:49:43","slug":"question-4-where-can-a-pilgrim-stay-overnight-thursday-to-be-ready-for-step-off-early-friday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6156","title":{"rendered":"Question #4 &#8211; \u201cWhere can a pilgrim stay overnight Thursday, to be ready for step-off early Friday morning?\u201d &#8211; Pilgrimage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"Once you&#8217;ve <a title=\"Register for pilgrimage.\" href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">registered<\/a>, begun to pray with fellow pilgrims, and <a title=\"Request the shuttle Thursday.\" href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/transportation-request-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">requested the shuttle<\/a>, it&#8217;s time to make plans to <!--more-->overnight Thursday in order to be ready to form up with your brigade, pray&nbsp; holy Mass, eat breakfast, and step-off bright &amp; early Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are <b>two options for overnight accommodations Thursday<\/b> in Lake George Village.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:indigo\"><font size=\"+2\"><b>Option 1.<\/b>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<font size=\"+2\"><\/font>\n\n<p>Camp in <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/L3d8kueLT1QCzM4i9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wood Park<\/a>, reserved for pilgrims by organizers.<\/p>\n\n<p>Pilgrims reserve their campsite when <a href=\"https:\/\/go.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/nccl\/pilgrimage-2025\/\" title=\"Register here for Pilgrimage 2025.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registering<\/a>. The fee to camp at Wood Park is included in registration, and covers an individual, group, family, family-van, or RV.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; a. &nbsp; Pilgrims camp in personal, group, or\/and family tents. No campfires permitted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; b. &nbsp;  Families or seniors participating in the &#8216;modified events&#8217; may park an RV, camper, or van on the gravel track in the Park &#8211; but, no hook-ups are available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; c.  Portable toilets situated in Wood Park by organizers. Public toilets and running water located approx. 250 feet from Park. Remote electrical service only.<\/p>\n<blockquote>To reserve a site in Wood Park <b>after<\/b> you have already registered, return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/nccl\/pilgrimage-2025\/\" title=\"Reserve a campsite at Wood Park even after you have registered.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration webform<\/a>, look for the &#8220;Thursday night accommodations&#8221; heading, select a &#8220;Thursday night camp-site&#8221; for &#8220;individual&#8221; or &#8220;group\/family&#8221;, add your choice to the cart, and check out.<\/blockquote>\nWood Park is the location of <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/arrival\/check-in-thursday\/\" title=\"Learn about check-in Thursday, required of every pilgrim without exception.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check-in<\/a> Thursday and where brigades reform Friday morning before holy Mass, breakfast, and step-off.<\/p>\n\n<p>Organizers shuttle pilgrims to check-in at Wood Park Thursday so long as pilgrims <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/message-for-pilgrim-registrants-about-shuttle-service-car-pools-and-transportation-all-3-days-of-pilgrimage-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request the shuttle<\/a> in advance.<\/p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/message-for-pilgrim-registrants-about-shuttle-service-car-pools-and-transportation-all-3-days-of-pilgrimage-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this post<\/a> to learn the basics about the shuttle, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=7282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this post<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:indigo\"><font size=\"+2\"><b>Option 2.<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Pilgrims book and pay for their own Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakegeorge.com\/lodging\/hotels\/lake-george-town-village\/\" title=\"Book and pay for your own overnight accommodations Thursday in Lake George Village.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overnight accommodations<\/a> elsewhere in Lake George Village.<\/p>\n\n<p>Organizers shuttle pilgrims to  <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/arrival\/check-in-thursday\/\" title=\"Learn about check-in Thursday, required of every pilgrim without exception.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check-in<\/a> at Wood Park Thursday, and from there to a pilgrim&#8217;s overnight accommodations elsewhere so long as each pilgrim <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/message-for-pilgrim-registrants-about-shuttle-service-car-pools-and-transportation-all-3-days-of-pilgrimage-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requests the shuttle in advance.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Early Friday morning, organizers shuttle pilgrims back to Wood Park where pilgrims form up with their brigades, prepare for holy Mass, and later eat breakfast. (Shuttle drivers confirm the itinerary when bringing pilgrims to overnight accommodations Thursday evening.)<\/p>\n\n<p><b>An alternative for RVs that provides hook-ups<\/b> is  <a title=\"Reserve a tent site or RV\/camper site at Whippoorwill Motel and Campsites.\" href=\"https:\/\/whippoorwilllakegeorge.com\/reserve-your-stay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whippoorwill Motel &amp; Campsites<\/a> &#8211; a 3-minute drive to the step-off location Friday morning, located at &nbsp; 1784 NYS Hwy 9, Lake George NY 12845; &nbsp;  518-668-5565.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: red;\"><strong>NO &nbsp; EVENTS &nbsp; OF &nbsp; PILGRIMAGE &nbsp; 2025 &nbsp; TAKE &nbsp; PLACE &nbsp; IN &nbsp; THE &nbsp; LAKE &nbsp; GEORGE &nbsp; BATTLEGROUND &nbsp; CAMPGROUND.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: red;\"><b>No gatherings of pilgrims may take place in the Battleground Campground in 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: red;\">Anyone electing to camp at the Battleground Campground in 2025 does so of his own accord, but not as a pilgrim or under auspices of the <i>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/i>.<\/p>\nPlease do NOT identify yourself as pilgrim if you elect to camp there.<\/p>\n\n<p>Campers there must follow all published rules of the Campground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: red;\"><b>It bears repeating: No pilgrimage activities or gatherings may take place in the Lake George Battleground Campground in 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong>\nCome to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">30th annual &#8212; <b>2025 A.D.<\/b><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner.png\" alt=\"Pilgrimage Banner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday\n26-28 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8220;Now is the acceptable time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Your friends staying home this year can <a title=\"Request prayers, promise prayers, pray with pilgrims from afar, obtain plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim by name\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make pilgrimage from afar<\/a><\/b>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them &#8212; all from <a title=\"Support the pilgrimage, request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim, obtain a plenary indulgence or make pilgrimage even from home.\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\nListen to and learn the <a title=\"Songs of Pilgrimage order form &amp; link to free MP3 tracks\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<i>Oremus pro invicem.<\/i><br>\n<i>In unione orationum.<\/i><br>\n<i>Ad majorem Dei gloriam.<\/i><br>\n<b>&#8220;Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<\/b><!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you&#8217;ve registered, begun to pray with fellow pilgrims, and requested the shuttle, it&#8217;s time to make plans to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,3,63,66,7,8,12,15,16,17,35,37,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-bird-check-in","category-announcements-bulletins","category-brigadiers-their-officers","category-check-in-before-step-off","category-frequently-asked-questions","category-friday-morning-rendezvous","category-lodging-camping","category-messages-to-pilgrims","category-messages-to-students","category-messages-to-the-sacred-clergy","category-q-a-prepraring-for-departure-step-off","category-registrants-families","category-registrants-individual-groups","category-registrants-sacred-clergy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9882,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions\/9882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}