Summer season begins travelers head upstate to bungalow colonies, camps- list of resources and links for the kosher traveler

The official migration to the Catskills has begun. After a long winter and than some, families are heading up to the mountains for vacation and kids are going to camp for the summer of a lifetime. Below is some links for traffic, kosher food, davening areas as you snake your way up to the Catskills.

Rt 17 Liberty, NY

MAPS: click HERE to download the Catskill Hatzolah map of the mountains
Traffic
For traffic updates go to Roadinform.com  on Twitter: http://twitter.com/roadinform
Alternate Routes: http://www.roadinform.com/resources.asp?aid=6 
Kol Mevaser's Infoline: 212-444-1100, option #7.



  Halachos if stuck on the road Erev shabbos close to shkia.

Davening
 The Mincha area  in Sloatsburg on the New York state thruway NB between exits 15A and 16 will be open on Thursday evenings from 5:00 pm until 10:30 pm. The Woodbourne shul will have late minyanim for Maariv

Kosher food

GAS STATIONS SELLING KOSHER SNACKS

 NJ Route 17 North 

 1. Exxon  178 Rt. 17 North Rochelle Park, NJ

2. Mobil  360 Rt. 17 North Upper Saddle River, NJ

3. Valero (formerly Mobil)   93 Rt. 17 North Mawah, NJ  (last Mobil before the thruway)

 Route 17 South
  
1. International Motor Plaza Truck Stop, Mawah, NJ

2. Valero (formerly Mobil) (first Mobil after the Thruway) 198 Rt. 17 South Mawah, NJ

3. Exxon 75 Rt. 17 south Ramsey, NJ

4. Exxon On The Run Ridgewood, NJ

Route 4 East

1. Exxon 120 Rt. 4 East Engelwood, NJ

2. Exxon 484 Rt. 4 East Engelwood, NJ (last Exxon before the George Washington Bridge)

Route 4 West 

1. Exxon 2338 Rt. 4 West Ft. Lee, NJ (first Exxon after the George Washington Bridge)

2. Exxon 119 Rt. 4 West Engelwood, NJ

3. Lukoil (formerly Mobil) 20 Rt. 4 West Hackensack, NJ