MEETING AT THE AIRPORT, SEPTEMBER 12

When you fly into the airport you are to meet in the Atrium, you will not be able to miss it.
  It is large and located right outside of security.
  You will see a big groups with lots of luggage.

When you arrive at the airport, you are to check in with our three of our interns, Becca Arnold, Emily Halls and Ashley Hall.
  They will have AIM T-shirts on and be out in the open.
  We will make sure you do not miss them.
  They will give you a nametag that you will need to put on.
  For the FYM's you will get your T-shirt at that time.

COMISSIONING DAY, SEPTEMBER 18

On the afternoon of September 18, we will be taking all the participants to a park for a cookout.
  Parents are welcome if you want to come to the park but we cannot provide the meal for everyone.
  So the cookout is only for the participants.

The commissioning service will be at 8PM at AIM.

Directions to the Park

Laural Park is located off US 129 between Gainesville and AIM.  If you're coming from AIM you will head south on 129 for about 3 miles and you will see a sign pointing to Laural Park.  It's on the left.  If you come north on 129 out of Gainesville, look to make a right.  It's about a mile past the first bridge you cross coming out of town.

Directions to Adventures In Missions'

Gainesville,
Georgia Headquarters

From
Atlanta,

Hartsfield
Atlanta
Airport and the South:

                Take the Connector (I-75/I-85) northbound until the two interstates split just north of Midtown.
  Though I-85 heads northeast and would appear to split off to the right, be cautioned: I-85 is a left exit and only the left three lanes will take you there safely!
  Stay northbound on I-85.
  You willl pass under the Perimeter (I-285) at Spaghetti Junction.
  Continue northward on I-85 until you reach exit 113, which is the beginning of I-985.
  Take I-985 (also a left exit) northbound for 24 miles until you reach exit 24.
  Exit there.
  Take a left at the end of the exit ramp, towards downtown

Gainesville.
  You are on U.S. Hwy 129.
  It takes just under an hour from downtown to get to this point.

                Continue north on Hwy 129 (you will turn right about a mile from the interstate and another right at a T in the road). You will cross over
Lake
Lanier at two points: the

Chattahoochee
River fork and the Little River fork.
  A few miles beyond the second bridge you will come to a traffic light.
  You will take a right at the light onto

Nopone Road

.
  Follow Nopone for 1 mile to

Bogus Road

; turn left onto Bogus.
  You will see our sign about a mile in on the left hand side (but you won't see a building).
  Turn left into our driveway and you will come to our building.

From Greenville/Charlotte and the Eastern Seaboard:

                Take I-85 southbound from Greenville/Spartanburg until you cross the
Georgia state line at

Hartwell
Lake.
  Continue southward until you reach exit 137 (
Gainesville/
Jefferson).
  Exit there, turning right at the end of the ramp, towards

Gainesville.
  You are on U.S. Hwy 129.
  Travel for about 17 miles until you cross over I-985, then follow the instructions in the second paragraph above.

From Chattanooga/Nashville and the Midwest or
Appalachia:

                Take I-75 (or I-24) southbound from
Chattanooga until you cross the

Georgia state line.
  Continue southward on I-75 until you reach exit 312, which is State Hwy 53.
  Go east on 53, being careful to stay on 53 as it goes through some small towns and makes a few turns.
  After going through the town of

Dawsonville you will come to a major intersection with GA 400.
  Go north (left) on 400 to the very next traffic light and turn right on Harmony Church Rd.
  You will come to a stop sign a the jct. of 136 (

Price Rd.

).
  Turn right on 136.
  Travel on 136 for about 10 miles and it will end at Rt. 60.
  Make a right on 60 (

Thompson Br. Rd.

) and then a left at the very next light which is 283 (

Mt. Vernon Rd.

).
  Take 283 to the first stop sign and turn right on

Jim Hood Rd.

  After a few miles you will come to a light - US 129.
  Go straight and the road becomes

Nopone Rd.

  Go about a mile and turn left at the top of a hill on

Bogus Rd.

  Go a mile on Bogus and you will see the sign for Adventures in Missions on the left.
  Turn there and follow the road to the end and you have arrived.
 
Note:
  This was is 2 lane, windy road and is about 80 miles across, taking about 2 hours from the I-75 exit.

                Alternate Route via interstate.
  Take I-75 south to I-285 and go east on I-285 to I-85.
  Go north on I-85 to exit 113, I-985.
  Take I-985 north to exit 24, US 129.
  You can then follow the directions above in coming from

Atlanta.
  Note:
  This way is much longer mileage wise and sometimes much longer time wise, depending on the time of day and the

Atlanta area traffic.
  But it's all interstate until you get to 129 (the last 10 miles).