ok I am no longer pressorv ;) My wife and I will extend the trip after the rally and head to the east coast for a couple days before returning to Midwest. Anyone care to join?
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ok I am no longer pressorv ;) My wife and I will extend the trip after the rally and head to the east coast for a couple days before returning to Midwest. Anyone care to join?
8 Aug roster:
GATeach(??)
Anna Brown
Chunky Love AKA Scott Settle and Suezanna (Wyked)
firetech
sbishopfl +1
Bamaburt62 +1
Neil Hambly + 1
Roger (Bowhunter1800) +1
Blackmetoc
Zyxt
CoCoKola +1
Dig
Woot
Allen
2wheelsforme
Outcast
Barender +1(?)
beppok
Python
BobR +1 (hopefully)
JimmyTee and Miss Patti
rickw + 1
6gun
Elroy + 1 maybe
Crazyhorse + 1 maybe
BarryS770
F6Pilot
Willyf6b
zzh54
masonmike
ReserveBum
shortleg
taxfree4
stepbill +1 = 2
Steve 0080
Munchy
Ixol Phaane
willtill
53driver
Make it 51, just got off the phone with the hotel. Flying solo, have a room rented from Wednesday through Sunday. They are sold out of the cheaper rooms, so I'll be renting out the Jacuzzi in mine, at a nominal fee, to buy gas for the ride home. :yikes:
I'm coming from Central Texas, so anyone west of me, or on the way, that wants a riding partner, sound off!
'gw-smiley'
Hey guys & gals,
My future bride and I are looking forward to meeting all the characters we have been reading about on this forum for the last few years. Looking forward to spending riding time with all of you. We have made our reservations already and will be there Wednesday through Sunday morning.
Can't wait! - Hocrod and better half
coming in for 1 night from florida sept 1, lodge does not have rooms for 1 night any recommendation for place to stay nearby?
thanks Moe
went thru, hopefully no issues
Sounds like a party is gettin ready to happen
make it 54
plan to make the party wed. - sun.
safe travels
glide one
Rick - you are correct!
However, we booked all our "set aside" rooms!
This rally is going to be some serious fun!!!!
Cheers,
Steve
To all ....
Regretfully, I will not be attending the Rally this year again.
Last year 3 weeks before the 2016 Rally my wife ended up in the hospital ICU for 2 weeks followed by months battling the return of Breast Cancer. I lost my wife this year not long ago. She was only 58 years old.
She was the reason why I was able to attend and have the pleasure of meeting so many great friends from around the country on many rallies from several motorcycle forums. My wife held the fort in place while I played (I did the same for when she went on Horse riding adventures with her girlfriends). Sadly in the last 12 months I have only put 150 miles on the GoldWing.
At this moment I have responsibilities that I cannot leave unattended for more then 2 days. I am working on reducing my work load and hopefully be able to ride again in 2018.
For those of you that have lost a spouse, you can relate on how there is a time that your mind just doesn't want to do anything, the grieving process and coming home to an empty home is at times overwhelming. There are times that I just want to say "F-CK IT" and walk away from everything... but I can't, it's just not me. Time will tell.
PLEASE have a great time, please be safe and enjoy each other at the rally..... tomorrow is never guaranteed.
Cheers to all of you :beer3:
I know as men we always have a hard time doing two things.
The first òf course is shedding tears, I will tell you this one thing. Now is not the time to hold back.
The second is asking for help, please do not be afraid to ask for help.
These are the only things I will say about us guys and fighting grief and losing our life partner.
i am coming from Winnipeg Canada - looking forward to meeting all of you and hope to have a great time. i'm bunking in with another person as i was too late in booking a room. See yah all soon. . ..
Bunny
I was shocked to hear that she passed. I am sorry to hear this and my thoughts and prayers are with you. I only met you the one time at the last rally that you were able to attend and would be proud to call you a friend. You're a good person and just wish you lived closer.
Bear with a dumb newbie question, but will there be quasi organized rides at the rally? If so, are there maps, or even better yet, .gpx files that I can preload into my Garmin?
I'm in, just got booked at The Vacation Lodge.
I'm terribly sorry but I have not made it to that level of technology yet.
There are some rides posted here in my post from 5/31/17
http://hondaf6b.com/showthread.php?1...p-Things-to-Do
The Google map links should give you the routes...maybe you can import it somehow???
And lord willing & the creek don't rise, we'll be tackling a few of them as small groups.
If you are so inclined, I am looking for ride leaders...
Cheers,
Steve
Thanks! I can transform those maps into Garmin's format easy enough. I created some maps for a trip up there a couple of months ago, running out of Sylva, NC, but never made it, due to severe rain forecast for the whole time we would have been there.
Being my first time in the area, and knowing no one (yet) that will be there, I'm hesitant to volunteer to be a ride leader, but we'll see how things go.
We have rides planned for all 3 days. If anyone would like to ride with us it is fine. We have ridden and led many rides from this motel over the years at different events that we have sponsored.
This would not be for anyone that does not like curves or can not ride a medium speed through curves (more for experienced riders). We will not be going really fast, will not get anyone hurt.
Booked my room today.
Nothing like jumping in and taking charge on day 1!!!
Seriously though, whatever makes you comfortable.
These are all easy going people and I'm sure we'll have great fun!
If you don't have the Butler Southern Appalachia Map, I strongly recommend it - especially if yo are going to be visiting that area often!
http://www.butlermaps.com/motorcycle...l-tn-nc-sc-ga/
Cheers,
Steve
14 Aug roster:
bluethunder
F6B1911
bunny
glide one
moe113097
hocrod +1
jmdaniel
GATeach(??)
Anna Brown
Chunky Love AKA Scott Settle and Suezanna (Wyked)
firetech
sbishopfl +1
Bamaburt62 +1
Neil Hambly + 1
Roger (Bowhunter1800) +1
Blackmetoc
Zyxt
CoCoKola +1
Dig
Woot
Allen
2wheelsforme
Outcast
Barender +1(?)
beppok
Python
BobR +1 (hopefully)
JimmyTee and Miss Patti
rickw + 1
6gun
Elroy + 1 maybe
Crazyhorse + 1 maybe
BarryS770
F6Pilot
Willyf6b
zzh54
masonmike
ReserveBum
shortleg
taxfree4
stepbill +1 = 2
Steve 0080
Munchy
Ixol Phaane
willtill
53driver
Another motorcycle map set that is very extensive for the Smokies is https://americaridesmaps.com/ I have the 9 map set and it is very useful in finding the small out of the way roads.