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I've tried to get ahold of smthng, but haven't heard anything back, so here goes.....
I've started planning an EOM '06 around Boone, NC. Boone is in the north western mountains of North Carolina, and is centrally located to the Blue Ridge Parkway, Shady Valley, and tons of other good mountain roads. It's also a little bigger town than Townsend, and has more eatery options and such! (also the more traffic and such that goes along with it.)
I've found one hotel that could house the whole group with reasonable rates ($58 weeknights, $68 weekend nights). There's a pair of nicer hotels with the same owner who could host us, but thier rates are $69 weeknights and $99 weekend. The extra cash would buy wired/wireless internet access, free breakfast in the morning, and a generally nicer hotel. I've also got some feelers into one of the NICE resorts in the area who had good group discounts, but haven't heard back from them yet.
Planned rides would include:
#1. Blue Ridge Parkway north route, up into Virgina, and over to the Mount Rogers national park area.
#2. Blue Ridge Parkway south route, down to Asheville, and over to the Smokey Mountains national park.
#3. A day at Shady Valley. For those not familiar with Shady, it's basically a small town located in a bowl of mountains with twisties running out all 4 directions of the town crossroads.
There's a small little country store in Shady Valley that can set up a group lunch, and the area is very condusive to a large group riding off and back in small packs. It's a GREAT area to ride! For more info on Shady Valley, click here!
Best of all, this whole area is pretty much in my backyard, so scounting rides and working on area logistics is fairly easy for me.
Here are the questions on which I need input!!!!!
#1. Schedule??? I've been looking at the Sept 9th weekend, which is 6-7 weeks after WFO/National. Much later and you start getting "leaf looking" crowds. Much earlier and we run into overlap with WFO.
#2. Other rides in the area? I'm from the TN side of things, and once I get west of boone/asheville and the BRP, I'm not familiar with the area. I'm sure there are more good roads though!
#3. What level of hotel should I book? I could go either way, but would you guys rather pay a little more for a nicer hotel, or keep it on the cheep?
#4. Does someone else want to host it elsewhere? This is just an offer, it's by no means an announcement of when/where EOM '06 is going to be held, although it could quickly become so!
I've started planning an EOM '06 around Boone, NC. Boone is in the north western mountains of North Carolina, and is centrally located to the Blue Ridge Parkway, Shady Valley, and tons of other good mountain roads. It's also a little bigger town than Townsend, and has more eatery options and such! (also the more traffic and such that goes along with it.)
I've found one hotel that could house the whole group with reasonable rates ($58 weeknights, $68 weekend nights). There's a pair of nicer hotels with the same owner who could host us, but thier rates are $69 weeknights and $99 weekend. The extra cash would buy wired/wireless internet access, free breakfast in the morning, and a generally nicer hotel. I've also got some feelers into one of the NICE resorts in the area who had good group discounts, but haven't heard back from them yet.
Planned rides would include:
#1. Blue Ridge Parkway north route, up into Virgina, and over to the Mount Rogers national park area.
#2. Blue Ridge Parkway south route, down to Asheville, and over to the Smokey Mountains national park.
#3. A day at Shady Valley. For those not familiar with Shady, it's basically a small town located in a bowl of mountains with twisties running out all 4 directions of the town crossroads.
There's a small little country store in Shady Valley that can set up a group lunch, and the area is very condusive to a large group riding off and back in small packs. It's a GREAT area to ride! For more info on Shady Valley, click here!
Best of all, this whole area is pretty much in my backyard, so scounting rides and working on area logistics is fairly easy for me.
Here are the questions on which I need input!!!!!
#1. Schedule??? I've been looking at the Sept 9th weekend, which is 6-7 weeks after WFO/National. Much later and you start getting "leaf looking" crowds. Much earlier and we run into overlap with WFO.
#2. Other rides in the area? I'm from the TN side of things, and once I get west of boone/asheville and the BRP, I'm not familiar with the area. I'm sure there are more good roads though!
#3. What level of hotel should I book? I could go either way, but would you guys rather pay a little more for a nicer hotel, or keep it on the cheep?
#4. Does someone else want to host it elsewhere? This is just an offer, it's by no means an announcement of when/where EOM '06 is going to be held, although it could quickly become so!
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