OK, so as we talk this thing through, and the votes roll in, a few things become apparent:
1) I wasn't giving proper consideration to the 'Dacks Ride weekend that Road Runner puts on in early June. People should be able to get their 'Dacks roads fix then, so NERDS probably shouldn't duplicate it, especially since many of go to that ride too!
2) Maine is nice and scenic, but lets face it, the roads up there are congested along the coast, and brutally rough away from it.
3) Western Mass Berkshires is just too small of an area.
4) Having so many alternative locations to Stowe is diluting the "should we stay or should we go" decision.
So with that said, I am modifying the Poll to be just either return to The Commodores or find a new location in the White Mountains of northern NH. I think we could probably find someplace with similar amenities to the Commodores up there. The point in moving it would be the ride routes beginning in NH could still include some of the nicer northern VT roads on the longer jaunts, or over into north western Maine's mountain sand lakes region, but would also be some new scenery for the command central.
There are a bunch of nice scenic roads in NH and the mountains are actually larger and more rugged than in VT. Plus we have a few roller coasters that everyone should experience at least once, not to mention the ride to the top of Mt Washington. We might even want to to come up with a "Twin Peaks" challenge for the more adventurous types, riding up to the summit of Mt Washington and then riding up Mt. Kearsarge, which is a good ways away, and requires a short 1/2 mile hike to reach the true summit.
Since I modified the choices in the Poll form, if you previously voted for one of those now deleted choices you can vote again! I guess what it comes down to is what I said above:
Do we stay or do we go?
Another round at the Commodores in Vermont or find someplace new (and hopefully similar) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
1) I wasn't giving proper consideration to the 'Dacks Ride weekend that Road Runner puts on in early June. People should be able to get their 'Dacks roads fix then, so NERDS probably shouldn't duplicate it, especially since many of go to that ride too!
2) Maine is nice and scenic, but lets face it, the roads up there are congested along the coast, and brutally rough away from it.
3) Western Mass Berkshires is just too small of an area.
4) Having so many alternative locations to Stowe is diluting the "should we stay or should we go" decision.
So with that said, I am modifying the Poll to be just either return to The Commodores or find a new location in the White Mountains of northern NH. I think we could probably find someplace with similar amenities to the Commodores up there. The point in moving it would be the ride routes beginning in NH could still include some of the nicer northern VT roads on the longer jaunts, or over into north western Maine's mountain sand lakes region, but would also be some new scenery for the command central.
There are a bunch of nice scenic roads in NH and the mountains are actually larger and more rugged than in VT. Plus we have a few roller coasters that everyone should experience at least once, not to mention the ride to the top of Mt Washington. We might even want to to come up with a "Twin Peaks" challenge for the more adventurous types, riding up to the summit of Mt Washington and then riding up Mt. Kearsarge, which is a good ways away, and requires a short 1/2 mile hike to reach the true summit.
Since I modified the choices in the Poll form, if you previously voted for one of those now deleted choices you can vote again! I guess what it comes down to is what I said above:
Do we stay or do we go?
Another round at the Commodores in Vermont or find someplace new (and hopefully similar) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
