Spring SE Ohio Ramble 2013 Date / Location Poll

[extrememarine]

The Microtel has rooms for $84+tax per night right now.

I checked the Comfort Inn and Holiday Inn, and they are both completely booked for the 17th-19th. Is there something going on in Marietta that weekend?? I'd hate to end up smack in the middle of a giant Harley gaggle and end up playing leap frog all weekend long.

If there's a local event scheduled, it might be wise to avoid the area during that time if it will flood the roads with traffic.

Hey, FWIW, I spent about four days at the Micotel in Marietta during

last falls' Ramble.

Very accommodating, great location, lots of "walk to"s.

Plenty of places to hang out in the parking lot.

I give it two thumbs up!

 

[Intech]

The Microtel has rooms for $84+tax per night right now.

I checked the Comfort Inn and Holiday Inn, and they are both completely booked for the 17th-19th. Is there something going on in Marietta that weekend?? I'd hate to end up smack in the middle of a giant Harley gaggle and end up playing leap frog all weekend long.

If there's a local event scheduled, it might be wise to avoid the area during that time if it will flood the roads with traffic.

Hey, FWIW, I spent about four days at the Micotel in Marietta during

last falls' Ramble.

Very accommodating, great location, lots of "walk to"s.

Plenty of places to hang out in the parking lot.

I give it two thumbs up!

Did you happen to check availability for the first weekend? If it changes to 3-5 I can go!!

 

[extrememarine]

3-5 seemed open. And that way there would be someone there to ride the "SE Ohio 500" with me...

Did you happen to check availability for the first weekend? If it changes to 3-5 I can go!!

 

[El Toro Joe]

Wayne,

You can count me in on that ride

 

[wheatonFJR]

3-5 seemed open. And that way there would be someone there to ride the "SE Ohio 500" with me...

Did you happen to check availability for the first weekend? If it changes to 3-5 I can go!!

I am open to either date...AND to a 500.

Would the Microtel be cheaper on the earlier date? The Canadians bragged about that deal.

 

[extrememarine]

Posted, etched in stone, and written across the sky now fellas. This might even rate a t-shirt or three...

You can count me in on that ride

I am open to either date...AND to a 500.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Posted, etched in stone, and written across the sky now fellas. This might even rate a t-shirt or three...

You can count me in on that ride

I am open to either date...AND to a 500.

I refuse the T-shirt, this is the Ramble. I do it for the fun alone.

 

[extrememarine]

Right now, the Microtel shows the same $84.15/night + tax for a 2 Queen room for both weekends.

Would the Microtel be cheaper on the earlier date? The Canadians bragged about that deal.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Right now, the Microtel shows the same $84.15/night + tax for a 2 Queen room for both weekends.

Would the Microtel be cheaper on the earlier date? The Canadians bragged about that deal.

That's probably close to the Caldwell motel price...( I think)

 

[John d]

Right now, the Microtel shows the same $84.15/night + tax for a 2 Queen room for both weekends.

Would the Microtel be cheaper on the earlier date? The Canadians bragged about that deal.

That's probably close to the Caldwell motel price...( I think)

Last August the pricing was;

Microtel in Marietta for 3 nights $249.73

Best Western in Caldwell for 3 nights $310.50

 

[BikerGeek99]

3-5 seemed open. And that way there would be someone there to ride the "SE Ohio 500" with me...

You'll need a motorcycle first, Wayne. That'd be one helluva long run for a guy your age. You ain't no Forrest Gump...

Posted, etched in stone, and written across the sky now fellas. This might even rate a t-shirt or three...

Is there a time limit for doing this? I'm thinking that'd be a nice 2-day ride for a wimp like me. And I don't have enough t-shirts.

 

[Checkswrecks]

May 3-5 sounds GREAT.

I could even get up to visit the folks near Gnadenhutten.

Posted, etched in stone, and written across the sky now fellas. This might even rate a t-shirt or three...

You can count me in on that ride

I am open to either date...AND to a 500.

 

[luvtoride]

3-5 is fine with me, also. Actually, I think that's what I originally voted for, anyhow.

 

[extrememarine]

You gotta extra bike, dontcha?

You'll need a motorcycle first, Wayne. That'd be one helluva long run for a guy your age. You ain't no Forrest Gump...

The benchmark is somewhere under 12hrs if I recall from EOM - by the end of the day, everything was kinda hazy though...

Is there a time limit for doing this? I'm thinking that'd be a nice 2-day ride for a wimp like me. And I don't have enough t-shirts.

 

[Intech]

Posted, etched in stone, and written across the sky now fellas. This might even rate a t-shirt or three...

So this means it is 3-5 May?? I am always in for the 500. Just have to start a little earlier than we did for EOM.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Okay, I just deleted my original vote for 17-19th and moved it to the 3-5th.

It will be a little cooler, but maybe my buddie Marty/0Face might be able to make it then...plus, it sounds like Marietta might be less busy then and we will have the roads and the Marietta Brewery to ourselves.

But like all previous Rambles, just choose a date and I'll try and get there.

Nothing better than all those flat, straight, and boring roads of SE Ohio. I am just a masochist to want 500 miles of them.

 

[wheatonFJR]

... I am always in for the 500. Just have to start at 7am

phixed.

 

[BikerGeek99]

You gotta extra bike, dontcha? https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public

With YOUR track record of flipping FJRs rubber-side-up, are you kiddi...

Hmm...

Iron Pony does have that nice, shiny '13.... My '04 is insured.....

Hmm....

The benchmark is somewhere under 12hrs if I recall from EOM - by the end of the day, everything was kinda hazy though...

Well, that'd be perfect for a couple of CBA-worthy days riding, then.

 

[extrememarine]

... I am always in for the 500. Just have to start at 7am 6:30am. 6:00am. 5:30am 5am

phixed.

Since you went there...

Start time is a factor and should be given serious consideration during the planning stage. But the all that matters is that you finish.

 

[luvtoride]

5am?!?!?! **** that! you guys have fun.