Rally 2009 Ride Routes

[thebabbster]

I'm planning on getting there sometime thursday. It's about 4 1/2 hrs. for me. I plan on allowing plenty of time so I don't have to rush. I will help with any errands or set up or whatever if needed.

Violette, I pm'd you a while back to see if you wanted to meet up somewhere since we are coming from the same general direction.

[adlowe]

Originally Posted by sadie43

Brice and I will be there on Thursday , i am sure that is Bruces plans too, brice and i are going to shoot up 75 to ummmm get off on to 129 at some point and be there by 5 im hoping.

Thanks. I'm looking at something over 630 miles / 10 hours of saddle time -- something I can do in a day but wouldn't really enjoy. I'll work out a route with an overnight stop on Wednesday and target a 5 PM Thursday arrival.

On edit: Looks like it would be pretty easy to avoid e-ways and only add about 50 miles. If I throw in a minor diversion to ride the Dragon, I still come up just under 700 miles and about 16 hours of saddle time. That gives me about another 100 miles / 4 hours to work with in finding other interesting diversions to add in Kentucky or Tennessee.

[rickbb]

Hate I'll miss the Friday ride, I have 310+ miles/6 hours+ just to get there Friday. And thats if a stick to the super slabs, sigh. Oh well

[jjbonker]

in Sun City 10 hrs or so later .A lot of road between here and there . Spend the night there with Bruce and Michele . Then it's off the next morning to some real fun ! Thank GOD for airhawk . CAN'T WAIT ! LET'S RIDE !

[sadie43]

Originally Posted by rickbb

Hate I'll miss the Friday ride, I have 310+ miles/6 hours+ just to get there Friday. And thats if a stick to the super slabs, sigh. Oh well

awww well im so glad you are going to join us..... and if no one is in a huge hurry on sunday we can always do a revisit of some of fridays ride, its worth a 2nd go

[sadie43]

Originally Posted by jjbonker

in Sun City 10 hrs or so later .A lot of road between here and there . Spend the night there with Bruce and Michele . Then it's off the next morning to some real fun ! Thank GOD for airhawk . CAN'T WAIT ! LET'S RIDE !

woohoo can i get an Amen Brotha ..... you be safe im so glad you are going to be able to join us this year.....

[denisep]

We're leaving Thursday am early-- should be in for supper Thursday evening...

[adlowe]

Just about wrapped up my plans for the trip down -- maybe 8 miles of e-way, riding through a piece of the Daniel Boone National Forest, around the end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (on the Dragon), part of the Cherokee National Forest and part of the Natanhala National Forest. I think maybe I'll see a few trees.

Anyway, if everything goes just perfect (like that would ever happen) then I'd be rolling into the Alpine Cabins around 5 PM on Thursday.

[sadie43]

Originally Posted by adlowe

Just about wrapped up my plans for the trip down -- maybe 8 miles of e-way, riding through a piece of the Daniel Boone National Forest, around the end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (on the Dragon), part of the Cherokee National Forest and part of the Natanhala National Forest. I think maybe I'll see a few trees.

Anyway, if everything goes just perfect (like that would ever happen) then I'd be rolling into the Alpine Cabins around 5 PM on Thursday.

I have ridden all through out that area before its beautiful and oh yeah just a few trees lol.......... its gonna be a blast

[adlowe]

My wife is pressing me for info on my return -- mostly so she can figure out how many times she'll need to ferry the kids around. I'm trying to figure out the rally dates and make some plans.
- We've got a ride scheduled for Friday.
- We've got a ride scheduled for Saturday.
- The "official" dates include Sunday and Monday.
- Sadie has mentioned riding Sunday and staying for dinner by the river.
So I'm real happy planning a Monday departure (and maybe heading a little West to take three days to get home instead of two) but I want to make sure that fits without disrupting anyone else's ideas.