Weekend touring.

[sandman]

This thread reminds me of the Camp Meade days

Is the sub $100 thing all expenses? Unless you eat grass and treebark, and your bike runs on water, I don't see that being a realistic number

camp meade=the good old days!

this year i'll be doing several overnight camp outs on the gsa.

although i'll be looking for twisty dirt roads in addition to pavement.

iv'e always wanted to do the golden rd in northern me.

btw: there are a bunch of places in vt where you can camp for free

[tonup]

Anyone looking to ride and camp needs to look into a decent bivy tent. Easy setup and many roll up into a damn tiny pack. Make sure its got a good screen...fuggin skeeters! Lots of state parks and many free camp areas if you look hard enough. Sounds like many are jacked for a long trip.

[RandyO]

Anyone looking to ride and camp needs to look into a decent bivy tent. Easy setup and many roll up into a damn tiny pack. Make sure its got a good screen...fuggin skeeters! Lots of state parks and many free camp areas if you look hard enough. Sounds like many are jacked for a long trip.

bivy tents suck, I had one, used it once

get a regular 7x9 dome, they roll up almost as small and you have room to keep your gear inside

[tonup]

bivy tents suck, I had one, used it once

get a regular 7x9 dome, they roll up almost as small and you have room to keep your gear inside

Hence why I said decent. Had one that the arch wouldn't stay up for the life of me. Straight to the trash! Serves me for trying cheap. I dun learnded.

[ThisBitch]

If you figure 4 people to a hotel room, it'd be pretty inexpensive, even for a nicer hotel. I'm all set with sleeping on the ground after doing 400 miles of riding.

[tonup]

No pictures or making fun of the guy with a loofah though.

[R7]

camp meade=the good old days!

That's for sure! Leaving home on a Friday night and returning home Sunday night with close to 1,000 miles logged on a R1 was pretty cool shit. The group rides, drinking all that beer in the evenings around the fire, the fart machine...good times, good times

If you figure 4 people to a hotel room, it'd be pretty inexpensive, even for a nicer hotel. I'm all set with sleeping on the ground after doing 400 miles of riding.

With 4 people cramped in a hotel room, where would one keep their bike?

[Omahastylin16]

count me in, where to?

[nerijusj]

are you the person that posted Gatlinburg as a good place to stay for a trip to DealsGap ?

Ticondiroga fwiw, is closer to the best roads and not the tourist trap that Placid is

Nope, wasn't me. I stayed in outskirts of Maryville, TN when on a trip to deals gap. Wasn't too far from gap, hotels pretty cheap and there's places to eat around. I heard about Gatlinburg and tried to avoid that.
Lake Placid is a tourist trap, but it's nice there, lots of hotels and places to eat and party at night. I'd stay there for a night as a part of route. Also you can enjoy nice scenery around that area, even with a little more traffic than everywhere else.

[sandman]

That's for sure! Leaving home on a Friday night and returning home Sunday night with close to 1,000 miles logged on a R1 was pretty cool shit. The group rides, drinking all that beer in the evenings around the fire, the fart machine...good times, good times



With 4 people cramped in a hotel room, where would one keep their bike?

i know mine would be at the foot of my bed.

[butcher bergs]

Camping is directly within the spirit of this trip!



Pete, you post a weekend trip to Niagara falls and I will come.

wait...what?




Anyways, been trying to get out there for almost 5 years now....

My .02

[Mustang]

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I wouldn't mind a weekender to Niagara.

[Trouble]

If you come up to Vermont we've got a place that people can stay. It's a summer camp on Lake Iroquios (near Richmond/Hinesburg). It's maybe 25 min south of Burlington and about 2 hours from T**** Road. It would be glorified camping but the price is right.

[brady]

Baseball's Hall of Fame is on my list of weekend MC trips this summer...

make sure to tour the Ommegang Brewery while you're in Cooperstown

[ThisBitch]

With 4 people cramped in a hotel room, where would one keep their bike?

I figure if we're all sleeping on top of each other, there'll be plenty of room

[RandyO]

If you come up to Vermont we've got a place that people can stay. It's a summer camp on Lake Iroquios (near Richmond/Hinesburg). It's maybe 25 min south of Burlington and about 2 hours from T**** Road. It would be glorified camping but the price is right.

my Dad lives only 1/2 mile from Lake Iroquois, I can get to T**** road in less than 1 hour, well maybe just over 1 hour, I hear the deputy sheriff that patrols Monkton is an asshole

[obsolete]

I figure if we're all sleeping on top of each other, there'll be plenty of room

I'm not letting you give me the herp again!

[Trouble]

my Dad lives only 1/2 mile from Lake Iroquois, I can get to T**** road in less than 1 hour, well maybe just over 1 hour, I hear the deputy sheriff that patrols Monkton is an asshole

He's a super trooper alright. I haven't had the "pleasure" of meeting him yet but my wife has. They bumped up the frequency of the speed traps in town last year too. "Traffic calming" my ass...

[RandyO]

He's a super trooper alright. I haven't had the "pleasure" of meeting him yet but my wife has. They bumped up the frequency of the speed traps in town last year too. "Traffic calming" my ass...

My dad (83 years old)recieved a performance ticket, he's also the talk of the church supper circuit, bagged a lot of oldsters for running the recent 3 & 4 way stops that were put in

[Zed]

I love weekend mini-touring! Camping is alot of fun in and of itself too, but necessarily reduces the actual amount of riding you're able to do and requires you pack a hell of alot more stuff.

My wife and I usually motel it on short weekend trips and save the camping for longer getaways.

Most of the good destinations/routes have already been mentioned, but I'd like to throw in CT - the CT shore is beautiful and there are alot of nice places to camp/stay down there. I'm partial to the CT River and mouth area - Essex and Old Saybrook are nice towns to visit for the weekend.