New England TRIKE TALK 2018

[John Luciano]

Here we are at the rally. The food was better than expected. Having a great time. Bozo is posting pictures. I hope to be able to see if he teaches me how..desert was sometimes all you can eat from this selection or, you got served a choice of Pie with icecream,or a Sunday,yes the cordials ( liquior ) was included, Balies Irish cream was a favorites. Right Ron ?

night time entertainment was Fun. Yours truly even tried a tune or 2 on the Kareoke machine.

[Bikerbozo]

Here we are at the rally. The food was better than expected. Having a great time. O o is posting pictures. I hope to be able to if he teaches me how

When you can snatch the jpegs from my hand, grasshopper, then you will be ready to post them.

[1dn5up]

When you can snatch the jpegs from my hand, grasshopper, then you will be ready to post them.

You 2 ain’t sharing the same room, I hope

[John Luciano]

Who wants to see the food. We were to the point we were thinking of refusing some. I may be wrong but I think someone did refuse desert. cheery pie Ala Mode

Doug eying Paula’s Chicken. My veal parm, and when the chicken noodle soup came out. Ron thought it was just his portion. Cathy put an end to that in a hurry. Enough soup to have seconds.

this was the steak last night .

[John Luciano]

Not all about food. Doug took us on some interesting rides. I loved the rollercoster ride down the mountain. Paula was not impressed with the 100 foot drops on the sides.Yogi called it the tail of the Geico. Boat ride on the Hudson was enjoyable.

[John Luciano]

Bet you wish By now Bozo never showed me how

so just a few more. Breakfast every morning, raffle prizes ( everyone won something) 3 grand prizes a drone, and 2 craftsman wrench sets. Trophy awards too!

[John Luciano]

And they let us park right in front of the room with the trailer

[Burnerboy]

A fun time "was had" by all!

It was great to meet everyone, and to actually put a "face" too a name..............

When's the next rally ??????????????? I'm there again!

Ronnie

[Burnerboy]

A very special "thanks" should go out to John an Doug, ​for all their hard work and dedication setting this trike Rally up!!!



Ronnie

Thank you!

[John Luciano]

We talked about this going to be the last. Well response was so good. We had so much fun. We learned a lot of what people liked and did not like. We will be posting new info after the 1st of the year. NETT 2019. I can't have this end on such a high note. We want people to be happy. We talked about looking into an alternative place to stay. ACRA MANOR HOTEL & RESORT will still be our host motel. They allow non guest to eat breakfast or even a meal or two at a reasonable rate. This will allow those that want to ride further and eat at local restaurants. The bar is also open at night. Keep the weekend before Labor Day pencilled in on your calendar ( save a date ) THANKS FOR ALL YOR WELL WISHES.

PS. I Think Doug and myself need to hear from people that will be interested in going next year. We liked the small group. Maybe we should limit it to 1st 10 or 12 sign ups .. Limit it to 10 or 12 .... Bikes / trikes .. Please voice an opinion. We are all ears.

[Yogisan]

Letty and I rolled in about 3:15 pm. As usual for PA we got trapped in a backup on Rt 22 because of an accident. Other than that it was pretty routine.

I know a couple of people put in a lot of work to pull this together for this year, but we was not particularly impressed with Acra Manor. In my opinion, for what we paid, the rooms were crappy and the food was disappointing (and I'm not the only one who felt that way). Considering the expectations that were set, rather than us being lucky to get rooms there, in my opinion, they were lucky to get us. I didn't take an actual head count, but it appeared that our small group was about half of their total visitors during the time we were there.

[Bikerbozo]

File this under the "it coulda happened while at the rally". Even though I only rode my backup bike up there(trailered to hotel). Took it to office today. On way home, I go to up shift. Heal shifter is missing. Made an illegal u turn between HOV lanes. Went back a couple of miles. Had to go further than I meant to due to po po sitting in another u turn. Went back same way and spotted shifter. Pulled over and walked back to get it. Good thing too, since I decided to take the bike to Hooksett NH in morning for work.

[dougv]

Yogi, why are you so negative on this rally, I think you are a person who is never happy no matter what the level of service is either that you have too much time on your hands and just like to bitch. I'm sorry that we have to air our dirty laundry in a public forum since we can't PM any more but I heard of no complaints and if there was a complaint, I would have addressed it to the staff. The staff was more than happy to take care of us, I don't know where you eat normally but the meals were excellent and there was plenty to eat. You want to pay $50.00 a night for a room and then expect the best place, well look around and check prices, your not going to get that in the northeast/NY area.

As for how many people stayed there, the dining room is big and was built in the heyday of the Catskill travel years and a lot of these places have either closed or just hanging in there. Karen and I have eaten dinner out at several places in that area and the food was better than most places I have been. John was in the kitchen and it was spotless and modern. Being the weekend before Labor Day that weekend always has less visitors then, that is the reason I picked it.

I'm not going to beat a dead horse over your comments but, IF we decide to keep the rally there, I will not waste my time trying to find a hotel that meets your expectations. You can find your own hotel and better yet, start your own rally in Md.

[John Luciano]

I would love to hear others comments. The only way to improve this rally is to get input.

I am quite fussy with food. If the meals were bad I would have said so. My streak on Sat was one of the best I have had in a restaurant in a while. Cooked perfectly, I even cut it with a fork. The night before my chicken was moist and fully cooked a full size bird. Not a pigeon as you sometimes get. I agree the sauce was not my mothers sauce ( she passed 48 years ago so not going to get that anytime soon )..last year we did the find your own eating place and I don't think I can remember getting any meal better than we had last weekend. We ate at Captains Look out and if I remember correctly it was about $40 plus tip. We ate breakfast in town $12 for Eggs ham and a coffee. Rooms in that area start at $100 a night. Last year mine was $140 I just dug out my bill. It was no lux room. We had no social time last year. All cramed in a 12x12 room. And even told to keep it quiet more than once. The find your own motel next year is a good option, let us know how you make out. As I remember at the VT rally the people that were less fortunate ( well that too is an understatement ) and had to go down the street to a better motel ( I had to sit on the bed to open the drawers, and step in the shower to close the bathroom door. No Tv and No AC wait that was $120 a night with breakfast . The people 20 miles down the road were left out on a lot of rides and meetings. Ok who wants to tell me what was so wrong this year.

[Bikerbozo]

Just ask Dianne. I am a very picky eater. Not a single complaint about the food . Enjoyed it all. Didn't like there was a charge for soda. But I will survive. WiFi sucked. I brought that up to the staff and suggested what they could do to improve. Needed to hang bedspread over window to block that laser beam at night. Staff was surprised angle of light got in. Will look into it. Would have liked a refrigerator in room. They had no problems keeping all my ice packs in a freezer in donut shop. Plenty of ice available for me. Standard type price for area. Overall, I was happy with place. Oh, and Dianne wants a bigger TV. Nice pool too. Great staff. Mean little rottweiler wannabe. Everyone looks happy in the videos I took in lounge. Will try and get uploaded soon.

[dougv]

I don't like breakfast buffets but this one was absolutely the best, the ones in our town don't even come close to measuring up to this one....the eggs were freshly made, bagels were fresh, none of the bread or pastries were stale or hard, the only thing missing was grits

The dinners blew away what we got at the Grey Ghost Inn, up there Karen just asked for chicken instead of chicken and ribs and ended up with just one small piece of chicken, no comparison in quality and quantity....

[cavie]

Yogi, why are you so negative on this rally, I think you are a person who is never happy no matter what the level of service is either that you have too much time on your hands and just like to bitch. I'm sorry that we have to air our dirty laundry in a public forum since we can't PM any morebut I heard of no complaints and if there was a complaint, I would have addressed it to the staff. The staff was more than happy to take care of us, I don't know where you eat normally but the meals were excellent and there was plenty to eat. You want to pay $50.00 a night for a room and then expect the best place, well look around and check prices, your not going to get that in the northeast/NY area.

As for how many people stayed there, the dining room is big and was built in the heyday of the Catskill travel years and a lot of these places have either closed or just hanging in there. Karen and I have eaten dinner out at several places in that area and the food was better than most places I have been. John was in the kitchen and it was spotless and modern. Being the weekend before Labor Day that weekend always has less visitors then, that is the reason I picked it.

I'm not going to beat a dead horse over your comments but, IF we decide to keep the rally there, I will not waste my time trying to find a hotel that meets your expectations. You can find your own hotel and better yet, start your own rally in Md.

Not trying to hijack this thread. I hope to attend next years rally as it is near me when I'm up here Pittsfield in the summers. I've been away from the forum for a while. I have been trying to PM a member involved in this thread as he is near me here in MA and apparently near me in Florida also. What happened to PM's. How can I contact this member?

[dougv]

Hey Butch,

Is that Ronnie (Burner Boy) you were looking for? If it is, send me an e-mail at dveronneau@sbcglobal.net

Ronnie was at the rally this year, if it isn't, maybe someone else knows who you are looking for. It was very difficult this year trying to reach people because of not allowing PM's and I don't know if everyone puts their e-mail or contact info on this site. We were kicking around the idea to start a Facebook group to keep in touch better. I am on one group but they are for Honda trikes only and I want to make it open to any brand.

[dougv]

Butch,

John and myself are in Torrington, Ct., not far south of you. When are you heading back to Florida, maybe we can do a meet up for dinner with Ronnie and a few other people. I am almost retired and will be in St Pete during the winter hopefully, I have family in Englewood, not far from your Florida home.

[John Luciano]

Our table was 100% pleased with the place. 1st night was a touch down with extra point field goal ( that would be the Baileys) .. 2nd night was a hole in one , 3rd night was Nothing but NET 3 pointer .. ( we were sports ratting ) ..I made my only complaints. Bozo told us his.

He was on the other table so he can tell us who did not like the food. We did not hear from Cathy or Garry . I'm sure Pat and Don are still on the road.

No place is PEEEEEERFECT". That would be nice but not gona happen. I stayed at a motel in Hawaii. 35 years ago $200 a night and it was not perfect. Like I said we spent little time in the room. I had WiFi sparaticly in my room. Excellent and then nothing. I agree repeaters are cheap. I have one so I have Wifi at my pool ( 200 feet from my router ) I did not have much problem with the Wifi I only used it to do the pictures and check email.

Im waiting to hear from the others.