New England TRIKE TALK 2018

[John Luciano]

Never too early to start talking about our next New England TT rally

does not seem like it was that long ago. These thing take a lot of planning. Only 9 months away. .so do we have intrest. ? We are looking into the same area . Looking for less costly acomodations. We will try to stay closer to the $100 mark if we can . I think we lost a few because of that last year. . Still a lot to see in the area. So let's get the ball rolling. Who is going to be first with a yea! Or even a Nay . Like to hear from people. I talked to my shirt guy. Enough early interest we could do some bright colors. Would be great attention getters . Food was everyone happy with it last year ? I guess I am looking for good and bad comments. We can't improve if we don't know were we went wrong .

[Yogisan]

As of now, we're interested. The Mrs will be retired also which means we can enjoy the whole weekend.

[John Luciano]

Great to hear that ... That's a start.

[tis]

Just wanted to Jump in here & say Hi to you John, have'nt been traveling much, Wife has had couple of back surgeries, last one was Sept. 29th, it was alright for 4 weeks then she went numb in her legs from the knees down since them she has had a couple more MRI'S, one with contrast, then a EMG, now on the 26th of this month she is scheduled to have a Angiogram @ 6 a.m. so as you can see we"ve been tied up she can't stand or walg without assistance, so we have a couple of walkers & a chair that I just borrowed till I see what's up. Hope everythings going well with you & Honey, Merry Christmas to everyone in the group.Dave (Tis)

[Bikerbozo]

Me and Dianne would be interested in same area. And maybe I will finish (or start) loading all those millions of pics I have from last rally. They have been transferred to my laptop but now have to be shrunk. Too many to attach to postings, so trying to figure out how to do an album somewhere with all in one place. And collecting all video clips. Might put all of them into one massive YouTube.

[PosseRider]

So,, where & when is this Rally ???

[dougv]

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone....yes having some more input from last year would help, sorry I couldn't find a more reasonable place but the place we did stay at I thought was very nice. The problem with up there in a town like Windham, it's a tourist area so the prices are higher but on the up side, there are plenty of places to eat, just not close enough to walk to. If you get out to out skirts where the hotel prices are lower, there is nothing near by. The Grey Ghost Inn had the same issue although the cost was lower.

Yes, Andrew get those pics and videos posted for all to see, hopefully that will also create more interest for people that didn't go this year.

[Yogisan]

If I'm not mistaken, the Gray Ghost Inn did have a restaurant. Based on that, one might think hotels any distance outside of Windham would have the same setup. Normally people who ski, which happens a lot when we're not around (lol), want to spend their time skiing and not foraging the countryside for food. Maybe the hotel search should start with that requirement then work it's way toward cost. Just a thought.

[dougv]

One place met those requirements fully, had a restaurant, price was good, except that it was very structured as to when you ate and what you ate.....think of Dirty Dancing the movie, the place I looked at was very much like the place in the movie....

No one wanted to be limited to that so I didn't go that route. It also helped that the owner/manager wasn't very helpful and didn't get back to me until it was close to the date.

I'll see what I can find, I'm picky, I'm sure most of you don't want a dirt bag place either.

[Moe55]

Linda and I are interested for sure. As long as she is healthy we will be there. Could not make it last year she was in the hospital at the time of the rally.

[Burnerboy]

Where is this rally supposed to be held??

If you let us know the location of rally, I'm sure you'd get much more response........and date's of rally

...If it's anywhere within 300 miles of my home Springfield, Massachusetts, count me in as a new-be..I'm there!

Thank you

Ronnie

[dougv]

Welcome aboard to Trike Talk Ronnie, I'm a relative newbie also, only a few years being a member.....

I did get response back from some people to do another rally in the Catskills again but I will need to get a better count before looking for a hotel. Last year we had a total of 30 available rooms but only filled 8 or less. The cost might have been a little high for some people but I was running out of available places to stay. The Catskills in the summer are busy so some of these places are reserved now. Unlike in Vt, most of the places in NY are geared to smaller groups and a full service experience, not a group of riders that want to spend all day outside the facility.

The first place to start is the number of rooms we need, if we are 10 or under, we will have more options, over that it gets more difficult. At the same time we are trying to keep the price lower.

If I can take an informal survey besides the people who posted here already who would want to go, please PM me and I'll keep track of the numbers. The nice thing about the Catskills, it's central to New England and NY, NJ, PA and further south.

I am thinking the week/weekend before labor day or the week before that.

[dougv]

My other thought is to pick a large hotel such as a Best Western but the reservations will need to be made asap since they do take in walk ins and a better chance of taking reservations from other travelers...

[Burnerboy]

Count me in for sure if the get-to-gether is in New England.... Vermont, New Hampshire, Conn, Massachusetts ect, ect would be great....

Not during Americade week though

Ronnie

Please let us know ok?

[PosseRider]

Where is this rally supposed to be held??

If you let us know the location of rally, I'm sure you'd get much more response........and date's of rally

...If it's anywhere within 300 miles of my home Springfield, Massachusetts, count me in as a new-be..I'm there!

Thank you

Ronnie

Yes to all of the above

[tomg]

Is there a reason I don't here anything about going to Pennsylvania? There are several of us who ride 1500 miles one way plus 3-500 miles while there and Pennsylvania sure would be nicer for the long distance riders. Just a thought. Get togethers that start on a Sunday and end on Thursday also gives you better motel rates, a couple of days to get there and a couple of days to get home.

tomg

[PosseRider]

Is there a reason I don't here anything about going to Pennsylvania? There are several of us who ride 1500 miles one way plus 3-500 miles while there and Pennsylvania sure would be nicer for the long distance riders. Just a thought. Get togethers that start on a Sunday and end on Thursday also gives you better motel rates, a couple of days to get there and a couple of days to get home.

tomg

Sounds good to me also.

[Bikerbozo]

Pocono’s are a nice area. Plenty of interesting places and riding opportunities along the Delaware River also.

Wherever is decided, count me and Dianne in.

[dougv]

Pa is usually a pass through state for us on the way to Florida and back. We have stayed a few times near Hershey and in Gettysburg and usually it's a half day driving time from Ct. but that is down highways. If another group closer to that area would put something together, I'm game for that. I just don't know the local roads well enough to plan rides.

You probably would get better rates for a hotel there compared to eastern NY Hudson Valley area. It would be nice to see another part of the country from time to time.

[Burnerboy]

I'm good for the Vermont, New Hampshire area.............When? date needed!

Ronnie