A lot of the flavor of the event was lost, in my estimation, when it moved from its ten-year home at the biker bar, to the lodge. The few bikes that were ridden were squeezed out of the, otherwise, spacious parking lots.
I hear that! Seems to have killed a lot of good events...promoters (instead of riders) take over previously successful events to make them bigger, "better", etc (more profitable), and often the flavor goes right out of them (ROT comes to mind).