Blue Ridge Parkway ( Labor Day Weekend ) Motel Information

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

" The Meet In The Middle Ride "
I'll have a group coming from the south end heading north....Mark ( 3fan4life ) will have a group coming from the north end heading south....We'll meet in the middle saturday night Sept.3 in Sparta, NC....

Southern Group....Meet in Maggie Valley , NC on friday evening Sept.2 ....Holiday Motel 3289 Soco Rd. 877-686-4386 be sure to say " Smokinjoe Group " ....No discount here however she will try to get us all together.

Northern Group....Meet in Waynesboro,VA on friday evening Sept.2  ....Days Inn 2060 Rosser Ave. Waynesboro, Va.540-943-1101 be sure to say " VRCC Ride " to get a discount....Special thanks to Mark ( 3fan4life ) for stepping up and taking over the northern part of this ride   Below is a link to Mark's thread on this ride .....
http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,31867.0.html


Both Group's  ....Saturday Sept 3 ....Alleghany Inn 341 North Main St. Sparta, NC ...336-372-2501....Be sure to say " Smokinjoe Group " to get a $10.00 discount.


If you would please post back to this thread if you plan on going and you DID make reservations....Thanks  

ATTENTION.... These motel's have limited rooms ( Holiday Weekend ) so if you plan to ride get reservations asap....Study long , study wrong  

[LandElephant]

Joe,
Reservation made at the Allwghany Inn for Saturday. Going to hook up with the northern group Sat morning in Waynesboro VA.  Riding in from the north and staying in Williamsport MD friday night.

Also reserved room for Sunday night at the Super 8 in Clinton, TN.  So you guys are stuck with me on Sunday.  Looking forward to visiting again.  Looks like a 1,700 miles or more weekend. I'll pack some medicine for you.

Charlie Morse
Land Elephant

[Valk6 (diaz)]

Hi All,
Reservation has been made for Saturday, looking forward to meeting all of you.  Will be meeting up with the northern group on Friday, riding down from Uniontown, OH       

As someone we know has said  'Life is a Road, Get on it and Ride'

Keep it safe,
  ~Chris

[Ice]

Reservations made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEEHHHHAAWWWW
Looking forward to seeing the group again...

[Jess from VA]

Sparta NC (Allegheny Inn) reservation made, one room.



Free use of the Alleghany Wellness Center's indoor Junior Olympic Pool and Workout Facility

Bring your suit........... don't workout (keep spilling my beer).

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Sparta NC (Allegheny Inn) reservation made, one room.



Free use of the Alleghany Wellness Center's indoor Junior Olympic Pool and Workout Facility

Bring your suit........... don't workout (keep spilling my beer).

Reason for not going into Galax ,Va was a huge Labor Day Weekend Flea-market....All the rooms rates I checked would have been over $100.00 a night after tax     Dude at Alleghany Inn seemed very nice and said he had no problem whatsoever with us hangin' around the bikes in the parking lot shootin' the s**t    ( This has been a problem at one of the Asheville , NC motels we used and that motel will never get another dime of my money ) .

[Jess from VA]

Mark already told me of the flea market conflict...... it's all good Joe (thanks for the legwork, and the good price).

Hard to believe a flea market can cause traffic/motel problems..... I avoid flea markets and yard sales like the plague.  (how much for these XXXL yellow skivvies?)

The sweet girl taking my reservation made a great first impression.

If there are any odd-men-out for rooms, I discovered you can get a rollaway for $5 more.

[hubcapsc]

Hard to believe a flea market can cause traffic/motel problems...

Heck, that little stock car race down the street almost screwed us over for getting rooms in
Wytheville last year...

I'll be there at Maggie, and at Sparta...

-Mike

[Jess from VA]

I'll be there at Maggie, and at Sparta...


Great, looking forward to seeing you Mike.

I'll have a relatively new Valk guy in tow... and maybe my longtime Hog riding partner too.

[Ice]

Mark already told me of the flea market conflict...... it's all good Joe (thanks for the legwork, and the good price).

Hard to believe a flea market can cause traffic/motel problems..... I avoid flea markets and yard sales like the plague.  (how much for these XXXL yellow skivvies?)

The sweet girl taking my reservation made a great first impression.

If there are any odd-men-out for rooms, I discovered you can get a rollaway for $5 more.

Jess you better believe it, the last time I rode trough there, I think it was in Hillsville VA they had a Gun/flea/antique thing going on, hell, it was bigger than most state fairs and we had to travel well over a 100 miles to find a room. I guess sometimes it pays to plan ahead

[thumper]

I'm in!

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

we'll definitely cross paths...we're getting on parkway north and east of Asheville....and riding to Maggie as our destination. About 50-60 Rune folks.....hard to miss us!

There's a new biker friendly restaurant/bar in Maggie. It's called the Tikki House. Just opened up 3 weeks ago. It's real close to the Wheels of Time Museum. friendly folks....several Bike Nights with specials. That's where we're doing our lunch on our group ride.

Probably see ya' that Saturday Joe.............

I'll keep a eye out for y'all Tim....We'll roll out of Maggie around 9:00 a.m. it goes without saying the highest point will be our first stop.

[hal47]

Reservations have been made Joe,what time are you leaving clinton,maybe could meet up.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Reservations have been made Joe,what time are you leaving clinton,maybe could meet up.

Might take the scenic route across The Dragon and hook up with Thumper coming out of Georgia....Stay in touch with me on this I'll know more as time get's closer....You are more than welcome to join us 

[lonewolf/va]

 I'mm in at the alleghany Inn I'll be coming south with Mark

[Dave Weaver]

I'll be in Knoxville that weekend, but daughter has volleyball games Friday and Saturday.  Mebbe I can hook up with ya somewhere Sunday afternoon.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

I'll be in Knoxville that weekend, but daughter has volleyball games Friday and Saturday.  Mebbe I can hook up with ya somewhere Sunday afternoon.

I'm going to leave it up to the folk's that are ridin' with me back to God's Country ....Hit the big road or ride The Blue Ridge Parkway back south....If we come back the BRP it's not likely a meet will be possible as that will take all day getting back to Chreokee and then crossing The Great Smoky Mountain and dealing with the Galtinburg traffic from hell cause of the holiday weekend....If we take the blue road a meet for supper might be possible  ???

[Skinhead]

reservations made.  Binkie and I will see ya'll there.  Lookin' forward to it.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

reservations made.  Binkie and I will see ya'll there.  Lookin' forward to it.

Glad you are making it Joe I'm looking forward to this ride .

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Weekend Bump/Bump

[joefromperry]

Reservations made at North end and middle. Looking forward to it!

[Mr Whiskey]

Joe, nice bumps!!!
Reservations made, south (fri. 2nd) & mid point (Sat. 3rd).
Gotta work Fri. so might get in late. Save some tire kickin' & lie swappin' for us.
And bye-the-bye, the ABC CLOSES at 9 pm. in Maggie Valley for those who need to know. (I learned this the hard way, hahaha.)
Sugar & Whiskey R N!!!
Peace, Mr. Whiskey & Sugar.

[threevalks]

Heath and I will be there. Have made reservations in Waynesboro and Sparta. The motel in Waynesboro said they only have one room left.

[3fan4life]

Heath and I will be there. Have made reservations in Waynesboro and Sparta. The motel in Waynesboro said they only have one room left.

The manager told me that she would add more rooms if needed.

I'll call tomorrow and check.

BTW Glad you're comming, I always like to make new friends..... especially ones that ride Valks. 

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Heath and I will be there. Have made reservations in Waynesboro and Sparta. The motel in Waynesboro said they only have one room left.

I was hoping y'all would make this ride     I look forward to hangin' out and talking with you again.

[Stanley Steamer]

Ya never know who might show up on this ride?........

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Ya never know who might show up on this ride?........

Or if they'll ride a motorcycle or come in a Kia 

[3fan4life]

Heath and I will be there. Have made reservations in Waynesboro and Sparta. The motel in Waynesboro said they only have one room left.

I just spoke with the staff @ the Days Inn in Waynesboro.

Two of the original 10 rooms that they set aside for us are still available.

They assured me that they would make more rooms available if needed (additional rooms aren't guaranteed to be together).

If you're thinking about going on this ride, remember that the cut off for guaranteed rooms and rate is Monday August, 29th.

So if you're thinking about it................... don't think too long.

See everyone there !

[jer0177]

Road construction heads up on the parkway y'all:

MILEPOST 232 - 237

The Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed to all traffic from Milepost 232 at Stone Mountain Overlook to Milepost 237 at Air Bellows Gap beginning July 15, 2011 and continuing until the summer of 2012. This closure is due to the reconstruction of the Parkway's 32,000 linear feet of historic rock masonry walls in that section. Detour traffic signage will direct Parkway visitors around the closed area via US Highway 21 and NC Route 18 through Laurel Springs and Sparta.

And as luck would have it, they were doing construction on the detour route when I went through there earlier this month, so plan around that timewise.

[3fan4life]

I won't be on the ride, but my better half and I did the entire BRP in the beginning of August, and there's a closure and a detour that I wanted to let y'all know about (I know it's in the NC portion, but just in case anyone wanted to continue that far down):

This link has a link to a map of the closure and detour:
http://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm

MILEPOST 232 - 237

That will definately affect Smokin' Joes group, but not too much.

http://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/upload/Gaurdwall-Phase-Summer-2012.pdf

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Road construction heads up on the parkway y'all:

MILEPOST 232 - 237

The Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed to all traffic from Milepost 232 at Stone Mountain Overlook to Milepost 237 at Air Bellows Gap beginning July 15, 2011 and continuing until the summer of 2012. This closure is due to the reconstruction of the Parkway's 32,000 linear feet of historic rock masonry walls in that section. Detour traffic signage will direct Parkway visitors around the closed area via US Highway 21 and NC Route 18 through Laurel Springs and Sparta.

And as luck would have it, they were doing construction on the detour route when I went through there earlier this month, so plan around that timewise.

The detour's are always well marked and truth be told some of them are nice fun roads to ride     ....Bring It....LET'S RIDE    Right now I'm hoping Irene stay's off the BRP if she spins tornado's and high winds this ride could be a bust with the Parkway un-passable from downed  tree's  

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Ya never know who might show up on this ride?........

my goal is still to see Joe's group...and perhaps pull over at a scenice overlookd and kick tires a few minutes. We'll be easy to spot....about 40-50 Runes..............in a "gaggle"......

We'll watch for y'all Tim 

[bigdog99]

the road construction detour is a neat little ride too. through a small lil town but the roads are great. just there 3 weeks ago.

[Jess from VA]

Right now I'm hoping Irene stay's off the BRP if she spins tornado's and high winds this ride could be a bust with the Parkway un-passable from downed tree's.

There's a happy thought.

Hopefully, it is gone before the ride.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Right now I'm hoping Irene stay's off the BRP if she spins tornado's and high winds this ride could be a bust with the Parkway un-passable from downed tree's.

There's a happy thought.

Hopefully, it is gone before the ride.

Irene will be gone by the ride no doubt it's the aftermath we'll deal with " IF " tornado's and high winds hit the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Parkway they'll shut it down . With all the millions of people this hurricane will affect with lose of life, power outage,major infrastructure damage , etc the powers that be will not be concerned about the Blue Ridge Parkway being impassable.

[Jess from VA]

Yeah, I copy Joe.  After I posted, I thought... yeah even if the storm is gone, if dozens of big trees (and power lines) are down, or rock slides, they may take considerably longer to deal with.  

We'll all be watching the bitch Irene closely as she moseys up the East coast.



On our Eastern earthquake,  many West coasters are laughing about the panic to our relatively low-damage quake.  Someone posted this:

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Yeah, I copy Joe.  After I posted, I thought... yeah even if the storm is gone, if dozens of big trees (and power lines) are down, or rock slides, they may take considerably longer to deal with.  

We'll all be watching the bitch Irene closely as she moseys up the East coast.



On our Eastern earthquake,  many West coasters are laughing about the panic to our relatively low-damage quake.  Someone posted this:

I do hope that Irene turns out to be nothing ( I watch alot of weather channel in fact my TV is on that channel about 95% of the time on mute ) . If it's what they claim it's very possible that I'll be called out to go help with the downed powerlines 

[thumper]

Yeah, I copy Joe.  After I posted, I thought... yeah even if the storm is gone, if dozens of big trees (and power lines) are down, or rock slides, they may take considerably longer to deal with.  

We'll all be watching the bitch Irene closely as she moseys up the East coast.



On our Eastern earthquake,  many West coasters are laughing about the panic to our relatively low-damage quake.  Someone posted this:

I do hope that Irene turns out to be nothing ( I watch alot of weather channel in fact my TV is on that channel about 95% of the time on mute ) . If it's what they claim it's very possible that I'll be called out to go help with the downed powerlines 

First thing I thought of.

[3fan4life]

Joe,

There is a BIG difference between what the weather channel is saying about Irene and what our local weather people are saying.

Right now our local weather people are talking like we are going to have any effects from Irene.

http://weather.wsls.com/us/va/roanoke/general/sevdayCustom.html

They aren't even thinking that we'll get any rain.

So we'll just have to see.