WCRM VII.5 - Where and When

[Mr Sunshine]

Edit:

It has been decided.

Sept 10-12, Baker City OR

Hotel: Oregon Trails Hotel
Dinner on Saturday - Location TBD

For more info about Baker City see this post

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,53327.msg1278694.html#msg1278694







So the .0 meet has happened...time to plan the .5 meet.

Here is my suggestion.

1.  Nor Cal (Susanville area) down to Yosemite area.
2.  Mid-August time frame.  Not too late to all for decent weather.  I'm thinking August 14th.

Let the BSing begin!  

[flips21]

Hottest damn time in the year.  September is an excellent month!

[Mr Sunshine]

Hottest damn time in the year.  

Why not really...that's saved for July....but pretty close and thats the point.  We continually run into weather issues in September.  The last one I went too the heated vest was on full the entier 600 mile ride home.  The trip home also started in the snow.  Not doing that again.

[birdrunner]

Mid Sept.

We'll be there on holidays.

[Mr Sunshine]

I'm not going if it is in Mid-September.  Sorry too late.

[Major 662]

Hmmm, precedence requires that I be able to ride back to Boise in a single day.  

[Blunder]

Just announce it.

Post that you'll be in a certain area and you'd like some company. If fellow ST.Ners are interested they'll show up and we'll have a meet.

How hard is that?

[greench440]

Baker City - weekend before Labor day.

[5OUTTA6]

Penticton, BC  
Sept 10-12th

[Major 662]

Sweet -- we've got 3 more meets already!  

We need a versioning scheme.  i.e. would Baker City be VII.6? VII.5.1? VII.5₂?  Or maybe NWCRM VII?  Jeez, we gotta sort this out pronto!  (Wait a sec -- has this joke already been beaten to death in previous years?)

[stefrrr]

Hey, I'm new here - wouldn't that be VII.5a and VII.5b, etc? Or VII.5, VII.5², VII.5³...

[DogBoy]

Why not really...that's saved for July....but pretty close and thats the point.  We continually run into weather issues in September.  The last one I went too the heated vest was on full the entier 600 mile ride home.  The trip home also started in the snow.  Not doing that again.

Its you mossbacks bringing the bad weather south. We always have glorious September weather in NorCal unless there is a .5 scheduled.  


[stirring pot] BTW, did anyone check the weather in Ukiah last weekend? [/stirring pot]

[MuddDawg]

So the .0 meet has happened...time to plan the .5 meet.

Here is my suggestion.

1.  Nor Cal (Susanville area) down to Yosemite area.
2.  Mid-August time frame.  Not too late to all for decent weather.  I'm thinking August 14th.

Let the BSing begin!  

I don't think your authorized to start a thread until you have a bike that your willing to ride farther then 10 miles from your house.  Oh yea.. we will need physical proof of such bike.. like.....you know... pics... cuz it doesn't exist on the net without pics.    

[stirring pot] BTW, did anyone check the weather in Ukiah last weekend? [/stirring pot]

I don't know about Ukaih, but, XLR8, Major 662 and I checked Leggett  on Saturday...and it was like two very cold cows pi$$ing on a very flat rock...  I mean they were shooting hail at us.

[flips21]

We always have glorious September weather in NorCal unless there is a .5 scheduled.  

WRCM VI.5 had excellent weather.

[stirring pot] BTW, did anyone check the weather in Ukiah last weekend? [/stirring pot]

Oh, you are trouble.  Aren't you.

[DogBoy]

WRCM VI.5 had excellent weather.

Hey Norcal check your jersey. You're playing for the other team.  

[birdrunner]

.
.... We always have glorious September weather in NorCal unless there is a .5 scheduled.  


[stirring pot] BTW, did anyone check the weather in Ukiah last weekend? [/stirring pot]

That's what I was told at the wcrm ??? whatever.  Which is why I booked vacation in Sept instead of June.  They better not have lied to me.

BTW,  I think it's tradition to have shitty weather at any STN meet.  excluding the BBBBQ which always seems to be HOT,  sometimes too hot.


The first Nat'l at Custer,  it RAINED, the trip to Colorado, ... heat stroke,  West Virginia? ... hypothermia.  Second Custer.... snow in passes, next Colorado.... RAIN from Montana to Colorado.

[5OUTTA6]

Penticton, BC  
Sept 10-12th

[jpred]

B.C. Sep. 10-12

[endo]

I think September is best.  Tourist season is over for the most part and the weather is still good.  

[Nick Hill]

Death Valley?

[Cale_Kat]

I like the early season meets. It makes it possible to connect with people that might be too distant see otherwise and make new friends. Solid plans can be made for the upcoming riding season ... not in 9 or 12 month's time. Just my $.20.

Edit: I just realized this is about WCRM VII.5 not WCRM VIII... I was up late posting my ride report... I have an excuse... Slinking off now.

[miles]

Chris, the summer heat in California peaks at the end of August, first week of September.  Mid August will be a sweatbath anywhere in the state, even at high elevations.

Personally, my vote is for mid September after kids are in school.  Fewer tourists on the road, slightly cooler temps.

[MisterSmooth]

I think September is best.  Tourist season is over for the most part and the weather is still good.  

Absolutely.  After Labor Day, after the kids are back in school, weather is still pleasant.  WCRM VI.5 weather was perfect.  

[Mr Sunshine]

I don't think your authorized to start a thread until you have a bike that your willing to ride farther then 10 miles from your house.  Oh yea.. we will need physical proof of such bike.. like.....you know... pics... cuz it doesn't exist on the net without pics.    

I got a phone call yesterday telling me my bike is in Washington and it should be ready sometime next week.  I'll take a photo then.

[Mr Sunshine]

Chris, the summer heat in California peaks at the end of August, first week of September.  Mid August will be a sweatbath anywhere in the state, even at high elevations.

Personally, my vote is for mid September after kids are in school.  Fewer tourists on the road, slightly cooler temps.

I checked the temp history for northeast cali...temp peak in July and start to fall as August was several degrees cooler than July for the high and low.  September was a rapid fall from August.

As to kids and school...I call BS...it doesn't really matter as long as its not a major weekend.

[flips21]

Just some points to consider:

Susanville is at an elevation of 4,100 feet.  The peak average temperature is 89°F which ranges from about July 14 to August 3rd.  August 14th the temperature has dropped 3 to 4°F.  At the same time, (August 14th), Redding is looking at an average of 98°F.  A 3 to 4°F drop from peak doesn't mean crap in these areas.  If you are 86° at 4,100 feet then it is hot everywhere.  I ride in this weather regularly, so my perf leather and camelback will see me through.  But I doubt our friends to the north are geared up the same.

The OP stated that the trip would be Susanville down to Yosemite.  Yosemite is definity not NE California.

Children back in school means a 20% reduction in traffic on the backroads and less problems at home.

In summary, August is hot as hell, children back in school isn't BS and whining about electric vests, from someone living in the Puget Sound sounds more like trolling than trying to set a real date.
 

[Mr Sunshine]

Just some points to consider:

Susanville is at an elevation of 4,100 feet.  The peak average temperature is 89°F which ranges from about July 14 to August 3rd.  August 14th the temperature has dropped 3 to 4°F.  At the same time, (August 14th), Redding is looking at an average of 98°F.  A 3 to 4°F drop from peak doesn't mean crap in these areas.  If you are 86° at 4,100 feet then it is hot everywhere.  I ride in this weather regularly, so my perf leather and camelback will see me through.  But I doubt our friends to the north are geared up the same.

The OP stated that the trip would be Susanville down to Yosemite.  Yosemite is definity not NE California.

Children back in school means a 20% reduction in traffic on the backroads and less problems at home.

In summary, August is hot as hell, children back in school isn't BS and whining about electric vests, from someone living in the Puget Sound sounds more like trolling than trying to set a real date.
 

Unlike you I can ride in over 100 degree weather in my full stich and I am fine.  

Also traffic means nothing to me.

So no it isn't a troll.  I'm tired of coming home in the rain and/or snow from these .5 meets...its happened more than once.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

In summary, August is hot as hell, children back in school isn't BS and whining about electric vests, from someone living in the Puget Sound sounds more like trolling than trying to set a real date.
 

 

[Major 662]

I'll take a 20% reduction in traffic.  The K1300S came with a cool traffic removal device called "a big friggin' engine", but it's only helpful if there aren't more cars after you pass the first one or two.  

[Mr Sunshine]

So where does this 20% number come from?  I've never had an issue riding around Cali in the summer.

[flips21]

So where does this 20% number come from?  I've never had an issue riding around Cali in the summer.

A fair question.  Summer is considered the high season for tourists in the Truckee/Tahoe area (which is dead center between  Susanville and Yosemite).  I see increased traffic when school is out in the following personal anecdotal examples:

I am currently looking at a fractional ownership/time share just outside of Truckee.  The most expensive weeks (except for Christmas and New Years) are the summer months.  I interpret that to mean that there are more tourists in the Sierras in the summer.

I do a lot of jeeping in the Sierras in the summer and fall.  When school is out, I wheel Saturday through Monday so that I can avoid the I-80 Dixon to Fairfield traffic coming home Sunday.  In the fall, I can go Friday to Sunday without worry about the traffic.  Much of the traffic problem originates in the Sierras.  I  interpret  that to mean there are more tourists in the Sierras in the summer.

In Tahoe, the traffic near Tahoe City regularly backs up when the kids are out of school.  The traffic drops off when the kids are in school.

20% is my wild ass guess.  It may be 25%, it may be 10%.  But, when you are stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, it feels like more.

If you wanted to stay up around Susanville and not go down to Yosemite, you may not notice any difference.  But, if Yosemite is part of the itinerary, there will be more tourists gawking at the views, holding up lines of cars.  That has been my experience.

[Mr Sunshine]

The location range I provided was meant to say that we need to look at a range of areas and not just one place like people do for the .0 meet.   I was trying to direct towards a particular area.

Taking the worst area in that range and running with it is not fair as we would avoid those area's like a plague.  Frankly I wouldn't plan for Trukee/Tahoe area at all due to it being a zoo.

[flips21]

Taking the worst area in that range and running with it is not fair as we would avoid those area's like a plague.

Sure it's fair.  You challanged the "kids in school reduces traffic" theory.  In support of that theory, I used the example that historically is the easiest to back up  - Truckee/Tahoe.  I didn't claim that we would be exposed to that traffic, just that kids out of school makes it heavier.  

[Mr Sunshine]

Sure it's fair.  You challanged the "kids in school reduces traffic" theory.  In support of that theory, I used the example that historically is the easiest to back up  - Truckee/Tahoe.  I didn't claim that we would be exposed to that traffic, just that kids out of school makes it heavier.  

If we aren't going to be in that area...then it makes no sense to quote satistics from that area.  62.67% of facts are used incorrectly.  Opps...that is now 63%.

[birdrunner]

Unlike you I can ride in over 100 degree weather in my full stich and I am fine.  

Also traffic means nothing to me.

So no it isn't a troll.  I'm tired of coming home in the rain and/or snow from these .5 meets...its happened more than once.

100 deg heat is worse than rain.  You can always add a jacket,  you can only ride so naked.  (Don't even start on sunburn in tender places.)
Traffic sucks,  less people out there trying to kill you is good.

You are just unlucky with weather, i  hope you are luckier in other parts of your life.

[XLR8]

CA was last year so I was thinking something a little more to the North/East.

Ashland? Hood River? We've never done Ashland and it's a pretty sweet little town.


Remember, the .5 gatherings are smaller and more local. As good as it is to see everyone from the region, it's unrealistic that a region as large as 1 should be required to get together every time there's a gathering. We're just too big. If it works out, cool and if not, that's OK. The WCRM functions as the main shindig for the year. If we try to get all of us together every time then we actually end up limiting ourselves as we miss out on cool riding opportunities that may be closer to home.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Remember, the .5 gatherings are smaller and more local. As good as it is to see everyone from the region, it's unrealistic that a region as large as 1 should be required to get together every time there's a gathering. We're just too big. If it works out, cool and if not, that's OK. The WCRM functions as the main shindig for the year. If we try to get all of us together every time then we actually end up limiting ourselves as we miss out on cool riding opportunities that may be closer to home.

I'm honestly surprised that there isn't a North and South version of the .5s

[bubba zanetti]

CA was last year so I was thinking something a little more to the North/East.

Ashland? Hood River? We've never done Ashland and it's a pretty sweet little town.

Ashland is a great town to base out of.  

[Mr Sunshine]

100 deg heat is worse than rain.  You can always add a jacket,  you can only ride so naked.  (Don't even start on sunburn in tender places.)
Traffic sucks,  less people out there trying to kill you is good.

You are just unlucky with weather, i  hope you are luckier in other parts of your life.

No...rain is worse than 100 degree weather for many many reasons.

[Sputnik]

I'm honestly surprised that there isn't a North and South version of the .5s

.....waiting for the Idaho contingent to pipe up with a WCRM-N  suggestion...
Orofino?
Kooskia?
Lowell?
Grangeville?
McCall?

Within a long day's reach for the Hongcouver and Calgary crowd so might even draw some Canuckistans to such an event. Just saying.

[MisterSmooth]

.....waiting for the Idaho contingent to pipe up with a WCRM-N  suggestion...
Orofino?
Kooskia?
Lowell?
Grangeville?
McCall?
Within a long day's reach for the Hongcouver and Calgary crowd so might even draw some Canuckistans to such an event. Just saying.

That's a cool idea.     McCall is a pretty place to base out of, but it's too close to Boise for the Boise crew.   How about Orofino?  The high school mascot is the "Maniacs" which seems like it could be worked nicely into the meet T-shirt ("STN 2010--On the Road With the Maniacs").  

There's gotta be some good roads up there in northern Idaho/western Wyoming/southern Montana.  

[Major 662]

That's a cool idea.     McCall is a pretty place to base out of, but it's too close to Boise for the Boise crew.   How about Orofino?  The high school mascot is the "Maniacs" which seems like it could be worked nicely into the meet T-shirt ("STN 2010--On the Road With the Maniacs").  

There's gotta be some good roads up there in northern Idaho/western Wyoming/southern Montana.  

McCall's not too close for Boise folks, IMHO.  It's a 100 mile jaunt up the Payette River canyon and Long Valley, but that's only if you take the most direct route! I would at least go via Idaho City to Lowman to Banks.  If it's an imperative that I arrive strung out from the road like everyone else, I could eat lunch at Redfish Lake south of Stanley and then backtrack to the aforementioned detour!  

BTW, do a Google image search on "Orofino Maniacs".  Nice...

[MuddDawg]

I stopped by Eastside and sat on one.  I didn't at the show but seems like its gonna be fun. After 1750 miles or so to and from wcrm I think this would.of been fun to ride.

[Grumbler]

McCall's not too close for Boise folks, IMHO.

McCall has that BTDT syndrome. Personally, I find it to be a bit too
touristy and congested. A mini-me version of Lake Tahoe. SH-55
rocks btw Banks and Round Valley Rd then becomes a drone.

Orofino is pretty cool. Kooskia sits at the crossroads of US-12 and
SH-13, and is usually my lunch stop btw Boise and Missoula. Never
stayed overnight.

Lowell is located in a very scenic area. I think Selway Rd, running
south out of Lowell, is supposed to be pretty cool although the
pavement runs out after a bit. I think it's a popular destination
for fishermen and families.

Grangeville is a farm town, but offers the best lodging and restaurant
options outside of Clarkston/Lewiston. It's 200 miles north of Boise.

<...> I could eat lunch at Redfish Lake <...>

Have been to Redfish Lake several times. I'd rather grab lunch out on the deck
at the Bridge Street Grill in Lower Stanley. Superb views of Salmon River and
Sawtooth Mountains.

[Mr Sunshine]

I'm not seeing any really epic roads near McCall.

[Grumbler]

I'm not seeing any really epic roads near McCall.

Neither am I. Cambridge to Oxbow to Enterprise to Clarkston
are on really epic roads IMO.

US-12 btw Clarkston and Lolo is a favorite of mine although the
best part (scenery) is btw Kooskia and Lolo.

There are roads branching off from US-12 like SH-13 as well as
SH-14. Then we have Spiral Hwy, Kendricks to Orofino (P1 & 7),
Grangemont/11, plus a loop running north of US-12 from Kooskia
to Kamiah via Kidder Ridge, Tom-Taha, Glenwood, and Woodland.

[5OUTTA6]

Penticton, BC  
Sept 10-12th

[endo]

Penticton, BC  
Sept 10-12th

Just asking because I don't know and I don't feel like researching it right now...   if we head to Canada do us USA-ites need a passport??  

I'll need to look into that, I guess...  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Just asking because I don't know and I don't feel like researching it right now...   if we head to Canada do us USA-ites need a passport??  

I'll need to look into that, I guess...  

Yes, you do. Maybe not one way, but the other way for sure.

[endo]

Yes, you do. Maybe not one way, but the other way for sure.

As I remember, our daughter got her passport a couple of years ago and it was about an 8 week process.  If we go to Canada some of us (well, me at least) would need to get started on that right away.  Or, if we procrastinate long enough, I'll bet we could pay more for some government employee to expedite the passport.  

Maybe Bigblock would be willing to house a bunch of illegal aliens at his place  

[Blunder]

Yes, you can expedite the passport processing deal. You pay extra, but you get your papers quickly. I think they've got it down to 2 weeks now.

There's also an alternate ID card plan that works for people who travel between Canada and the US. I dunno if it works for travel between the states and Mexico and I don't know the details of how to obtain one, but the ID card program does exist.

I suggest a search of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement site.

[Major 662]

I think there's a spot on the Idaho border where I can hold up some barbed wire while y'all sneak through into Canada.

[Mr Sunshine]

I actually need to send my passport in for renewal.  It expires in a couple of weeks.  I better get on that.

[5OUTTA6]

I think there's a spot on the Idaho border where I can hold up some barbed wire while y'all sneak through into Canada.

Or we can :
a. hire a coyote with  a 40 ft truck and trailer. Load bikes and riders in the trailer and have the coyote drive us across the border
b. find a hilly section of the border fence and we can try and jump the fence like Steve McQueen (really Bud Ekins) did in the movie The Great Escape

[birdrunner]

Or we can :
a. hire a coyote with  a 40 ft truck and trailer. Load bikes and riders in the trailer and have the coyote drive us across the border
b. find a hilly section of the border fence and we can try and jump the fence like Steve McQueen (really Bud Ekins) did in the movie The Great Escape

There's no stinking fences,   it makes getting the dope over the border much to hard.

[denydog]

Cambridge to Oxbow to Enterprise to Clarkston
are on really epic roads IMO.

That was one of my best rides ever, in '08.  I must do it again.

US-12 btw Clarkston and Lolo is a favorite of mine although the
best part (scenery) is btw Kooskia and Lolo.

I'll be doing this one in two weeks.  First time.

[Mr Sunshine]

I'll be doing this one in two weeks.  First time.

That's funny....on June 26th the Wife and I (with our dogs) are doing a car road trip through that area.  

[denydog]

I'll wave as I go by.  


There's about 26 other people associated with Team Ride West doing the same, Fri. night Clarkston, Sat. Lolo, Sat. night Clarkston.

[katego]

sounds like fun.

penticton, eh?

(did i say that right?)

-k

[Major 662]

There's no stinking fences,   it makes getting the dope over the border much to hard.

Yeah, but there's that 5500 mile long strip of mowed grass that you hafta cross.  I dunno if any of you have ever dealt with fresh-mowed grass, but there are a lotta things that could happen -- you could slip, fall down, maybe break a bone...

http://www.bibdaily.com/pdfs/As%20for%20Canada,%20Finding%20the%20Border%20Is%20a%20Bit%20of%20a%20Trick%20-%20WSJ.pdf

[Grumbler]

I'll be doing this one in two weeks.  First time.

That reminds me, the famous WINDING ROAD NEXT 77 MILES road sign
just east of Lowell is gone forever. Well, was informed that a new sign will be
posted at that spot. It'll have the diamond "snake" sign with NEXT 77 MILES
below so keep an eye out for it. Don't know when they were gonna install it.

[5OUTTA6]

Penticton, BC  
Sept 10-12th

[Mr Sunshine]

Penticton, BC  
Sept 10-12th

I'm thinking Baker City....the same weekend.

[greench440]

I'd do Baker City again.

[XLR8]

I'd do Baker City again.

Always a hoot at the Gieser Grand bar. I don't stay there of course because it's too expensive but I don't mind walking down from the Oregon Trail Motel and slumming up the place. I don't even think I'll wear deodorant this time.

[Mr Sunshine]

Always a hoot at the Gieser Grand bar. I don't stay there of course because it's too expensive but I don't mind walking down from the Oregon Trail Motel and slumming up the place. I don't even think I'll wear deodorant this time.

I think if we do Baker City this year I'm gonna look to stay at the Gieser Grand...just because I wanna do it once.  

[greench440]

So it's settled, Baker City Sept 10-12.  

Maybe we should put up a final poll.

[Mr Sunshine]

So it's settled, Baker City Sept 10-12.  

Maybe we should put up a final poll.

You do it.  all my polls are shot down.  

[jpred]

Baker City and the Oregon Trails Motel sounds good to me.

[Blunder]

You do it.  all my polls are shot down.  

Fuck the polls. Are a bunch of ST.Ners gonna show up in Baker City, OR, on the weekend of 9-10/12? Sounds like a rally to me.

[greench440]

Way to take charge.  

[XLR8]

Fuck the polls. Are a bunch of ST.Ners gonna show up in Baker City, OR, on the weekend of 9-10/12? Sounds like a rally to me.

WTF? A rally? I didn't think ST.Ners did rallies.  

I'M IN UR ECO-LODGE, SMASHEN UP UR TOM TOMZ...

[Busy Little Whiner]

Fuck the polls. Are a bunch of ST.Ners gonna show up in Baker City, OR, on the weekend of 9-10/12? Sounds like a rally to me.

No dice... Reno Air Races is my other religion...

[greench440]

Yeah baby, we picked the right weekend.  

It's too far for you anyway, there's probably big parts of Orygun where the gas stations are too far apart and the chance of rain too high.

[birdrunner]

So it's settled, Baker City Sept 10-12.  

Maybe we should put up a final poll.

Nah,  a week later.

[Blunder]

Nah,  a week later.

Start your own rally.

I've broken the ice with the wife for Baker City. That Victorian Hotel looks very attractive and we've only to work out the details.

[Mr Sunshine]

Its gonna be hard for me to do the 10-12th as its a race weekend for me.  I'm not sure I'm going to race but I have a track day on the 10th I've already committed to working.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Its gonna be hard for me to do the 10-12th as its a race weekend for me.  I'm not sure I'm going to race but I have a track day on the 10th I've already committed to working.

Sounds like you should have suggested a weekend that woks for you in your first post then  

[greench440]

Its gonna be hard for me to do the 10-12th as its a race weekend for me.  I'm not sure I'm going to race but I have a track day on the 10th I've already committed to working.

Looks like you better start using the calendar feature on that snazzy new iPhone.  See you all in Baker City on the 10th.

[XLR8]

Looks like you better start using the calendar feature on that snazzy new iPhone.  See you all in Baker City on the 10th.

Are you going to ride in for a few hours and then leave like last time? If you do that can you bring that scotch again only leave it this time.  

The new iPhone works great BTW. Looks like Mr. Sunshine's calendar isn't syncing tho.

[birdrunner]

Are you going to ride in for a few hours and then leave like last time? If you do that can you bring that scotch again only leave it this time.  

The new iPhone works great BTW. Looks like Mr. Sunshine's calendar isn't syncing tho.

Well,  the Rye is gonna be there about a week later,  guess I'll just have to drink it alone,  all by myself, with nobody else.

[greench440]

Are you going to ride in for a few hours and then leave like last time? If you do that can you bring that scotch again only leave it this time.  

The new iPhone works great BTW. Looks like Mr. Sunshine's calendar isn't syncing tho.

I'm in for the whole weekend this time.

[Mr Sunshine]

Sounds like you should have suggested a weekend that woks for you in your first post then  

Might want to go back and read that first post.  I said "I'm thinking August 14th"    

[Mr Sunshine]

The new iPhone works great BTW. Looks like Mr. Sunshine's calendar isn't syncing tho.

I only sync my work calender with the phone.  

[XLR8]

I only sync my work calender with the phone.  

Heh heh. Great equipment though. I'm taking it hiking today. The GPS/Runkeeper combo is brilliant.

[Andrew]

OK rather than reading all the previous post

Where and when?

[greench440]

Sept 10-12, Baker City OR

[Andrew]

On the calendar  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Sept 10-12, Baker City OR

Maybe Mr. Sunshine can edit his first post with the final information and then start a new thread for WCRM VII.3, on August 14th  

[birdrunner]

Maybe Mr. Sunshine can edit his first post with the final information and then start a new thread for WCRM VII.3, on August 14th  

why would he?   It's not like it's on a usefull weekend.   He's not attending,  and there's no Rye whiskey

[jpred]

When we were there the last time, Most of the group, if not all stayed at the Oregon Trails Motel. Nice older motel. All ground floor rooms and provided a wash area with hose, buckets, soap and old towels. Most of us met for dinner at a brew pub down town and it really wasn't good. Complained to the lady at the motel about it and she told me that if we came back again, we could us a meeting room in there restauant plus she could provide about any beer we could get  the brew pub cheaper. Also, I think that someone got use a group price.

[XLR8]

When we were there the last time, Most of the group, if not all stayed at the Oregon Trails Motel. Nice older motel. All ground floor rooms and provided a wash area with hose, buckets, soap and old towels. Most of us met for dinner at a brew pub down town and it really wasn't good. Complained to the lady at the motel about it and she told me that if we came back again, we could us a meeting room in there restauant plus she could provide about any beer we could get  the brew pub cheaper. Also, I think that someone got use a group price.

The food at Barley Browns is fantastic.  

[Andrew]

I think I have a route that will be fun and just over 1k  




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[Busy Little Whiner]

Did you know that no one named Baker is allowed to live in Baker City...

[miles]

Did you know that no one named Baker is allowed to live in Baker City...

There's a reason I don't live in Miles City, MT.

[Mr Sunshine]

I'll update the first post when I get home.  Can't do it from work due to session issues with the proxy.

As to where to do dinner...I don't want ot be renting no back room of that restraunt.  The one we went too was pretty good in my book.

[Galo]

Baker City, eh? Gotta show off the Canuck influence after the BBBBQ.  

That sound like fun...312 miles on I84 if I slab it, possible doable even if I get a job...leave mid-afternoon on Friday, get there in time for a late dinner and the Saturday ride.....

BTW, I've an interview mañana....  

[jpred]

Just thought that I would mention that we have an option. The first night at Barley Brown's was great. Sat. night I don't think that they were planning on us showing up again and they were a little overwelmed.  Plus the town was having a street fair or something. It was  pretty cool.

[Mrs. DantesDame]

I'll update the first post when I get home.  Can't do it from work due to session issues with the proxy.

Thanks Chris!!!  

[greench440]

All you need to know:

Oregon Trail Motel
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=oregon+trail+motel&fb=1&gl=us&hq=trail+motel&hnear=Oregon&cid=16717714110997046872

Barley Brown
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=barley+brown+baker+city&fb=1&gl=us&hq=barley+brown&hnear=Baker+City,+OR&cid=18371672853958525036&pcsi=18371672853958525036,1

Some may prefer the upscale ambiance of the Geyser Grand Hotel, it's halfway between the Oregon Trail and Barley Browns
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&gl=us&g=2190+Main+Street%2C+Baker+City%2C+OR+97814-2655&q=geyser+grand+baker+city&btnG=Search+Maps