“Country Roads” Region 6 Spring Meet – May 4-6, 2012

[MrsCablebandit]

Everything you need to know about the meet is contained in this post. If you want a little inside information as to the various personalities that will be attending this meet, you can continue through the remaining pages. Just know that doing so is at your own risk.  

“Almost heaven…West Virginia…”

Join us amid the mountains of the Monongahela National Forest in the town of Boyer, Pocahontas County, West Virginia from Friday, May 4th through Sunday, May 6th for the “Country Roads” Region 6 Spring Meet. ST.Ners from other regions are most certainly welcome! Our home base will be Boyer Station Motel & Campground located on WV 28/92 six miles north of Green Bank. This location satisfies those who want to camp and those who prefer a motel. Either way, I think you’ll find the rates to be quite reasonable!

http://www.boyerstation.com/Welcome/


ACCOMMODATIONS

Motel – Boyer Station Motel offers “20 charming, comfortable units” with a private bath, TV, air conditioning, and electric heat. To get us started, we have 10 rooms blocked (5 singles and 5 doubles), but they'll certainly sell us more if we need them. The motel offers both single and double occupancy rooms and rates are as follows:

   Single Rooms –       $40.00/night plus tax for 1-2 people, 1 bed
   Double Rooms –      $52.00/night plus tax for 2 people, 2 beds
                              $55.00/night plus tax for 3 people, 2 beds
                              $60.00/night plus tax for 4 people, 2 beds

THE MOTEL IS SOLD OUT. - January 23, 2012

Camping – Boyer Station Campground “offers all the amenities any camper would expect” including hot showers with private dressing rooms and flush toilets. With a group in the campground, they charge per person.

   $5 per person per night for camping.  Yup, you read that right!

Cancellation Policy – Boyer Station has a 24-hour cancellation policy should the weather or personal circumstances necessitate a change in your plans.  


FOOD

Boyer Station has a restaurant onsite that is open for lunch and dinner. Hours are Friday 3 – 7:30 PM, Saturday 3 – 7:30 PM, and Sunday 11 AM – 6:30 PM.
 
   Lunch Menu:    http://www.boyerstation.com/Restaurant/Lunch_Menu
   Dinner Menu:   http://www.boyerstation.com/Restaurant/Dinner_Menu

Depending on your riding plans, you should be able to find breakfast in many of the surrounding towns, including The Gateway Restaurant 31 miles north of Boyer Station on WV 28. http://www.pendletoncounty.net/AKpages/page-gate.htm


SOCIALIZING

Alcohol consumption is permitted at Boyer Station within reason (translation as long as it doesn’t turn into a frat party!). BYOB from home or make a stop on your way there. The nearest “general store” is Trent’s General Store 3.8 miles south of Boyer Station along WV 28 in Arbovale, WV. They carry groceries and beer.

The campground does have a pit for a group campfire in the evenings. They have firewood available for sale onsite for the group campfire.


PETROL

The nearest gas station is just around the corner from Boyer Station, although the proprietor tells me there is talk of the station shutting down. The next nearest station is three miles away.


ROUTES

SO not my forte…but! From personal (passenger) experience, there is no such thing as “bad riding” in this area. US 220, US 250, US 50, WV 28, WV 33, Smoke Hole Road, and the Highland Scenic Highway – they’re all INCREDIBLE! And those are just in the immediate vicinity. Folks so much better suited for route planning will certainly have ideas to share.


NOTE ABOUT THE AREA

This area of West Virginia is part of the National Radio Quiet Zone - approximately 13,000 square miles of land that screens out most incoming radio signals, allowing the Green Bank telescopes to receive signals that are otherwise too low in power to be heard over the normal radio background in North America.

This means no cell service. There are plenty of pay phones in this area. If you think you'll need to touch base with someone back home during the length of your stay, you may want to invest in a pre-paid phone card. You might also want to explain this idea of a "quiet zone" to significant others, children, overbearing bosses, etc., so they don't "bitch a fit" (that one's for you, Bubbles) when they can't reach you.  


WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

1.   Put in your vacation requests at work and at home!
2.   Call 304-456-4667 to make your campground reservation*.
3.   Talk it up with other ST.Ners and start plotting/planning your rides!

From this point forward - Monday, January 23 at 10:38 AM - motel reservations cannot be accepted as we already have room requests in excess of inventory. Any changes to motel reservations should be done via e-mail to PM to me. Camping reservations are still available and are plentiful. Plan accordingly!

* If there's no answer, fill out the "Contact Us" form on the website.  Boyer Station is closed this time of year (January), so their response time may not be super fast.  Relax...it'll be fine.  


See you there!!!


ATTENDEES


MOTEL (room type)
1.    Cablebandit & MrsCablebandit (double)
2.    Mr. Black (single)   
3.    R Doug & Garry (double)
4.    SuperSlider & Mrs.Upright (single)   
5.    SuperHans (double)    
6.    kendenton (single)   
7.    cole & Kendoo (double)   
8.    JamminJere & Leisa (double)   
9.    NearlySeventy & gasgauge (double)   
10.  Skee (single)   
11.  maddjack (double)   
12.  the frenchman & Bella Francois (double)   
13.  Mrs. DantesDame & Bombauer (double)    
14.  Spanky (single)
15.  CLAY & Meemuh (double)   
16.  st2sam (double)
17.  scott189 (single)
18.  tankhead & Suey (double)
19.  mxvet57 (double)
20.  Scratch33 (single)
21.  SWRiverstone (double)
22.  Max Wedge (single)
23.  DkKnight (single)
24.  Mastros2 (double)
25.  Jeets (single)
26.  BigBird (single)
27.  FZMax (waiting list - first available)


CAMPING
1.    Mr. Black
2.    HappyRiding
3.    Oilhed
4.    steelerider
5.    t.hershey92
6.    tthompsr
7.    919
8.    sleazy rider
9.    ConPilot1
10   chef675
11.  slayman
12.  ConnRyder370+1
13.  xRHINOx
14.  le frère française (Frenchie's brother)
15.  BuckeyeRider
16.  SLK50
17.  ChrisZRX (that's right...I noticed!)  
18.  intrcptrrdr
19.  ReCycled +1
20.  Cozye
21.  Bigpoodle
22.  vulcanbill


  


"IN" (staying in Cass Company Housing)
1.    jimmy, shil, and Slides
2.    Scratch33 & Co.



MAYBE
1.    Moto Morphin Power Ranger
2.    keppyou812
3.    Snowbird
4.    ConPilot1 (depending on which way the wind blows and/or if his tire blows out in spectacular fashion en route)

[Cablebandit]

Um In.....I assume.  

[Mr.Black]

I've been bribed and have accepted said bribe.

[garry]

405 mile loop of twisty goodness laid out and ready to rock...

[Mrs. DantesDame]

405 mile loop of twisty goodness laid out and ready to rock...

 

KLR or 1150 specific?

 

[garry]

KLR or 1150 specific?

 

It's a great mix of state highways and back roads, but everything is paved. No goat paths. The general route is:

28N to jct 250
250E to McDowell
678S to jct 39
39E to jct 252
252N to Raphine Rd
Raphine Rd to jct 56
56E over BRP to jct 687 (end of sick twisties)
turn around
56W back to BRP
BRP south to exit for 43W to Buchanon
43N to Eagle Rock
Back roads to New Castle/jct 311
311N (doing the good parts three times)
Short bit of I-68
92N to jct 39
39E through the GW Natl Forest
Turn around when you exit the woods
39W to jct 600
600N to jct 84
84W to jct 92
92N to Boyer

[Spanky]

There is no charge for awesomeness - thanks Garry!

and in, duh.

I would make fun of Frenchie, but she has been so sensitive lately  

[R Doug]

I need to work on some routes to there and back.  What twisty and off-road goodness can I get in to?

[vulcanbill]

I need to work on some routes to there and back.  What twisty and off-road goodness can I get in to?

16

not offroad...by design

[R Doug]

  

KLR or 1150 specific?

 

IOU a forging of the Greenbrier River.  

Can you PM me a link to where it is on a map so I can work on a Saturday ride loop?

16

not offroad...by design

I'm thinking of seeing the Meadows of Dan followed by 311.  

[vulcanbill]

A little research shows that this place is very popular w/ quite a few riding groups like COG, GL, couple BMW clubs etc. who also historically have their rally dates in May.  Get in early is all I'm sayin.    I also saw it come up in a real estate listing for what that's worth.  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

IOU a forging of the Greenbrier River.  

Can you PM me a link to where it is on a map so I can work on a Saturday ride loop?

PM sent  

[Mr.Black]

I'll bring up the rear in the old and slow group.

[R Doug]

PM sent  

Found it, thanks!

225 miles of WV Country Road Goodness including the crossing of the Greenbrier River near Marlinton (image above), lunch at the Hutte in Helvetia, and gravel road canyon carving between 250 and 33.  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

225 miles of WV Country Road Goodness including the crossing of the Greenbrier River near Marlinton (image above), lunch at the Hutte in Helvetia, and gravel road canyon carving between 250 and 33.  

I'll taunt Dan with this... surely he can't resist!  

[SuperHans]

Mr. Black says I'm in.

[tthompsr]

I'm In!

[dan88z]

This sounds awesome. Sadly, I already have band stuff booked for that weekend or I'd be there.  

[Skee]

I'm In!

Me2  Thx  Mrs CB

[ConPilot1]

Hmm I'll have to put this on the short list.
Looks like it's shaping up to be a big meet.