Official 5th Annual Winter Meet 1/6 - 1/8/2012

[MrsCablebandit]

I'm driving the official ST.N Winter Meet Support Vehicle; I'll bring the cookies (natch!) and I'll have room for hooch and ice.

Plus, I'm headed to the spa on Saturday!

[Sport-Touring]

[Spanky]

There's no way I'm riding in sub-30 temps if its raining,

Why? It's not like it will get any smaller.

nor am I even rolling the bike out of the garage if there's white fluffy stuff falling.

Sissy.

I will, however, come to WV to hang out, to drink, to eat, and to see all my buddies.  

Who are they?

[Spanky]

months without busting your chops and now you get sensitive

 

[MrsCablebandit]

months without busting your chops and now you get sensitive

 

Right?!?  I was going to suggest he ask Santa for a new sense of humor since his old one seemed to have expired, imploded, or otherwise disappeared.  

[Spanky]

I was thinking if this little bit of typing makes you cry, you may want to re-examine actually showing up in person  

I am bringing momma jokes and I am not afraid to use them.

[Spanky]

You are going to need some serious practice, just like yo momma since you told her your all grown up and you dont wanna do that any more.

When you were growing up your momma was so poor, when you needed circumcised instead of paying the doctor, she just kicked your brother in the chin.

[Mr.Black]

Fuck it. I'm out. I can't even take a god damned weekend without my ex fucking wife bitching about money and stupid shit that's none of her business. Now I'm being stalked on ST.N. I don't need this bullshit.
 

DO NOT CAVE. DO NOT HIDE!

[Apexlocator]

My office building is just down the road on 522 should anyone need a dentist.  That is if you trust a Ducati riding dentist!

Here’s the information regarding the 5th Annual STN Winter Meet.

When: January 6th – 8th,  2012

Where: Cacapon Resort State Park http://www.cacaponresort.com/




Make your reservations buy calling 1-800-CALL-WVA (225-5982) or 304-258-1022.

When you call to book your room be sure to tell them you are booking one of the rooms held under the block reserved by Elizabeth Clark, or mention the STN Winter Meet.  Rates are $67.00 for a Mountain View rooms overlooking the front parking lot.  The rooms are either queen/twin or two doubles.

This was actually the only weekend they had availability for this year so it's a little earlier than years past.  The lodge has a 48 hour cancellation policy so if it looks like the mother of all snowstorms is coming you can always bail-out when the time comes.

For those of you that have not been to Cacapon before, they have a restaurant on-site that isn’t half bad.  There is also a large “lodge like” room to just hang out, watch TV, tell lies, etc.

Remember, book early, book often.  


Hope to see all of you there.
Chris

[Cablebandit]

OK.  Here's the officially unofficial forecast for the Winter Meet at this point.*

*Subject to change

Berkeley Springs, WV

                       High                  Low                Precip

Friday:              32°                   26°                     0                     Increasing Clouds

Saturday:         32°                   30°                     2.1"                 Periods of Snow

Sunday:            41°                   26°                     0                     Warmer with Clouds and Sun


Lets see how the long range details change as we get closer.

[Cablebandit]

Hi Frank.  

Hopefully I won't break another tooth on this trip south.  

[JamminJere]

OK.  Here's the officially unofficial forecast for the Winter Meet at this point.*

*Subject to change

Berkeley Springs, WV

                       High                  Low                Precip

Friday:              32°                   26°                     0                     Increasing Clouds

Saturday:         32°                   30°                     2.1"                 Periods of Snow

Sunday:            41°                   26°                     0                     Warmer with Clouds and Sun



Lets see how the long range details change as we get closer.

Well.. That didn't take long...  The next day the forecast for Saturday has changed to high of 37F and sunny....

Wonder how many more times it will change before the event?  

JJ

[Smoker]

Who's leading the ride Saturday?

[Cablebandit]

You      


Thanks

[Smoker]

 

[Cablebandit]

And now the week-long yearly tradition of keeping at least a one foot wide strip of my driveway ice free begins.

[Cablebandit]

Of course, on the upside, looks like there will be no chance of having to leave a day early to avoid a blizzard this year.  Unlike the last two.  

[SWriverstone]

Hey everyone! I'm still here, and going to try to make it to the meet this weekend.   Just called the lodge, and they have "plenty" of rooms available (if anyone else is thinking of coming). The weather is looking great right now---at least for the Berkeley Springs area: sunny and 40s on Friday, partly sunny and 50s on Saturday, and in the 40s Sunday (with nightly lows above freezing). Of course I dunno how it's looking for folks farther north?

Since I'm coming from Morgantown, I'll decide Friday morning whether to ride or not. If I don't, I'll still drop by for dinner---we have to do some more work on our house near Martinsburg, so planned to head back that way anyway (and Jamie will probably drive back anyway).

So who's definitely coming? As usual, sounds like a few definites and lots of "maybes."   Maybe we should start a list? Chris, looks like you assigned Smoker to lead the ride Saturday...but I can do it too if the weather's good and I ride. I've been thinking it might be fun to change it up a bit and do a ride to the east into Virginia---I know lots of great roads around the Shenandoah Valley, plus Skyline Drive. (And the weather is likely to be warmer to the east.)

---
It's been a crazy fall and crazier holiday season for me and the family. As some of you know, I've been living alone in Morgantown since June and commuting back home on weekends to be with Jamie and baby Keira. By December it was time to reunite the family. After a desperate search for a place to rent big enough for all of us (including one lease that we demanded to get out of after 2 days because of chain smokers in the finished basement apartment beneath us---smoke was percolating up into our two floors above)...we finally forked out more $$$ to rent a big old house (all to ourselves) in Morgantown's South Park neighborhood. We moved about 3 days before Xmas, then drove to Richmond VA to spend time with my family, then drove to Buffalo NY for Jamie's family...and are just now finally back home and continuing to unpack.   Needless to say, I'm beat!

Meanwhile, I've been storing the Wee in the parking garage at work (nobody's cared since I parked it in a "dead" space between two columns off-limits to cars). Our house has a garage though---woohoo!   So I'll be moving the bike back home today. Haven't ridden since ESTN in Marietta...but hopefully I'll be able to this weekend!

Scott

[BigBird]

I'm trying to get up unough nerve to suggest it to my sweete but she and the dog haven't yet forgiven me for making them ride over in the dark last year at 27 degrees!!!  

sam of GAIL, Bandit & sam

[JamminJere]

............. Haven't ridden since ESTN in Marietta...but hopefully I'll be able to this weekend!

Scott

Either the ride over the mountain from Canaan Valley froze your brain, or there was an imposter posing as you at the camp out at Seneca Rocks this fall..    I Could have sworn it was you though....still wish I had picked up Jamie's roadkill chicken for dinner Friday night..  

JJ

[Mr.Black]

Enjoy boys and girls. Wish I could swing it.