Any Chance of a Appalachian Getogether This Year?

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

• Gathering of the Clans
• Meadows of Dan http://www.meadowsofdancampground.com/
• Boyer Station Campground in WV? http://www.boyerstation.com/Campground/

I am having a renewed interest in motorcycle camping.  I am getting a larger tent and some other luxuries, like a roll-a-cot.

It would be nice to see Aïda, Sue, and many of the others, both old & new on the Eastern half of the U.S.

To make it easier for the New England Guys, we could find a place in N.E. Pennsylvania!  I know the area well and I am itching to get back.

[montmil]

Riding your 250cc Honda?

[NC Steve]

"Gathering of the Clans" is always a good Airhead (in general) rally.
That's where we met up as the R65 group a few years back.

http://highcountrymotorcyclecamp.com/

The BMW rally in Cass, WVA is always a great one!
Here's a somewhat older link

http://mountaineerbmw.org/cass2011.html

There will probably be something going on at the Blue Ridge Mountain Campground, an absolutely wonderful place, to visit or for a rally. Guzzi has their NC rally there in August.

http://blueridgemotorcyclecamp.com/

Then there's also the Boone, NC rally, and several more in the general area...

The Meadows on Dan area in VA is Willville, another classic motorcycles-only campground. Aida and Graham turned me onto this a few years back.

http://willvillebikecamp.com/

Twin Valley Riders out of Roanoke have an annual rally there as well. They're technically a BMW charter, although all brand are welcome and well represented. Another great group of folks.
http://twinvalleyriders.com/

The Ural group comes thru in June-what a great group they are!

[k_enn]

• Gathering of the Clans
• Meadows of Dan http://www.meadowsofdancampground.com/
• Boyer Station Campground in WV? http://www.boyerstation.com/Campground/

I am having a renewed interest in motorcycle camping.  I am getting a larger tent and some other luxuries, like a roll-a-cot.

It would be nice to see Aïda, Sue, and many of the others, both old & new on the Eastern half of the U.S.

To make it easier for the New England Guys, we could find a place in N.E. Pennsylvania!  I know the area well and I am itching to get back.

Northeast Pa is basically my backyard.  I can easily do there and back in a day.  I don't know the area real well, but there has to be a lot of places in the Poconos.

Appalacahia is a possibily this year.  I am thinking on doing a trip to New Mexico, and could head down through Appalachia.  It would be largely a matter of timing - whether it would fit in with the trip to New Mexico.

k_enn

[nhmaf]

This year, I feel that I will have to do *SOMETHING*.  Last year, I only went to our local New Hampshire club's rally, in which we only had about 25 people (it was rainy, and about 40F, but at least it didn't snow on us like it did in a previous year....   this is in September, BTW).

I want to go the the MOA rally in Minnesota, but the wife is already making serious noises about me being gone for that long, and it ain't pretty.   So, perhaps something in the east like in PA or VA or West VA or NC would work better for me.   I also see that the KAwasaki Concours Owners Group national rally is in Johnson City, TN this summer, too.   But, I'd like to meet up with our gang more than the COGgers if I had to choose between them

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Riding your 250cc Honda?

Well, duh!

I am planning on going to the Boxerworks get together in Missouri in May.  That is what got me to thinking about this.

Some personal friends own a campground in PA:

http://goo.gl/maps/bHOVD (kind of north central PA, now that I look at it)

They have yet to get a website up - something I am going to help them with, I think.  

[NC Steve]

The BMW RA rally is at Barber Motor Speedway this year: how cool is that? The trip itself is the experience of a lifetime!

[NC Steve]

And PS Rob: I have pics of the Gathering of the R65s some years back if you want to see them. I also ran into Semper Gumby at the NC Guzzi rally last summer, riding his BSA home from New England  8-)

[NC Steve]

This year, I feel that I will have to do *SOMETHING*.  Last year, I only went to our local New Hampshire club's rally, in which we only had about 25 people (it was rainy, and about 40F, but at least it didn't snow on us like it did in a previous year....   this is in September, BTW).

I want to go the the MOA rally in Minnesota, but the wife is already making serious noises about me being gone for that long, and it ain't pretty.   So, perhaps something in the east like in PA or VA or West VA or NC would work better for me.   I also see that the KAwasaki Concours Owners Group national rally is in Johnson City, TN this summer, too.   But, I'd like to meet up with our gang more than the COGgers if I had to choose between them

There's always the joint BMW/Guzzi rally in August, and the Mass Guzzi rally itself. All brands and creeds are always welcome.
Here's a blurb to 2012 joint rally from the Guzzymeister, I'm too lazy to look up the rest!

"It is time again for our major New England Rally, co-sponsored by the MA, CT/RI, and NH MGNOC reps.  It is held in conjuction with our BMW friends in the Yankee Beemer Club.  The rally is held August 2-5 in scenic Heath, MA."

and

www.yankeebeemers.org/
http://www.kenspring.com/ybnormal/

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Does one have to be an Airhead member to attend the Gathering of the Clans?

[nhmaf]

Hi Steve -

Thanks for that link -- but you're being a little "too" helpful in keeping me close to home!    I'd like to have to ride for a day or two to get to a rally rather than just toodle a couple hours down the road!  

I can probably swing being gone for  a few days - but if I was heading to Minnesota I'd want it to be at least 7-10 days, and therein lies the rub..

[NC Steve]

Does one have to be an Airhead member to attend the Gathering of the Clans?

Nope, I've been going to the Gathering for years, and only joined the Airhead group about a year ago.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Does one have to be an Airhead member to attend the Gathering of the Clans?

Nope, I've been going to the Gathering for years, and only joined the Airhead group about a year ago.

Yeah, but how about not being a member and showing up on a Honda???

[AlfromNH]

This sounds like fun, I hope to be able to make at least one of these trips this summer.  

[NC Steve]

Well, the Gathering is held in a motorcycle-only public campground, and there are always lots of other Non-Gathering motorcyclist. The Gathering itself  includes a couple of meals, the 50/50 contest, door prizes, etc. I've been twice on a Guzzi (which is also an airhead)  [smiley=beatnik.gif]), but I guess if anyone asked, you could always say you were between BMWs and riding the Honda. I haven't done so at the Gathering, but I've been to 2 other BMW rallies on the Honda ST1300 I was riding a couple of years ago.