OK.....with MM's approval.....we are now staying at the Kickstand Lodge.  I will change the thread title, and I will call Kickstand and let them know we are coming.

I will be arriving in the area around midnight or a bit later on Wednesday, July 20th, and I plan on riding all day Thursday, all day Friday, all day Saturday...and bug out before noon on Sunday.

It appears that Badwolf is bringing his own tent, Stewmills will sleep wherever we allow him to, I will most likely be sleeping in my trailer, and if you don't want to pack your tent I can bring the one I have that sleeps 2 (you and Stewmills).

The Zipcode shows Robbinsville to be the nearest weather report..
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/robbinsville-nc/28771/july-weather/12174_pc?...

stewmills wrote on 06/23/16 at 09:10:20:


If I sleep in my trailer.....it might be a secret.  I just looked at their rates and they charge $ 20 for a the first person and $ 5.00 for each additional person.....and $ 38 for an RV (and they do consider any kind of trailer an RV).  So....for the record....I am one of those folks sleeping in a tent!  I would assume that it means $ 20 for "each" tent.....and $ 5.00 for each additional person in the same tent.  (I might need to find a tent that can sleep the 4 of us).

Tenters      First person $20.00
additional people $5.00 each
Add power for $5.00 per night
RV (see definitions)      $38.00


KSL Definitions:
RV... If you tow it behind a cage and sleep in it, it is an RV.
If it has air conditioning, it is an RV.
A piggy back on a pick up is an RV.
A conversion van is an RV.

Tent... If you pull a pop up behind a bike, it is a tent.
If you sleep under a tarp, it is a tent.
If you sleep under the stars, it is a tent.

OK  

Its not trouble to put my tent on under the headlight , but , no point in wasting a $20.oo .    Any body want 1/2 of a 8'x10'x 72" tent ?   I normally bring a cot to sleep on and use also as a chair with my gear under it.  

I have not made any attempt to reserve the bunkhouse......it sleeps 6.  I don't know if the bunkhouse gets reserved by a group, or is open to anyone until it is full.

The weather in this are most likely has a rain shower at some point during the weekend - I can postpone my arrival until the next weekend if the weather is a washout.....I don't know about the rest of you.  At this point the weather just looks pretty good....but we are still a month away.

Stew I've taken my Scout Troop to the Nantahala twice.   Both times they all had a blast !      Those little Funyaccks are great !  

Where ya staying at ?

I got a response from KSL, and they are OK with our tent needs.

He did say they are making dinner Friday/Saturday evening.  I really don't know what to tell them about that.  When MM and I have ridden together - we generally find ourselves about 2-3 hours away from camp when dinner time arrives, and we end up eating someplace on the road.

If you folks are up to a 300+ mile trip - we might take the loop that I did on the last day I was in Franklin.  We could ride down 28 through the Highlands and into Georgia, then take Warwoman west to Clayton, then knock around on some roads and get to Wolf Pen Gap and take it to the Two Wheel Inn.  From there we can ride up to Tellico Plains, do the Cherohala Skyway over to Robbinsville, then take 129 up to Deals Gap.  If anyone wants to ride the Tail of the Dragon we can do that, then the KSL is about 20 minutes south on 28.  This might be a good ride for our first day - as it does have a lot of big open turns and highway....with a few twisties thrown in to keep us awake.

On Saturday we might set a route that takes us onto Wayah Road......I don't believe Stewmills has been there yet.

Dave

Dave wrote on 06/24/16 at 06:39:25:


Yep, been that route too and it was fun  Last year and this year when I rode with the HD gang we pretty much hit all of the big (and some small) riding roads up there primarily because they have the big bikes and big tanks and can run all over creation with ease...but Black Beauty, as I call her, kept up with the big boys just fine.

Anyhow, I am all for putting in as many miles as the group is acceptable to and I am impartial to where we go...Any riding is good riding as far as I'm concerned.

Steve, when you want to take a break, you speed up even with the leader and point at your gas tank.  It is our universal sign language for get gas, take a piss, get something to drink.