Hi guys, I have been on the road for six days now,(1520 miles the first 2). I can go with whatever is the consensus is, but need to pin it down THIS WEEK. I am in WNY now and need a couple of days in western KY before NC. ( Might look up Dave on the way by.) The weather looks only marginally better the week earlier, but whatever we decide we need to pin it down soon!

I am planning on getting there on Thu and staying thru Sun morning, whatever week we choose. I have my own s/b and tent, or can stay in the bunkhouse if we are at the KSL.
My tent is a 3 person, but, really 2. I will have room in mine for one more, or two( but it would be real friendly!)

My availability is free to drive up (remember, I'll be in my truck carrying the bike) around midnight Friday 7/22, ride as much as we can Saturday 7/23 and Sunday 7/24, and drive home as late as I want Sunday night. I'll sleep wherever after everyone else has their place.

If we reschedule to the weekend of 7/29, I might be out or be able to only ride for a day as I might have a family event that Sunday.

HOWEVER, if the majority feel like changing the date is necessary please don't hold off on my account.  I know other folks may have much tougher of a time making this trip whether it be for work schedules or just being in the area only at a certain time of the summer.  I'll do my best to fit in with whatever we end up with.

Stew

Some folks are not looking at the dates and are not looking at the rain calendar map.

MM is the only one not ringing in, but I think Dave has stated a good general premise.

We can all agree that the original dates (20-24) look quite soggy right now.

This close in, two weeks, the weather forecast is generally pretty accurate, so I am rolling all my vacation days to the somewhat better bet in August.

If it is a weekend only trip, any dry weekend is good.  So far the driest to be found is  the 15th - 17th.

If it is a Wednesday-Sunday longer midweek trip, so far the only semi-decent weather showing so far is the 13th - 17th.

All you guys need to read these dates and look at the calendar rain map and quit confusing after vs before on the original trip dates.  There is nothing AFTER, only this next upcoming weekend.

If you can't do next weekend, then we will await your final "funeral" announcement on the original 20-24 trip dates.   I will already be in the mountains with my wife for her vacation trip by then, and quite "out of pocket" and unreachable by then.

Rescheduling a bike trip gets more difficult the more people who are involved, it's always been like that.    This is why they generally dangle along until they have to be cancelled at the last minute instead of rescheduled in a timely fashion.

And yes, the 13th - 17th weather period is not perfect, but it has the best shot of making a trip out of it of any long weekend period showing in July.

OldFeller wrote :

This close in, two weeks, the weather forecast is generally pretty accurate, so I am rolling all my vacation days to the somewhat better bet in August.

sorry your going to miss this one old buddy !  

I'm purity much with Dave's idea ...  one day of damp weather ain't too bad if its not all day , and we have WiFi   .

The dates don't matter much but I don't need to leave hay on the ground at time to bale it.

Why don't we  stick with the original dates unless it looks like rain two days out ?    if it does we'll cancel and hope for better weather at Dave's .

But I'm OK with postponing a week too .  

It is a bit of a crap shoot....however it doesn't look like a wash out at this point.  Let's just keep the original July 22-30 dates (Badwolf and I will be there on the 21st)......and we will deal with the weather the best we can.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/robbinsville-nc/28771/july-weather/12174_pc?..

However.....if the weather forecast changes in the next two weeks and the forecast is for a weekend washout - I most likely won't go.

badwolf wrote on 07/07/16 at 05:40:23:


PINNED.....July 21st through 24th.  Rain or shine!
(Except for a 100% chance of a 4 day washout may cause me to stay home).