I'm game so long as I can sneak away and not get in trouble. Considering the distance and other things I am trying to squeeze in, I might be committed for a single riding day...arriving super early, riding all day, and going back home that night.

Guys, say some dates ..... I have noted two (2) too many good trips "done gone away" this year alone because the proposers simply don't take the next step (the dates) in the process.

Trips with no dates tend to get treated as vague feeler proposals, ones with hard dates get treated as sign ups by interested people.

Example, me.    During the school year time off has to be done way in advance and fought for in some cases.   There is a calendar with blacked out weekends to deal with .... I need dates to even start the thing moving forward.

Or, if you can say the month I can tell you which weekends are blacked out already (and yeah, they can black them out at any time, it's their campus).   Getting vacation days locked into the Paycom system early helps with this, as once approved they become holy.

They haven't blacked out the football game weekends yet -- must be waiting for a schedule from the Athletics Dept.  

Strike now and I can get them approved before they even get blacked out.

This one I will trailer in the Savage to keep from getting all banged up by the big bike dragging the frame all the time.

That seems like a plan with a backup plan.

Now narrow it down and state the days .....  Dave likes arrive on Thursday, leave on Sunday at the moment.

Primary days Oct 5-8

Backup plan days Oct 12-15

This gives a week or three between your farm and this trip --- and gives something concrete to consider more deeply.

Example:  I have a urological appointment the last week in September and that is very close following on to your farm trip anyway.   So I rolled the proposed trip to the first weekend in October to fix it.

Now that we  have something to respond to, we wait for the rest of the guys to have likes/dislikes and I will go act now to nail down the weekends mentioned, both of them.

Stew isn't coming but for just a day or so and he is bringing the big tent, so let's see what he is going to prefer .....  we may be just doing a quick trip to match him unless Dave can bring his bigger tent.

So, we are sleeping 2-3 people and that says middle sized tent.    

I betcha Dave opts for his white sided TajMahal so either MM or Dave can bring the middle sized tent.   MM's or Dave's middle sized tent can hold two air mattresses with a entry strip down the middle.   My small tent will barely hold one air mattress .....    

Stew, tell us if you get "weekend lucky", we are getting better and better at that flexible planning thang.

I am interested, but have zero experience with any of this sort of thing.  I have been to meets, but only for the day and rode back home.

This place is fairly close by (110 miles) for me.  Do I need my own tent?  What else would I need.  And how long - just a weekend?

Yea Buckeye ,  I've lost count of the # of years we've been doing this stuff ... its just FUN !    

OldFeller  , use-to  run-off and leave us     so bad ... But he'd always wait-up at the next intersection ... or show-up behind us to   run-off and leave us   again !  


Dave and or OldFeller are really good at the details , and we take turns leading (some more or less LAW Abiding than others   )   But only One of us has ever gotten pulled over ...  


Wait a minute .... OLdFeller still    Runs off and leaves us !