My moto trip 10/04-10/18 (Tips, places to stay)

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Edited Date/Time 9/27/2013 6:32pm
Hello my fellow Vital members!

I am taking a trip leaving next Friday October 4th and will be returning home October 18th. Here are a few stats:

Age: 24
Bike: 2010 Goldwing or 2012 Connie. Not sure yet!


I will be staying in Chicago the first night, Indy the second night, and would like to stay in Tennessee for a few nights before making my way into Florida. From Florida, I will travel a few days to Austin Texas to meet up with my brother and then travel to Stillwater Oklahoma which is where I am originally from!

I do not have any hotel reservations and am planning on tenting it for a lot of the trip. no routes, no plans, just some time on a bike!

I would love to meet up with a few Vital members for a beer, dinner, or come out and watch a practice or race. Since my schedule is so flexible, let me know and I will see if I can swing by.

Also, if any of you would be interested in renting a room for a night or two in said area's, I would entertain that also. I would much rather pay someone else who rides $50 to stay in their bed as opposed to a hotel etc.

I will make sure to take lots of pictures and document what I can.

Cheers!
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TX24 9/26/2013 7:57pm
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In Texas West of Austin is a town called Camp Wood. Find it and ride the "Three sisters". You won't regret it. Also
Enchanted Rock State Park
Luckenbach Tx
Pedernales State Park.
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JG463 9/27/2013 7:40am
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Awesome man I appreciate it! I hear Austin is pretty awesome though I have not been yet.
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dirtdog36 9/27/2013 7:44am
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if you make it to TN you have to go to the dragon. Google it and you will get an idea. it's in east TN on the NC border... watch out for cops but still a fun ride. my dad just got back from there two weeks ago (on his goldwing but there are ton of crotch rockets)

http://www.tailofthedragon.com
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dirtdog36 9/27/2013 7:47am
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PS: my dad stayed at Fontana Village (Very close) he does not spend much $$ on lodging so i would guess that the rates are very reasonable.



good luck, be safe and have fun

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JG463 9/27/2013 9:08am
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dirtdog36 wrote:
PS: my dad stayed at Fontana Village (Very close) he does not spend much $$ on lodging so i would guess that the rates are very...
PS: my dad stayed at Fontana Village (Very close) he does not spend much $$ on lodging so i would guess that the rates are very reasonable.



good luck, be safe and have fun
I am staying at Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort 10/07. just booked it. Planning on staying in Nashville 10/08. Any recommendations on the night life there for a single guy? Ha!
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yak651 9/27/2013 9:15am
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For spring break I went to TN, stop at Smokey Mountain national park and do some hiking. I heard the dragon is a good experience so would recommend that also. Have a safe ride, hope you aren't going thru Chicago, I hate driving that in a car can't imagine those crazy FIBs driving next to me while I'm on a bike!
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JG463 9/27/2013 9:22am
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Yak651:Going riding tomorrow on the moto bike at 3:00. Wanna come out? I work at Team Winnebagoland in Oshkosh
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dirtdog36 9/27/2013 10:34am
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JG463 wrote:
I am staying at Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort 10/07. just booked it. Planning on staying in Nashville 10/08. Any recommendations on the night life there for...
I am staying at Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort 10/07. just booked it. Planning on staying in Nashville 10/08. Any recommendations on the night life there for a single guy? Ha!
Downtown Nashville is where the majority of the bars/honky tonks are. Think of all the people that move to nashville trying to break into the music biz. Great musicians all playing for free... also dont think that there will be only Nashvillians there, most of the people will be from out of town and very nice... you will see multiple bachelorette parties. plenty of places to go there and plenty to see

A short ride (1 mile or less) from downtown is a place called the tin roof. this used to be THE place to go for singles. I have not been in years (married now) but would guess that it is still a good scene. Young professionals, Vandy kids and a ton of good looking women. We went there almost every weekend! It was the best

FYI: take a cab if you plan on drinking, nashville is tough for DUI's
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dirtdog36 9/27/2013 10:36am
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PS: Looks like 10/8 is a Sunday, stick with downtown there will still be people out down there
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yak651 9/27/2013 10:53am
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JG463 wrote:
Yak651:Going riding tomorrow on the moto bike at 3:00. Wanna come out? I work at Team Winnebagoland in Oshkosh
Any riding Sunday? I can't Saturday.
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JG463 9/27/2013 11:24am
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JG463 wrote:
Yak651:Going riding tomorrow on the moto bike at 3:00. Wanna come out? I work at Team Winnebagoland in Oshkosh
yak651 wrote:
Any riding Sunday? I can't Saturday.
Door County Fall ride on street bikes. There are 5 of us going. Come along!
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yak651 9/27/2013 11:29am
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Thanks for the invite, maybe next time. Where are you riding Sat - you can e-mail me at bjochman@hotmail.com if you don't want to name it here.
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JG463 9/27/2013 11:40am
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Hickory Road Raceway! Aka Terry Pease house. Very popular spot just south of Oshkosh. Emails ent
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chapmanmx 9/27/2013 11:54am
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The dragon is an awesome place for bikes but it is extremely dangerous. I live about 10 minutes away from the tail of the dragon on the Tennessee side, and throughout the summer there are pretty regular life star visits to that stretch of road, so be careful. I would recommend the Cherohala Skyway and foothills parkway as well. The views on each of these are unmatched by pretty much anywhere in the southeast.
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Pogo 9/27/2013 4:39pm
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To bad you are not going to be around for the Muddu Creek finale Oct 18-20. I could have helped you out on that one.
neverwas 9/27/2013 4:51pm
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If you are riding the dragon take the Connie way more nimble than a wing.
Then again the comfort of the Wing is hard to beat out on the open road.
Sounds like a fun trip,be safe.
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Bodieg3 9/27/2013 5:51pm
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If headed through bama on weekend you should atleast check out monster mt they have rv spots u can camp at if on weekend can atleast watch some moto n if u see place you'll be back with ur dirt scooter !
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Bodieg3 9/27/2013 5:51pm
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If headed through bama on weekend you should atleast check out monster mt they have rv spots u can camp at if on weekend can atleast watch some moto n if u see place you'll be back with ur dirt scooter !

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wwoberg 9/27/2013 6:07pm
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Downtown Nashville is a must go do. Ive been to a lot of places, and cannot stand crowds and city situations (have been to Baltimore, LA, Chicago, Detroit, Delhi, Katmandu, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Vegas, and probably others) and I love Nashville. It is nice....different vibe. Not sure how to explain it.
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brocster 9/27/2013 6:32pm
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when headed from Fla. to Austin you will probably be on the 10 west and the GPS will route you to the 12 bypass of New Orleans. If you decide to stay 10 and breeze N.O. I am 20 mi west of it right off 10. If its the weekend of 10/11 I'll be out of town. However, any other days give me a shout.

oh! ditto that $hit about Monster Mountain!

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