berger said:
After reviewing this thread, I don't see any other suggestions other than CO.. Are we good with that?? If so I guess i can put up a survey for dates. It will likely have to be between the last 2 weeks in august to the first 2 weeks in September. as I recall lodging seemed to be easier to acquire in the second week of September.
Greetings,
I agree with Berger's post above, and we just need to nail down a time frame. As you may or may not know it's a La Nina year, this will have some effect on the weather for the Gunnison area. I saw a news item the other day from the weather channels' main long term guy and will have to dig it up to see what they "think" the weather will be more or less like this year. Last year was little damp at times, but, there was also lots of sunshine too in the middle of September. I was one of the last to leave, and when I did the temps had dropped dramatically, prompting the locals to encourage me to leave later in the day than I had planned, and even then it was 31 and snowing. Either way, the riding was awesome, and I didn't hear any complaints about doing a little riding in the rain.
As you all know Clay is no longer with Husaberg N/A, but, I do have a contact for the guy who took his place so it is not known whether or not HBG N/A will participate as they did last year or not.
I just got off the phone with Fritz, and his is all in for FR 4 out of his shop. He has bigger plans so to speak for this next ride, and he suggested that if anyone would like more information on his idea's to call his shop. He was a bit busy when I called, however, I will call back when he and I can talk and will post his idea's. I know from talking with Fritz last time and over the last year that we barely scratched the surface of available trails in that area.
I still have my list of contacts for the companies who contributed graciously to last years raffle, and when I get time will send them the same invite to send us free stuff to give away for nothing more than a small logo on a T shirt and an ad here at the site.
My two cents............ I thought the Tall Texan provided us with a great venue for our raffle and a place to eat Bobzilla's great chili. I plan on staying there again with my RV, and I know several folks stayed in their cabins who just trucked their stuff out, like Kzoo and his buddy from Michigan.
Last year Berger set up the accommodations for those wanting to stay in a room both at the TT and I believe a place called Three Rivers(?) which was just down the road, Cypher and Maddtrapper stayed down there along with Berger and his buddy.
The main theme here is to get our dates set, and get the reservations set up in advance just as last year. The advantage to going a little later, is that most folks have ended their holiday season as all the kids are back in school.
As Berger mentioned in his last post, the main reason for these rides is to get together with everyone who is on the site and do some great riding and bench racing with all the UHE members.
FWIW, I have a new job with the same company I have been working for, for many years now. This new job so far has been quite a challenge, so this ride will probably be my first riding vacation in two years, so I'm really looking forward to meeting up with everyone from last time again and doing some epic rides!
Dale
