Southern Rally 2011 - Little Switzerland in September

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by the chi

Dont forget to make your reservations guys...I still havent decided if I'm going to make it. Had some stuff come up and most likely I wont be there. First one I'll miss.

Oh yeah... where?

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Not acceptable. You and Jason WILL be there. There will be no further discussion on this matter.

Agreed. Tell em we said so and we pay their wages.

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Are you talking about spending 2 days ON the BRP, or 2 days total from your house?

When would you expect to start the BRP portion of your trip? My absolute best case scenario would be if I didn't have anything due on Thursday for one class and could skip my other class on Friday. Since my ex picks up my daughter Wed nights during the school year, I could possibly get on the road Wed night and find a place to sleep, then meet up with you Thurs. But, that's a best case, which I'll be surprised if that happens.

Here's my route if I'm able to meet up with you to run BRP:

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Te...s2g&mra=ls&z=7

1 day to get to Front Royal. 2 additional days for the BRP to Little Switz.

Originally Posted by Trip

Little Switzerland is nearer to the end of the BRP. It would be a very long one day ride to it from the start of the BRP.

Remember the BRP is the most visited national park controlled area. It is 45 and 35 mph throughout the whole thing and patrolled heavily during this time. It will be extremely slow going if you don't want a ticket.

As Trip said... it's a long haul due to speeds. It's only like 440 miles from Front Royal but it's 13 hrs or somin. Include scenic stops... it will take 2 days.

So... we need to be in Little Switz by Friday...

Leave my house Wed. Front Royal wed night. Start BRP thur.. arrive at Little Switz Fri evening.

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Oh yeah... where?



Agreed. Tell em we said so and we pay their wages.



1 day to get to Front Royal. 2 additional days for the BRP to Little Switz.



As Trip said... it's a long haul due to speeds. It's only like 440 miles from Front Royal but it's 13 hrs or somin. Include scenic stops... it will take 2 days.

So... we need to be in Little Switz by Friday...

Leave my house Wed. Front Royal wed night. Start BRP thur.. arrive at Little Switz Fri evening.

Ok. I probably won't know if I can do the whole BRP until early to mid-Sept. Even if I can do the whole thing, I'd have to leave about 8pm Wed night and get as far as I can, then stop and sleep for a bit, then get going early in the morning, which means I prob wouldn't get to Front Royal until maybe as late as noon Thursday. Not sure if that would be acceptable for you or not, but it's the only possible way I could do it, as Front Royal is over 12 hours from my place.

As much as I'd like to do the whole BRP, I might have to skip some of it and meet you somewhere along the way on Thursday so that you can start out earlier. We'll likely just have to wait and see what my class schedule is like.

[Gas Man]

Yeah maybe you can meet us farther south... something that doesn't take you so NE

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Yeah maybe you can meet us farther south... something that doesn't take you so NE

Might work out better to just figure out where you're staying Thurs night, then I could just leave Thurs morn and meet you that night. Of course, this could all be moot if my class schedule won't allow me to get on the road on Thurs.

[Trip]

Unless you plan on doing the End 2 End ride and going all the way to Cherokee when you leave Little Switzerland, skip the Virginia portion of the BRP. It's boring. NC BRP is 1000x better.

[Gas Man]

True... and I rarely ever pre-plan my stops... cause you just never know if you don't make time or have a break down or whatever.

[Gas Man]

We gg to do the last bit after little switz when we are all down there???

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

We gg to do the last bit after little switz when we are all down there???

I don't plan on riding back to Cherokee during the rally. I have to do that on the way home. There are too many good roads/stuff I want to do there besides go back towards home.