April 12th ADMINISTRIVA

1. When you check in at the hotel - please record BOTH your present bike odometer (not trip) reading and the year of your bike.

2. You'll need to send at least one or more (hint hint) picture(s) of any of: you, your group, your bike and scenery or any such combo from your Blowing Rock trip or ride, along with a specialty marked Box Top to: startfarting@gmail.com. Doing so will enter you into the Blowing Rock Bonanza Not To Be Missed Dinner Quiz Competition™ © fine print: Email your pictures before the meal

3) The bar opens at 5:30 and the meal is at 6:30 on Friday (April20th).

4) Today (Thursday) is your last chance to get in on Friday's meal deal.

5) Just a friendly reminder. Up this way, its not been much of a Spring. Shaking down the bike yesterday for a couple hundred miles revealed dirty roads, large pot holes and plenty of dirt/ gravel here and there. I don't know what the roads are like where you are from or what roads you'll be taking to START, but just a reminder that the road surface may have changed since you rode it last and there may be a few more ...challenges..... on the roadway to be on the lookout for!

Kinsley and I are very much looking forward to seeing you all next week!





To make an on-line reservation at the GROUP RATE, please follow these instructions:

1. Go to the Reservations Page at: http://www.reservations.meadowbrook-inn.com
2. Select your Arrival and Departure Dates and Number of Adults
3. Enter the following access code to view the discounted rate: 80418B

You can also call the hotel at 828-295-4300 and use group code: BMW Motorcycle Group or 80418B


EDIT: Kinsley and I encourage you to 'follow' this thread so that you're kept informed of important announcements, dinner and route postings. . . and the occasional banter . By following the thread, you won't have to go searching page by page for announcements - they'll be delivered to your email inbox. To follow the thread, simply click the down arrow in the upper left box labeled "Thread Options" and highlight "Follow"



....... as of 8:45 PM EST April 15th, 2018





as of April 15th, 08:45pm








We're a month out from Blowing Rock and here is a link to the START 2018 Routes .
Note: Route 1 goes to Shatley Springs and they said they will be very busy on Saturday, so you may want to ride that route on another day to avoid crowds.

Ride Safe.

Kinsley

IN..I think I can make this one

Dang... that was quick! Entered info and website says already filled up...

Several of us have had the same issue. I'm sure the problem is that the reservations site shows the rooms as "blocked", and won't allow them to be reserved online. I'm sure calling the hotel will work just fine.

EDIT: just called the hotel and reserved a room for Bob (Endobobdds), and me.

I have the dates blocked on my work calendar. so put me down as hopefully in!

IN.

Sorry about the on-line reservation problem. For now we’ll have to call in until they release the rooms to us on-line. At least we know our rooms are blocked

In for friday and saturday nights. Wow! 6 months in advance.

Yes Marty, we know you’re busy, so we try to give as much notice as possible so you can squeeze a couple of days into your schedule 😏

Hope to see you at the coffee place soon. Good to be back in the states again.