The Great Smoky Mountains has been home to 3 fairly big dual-sport/adventure type rallys that all happen on the same weekend in May.
How do you choose which one to go to?
Well knowing that I only had one night to camp made that decision a bit easier this year.
ADV's Eastern Rendezvous is a catered event that requires you to pre-pay and that would be a bit too extravagant for just one night.
KLR's Tour De Tellico is just a bit too far to bring the thumper for just one night. It just wouldn't give me the time to be able to ride the trails that make make for a fun "thumper ride".
Stromtrooper's Eastern Gathering seemed to fit the bill perfectly for my situation this year. Since I have already met a number of fine folks from both of those other boards and have only had my Strom since September I decided to pitch my tent at the Iron Horse this year. :bom_gossip:
My plan was to take the "long way" up on Friday and loop back to the house using a different route on Saturday....one that would allow me to stop in at the KLR rally before their group rides departed Sat. AM. :biggrinjester:
:new_worthless:
The posts that follow will be much less wordy and a bit picture heavy as I tend to favor a few sarcastic captions over paragraphs. :var_27:
How do you choose which one to go to?
Well knowing that I only had one night to camp made that decision a bit easier this year.
ADV's Eastern Rendezvous is a catered event that requires you to pre-pay and that would be a bit too extravagant for just one night.
KLR's Tour De Tellico is just a bit too far to bring the thumper for just one night. It just wouldn't give me the time to be able to ride the trails that make make for a fun "thumper ride".
Stromtrooper's Eastern Gathering seemed to fit the bill perfectly for my situation this year. Since I have already met a number of fine folks from both of those other boards and have only had my Strom since September I decided to pitch my tent at the Iron Horse this year. :bom_gossip:
My plan was to take the "long way" up on Friday and loop back to the house using a different route on Saturday....one that would allow me to stop in at the KLR rally before their group rides departed Sat. AM. :biggrinjester:
:new_worthless:
The posts that follow will be much less wordy and a bit picture heavy as I tend to favor a few sarcastic captions over paragraphs. :var_27: