NGW East: New River Gorge Run 2012

Dates 16-19 July 2102

Arrive afternoon/ evening 16th
Ride 17th
Ride 18th
Depart AM 19th

Ride routes will be added at a later date, but they should be great!!

the view from the Hawks Nest overlook


After much searching and communicating with various places I have decided to go with Rifrafters http://www.rifrafters.com/ for our "Base camp" for the Run. I have talked to the Manager and he seems to be very accommodating. The Cabins are $ 20 a head per night with a $40 minimum charge. So if you want a cabin to yourself it will cost you 40 a night. Tent Camping is $12 per person per night. When I spoke to him last (about 3 days ago now) all the cabins were available for our time frame. Rifrafters is located on Laurel Creek Road at the south edge of Fayetteville WV just off of 19.

Rifrafters Campground‎
Laurel Creek Road/County Road 8
Fayetteville, WV 25840-8041
(304) 574-1065
38.04871,-81.124001 (from Google, might want to verify first, on my GPS there were off a couple miles)


And there is a Hand drawn map below.

There are 3 hotels in the local area for those that are interested in going that route. http://www.hawksnestsp.com/ Hawks Nest State Park Hotel is about 10 miles up the road (see Sagebrush's map below) and has a spectacular view of the Gorge as seen above. There is a Quality Inn literally across the street from the Campground http://www.qualityinnnewrivergorge.com/ and there is a Comfort Inn down the road about 2.5 miles South on Route 19 http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-oak_hil ... 479ad10494

If you want to stay at the Hawks Nest get your reservations in ASAP! As of this week they only have 16 rooms left out of 31 for our time frame.

From the Rifrafters web site

Quote:

Cabins
Don't confuse economy and convenience. Our eight economy cabins -- without kitchens and bathrooms -- provide comfortable beds and bunks for groups from two to 16.

Cabins rate: $20 per person per night ($40 minimum). Children 7-12 lodge at half price; children younger than seven lodge free.

Cabin 1
Sleeps three / full-size bed and half bed (Reserved rcmatt007 + 1)

Cabin 2
Sleeps four / full-size bed and one twin bunk

Cabin 3
Sleeps 16 / four full-size bunks

Cabin 4
Sleeps eight / two full-size bunks (Reserved Whiskerfish + 3)

Cabin 5
Sleeps six / three twin bunks

Cabin 6
Sleeps eight / four twin bunks

Cabin 7
Sleeps eight / four twin bunks

Cabin 8
Sleeps 16 in two bedrooms; one with two full-sized beds and a twin bunk and one with three twin bunks

Talking to Randy at Rifrafters there is a Community Refrigerator in the pavilion and Some of the Cabins have the half size refers in them.
NO Linens are provided You must bring a bed roll!!!

Campground layout

Cabin

Pavilion between the cabins

Facilities

Map to Rifrafters





Map to Hawks Nest

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1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
and a whole garage full of possibilities!!

alright. looks good. thanks for all your hard work on this. i hope to see a good turn out.

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What great site to see on a cold winter's day. Warm thoughts of riding in our minds.

thanks Steve for all the work, first beer at campsite on me.

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After comparing Hawks Nest and Comfort Inn and considering the distance from the campground I decided on the Comfort Inn, 2.5 miles from the campground and breakfast is included. With my choice privileges account and AAA discount I booked a King room for $80 a night, although I think I got the last one for that price. Others are $89 a night.

Steve what do you propose for the run registration fee? Also, let me know if you want Terrie and me to do the picnic lunch thing like we did last fall.

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Good Work Steve, I would like to grab a bunk in a cabin. Seems like we need to decide how to group up.

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Thanks, Steve, for all the work and a good job of providing lots of information in this post. Great area for the meeting!!

I have booked a room at the Quality Inn just across the road. It looked real nice when we visited this week, and the AAA rate is 86.39 for a two bed room. They said I had to go to meetings to get the AA rate. I just like to have a bathroom in my room at night and sheets for the bed. Can travel lighter without a sleeping bag, too.

Looking forward to seeing the group in July.

Bob F.

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Future: Sulphur Yellow '76 GL1000??

Thank you Bob. Your efforts in this have been Very Very much appreciated

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"I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion." DDL
1978/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
and a whole garage full of possibilities!!

At the intersection of Hwy. 19 and Laurel Creek Road. (the intersection right by the campground) my GPS said N38.02975, W81.07027, 1906 ft. elevation. At that intersection, there is a Dairy Queen, a Sunoco station, a Quality Inn and Elliott's Whitewater Bar and Grill. Take Laurel Creek Road to the West to get to Rifrafters Campground.

You'll be awed by the beauty of the area by the time you get there, especially if you come from the East or West on Federal route 60.

Bob

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Current: '82 GL1100(halfnaked), '79 GL1000(Fairing & leather bags), '97 TRX300FW(4X4),'96 TRX300FW(4X4)
Past: '77 GL1000, '78 GL1000, '79 GL1000, '82 GL1100I, '86 GL1200, '94 GL1500A
Future: Sulphur Yellow '76 GL1000??

cabin #1 is reserved

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As is # 4. It will be the Jones Brothers, Cyborg and I.

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"I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion." DDL
1978/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
and a whole garage full of possibilities!!

I am waiting for some info to confirm but it looks like we may have one Evening meal catered in under the pavilion and Sagebrush and I are discussing the possibly having a road side Picnic like we did last year in the middle of a day ride.

I DO NOT plan on doing a T Shirt and with the food being the only significant expense I think the Registration cost will be pretty Low. I think we can get away with $10 a head but it will be a few weeks before I finalize that.

Roster So far

Whiskerfish
Sagebrush
Terri
Cyborg
Oldewing
Rat
Rodger
Beth
Bob F
Fred
OhioBill
JBZ ??
Claude ??
MikeO
Ken L
Greg ??
Paul
Linda
Kimbal

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"I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion." DDL
1978/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
and a whole garage full of possibilities!!

No T-shirts required, it adds too much work for the value. Good move. The meal plan sounds outstanding. We do need to confirm the attendance soon, as that helps a bunch to have a solid number early.

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1977 GL1000 BAD DOG - Bring Along Deb, Decades Old Goldwing (April BOTM)
Motorcycle restoration is our hobby and we pay for that. But in the end of wrenching, the bikes are free!

but how will I know I was there??????

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-Rodger-
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
78 wing we have had since.... well.... 78, been in nearly every state, 76 Ltd "cookies bike" up and running, still needs some work, 79 project, back in pieces while I move, '86 1200 (Beth's) with motrvation sidecar, 05 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's). I guess you can say we have MBS
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the redhead will remind you

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If Beth is anything like Debbie, then she will remind you often. But oops, Doug beat me too it.

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Proud member of the NGW Cartel
1977 GL1000 BAD DOG - Bring Along Deb, Decades Old Goldwing (April BOTM)
Motorcycle restoration is our hobby and we pay for that. But in the end of wrenching, the bikes are free!