Event changes starting in 2010

Richard_ · 07-13-2009, 10:40 AM

Edited: 10/21/2009 - A number of riders have pointed out that lodging on holiday weekends can be very difficult for large groups. So, I'll rework the calendar again and figure out a way to make this work for both the riding community and me.

Starting in 2010 I'm planning on making some significant changes to the Texas Adventure yearly events.

I've had a number of requests from riders to rotate the location of the events. I like the idea and after discussing it with some fellow adventure riders I think I have figured out a way to reasonably make that happen.

I plan to rotate the ds adv rallies between Junction, TX; Clarksville, Arkansas; Cloudcroft, New Mexico; and Galeana, Mexico

Going forward I'm planning to run 3 events per year and 1 tour. The Around the Bend event will still be in Feb. The other 2 annual events will be on Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day weekend, but the location will rotate every other year, rotating between Junction, AR, NM, and Mexico every 2 years.

For 2010 I'm planning an Arkansas rally on Memorial Day weekend and a New Mexico rally on Labor Day weekend.

For 2011 I'm planning on TAR on Memorial Day weekend and MexTrek on Labor Day weekend.

I'm also working on an annual 8 day tour of Mexico during Thanksgiving week. Each year the tour would visit a different part of Mexico. Over the next 3 years I'm wanting to tour Copper Canyon, Sierra Gorda, and Espinoza del Diablo. I haven't worked out all the logistics of the tour yet, so I don't really have any additional info about it to share right now.

My goal continues to be to contribute what I can to the ds adv community. Hopefully these changes will be well received and will help keep the rallies fun and interesting.

Chowdown · 07-13-2009, 01:23 PM

big bend, arkansas and new mexico.

Mad*Sparrow · 07-13-2009, 02:14 PM

Looking forward to the coming year! I need to get my passport updated.

skinny · 07-13-2009, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard_

Starting in 2010 I'm planning on making some significant changes to the Texas Adventure yearly events.

I've had a number of requests from riders to rotate the location of the events. I like the idea and after discussing it with some fellow adventure riders I think I have figured out a way to reasonably make that happen.

I plan to rotate the ds adv rallies between Junction, TX; Clarksville, Arkansas; Cloudcroft, New Mexico; and Galeana, Mexico

Going forward I'm planning to run 3 events per year and 1 tour. The Around the Bend event will still be in Feb. The other 2 annual events will be on Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day weekend, but the location will rotate every other year, rotating between Junction, AR, NM, and Mexico every 2 years.

For 2010 I'm planning an Arkansas rally on Memorial Day weekend and a New Mexico rally on Labor Day weekend.

For 2011 I'm planning on TAR on Memorial Day weekend and MexTrek on Labor Day weekend.

I'm also working on an annual 8 day tour of Mexico during Thanksgiving week. Each year the tour would visit a different part of Mexico. Over the next 3 years I'm wanting to tour Copper Canyon, Sierra Gorda, and Espinoza del Diablo. I haven't worked out all the logistics of the tour yet, so I don't really have any additional info about it to share right now.

My goal continues to be to contribute what I can to the ds adv community. Hopefully these changes will be well received and will help keep the rallies fun and interesting.

Here are a few tips about planning a ride around Cloudcroft.
Memorial Day week-end almost always has partial fire restrictions in place. Which means all single track and all but the main forest service roads are closed. Some years it will be too dry for even those roads to be open.
If there are partial fire restrictions in place, lodging will usually be available. If they have a wet spring and there are no restrictions, you'll probably not be able to find a place to stay unless you book well in advance.
By the end of summer, there will have been enough rain to remove any fire restrictions, but since that's the last holiday of the summer, the lodging is really in short supply....and there will be at least 12,000,000 people in the forest....and almost all of the cabins or motels will only accept a 3 day (or more) reservation on holiday week-ends...

Hope this helps...

Richard_ · 07-13-2009, 05:04 PM

skinny,

Thanks for the info about Cloudcroft. I was planning on Labor Day weekend there but it sounds like lodging will likely be an issue. Ideas? Alternate locations (Ruidosa?)

skinny · 07-13-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard_

skinny,

Thanks for the info about Cloudcroft. I was planning on Labor Day weekend there but it sounds like lodging will likely be an issue. Ideas? Alternate locations (Ruidosa?)

Ruidoso is worse than Cloudcroft on Labor Day. That's the week-end for the biggest horse race of the year, so there are people from all over the southwest and Mexico pouring in. Nearly every town in New Mexico has some kind of Labor Day Fair or similar event, which makes it difficult to find lodging on short notice. All of the mountain areas in New Mexico are pretty much packed on Labor Day.

Richard_ · 07-14-2009, 07:30 AM

Well, Darn.

**bigdon55** · 07-15-2009, 07:12 AM

Richard the Mexico tour sounds like a blast. I would Love to go but Thanksgiving is my favorite family Holiday!
It sounds like changing the event locations may take some pressure off the locals that don't like us in there area.
I feel sorry for the businesses that do appreciate us!

**tricepilot** · 07-15-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdon55

I would love to go but Thanksgiving is my favorite family Holiday!

+1

This is me getting smacked at Casa Tricepilot by the esposa when I tell her I'm leaving the largest family gathering of the year over Thanksgiving to go to Mexico....again.

Single guys will have fewer problems but guys with spouses and kids especially will next on the block after the turkey for planning to be gone without the family that particular holiday.

Bob

Richard_ · 07-15-2009, 06:37 PM

Bob,

Tell your esposa that your family can celebrate Thanksgiving any day you want - don't be a slave to THE MAN and have your Thanksgiving dictated to you. Set yourself free! Pick your own Thanksgiving day. That or bribe your wife with a bunch of money to spend while you are out riding.

**tricepilot** · 07-15-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard_

Tell your esposa that your family can celebrate Thanksgiving any day you want - don't be a slave to THE MAN and have your Thanksgiving dictated to you.

Come down and tell THAT to my biker chick wife

Dave Bell · 09-22-2009, 05:41 PM

I may be the only one, but I am sorry to hear that Mexico may only happen every two years. I mean, at age 61 I've got a few years left and want to take advantage of every opportunity to ride Mexico, which is my favorite. I guess I'll have to get together with one or two people and go on my own...

gixxerjasen · 09-22-2009, 06:02 PM

Looking forward to getting an ADV/DS bike someday. This looks like it'd be lots of fun.

cotton · 10-04-2009, 11:24 PM

Richard,
I like the Idea of moveing the locations and dates around. REALLY like the Idea of 8 days in different parts of Mexico, What a great place to ride. TOO bad it will never happen for me. Thanksgiving is a family weekend, just as much as Christmas and Easter. Never missed one in 59 years, not about to start. Some of my family members drive for 8 hours to gather at the old homestead. This is the only day of the year that all of my extended family (Uncles, cousins) get together. If you can plan another time for 8 days in Mexico, I would like to go.
Cotton

TXwhitewater · 10-05-2009, 11:30 AM

Richard, when are you going to just bite the bullet, go into the MC Tour business full time?
Then you could stay at home, slave over the grille in the backyard on Memorial Day, Labor Day. Say grace over the dead turkey on the family dining table at Thanksgiving? - VBG -

Think about it, there's enough ORF's (Old Retired Farts) around, you could keep busy all year long. 10 bike max with 8 clients, you and a swamper. Hire me to drive the Crew cab pulling the trailer. Spring & Fall in Texas, Arkansas. Summers in Colorado, New Mexico. Winters, all over Mexico.

Just Do It...

Richard_ · 10-05-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TXwhitewater

Richard, when are you going to just bite the bullet, go into the MC Tour business full time?

Randy,

It wouldn't be all that hard to talk me into doing it. My wife, on the other hand, would require more persuasion than you and I combined possess. And you and I are persuasive fellows.

Seriously, though, if I could figure a way to transition from the corp world to MC tour and rally business without losing my home, wife, kids, retirement savings, etc in the process I'd do it in a heart-beat.

**bigdon55** · 10-05-2009, 04:03 PM

Just Do It !

**WoodButcher** · 10-05-2009, 04:11 PM

hey, if we could come up with a good business plan I'd be in with you.

RacerJohn · 10-06-2009, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard_

Seriously, though, if I could figure a way to transition from the corp world to MC tour and rally business without losing my home, wife, kids, retirement savings, etc in the process I'd do it in a heart-beat.

hmmm.....oookaaaay.........but, are those your *only* objections?!?

jackflash · 10-14-2009, 08:32 AM

Richard,
Could a few TWs make it on these trips? I have always wanted to take them on a long trip. Longest I have rode on one in one day is about 125 miles and I was just having fun. Don't think I could do the Mexico trip because of work, but the others sound like a ton of fun.

By the way the TWs have been regeared and loaded they'll run 60 with no issues.

07-13-2009, 10:40 AM	#1
Richard_ TWT Advertiser TWT Site Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 1,632	Event changes starting in 2010 Edited: 10/21/2009 - A number of riders have pointed out that lodging on holiday weekends can be very difficult for large groups. So, I'll rework the calendar again and figure out a way to make this work for both the riding community and me. Starting in 2010 I'm planning on making some significant changes to the Texas Adventure yearly events. I've had a number of requests from riders to rotate the location of the events. I like the idea and after discussing it with some fellow adventure riders I think I have figured out a way to reasonably make that happen. I plan to rotate the ds adv rallies between Junction, TX; Clarksville, Arkansas; Cloudcroft, New Mexico; and Galeana, Mexico Going forward I'm planning to run 3 events per year and 1 tour. The Around the Bend event will still be in Feb. The other 2 annual events will be on Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day weekend, but the location will rotate every other year, rotating between Junction, AR, NM, and Mexico every 2 years. For 2010 I'm planning an Arkansas rally on Memorial Day weekend and a New Mexico rally on Labor Day weekend. For 2011 I'm planning on TAR on Memorial Day weekend and MexTrek on Labor Day weekend. I'm also working on an annual 8 day tour of Mexico during Thanksgiving week. Each year the tour would visit a different part of Mexico. Over the next 3 years I'm wanting to tour Copper Canyon, Sierra Gorda, and Espinoza del Diablo. I haven't worked out all the logistics of the tour yet, so I don't really have any additional info about it to share right now. My goal continues to be to contribute what I can to the ds adv community. Hopefully these changes will be well received and will help keep the rallies fun and interesting. __________________ Richard "Nice bike. Have you taken her to Mexico? All bikes want their owners to take them there. " - tricepilot Dirt, sweat & gears - adventure is calling Last edited by Richard_; 10-21-2009 at 11:53 AM.

07-13-2009, 01:23 PM	#2
Chowdown Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Round Rock Posts: 230	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 big bend, arkansas and new mexico. __________________ Jason 2009 Wee-Strom

07-13-2009, 02:14 PM	#3
Mad*Sparrow Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ardmore Okla Posts: 35	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Looking forward to the coming year! I need to get my passport updated. __________________ 2k9 XRL 2k7 Wee

07-13-2009, 05:04 PM	#5
Richard_ TWT Advertiser TWT Site Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 1,632	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 skinny, Thanks for the info about Cloudcroft. I was planning on Labor Day weekend there but it sounds like lodging will likely be an issue. Ideas? Alternate locations (Ruidosa?) __________________ Richard "Nice bike. Have you taken her to Mexico? All bikes want their owners to take them there. " - tricepilot Dirt, sweat & gears - adventure is calling

07-14-2009, 07:30 AM	#7
Richard_ TWT Advertiser TWT Site Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 1,632	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Well, Darn. __________________ Richard "Nice bike. Have you taken her to Mexico? All bikes want their owners to take them there. " - tricepilot Dirt, sweat & gears - adventure is calling

07-15-2009, 07:12 AM	#8
bigdon55 Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sulphur Springs Posts: 396	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Richard the Mexico tour sounds like a blast. I would Love to go but Thanksgiving is my favorite family Holiday! It sounds like changing the event locations may take some pressure off the locals that don't like us in there area. I feel sorry for the businesses that do appreciate us!

07-15-2009, 06:37 PM	#10
Richard_ TWT Advertiser TWT Site Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 1,632	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Bob, Tell your esposa that your family can celebrate Thanksgiving any day you want - don't be a slave to THE MAN and have your Thanksgiving dictated to you. Set yourself free! Pick your own Thanksgiving day. That or bribe your wife with a bunch of money to spend while you are out riding. __________________ Richard "Nice bike. Have you taken her to Mexico? All bikes want their owners to take them there. " - tricepilot Dirt, sweat & gears - adventure is calling

09-22-2009, 05:41 PM	#12
Dave Bell Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wills Point, Texas Posts: 40	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 I may be the only one, but I am sorry to hear that Mexico may only happen every two years. I mean, at age 61 I've got a few years left and want to take advantage of every opportunity to ride Mexico, which is my favorite. I guess I'll have to get together with one or two people and go on my own... __________________ Iron Butt Member #22319 2009 BMW F800gs "Jimi" 2002 Kawasaki KLR 650 "Bridey" 1982 Honda 200 XR

09-22-2009, 06:02 PM	#13
gixxerjasen Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mesquite, TX Posts: 1,621	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Looking forward to getting an ADV/DS bike someday. This looks like it'd be lots of fun. __________________ www.leanangle.com Current Bikes: 2003 Yamaha FZ1 \| 1998 KTM 250 EXC Past Bikes: 1997 Katana 600-wrecked \| 2000 CBR600F4-Stolen \| 2001 GSX-R600-Stolen \| 1989 Honda CB1-Sold \| 2001 Suzuki TL1000R-Traded \| 1992 Suzuki Bandit 400-Sold \| 2004 Suzuki GSX-R600-Sold \| 2007 DR-Z400SM-Traded

10-04-2009, 11:24 PM	#14
cotton Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 17	Event changes starting in 2010 Richard, I like the Idea of moveing the locations and dates around. REALLY like the Idea of 8 days in different parts of Mexico, What a great place to ride. TOO bad it will never happen for me. Thanksgiving is a family weekend, just as much as Christmas and Easter. Never missed one in 59 years, not about to start. Some of my family members drive for 8 hours to gather at the old homestead. This is the only day of the year that all of my extended family (Uncles, cousins) get together. If you can plan another time for 8 days in Mexico, I would like to go. Cotton

10-05-2009, 11:30 AM	#15
TXwhitewater Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Spicewood, TX W of Austin, Hill Country. Posts: 7	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Richard, when are you going to just bite the bullet, go into the MC Tour business full time? Then you could stay at home, slave over the grille in the backyard on Memorial Day, Labor Day. Say grace over the dead turkey on the family dining table at Thanksgiving? - VBG - Think about it, there's enough ORF's (Old Retired Farts) around, you could keep busy all year long. 10 bike max with 8 clients, you and a swamper. Hire me to drive the Crew cab pulling the trailer. Spring & Fall in Texas, Arkansas. Summers in Colorado, New Mexico. Winters, all over Mexico. Just Do It... __________________ Randy Jackson (TXwhitewater) Spicewood, TX rafter @ bga.com AMA 278399 (American Motorcyclist Association) VJMC 3173 (Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club) FSSNOC 4695 (Four Stroke Singles Nat. Owners Club) GWRRA 175436 (Goldwing Road Riders Association) Yamaha XS/XJ 1100 Owners Association

10-05-2009, 04:03 PM	#17
bigdon55 Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sulphur Springs Posts: 396	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Just Do It !

10-05-2009, 04:11 PM	#18
WoodButcher Administrator Forum Supporter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 4,575	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 hey, if we could come up with a good business plan I'd be in with you. __________________ Rusty Myers 1976 GL1000 Goldwing - basket case 1989 XL600V Transalp - getting newer 1999 DR650 - still not from this century I wish I was in Austin In the Chili Parlour Bar Drinkin' Mad Dog Margaritas And not carin' where you are - Guy Clark

10-14-2009, 08:32 AM	#20
jackflash Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TEXAS Posts: 3	Re: Event changes starting in 2010 Richard, Could a few TWs make it on these trips? I have always wanted to take them on a long trip. Longest I have rode on one in one day is about 125 miles and I was just having fun. Don't think I could do the Mexico trip because of work, but the others sound like a ton of fun. By the way the TWs have been regeared and loaded they'll run 60 with no issues.

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