RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5

[Nice Goat]

Ride Info:

Meeting Place:  Jack's, 307 US-31, Athens (Google Maps link)
Meeting Time: Friday, September 2 @ 8:00AM
Kick-stands up: @ 9:00AM
Route to Tellico: 206 miles, lunch stop along the way, Google Maps link
Arrival: Approx. 4:00PM Eastern


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I'm going to take Friday, Sept. 2nd, as a vacation day and have a 4-day weekend around Tellico.  This will be a dual-sport weekend for me, but all bikes are welcome.  We don't have to stick together, but it would be cool if we had a group of folks hanging out together in the evening.

The plan:

- Leave north Alabama on Friday morning
- No interstate ride to Tellico
- Camp or rent a cabin for three nights
- Explore as many dirt roads as possible on Saturday and Sunday
- Return home on Monday

I'm planning to stay at Cherohala Mountain Trails Campground (CMTC), http://www.cmtrails.com/.  Cabins are $50/night, but there are two beds, so you could share a cabin (not a bed) and get away with $25/night.  Or you could camp there for $10/day.

Route up on Friday looks something like this:





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Rough draft of daily routes below with .GPX files attached:

• Friday morning  -  209 miles  -  https://goo.gl/maps/SFqpADMLu522
• Saturday morning  -  97 miles  -  https://goo.gl/maps/syHvMh9LyN72
• Saturday afternoon  -  86 miles  -  https://goo.gl/maps/xQbNe4pHaAp
• Sunday morning  -  89 miles  -  https://goo.gl/maps/NpxoejRsgo92
• Sunday afternoon  -  98 miles  -  https://goo.gl/maps/ywDhn4vMnZB2
• Monday morning  -  202 miles  -  https://goo.gl/maps/bEqAU8hkzdH2

[Nice Goat]

Okay, just checked their website ... no cabins for that weekend.  Looks like it will be camping/hammocking for me!

[kdtrull]

Got a kitchen pass.  Now I just need to make sure I have some leave scheduled around that weekend.

[norton73]

pencil me in...

[Yankee Dog]

September is not a good time f taking vacation for me.   But I will see what I can do. 

[KevinB]

I may be able to do this one. If the Husky is gone by then, I'll take the big V...I should be able to handle most of the FS roads on it (probably skip any single track or Witt Rd. water crossings).   We're switching back to 8 hr. shifts, so no more 4 day weekends for me once a month. Looks like I'm getting screwed for that weekend, and being the holiday I can't take off comp time.

For tenderfoots like me, looks like the Lodge at Tellico has rooms available...

https://res.travlynx.com/bbe/page1.aspx?pcode=618LAT

[Yankee Dog]

The Tellico Farmhouse Inn is run by an ADV guy.  Good prices and right in town.   


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[Jwwr]

Pencil me in too! Camping is fine with me, but there are other cabins in Tellico you can rent for as little as $40 a night. http://www.tellicologcabins.com/cabins.htm 

[Nice Goat]

Cherohala Mountain Trails Campground (CMTC) had a cabin become available, so I booked it for three nights (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, checkout on Monday).

Cabin has two beds, so if anybody wants to split it, cost is $25 per night.

I'm looking forward to this trip!

[Nice Goat]

Added meet-up details at the beginning.  8:00AM at Jacks in Athens.

[kdtrull]

I'll split the cabin if still available.

[Nice Goat]

I'll split the cabin if still available.

Done deal

[kdtrull]

I'll split the cabin if still available.

Done deal

Excellent.  Perhaps a Gaseous Effluent Restraint Agreement can be reached.  :o

[jrou111]

I'm going to try and join y'all. As long as the next BabyRou doesn't come by then.

Btw there's a lot of cool dual sport riding around Tellico Plains

[lazeebum]

I may try to ride over after work on that Friday.  I like that area and I'm ready for some more splorin'.