Bobby, Logistics is an issue. It's still early for me and I've only had my first cup of coffee....
My friend and I camped the entire route except one nasty rainy night where we found a bunk house and spent the night. Nice primitive campgrounds along the way. Wonder if we can work this into a scenario - rent a U haul truck one way. Start in Connellsville ride to Cumberland. Rent a one way truck at the end (Cumberland) & pile all the bikes, gear and people in the truck and drive back to the start. It's kind of a crazy and I'm not sure the legality... OR I will need Rick to commit or grab another friend for this one... We meet in Cumberland, rent a round trip passenger van. Once everyone is in town, leave the bikes and gear in Cumberland and everyone drives to Connellsville to leave their cars. Jump back in the van and return to Cumberland, return van. Start the ride the next day. Regards, Bruce On Jan 12, 11:24 pm, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, it's a new year, and I'm starting to get excited about Riv Rally > East 2012. Here's the quick skinny on this year's plan (so far): > > This year I'm planning the 2-day Rally to ride along the Great > Allegheny Passage, from Frostburg, MD to Connellsville, PA. > > To get you psyched up, here are a few links: > > http://www.atatrail.org/index.cfmhttp://www.flickr.com/groups/great_allegheny_passage/ > > This beautiful stretch of the GAP trail takes you through long > mountain tunnels, over high viaducts, though beautiful country along 2 > scenic rivers (including through the Youghigheny River Gorge). The > plan is to converge in Frostburg, MD on Friday evening, Apr 20th, and > ride to Confluence, PA (47 miles of mostly smooth downhill to the > North) on Saturday, where we will enjoy a nice dinner and comfy bed > (although there is camping nearby for the hardcore). Sunday we will > roll into Ohiopyle, PA, home of the famous Youghigheny Gorge, where we > may take an an optional short excursion out of town to visit the > famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, FallingWater (a trip WELL WORTH > taking). We will finish day off in Connellsville, PA, where I am > making arrangements to shuttle ourselves, bike and gear back to > Frostburg. This will be a self-supported, credit card type of tour, > which means that unless you have a buddy, spouse or otherwise hired > person to meet you in Confluence PA on the first evening, you'll need > to carry a change of clothes, toothbrush and other essentials to get > you through 2 days of riding. A small duffle on a rack shoud suffice, > or go all out with front and rear panniers... up to you. Me, I hope > to toss a duffle in my big Wald basket... that's how I like to roll.. > > I have put out inquiries on shuttles and lodging; more on that > shortly. > > In the mean time, if you are interested, please let me know. We had a > fair amount of interest early on for the 2011 Rally, but quite a few > dropped off. I hope we can get the same crew from 2011 returning this > year, along with a few of you who couldn't make it last year. To our > West Coast buddies, I'll bet we could get a few loaner bikes if any of > you would care to join us... We'd love to have you. > > So mark the calendars, April 20-22. > > Peace, > BobbyB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
