Marc, I think Denver/Boulder is the best location put out. But as others have mentioned, it needs a critical mass of locals that want to do the leg-work to get it going. Majority of the conversation seems to be coming from Bay Area and PNW in that regard.
On 8/2/13, Marc Irwin <irwin7...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chicago is the cheapest to fly to or from, but Denver ain't bad, and also > has Amtrak service from the midwest and Bay Area. Denver has by far the > most dramatic scenery and perhaps Rocky Mountain National Park for a base > camp? > > Marc > > On Friday, August 2, 2013 2:38:40 AM UTC-4, Lee Chae wrote: >> >> I was thinking that way, too, Anne. I actually started out an exercise >> querying round-trip airline fares for various destinations from a variety >> >> of cities (SF, NYC, DC, Seattle, Portland, LA, San Diego, etc.). I thought >> >> I'd try Denver as a destination first. So far, it looks like Chicago >> O'Hare >> would be the cheapest average round-trip flight from most of the points of >> >> origin I checked. >> >> Lee >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Anne Paulson >> <anne.p...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> IF we are looking for geographical centers-- and I don't know that we >>> are-- we should look for the geographical center of the rider's home >>> towns, not the geographical center of the US. I suspect the >>> geographical center of riders would be something like Denver. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Marc Irwin >>> <irwi...@gmail.com<javascript:>> >>> wrote: >>> > I was going to chime in on that also. If it is to be a national get >>> > together, picking a place in one distant corner will rule out a lot of >>> > people just because of the travel. It will be a regional get together >>> > >>> as a >>> > result. As I mentioned earlier the geographical center of the country >>> > >>> is in >>> > northern Kansas almost equidistant from Kansas City, Omaha and Denver. >>> > >>> I'm >>> > not familiar with Omaha but Kansas City and Denver both have a lot >>> going for >>> > them and a lot of very interesting riding to be chosen. >>> > >>> > Marc >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thursday, August 1, 2013 6:40:54 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >> >>> >> If this is to be a national get together, can we have it in the exact >>> >> geometrical center of the country? Just kidding about that, but >>> somewhere >>> >> more or less accessible to the majority of participants would be nice >>> >> >>> to >>> >> consider. >>> >> >>> >> Colorado? >>> >> >>> >> Of course, if most of the interested parties are in the PNW, then >>> >> that >>> >> would over-weigh a national distribution. >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Andy Smitty Schmidt >>> >> <54c...@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I wonder if we could find some sort of B&B type place that would >>> >>> have >>> >>> rooms for those who want to sleep indoors and a lawn for those who >>> want to >>> >>> throw a sleeping bag on the ground. >>> >>> >>> >>> The Coastal Mountain Sport Haus is in the coast range west of >>> Portland, >>> >>> so not really near Bellingham. But if there's interest I'd be happy >>> to call >>> >>> and at least find out if they could/would accommodate something like >>> >>> >>> this. >>> >>> >>> >>> My vote regarding date would be earlier the better... to maximize >>> >>> the >>> >>> cool and green. Although by mid-July the berries are ripe. >>> >>> >>> >>> --Smitty >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an >>> >>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >>> >> patric...@resumespecialties.com >>> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Albuquerque, NM >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> > >>> an >>> > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> > To post to this group, send email to >>> > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- Anne Paulson >>> >>> It isn't a contest. 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