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KBasa
03-17-2003, 11:14 AM
We found a hotel for cheap with included high speed internet, geek that I am.

Who's going to camp?
jefe
03-17-2003, 03:59 PM
Does this cheap motel have a bar?:beer
KBasa
03-17-2003, 04:15 PM
Originally posted by jefe
Does this cheap motel have a bar?:beer

It will after I get set up.

:1drink

Wingate Inn Charleston (http://www.the.wingateinns.com/charleston10115)
gsjay
03-17-2003, 05:43 PM
I and 4 or 5 friends are going to camp but we decided to get one motel room so that we'd have a semi private bath & toilet.

And if the weather really sucks we'll cram in and stay dry.
KBasa
03-17-2003, 10:29 PM
Originally posted by gsjay
I and 4 or 5 friends are going to camp but we decided to get one motel room so that we'd have a semi private bath & toilet.

And if the weather really sucks we'll cram in and stay dry.

Gonna have wrestling matches to see who gets the bed?

:stick

:snore
MLaBar
03-18-2003, 10:51 AM
I have a hotel room, but also plan to take a tent in case I can't stumble back to the hotel. Having tent space makes me feel more a part of the rally. Having hotel space keeps the little woman happy.
KBasa
03-18-2003, 11:25 AM
Originally posted by Mike LaBar
I have a hotel room, but also plan to take a tent in case I can't stumble back to the hotel. Having tent space makes me feel more a part of the rally. Having hotel space keeps the little woman happy.

:LOL

One of the questions we asked when we called was whether they had shuttle bus service.

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bmweml
03-18-2003, 02:15 PM
:) Camping
KBasa
03-18-2003, 02:21 PM
I'm going to put up a hotel/camp poll.
gsjay
03-18-2003, 03:47 PM
my friends are women so they'll be no wrestling to see who gets the bed.
It's one big slumber party!
KBasa
03-18-2003, 05:17 PM
Originally posted by gsjay
my friends are women so they'll be no wrestling to see who gets the bed.
It's one big slumber party!

And they say BMW people are boring.....

:rolleyes
deilenberger
03-20-2003, 11:57 AM
Hotelling it.. and I didn't want web access. Once in a while I like to get away from friggin' computers.. :p
KBasa
03-20-2003, 11:26 PM
Originally posted by deilenberger
Hotelling it.. and I didn't want web access. Once in a while I like to get away from friggin' computers.. :p

I'm loving that avatar, Don. Absolutely stupendous.

dave

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bmwgreenrt
03-21-2003, 07:33 AM
It will be the Hotel for My wife and I,
but we will be breaking in on the BMWSportTouring.com camping area to hang out :bliss
bikpaintr
03-21-2003, 09:48 AM
Andi & I will be camping as usual. We tried the hotel thing in Morganton and didn't enjoy it as much so it's the L.L. Bean motel for us.


John Borella
sherpa
03-21-2003, 11:50 AM
I am going to be camping...not sure which of the three camping sites though ...maybe I'll ride over there and scope things out since I am only about 4 hours of beautiful mountain roads away.:D
Firebolter
03-21-2003, 11:58 AM
Hoteling it. Residennce Inn. Like the whole hot shower and bar gig at the end of the day of riding!
NJBMWRT
03-21-2003, 03:13 PM
Hoteling. Somehow I think I wound up w/two different reservations too, so I'll post one here for the gang to use, but I still need to find the details.

looking forward to it. :bliss
warredon
03-21-2003, 06:47 PM
I may not make it this year, but if I do I'll be chillin at a motel. :eek2
BMWRider
03-22-2003, 08:29 AM
I plan on making the rally ... and I'll be hoteling it. My idea of "roughing it" is slow room service. :)
Actually, it's a day trip for me but I want to take the time to soak the scene in. It will be my second national. I also attended the 2000 Midland, Michigan National.
hansomat
03-24-2003, 06:55 PM
Why should I pay lot's of money to just sleep ?

The showers ? Take one at night when all are drinking in the bars !

Nothing is better when you have all the guys together talking about bikes.
I do not , can not see them all in my hotel room. But at the Camp Ground I can pick and choose the people and the subjects.

And ......... I have 3 person tent for the ladies that can not sleep alone. Ha Ha.

Rough it !


:p
JohnM
03-25-2003, 08:18 PM
My old aching bones insist.
101994
03-26-2003, 11:43 AM
I love to camp but I also like hot showers, a soft bed and quiet. My son, brother, a friend and I all have gotten our own rooms.
KBasa
03-26-2003, 11:56 AM
Originally posted by mark1150rt
I love to camp but I also like hot showers, a soft bed and quiet. My son, brother, a friend and I all have gotten our own rooms.

I too love to camp, but after a full day of being hyperstimulated by all the bikes and people, I'm usually ready for a little time in a quieter place.

I've camped at Moodus (found a nice quiet spot by the BMW truck, back in the shrubs), Oshkosh and Redmond. The best rally camping, for me, anyway, was at Rheinbeck where we camped in the livestock stalls. We had a nice picnic table to hang out at, the tent stayed out of the sun and the shavings put a nice cushy base under the thermarest. Very nice. I enjoyed camping in those spots.

In Durango, we had a hotel room right down the street from the fairgrounds. It was fantastic. Too hot? Need some quiet for a bit? Walk to the room, turn on the A/C and have a BEvERage.

They both have their attraction and I can't honestly say that one is better than the other. They're just different. Kind of like BMW's various models.

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