2013 Colorado Rally

[aviationfred]

I am still interested. Even if there are only 4 or 5 of us that attend. I am in.

Fred

[yamaha fj rider]

I am still interested. Even if there are only 4 or 5 of us that attend. I am in.

Fred

Sounds good to me.

Kurt

[aviationfred]

I will check on availability of cabins for July 18th to the 20th in Gunnison. If there is a different town that someone would prefer please comment.

Fred

[yamaha fj rider]

Fred looks like you have the ball. Run with it. Let me know if or how I can help. Thanks for doing this.

Do we want to stay in the same place or go from town to town?

What roads do we want to ride?

Kurt

[gripit_N_ripit]

Im not good with providing links to previous thread but if you search colorado june 2012 and go to page 14 Marsh had posted some routes that they took that year. hope this helps. late july sounds good for me aswell.

[giantkiller]

I would like to go also but just about out of vacation. But if someone gets it setup I'll try to make it.

[aviationfred]

I called the Gunnison KOA today and left a message for cabin availability the 18th-21st of July.

Fred

[Dan Filetti]

I have no dog in this fight as I will not be attending -as much as I'd love to.  But, I did live in CO.  I would recommend something a bit closer to the front range.  Frisco sits right in the middle of Summit country and would make some incredible riding.  Plus you're not far from Breck and Vail as places to eat and people watch. 

Alternatively you may want to consider more of a northern centroid, like up by Estes park, maybe the Granby or even the Steamboat Springs area... If you're so far west, you miss a lot of really great riding along the front range.   

Just a thought.

Dan

[yamaha fj rider]

Thanks for the suggestions Dan.

Kurt

[giantkiller]

I have no dog in this fight as I will not be attending -as much as I'd love to.  But, I did live in CO.  I would recommend something a bit closer to the front range.  Frisco sits right in the middle of Summit country and would make some incredible riding.  Plus you're not far from Breck and Vail as places to eat and people watch. 

Alternatively you may want to consider more of a northern centroid, like up by Estes park, maybe the Granby or even the Steamboat Springs area... If you're so far west, you miss a lot of really great riding along the front range.   

Just a thought.

Dan

+1. But like I said I might not be able to get vacation. But I sure will try.

[aviationfred]

Fred looks like you have the ball. Run with it. Let me know if or how I can help. Thanks for doing this.

Do we want to stay in the same place or go from town to town?

What roads do we want to ride?

Kurt

I have no experience setting something like this up. But, I will give this a try. I also have never ridden in Colorado. My thoughts are. The 2012 Rally was held in Gunnison. From the photos, videos and written feedback this looks to me to be a good spot to return for this trip.

I have spoke to the Gunnison KOA. For the dates of 18-21 July 2013. Currently they have one of the large cabins with shower and kitchenette, sleeps 5/6 available. We could all share this one? They also have a few of the medium size cabins available. There are also 2 of the a-frame cabins that sleep 2 available. Everyone that is interested and plans to attend, please state your preference. Reservations need to made ASAP if we want our choices.

For the routes to ride, I can defer to the Colorado members that may attend, or we could ride the routes from last year. Again open to suggestions.

Thanks again for those that have shown interest, and I hope that I am not stepping on Marsh's or Pat's toes.

Fred

[yamaha fj rider]

Fred the large cabin sounds good to me, then if more than it can hold want to come they can rent smaller cabins, also this gives us a base to operate out of.

I have ridden some of the roads in western Colorado and they are all good, looking at a map almost all the roads west of Denver are scenic byways.

Having a Date and a place for the rally is the first step. We can figure out the route for the rally as it gets closer. This gives time for members and people who know these roads to give there input and we can check for road construction on the proposed routes.

Fred for having never done this you are doing well.

It does not seem like anything was being done with the Colorado rally this year, so I don't think they will mind. If I am wrong please forgive me/us. Having been in a position of leadership, sometimes it is nice when someone else steps in. It's tiring when you half to do everything.

Kurt          

[fintip]

So turns out I have potential interest again... Might be just a bit too late in the summer, late june/early july would have slightly better odds for me. Can't promise anything at this point, much as I'd love to go. But I'm watching the thread.

Not sure if that helps at all. 

But if it mattered, I'd go for the all-in-one cabin, or tents. I'm a cheap bastard.

[aviationfred]

I made a reservation for the large cottage with a shower. Reserved for the nights of the 18th, 19th and 20th. Two other members are welcome to share. The rate for the cottage $109.00 a night. I have already paid for 1 night. Anyone interested in sharing, please let me know. When I get confirmation of cottage roomates I will post that the cottage is full. I recommend contacting the Gunnison KOA very soon to make your reservation. The other cabins may not be available for long. Gunnison KOA phone # 970-641-1358. I spoke with Mike.

My thoughts are, arrive on the 18th. Rides on the 19th and 20th, depart on the 21st.

[coloradoparadise]

Fred, thanks for the heads up on the 2013 rally!  If there's a way to post it on the "fj rally info" tab, I'll bet a lot more people will show up.

I can help with some ride suggestions that we've found to be the best in Colorado.  We do a four day ride out of Denver that has awesome twisties and great scenery.  Using Gunnison as a base will work, with an overnight in Durango, for most of that ride.

Rich