bikerbillone
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Sandy, sounds like you got a couple goodies, maybe Maggie Valley SpyderFest will be my destination in 2021. It's on the priority bucket list.
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Spyder Adventures 2020, Maggie Valley NC, Oct 2020
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blacklightning
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This makes my 4th spyder adventure, and 3 of them have had rain from the results of a hurricane or tropical storm. But I had fun at all of them. I am actually heading back up to the mountains a week from Saturday to see if I can catch the remaining leaf color changes in the Boone and Little Switzerland area. As soon as the date is announced, I will be making reservations for next year.
rick_w
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Unfortunately we can not control the weather. That is why we and everyone else opened up on Wednesday to give an extra day in case of weather issues.
We do have the location rented again for next year starting 10/6/21. We will be contacting motels soon and updating the web site. We will not be letting people actually register until next Spring. If we get some more volunteers for rides we will see about more Elk viewing rides and maybe a couple more small group rides to Deals Gap. We want to thank all of the Ride leaders for this year, all went great and terrific feedback.
We do have some pictures posted. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4517424211663987&type=3
A video also, https://www.facebook.com/347856319652/videos/1023815421467871
We do have the location rented again for next year starting 10/6/21. We will be contacting motels soon and updating the web site. We will not be letting people actually register until next Spring. If we get some more volunteers for rides we will see about more Elk viewing rides and maybe a couple more small group rides to Deals Gap. We want to thank all of the Ride leaders for this year, all went great and terrific feedback.
We do have some pictures posted. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4517424211663987&type=3
A video also, https://www.facebook.com/347856319652/videos/1023815421467871
blacklightning
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Rick,
Thanks again for organizing this event. This is one of my favorite places to visit. We will be making reservations either the last week in December, or the first week of January. Definitely looking forward to being there next year. Weather is nothing but a thing.
My worse trip to Maggie Valley was in 2015. On our second day, one of the older guys had an accident on the Cherohola Skyway doing about 100+ on a hopped up chopper with a suicide shifter. On the 3rd day another guy in our group wrecked his brand new Harley Ultra Classic trike on the dragon. That night, I got food poisoning at Snappy's resturant in Maggie Valley, We were caught in rain 2 of our 5 days there (not unexpected), and to top it off, 3 of the 4 rooms (in a well known hotel there) had bed bugs, and the 4th one had ants. But it was still a great trip. And I got to finally meet Lamont, who was just passing through with Joan and stayed in the same hotel (hope their room was better.). And he let me ride his tricked out F3S, since no dealerships in my area would let me test ride them. But over all, it was still a great time.
Thanks again for organizing this event. This is one of my favorite places to visit. We will be making reservations either the last week in December, or the first week of January. Definitely looking forward to being there next year. Weather is nothing but a thing.
My worse trip to Maggie Valley was in 2015. On our second day, one of the older guys had an accident on the Cherohola Skyway doing about 100+ on a hopped up chopper with a suicide shifter. On the 3rd day another guy in our group wrecked his brand new Harley Ultra Classic trike on the dragon. That night, I got food poisoning at Snappy's resturant in Maggie Valley, We were caught in rain 2 of our 5 days there (not unexpected), and to top it off, 3 of the 4 rooms (in a well known hotel there) had bed bugs, and the 4th one had ants. But it was still a great trip. And I got to finally meet Lamont, who was just passing through with Joan and stayed in the same hotel (hope their room was better.). And he let me ride his tricked out F3S, since no dealerships in my area would let me test ride them. But over all, it was still a great time.
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blacklightning
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Just wanted to check to see if the dates for 2021 are set for starting on 10/6. We definitely plan on coming again, and would like to make some cabin reservations as soon as possible.
Thanks,
RayBJ
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Wow! That's just lousy luck! I do multi-day tours a few times a year and have never had a problem finding a decent motel/inn near end-of-day. Only bad experience was at a supposed renovated Quality Inn in Dickson, Tn last year returning from NM. The lobby was re-done but our room stunk of cigarette smoke even tho non-smoking, the TV channels were 90% snow (claimed to have cable), and there was no toilet paper or tissues. Lesson for travelers - carry TP!
