@miles-ladue thank you my French adventurer (only a tad bit jealous as I haven’t been to France in at least 10 years)!
wish my kids were decent human beings and could be be service animals. They know NOTHING but eating, swimming and playing.. They hop on people’s laps and cause a ruckus when they see someone they like. You’d prolly fail them as soon as you see them. I’ve long dreamt of having them as service animals so I could vagabond in Europe.. but alas, I was blessed with idiots that cannot contain themselves.
I guess I need to find a hotel asap or leave my kids at home.. How many stroopwaffles do you charge to certify idiot kids as normal service animals. Love it !!
Ah Miles, if only the Stroopwaffles were gluten free.. 🙁
Question about the rally. My wife and I are headed from SE Arizona to Essex Junction Vermont for the BMW rally in June. We are passing near where the USCA National Rally 2026 will be. We would like to attend but we are driving our Moto Van and hauling my MC. Do you any vehicle attend or is this limited to sidecars?
Question about the rally. My wife and I are headed from SE Arizona to Essex Junction Vermont for the BMW rally in June. We are passing near where the USCA National Rally 2026 will be. We would like to attend but we are driving our Moto Van and hauling my MC. Do you any vehicle attend or is this limited to sidecars?
Wot ‘e said!
Chances are even good that someone will physically place you, your wife and any four legged companions into a sidecar and take y’all out for a new kind of excursion! The Oua hita mountains are a beautiful setting for any gathering and we welcome all! 8n fact, when we attended our first rally, we didn’t have a rig, but found our needed second that needed a new home. The rest is history.
See you there!
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Ronnie....Man in France here.....I can answer the dog question for you.
The CMA Iron Mountain campground and rally site does NOT allow dogs on site, or in the cabins...UNLESS the dogs are registered Service Animals.
FM not to be that person BUT I think the rules on dogs is they are allowed on the property as in campers and campsites, they are just not allowed in cabins or in the buildings. We had 2 of our little fur babies last time and I saw quite a few others and John never said anything except don't bring them inside
@aceinsav thank you and Uncle Miles. OK, I’ll try to find a dog sitter otherwise I will have to keep going back to let them out for their business…. What exactly happens in these rallies? I ask because there’s a mention of “buildings”… I saw pics on google drive and it seemed like it’s about riding from place to place together…Thank you. 🙏
Thursday and Friday are a lot of self directed rides and occasional planned destination rides. Saturday morning is tech sessions at rally HQ, Saturday afternoon is bike games and the board meeting followed by the annual meeting where the board tells everyone what we’ve been doing and planning for the future. The big, nice dinner follows the annual meeting where awards and door prizes are shared.
A good bet is to look at previous rally threads and look at the agendas from them. It’s a pretty common theme with some level of variation. It works so why go making big changes?
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@thane-lewis Thank you. So this means, that the dogs can be with me on Thursday and Friday. Only on Saturday and Sunday, they need to be in the hotel. My dogs can easily handle holding it for eight hours. I would love to camp, but am worried about leaving them inside a tent for extended periods on Saturday + Sunday. I found 8 hotels that are pet friendly - is that what dog owners usually do?
Thank you again.
Often, yes. In our case, Maddie is not a service dog and we have a good friend who enjoys having a dog to sit for a few days and she enjoys having a “not-papa papa”.
in 21 we had the first ever indoor bike games at CMA Iron Mountain because it had been raining and our games pitch was soaked. It was epic!
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@thane-lewis Cool 😎 As it turns out, I’ll be in a Golden, CO Airbnb at that time. I can get a “TrustedHousesitters.com” person as well, since Colorado in June is awesome. Thanks for your inputs.
I know it's like herding cats, but any chance of scheduling a time for a group photo of all the folks and their rigs? Just a thought. Thanks to everyone involved in planning the national!
Seems to me we always do get a group picture.
Often in front of an ice cream or pie shop!
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Guess I didn't explain that well enough. We were at the rally in Maine. Yes, there were photos of groups at the ice cream stops. Not all attendees go on the ice cream runs.
The rally was at a fairground with a HUGE empty field. We thought it would be a great photo if as many as possible got together for a group photo, at a scheduled time.
You folks have been at the rally game way longer than John and I, so maybe it just isn't something that others think or care about.
Just my nickel's worth.
