Terry Wild Goose Chase ride

[7rider]

I'd be up for an in-between'er ride with a leisurely paddle the following day. I'll try to remember to call on Monday about the different routes.

Man, I'm gonna be keeping the pet sitter busy this year, too

The ride is on Sunday.
I was sort of envisioning paddling on Saturday, biking Sunday.
Would you be able to pull rank and do that, Tam, or are you thinking a Sunday bike - Monday paddle sort of thing? Or...multisport! Bike in the a.m., paddle in the afternoon!!

RE: Four Routes...I'm guessing 10, 25, 40 or 45, and the metric.
And c'mon.....let's shoot for the metric. It's flat, and it'll be a motivating challenge to be fit enough for it by the end of April. Janice...I'm not worried about, as you'll have plenty of time in the saddle by then. It's the rest of us! Well, except Velobambina, too!

[Kalidurga]

The ride is on Sunday.
I was sort of envisioning paddling on Saturday, biking Sunday.
Would you be able to pull rank and do that, Tam, or are you thinking a Sunday bike - Monday paddle sort of thing? Or...multisport! Bike in the a.m., paddle in the afternoon!!

I'm thinking the same thing you are, paddle Sat/pedal Sun. I'm still too wimpy for multi-sport in the same day. I hope the unsuspecting folk visiting Blackwater on those days won't be too overwhelmed by us

[Possegal]

oh well, that'll teach me to wait too long. i just emailed my sister to see if she was up for this. we'll have to move faster next year, any description of a ride that says "flat" has my interest. :-)

[divingbiker]

Wow, that sure filled up fast! I'm glad LadyinWhite mentioned it!

I just made a reservation at the Holiday Inn for April 26, just to be sure I've got a room. If withm finds a better hotel, I can always change it. (They charge $95 for a room that you can't cancel, and $99 for one that you can cancel up to 6pm on the day of arrival. Wouldn't everyone preserve the cancellation option since it only costs $4 more???)

This should be a fun ride.

[withm]

I just made a reservation at the Holiday Inn for April 26, just to be sure I've got a room. If withm finds a better hotel, I can always change it. (They charge $95 for a room that you can't cancel, and $99 for one that you can cancel up to 6pm on the day of arrival. Wouldn't everyone preserve the cancellation option since it only costs $4 more???)

This should be a fun ride.

Gee now I wish I had gone over there yesterday as originally planned.... Want to figure out kayaking options and which motels are decent biking into Blackwater though we might want cars to put goodie bags and stuff at while we are riding.

Wonder if they arranged a group rate with any of the motels for participants of this event?

Martha

[7rider]

Wonder if they arranged a group rate with any of the motels for participants of this event?

Martha

Good question!
I think there's a Hampton Inn up in Easton, and I was sort of leaning towards that. It's in the Hilton family of hotels and I try to use them if I can and if things work out.

[withm]

Wonder if they arranged a group rate with any of the motels for participants of this event?

Martha

Okay, I just emailed Terry to ask this very question. Will post the response.

[withm]

Okay, I just emailed Terry to ask this very question. Will post the response.

I almost felt like I was on a wild goose chase looking for a motel.

I got a email back from Terry - they said they tried to negotiate group rates but none of the motels would do that. They recommended Holiday Inn Express. So I called them, and was told no non-smoking rooms were available. Grrr. So I called the next one on the list - the Hyatt. Rooms there were $319/night. A leeeeetle bit pricey since I don't expect to spend much time in the room except to shower and sleep.

So I got a double room at the Days Inn in Cambridge - $129/night plus tax. She said it was about 20 minutes from Blackwater - good enough. Since it's out on Rt. 50, it's got to be a good 10 miles or so - if anyone is thinking of riding over there.

There is a convention or something in town - and a large number of rooms at the Holiday Inn were already booked - but it might have been booked for the Terry contingent.... dunno.

Anyway, if you think you need a motel room, I'd get on the phone NOW and get that reservation. I don't know what else is going on in Cambridge that weekend - could be a big wedding or something, but with a couple hundred cyclilsts looking for rooms I'm thinking they will fill up fast.

Martha