Hey dudes....
Noted you were planning a ride on 16 Aug.
Probably can't join you on that one but I live in the area and ride up there quiet a bit....
I ride with another group sometimes that gets a great deal at the TreeTops
Treetops and The Ridge Vacation Rental, Graham County NC 828-479-8400
http://www.treetops.com
This place is awesome and the people that run it are fantastic. Real motor heads.
We rent at least two of the three houses for about 7-10 days every July and members get beds for the nights they will stay... others (me) camp in the yard but have full access to the kitchens/bath/laundry/computers, etc.
They have a full moto shop at the Ridge that can hold about 12-15 bikes plus garages in the other two places......
awesome place only 20 minutes from the dragon and actually on the east end of the skyway, close to robbinsville...
at least 35-40 came last month, some from as far as Toronto and even California... they come every year, and it just keeps growing...
I'm not the one to do it, (highly overworked) but maybe we could work on a VFRworld event at the dragon/skyway... come one, come all for 2009!
it might start small, just one house, but it would still be pretty sweet.......
just a thought...
lest of course, you guys are already doing this, and i've just missed it...
i'm kinda new here...