Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
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Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
Hi all, I just figured I'd post up and see if there's any interest here. There's a local forest service lodge up here in the hills that can sleep 16 people in beds, plus a large number more on couches or in tents. The whole place is $200 per night.
I've done a couple car meets up here, and it's always a blast. You can get 30 people in the place pretty easily. It's quite literally in the middle of nowhere. The closest community is Little Canada, NC, the closest gas station is in Tuckaseegee, and the closest beer is in Cullowhee.
The place has a full kitchen that's barely adequate for 16 people, but I made a giant griddle that goes on top of the outside grill that's great for bacon, eggs, and pancakes in mass quantities.
All bedding/linens are provided, as are cooking utensils, pots, pans, all that stuff.
Now, in order to make it work with 16 people for 2 nights, it's $25 per person. That gets you one bed for two nights. If we wanted to do a 3-night stay, it's $38 per person. There are a couple of available weekends in August...most everything else is already reserved.
Generally, we've handled food separately. $20 per person generally gets you a solid selection of breakfast goods, bbq, burgers, salad, pasta, etc.
For anyone that wants to come beyond the 16 beds, we usually just collect the food fund money from them, and they put up tents or claim couches.
If this is something y'all would like to pursue, let me know.
I've done a couple car meets up here, and it's always a blast. You can get 30 people in the place pretty easily. It's quite literally in the middle of nowhere. The closest community is Little Canada, NC, the closest gas station is in Tuckaseegee, and the closest beer is in Cullowhee.
The place has a full kitchen that's barely adequate for 16 people, but I made a giant griddle that goes on top of the outside grill that's great for bacon, eggs, and pancakes in mass quantities.
All bedding/linens are provided, as are cooking utensils, pots, pans, all that stuff.
Now, in order to make it work with 16 people for 2 nights, it's $25 per person. That gets you one bed for two nights. If we wanted to do a 3-night stay, it's $38 per person. There are a couple of available weekends in August...most everything else is already reserved.
Generally, we've handled food separately. $20 per person generally gets you a solid selection of breakfast goods, bbq, burgers, salad, pasta, etc.
For anyone that wants to come beyond the 16 beds, we usually just collect the food fund money from them, and they put up tents or claim couches.
If this is something y'all would like to pursue, let me know.
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
Looks like a great idea, awesome riding area ....
Maybe early August ?
Gord
Maybe early August ?
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
I actually just looked...August 11-13 is the only available weekend for the rest of the season.
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
Sounds good to me ....
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
Sounds like a good idea
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
10hr ride from Chicago... I might could do that.
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
10hr ride from Metro New York City... I could do this as well. Sounds like my riding summer is fast filling up!
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
23 hours from here. ugh. lol
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
5speed wrote:23 hours from here. ugh. lol
Drive faster,....won't take as long
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
From my house in Maine to Little Canada, NC, my GPS says it's 997 miles.
Right down the seaboard.....
Right down the seaboard.....
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
So what cooks here .... did 'we' reserve that weekend ?propav8r wrote:I actually just looked...August 11-13 is the only available weekend for the rest of the season.
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
No, there didn't seem to be enough concrete interest to fill the place. All the weekends are now unavailable...maybe next season.
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
Yeah .... we got some funny looks for starting to plan our 1000 Islands Fall Ride way early .... but it takes some time to pull things together and people need time to work out the details ....
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
That would be a great starting point. The best bike museum I've ever been to in Maggie Valley, just an hour north.
Two Wheels Only in Georgia is a couple of hours south on some great roads. I don't know how much of the original TWO there is snce it closed and re-opened sometime later, but it was one of the highlights of my2012 trip.
https://wheelsthroughtime.com/
http://twowheelsofsuches.com/
Two Wheels Only in Georgia is a couple of hours south on some great roads. I don't know how much of the original TWO there is snce it closed and re-opened sometime later, but it was one of the highlights of my2012 trip.
https://wheelsthroughtime.com/
http://twowheelsofsuches.com/
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Re: Feeler: Summer Meet in the NC Mountains, Balsam Lake Lodge
Wheels Thru Time in Maggie Valley is a stunning place. You will hear 2 or 3 of those old bikes fired up and maybe even ridden around if you stay there long enough.
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