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Brian,

I am in.

Brian,

That week I will be riding to the Jersey Shore to spend some time with my family who have rented a 4 bedroom place in Ocean City, NJ. Come Thursday morning I will be pointing the front end of my bike towards WV. If there is no rally there that week I will be visiting my cousin either in Wallace at his home or east of Elkins where he has a cabin. Either way I am going ride the wonderful twisty roads of WV. I would prefer to ride with you, LadyACE and anybody else that shows up.

All those planning to attend the 7th Annual T Rally, we can continue at Seneca Rocks as Brian had planned, or another option is we can set-up base camp in one of the four hotels 32 miles west of Seneca Rocks in Elkins, WV. In Seneca Rocks we have a choice of Smoke Hole Motel & Log Cabins or Yokum's Vacationland . In Elkins there is a Hampton Inn, a Holiday Inn Express, a Super8 and a Days Inn. The Holiday Inn Express has an indoor pool and a whirlpool. I know that is important to Tony.

Some of the most beautiful places I have ever stayed have been in cabins, but usually the disadvantage of a cabin is less flexibility and less services. The last cabin I stayed in was just such a place. It was on a gorgeous lake. I had the use of row boat or canoe. The sunsets there were spectacular. It also had no phone, no TV and no Internet connection. Consequently when I left I ended-up travelling 4-1/2 hours in heavy rain until I was too cold and soaked to go any further. I stopped early and stayed in an expensive hotel just to dry out and start feeling human again. If I would have had a TV or an Internet connection I would have know that I could have avoided that rain by travelling one hour west which would have permitted me to ride a full day instead of a partial day and stay at a reasonably priced hotel.

At last year's T Rally we decided as a group to move to a hotel 140 miles south of our original hotel. Besides one hour that allowed us to ride two days rain-free. Hotels are flexible enough that we can just check-out and go somewhere else if the weather there is not to our liking. That may not be possible with a cabin.

As beautiful and fun as a cabin can be, I vote to stay in a hotel in Elkins, but I will respect the decision of the group. Please let me know what you prefer. Thanks.

One of the options I would certainly entertain is staying in one of the motel rooms at Yokum's Vacationland, Senaca Rocks, WV. One of the things that concerns me about a cabin is every year a large number of the members that are interested in attending the T Rally back-out in the last few days, or just do not show-up. If someone were dependent on having one or more cabin-mates and they do not show-up that someone gets stuck with the cost of the whole cabin. With a hotel room, at Yokum's or anywhere else, if some riders do not show-up I am only responsible for my one room, the same as if I were travelling alone.

Smokehole also has reasonably-priced motel rooms with queen-size beds, phones, TVs, and maid service. I would be willing to stay there too if others like their rooms or cabins better. Smoke Hole's 900 sq.ft. Riverside cabins sleep up to 6 (two bedrooms and a loft with 2 queen and 2 twin beds), have wireless Internet, a pool, a fully equipped kitchen, maid service, a fireplace, grill and a picnic table for $139 on Thursday night and $169 each for Friday and Saturday night. There is a 2 night minimum. The only jacuzzis at Smoke Hole are in the Riverside Honeymoon Log Cabins and the Honeymoon Suite in the Motel. Those accommodations only have 1 bed.

At Yokum's you can get cabins with a large jacuzzi tub or outdoor hot tubs. Their new cabins with the outdoor hot tubs have 2 bedrooms and a loft with 1 queen, 2 full size and 4 twin beds for $200 per night. Wireless or high-speed Ethernet access is available.

Camping is available at both Smoke Hole (with full hook-ups and cable TV RVs, no tents, are $25 on Thursday night and $35 each on Friday and Saturday night), and at Yokum's (tents are $5 per night, pop-ups with electricity are $15.50 per night and RVs are $17.50 per night).