National Rally Thread - Maggie Valley/Deals Gap

[Todd]

June 14-16, 2011

If you have not been to the National Rally thread lately, check it out. We have a base location and trying to make sure we have enough rooms blocked.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

Thanks Todd I will check it out. I sure hope I will be able to make it for the rally.

[Todd]

HOTEL RESERVATIONS FOR THE 2011 RALLY CAN NOW BE MADE

The 2011 National KawaNOW Rally will be held in Maggie Valley, NC.

The Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center http://www.maggievalleyhotel.com/index-html.html will serve as the base headquarters for the 2011 KawaNOW Rally. The phone number for the hotel, and to make reservations, is (866) 926-0201. The rooms are blocked under the name "KawaNOW". You will need to mention KawaNOW when making your reservation. I encourage you to make your reservations now if you think you want to stay at the base hotel.

The rate is $69/night plus tax for a double and $79/night for king rooms. The rooms are blocked for checkin 6/13 through checkout 6/17. If you are coming early or staying later these rates should apply also.

CoachA is working on a campground that is close by and will have information on that soon. There are several smaller hotels in the area if we overrun the availability of the base hotel.

This facility has onsite dining, a lounge, a pool with a tiki-bar and TV's outside for after the riding is over for the day. No need to ride after the celebration of the day begins. There is a large parking lot, limited covered parking, a wash area, and cleaning/drying/wipedown rags will be provided. The main downtown strip in Maggie Valley is about 2 miles away.

From Maggie Valley:

- Access to the Blue Ridge Parkway is within about 15 minutes
- Deals Gap is a little over an hour
- Mt. Mitchell (highest peak east of the Mississippi)is about 1hr 45 minutes
- tons of some of the countries best riding roads.

We will be planning and announcing the rides soon. They will include the Blue Ridge Parkway and a trip to Deal's Gap plus others to be determined.

Make your reservations now.

[Todd]

Just as an FYI to everyone as we are working on the itinerary:

The 14th will be a full day of rides just like the last National at Custer........If you can, you may want to plan to arrive on the afternoon of the 13th.

We are looking into having a welcome dinner/cookout at the hotel the night of the 13th. We will probably have the first group ride(s) beginning first thing on the 14th.

[carolinakid1]

Oh bummer, guess I will have to change my arrival date. Reservation changed to 13th with departure on the 17th. Looking forward to meeting a lot of you from KawaNOW.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by carolinakid

Oh bummer, guess I will have to change my arrival date. Reservation changed to 13th. When does it end?

If you want to enjoy the entire rally, you would arrive on the 13th and leave on the 17th. Rally days are June 14-16.