2006 North American Tour.

[Pyro]

Hey Folks,

In expanding the idea in the other message thread, I would like to see if there is any interest in a European Venturer's North American tour .

I loved taking part in the Venturers.org Eurotour when I got to meet many of you. Ian Morgan (Shooter) planned that & did a fantastic thing for the many Venturers involved. (Thanks again Ian!)

For the "Euro-Venturer's North American Tour", I suggest a two week time frame in summer of 2006 that is limited to the Eastern part of the USA & Canada.

The US alone is 3000 miles (4800+ km) East to West & 1500 miles (2400 km) North to South. Add Canada to that & it's just too big to cover all of it in two weeks. Since I live in the Northeast Part of the US, I have more ability to make this happen in the East than the West.

Bike Hire (Bike Rentals) is less expensive if rented from the same place it is returned to. This makes a "loop" tour practical.

But there are some that will allow a "one way" rental & a Bike rented in New Hampshire can be returned way down in Florida. This makes a "One Way" tour possable.

So either a big LOOP can be planned, or a one way trip. That can be worked out as the months go by.

So,

How many of you are interested? It can be 5 or it can be 50. You can invite other Venture Groups, You can also promote this on the other Venture web sites AND in Lyon this summer.

"One" idea I have is this, (If the numbers are large) Have 20+ of you fly to Florida & start your trip there headed North. (Ending the tour in New England)

Have 20+ of you fly to New England & start your trip here. (North to Canada first, then South toward Florida where you will end your tour.

Someplace in the Mid-central area of the whole ride, we can have a meet that will have all of us meet for a 6 day Ride-in.

However, since it is quite HOT in Florida in the Summer, that idea still has some flaws.

Please state your interest.

Pyro

[Falko]

I am interested...........

[TwoWheels]

Count me in Pyro,if the health holds up.

[Pyro]

Well, I will agree to assist even if only a few do decide to come. I will do some research over the next few weeks & see what kind of prices I can come up with.

As far as Canada goes, I Expect a trip to Montreal Or Quebec City might be in the works as well.

OR Perhaps a Ride over the famous "Cabot Trail" in Nova Scotia. (But to our French members sadness, they speak mostly English there! haha. But the street signs are still French & English)
motorcyclecruiser.com/rideanddest/cabottrail/

Nova Scotia = Speak English, but they know French

Quebec = Speak French, but they know English

Now to find Some Deutsch & Spanish speaking cities???

If only one group goes, Maybe we will only go as far south as The "Tail of the Dragon" at Deal's Gap.
www.tailofthedragon.com/
and...
weislake.com/sig/dealsgap.wmv

But we'll do it a wee bit slower.

[Pyro]

As I plan to find costs I also need to know how many rooms we will fill.

At this time there are three interested parties. That's a good start!!!

BUT, we are not going to get very good rates if that's all the interest we have. No, I don't want this to explode out of control, but it should be posted on other European Venture sites so there is more interest.

I plan on a task for my daughter to translate my first post here into French. Oliver can proof read it & we will post it in a French Venture related website.

I may have someone to do this (as a good practice for foreign language task) into German as well. Falko I trust you can proofread that. Of course Spanish then will be next & Nacho might offer his assistance there. (to proof read what one of my kids translates)

Now, if those translations are posted on other sites, THIS site might gain new users. I think we can gererate more interest than just three. We just have to work together to do that.

I'll have the first one translated soon.

Joe

aka: = also known as

aka: "Pyro"

aka: "Diesel Dude" Bwahahahaha! Ya had to be there!

[roland]

We are also interested and hope to meet many again we met at the European Tour. Sorry that we had not the time to ride with You.

Ruth, Roland and Gerry (the doberman)

[Pyro]

Roland,

JohnJr & I met again (In Boston) when he came to the States for Christmas. He told Sue & I about you & your pretty bride. We look forward to meeting you.