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2021 TriSTAR
« on: April 06, 2021, 05:16:23 PM »
TriSTAR 2021 in Sparta, NC IS happening over the Memorial Day weekend. I just spoke with the hotel management and rooms are available from around $70-$75/night depending on accommodations.

As a "just for fun" event, we won't be providing any meals (unless it's an impromptu thing), but I'm told Sparta is OPEN for business. Restaurants are open!

If you have continuing concerns about the pandemic, I'm told Alleghany County is one of the "green" counties...meaning their infection rate is among the lowest in the entire state.

For more info, go to
http://msta-se.com/tristar/

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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2021, 08:50:34 PM »
Great news!  I'm hopeful about going.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2021, 11:22:13 PM »
Great news!  I'm hopeful about going.

Excellent...help spread the word.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2021, 04:11:02 PM »
I intend to be there!

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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2021, 09:14:42 PM »
TriSTAR 2021 in Sparta, NC IS happening over the Memorial Day weekend. I just spoke with the hotel management and rooms are available from around $70-$75/night depending on accommodations.

As a "just for fun" event, we won't be providing any meals (unless it's an impromptu thing), but I'm told Sparta is OPEN for business. Restaurants are open!

If you have continuing concerns about the pandemic, I'm told Alleghany County is one of the "green" counties...meaning their infection rate is among the lowest in the entire state.

For more info, go to
http://msta-se.com/tristar/
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2021, 12:32:56 PM »
Won't make it this year, but am planning to head down that way after STAR and  stay at the Alleghany Inn a couple nights and ride some of those great roads.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2021, 09:56:41 PM »
I've got other plans after STAR...maybe I need to take 10 days getting from Sparta to Davis. Hmmm. Are there any curvy roads between those two locations?
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2021, 02:02:40 PM »
I've got other plans after STAR...maybe I need to take 10 days getting from Sparta to Davis. Hmmm. Are there any curvy roads between those two locations?
You pulling my leg right?  10 days to get from Sparta to Davis, you could ride to the west coast and back in 10 days (though the roads are not the curviest). But sure there are plenty of good roads between those two areas, I have a route somewhere need to find it, but it included VA 311 near Paint Bank as well as parts of US33 and WV28/92 closer to Davis.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2021, 04:46:26 PM »
I've got other plans after STAR...maybe I need to take 10 days getting from Sparta to Davis. Hmmm. Are there any curvy roads between those two locations?
You pulling my leg right?  10 days to get from Sparta to Davis, you could ride to the west coast and back in 10 days (though the roads are not the curviest). But sure there are plenty of good roads between those two areas, I have a route somewhere need to find it, but it included VA 311 near Paint Bank as well as parts of US33 and WV28/92 closer to Davis.

Me? Pull your leg? Surely not.

Let's see...from Sparta down to Cruso, NC (STAR 1987). Then up to Asheville, NC (STAR 2007). A short hop across the mountains to Johnson City, TN (STAR 2011). Then a really short hop up the road to Bristol, VA (STAR 2019). Then maybe over to Staunton, VA (STAR 2009) before stopping by Charleston, WV (STAR 2003). Then, I think, to Marietta, OH (STAR 1999) before finally arriving in Davis, WV (STAR 1996 and finally 2021).
Yeah, I could easily knock off 10 days doing that.

So...who's up for a tour of previous STAR locations? See attached screen shot of STAR locations since 1983. Most have been one-time locations, several two-fers, and Avon, CO is a 5-time winner.
Before you get too excited, I included Cape Girardeau on the map since we were scheduled there not once, but twice in 2020 even though we never actually made it at all.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2021, 08:59:42 PM »
Hi Geoffrey,

I like your map.  What is the location that is shown south of La Crosse on the Mississippi River?  Looks like Iowa/ILL/WI border area.  Also what city is that in northern MI near Lake Superior?  We have been in that area from Duluth, MN several times and it is great riding.  Not hilly, but scenic along the big lake.

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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2021, 09:40:01 PM »
Galena, IL. I believeā€¦.am I right, G?
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2021, 12:19:53 AM »
Yeppers....Galena, IL in 1985.

See attached for complete list of STAR locations.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2021, 12:43:51 AM »
Hi Geoffrey,

I like your map.  What is the location that is shown south of La Crosse on the Mississippi River?  Looks like Iowa/ILL/WI border area.  Also what city is that in northern MI near Lake Superior?  We have been in that area from Duluth, MN several times and it is great riding.  Not hilly, but scenic along the big lake.

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That would be Wakefield, MI where STAR was in 1989.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2021, 01:00:06 AM »
I've been through Wakefield, but I've never spent any time there. I've made a couple of trips up the Keweenaw Pennisula. I camped one night at Emily Lake State Forest up there. It was during the week, so the place was deserted other than myself. It was delightfully and also a bit eerily quiet. I slept well. That area was big in the world of copper mining. Prior to being named Isle Royale NP, on this island out in the middle of Lake Superior, there have been a couple of attempts made to mine for copper in the last 100-150 years. Mining attempts on the island were all unsuccessful.
If you want to visit the NE end of Isle Royale NP (I understand they have a visitor center and an overnight lodge there), take a ferry from Houghton or Copper Harbor, MI. I don't know if they go to the SW island end visitor center or not. Grand Portage, MN has a ferry that goes first to the SW end and then on around to the NE end of the island where they spend the night. They also have a ferry that does a daily round trip to the SW visitor center.
It's an interesting place. For decades, the island has been the home of a large number of moose and a pack of wolves. The wolves helped keep the moose population at a fairly sustainable population. But in recent years, the wolf population has dropped to a non-mating pair. It's feared that the moose will strip the vegetation from the island and eventually start dying off from starvation. Last I heard (several years ago), the NPS was trying to take a hands off approach, but things were not looking good. Again, at the time of my visit, the estimated moose population was over 1,500 on the island.
I spoke with a fellow up in MN last autumn that was retired from the NFS and had worked with the NPS on this wolf decline. They didn't exactly know when the wolves and/or moose came to the island, so they were hesitant to reduce the moose population or to increase the wolf population. Tough call.
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Re: 2021 TriSTAR
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2021, 09:04:16 AM »
Here is another map with some additional details and group photos:
http://www.wfr-ridersclub.com/stars/stars.htm
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