MSTA Forums

Events => Regional Rallies => Fall Colors => Topic started by: Shoop on March 13, 2022, 10:39:22 PM

Title: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Shoop on March 13, 2022, 10:39:22 PM: The Fall Colors Ride will continue as an MSTA Just For Fun Ride this year with the same great routes and home base motel in Lewisburg, WV.
.
There is no charge for registration, but we will collect donations at check-in ($10 suggested). Any proceeds beyond very minimal overhead costs will go to the Ride For Kids (Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation).

Event Registration: https://reg.planetreg.com/Fall%20Colors%20JFF

The motel will be the Quality Inn, 178 Coleman Dr, Lewisburg, WV 24901
You can call the motel at 304-992-7390.
We have a group rate of $95/night for at least 50 rooms.
The Group Name is MSTA. The Group Number is UX90V7
The group rate will expire on Sept 15, two weeks before the event.
Please don't delay registering. The hotel cancellation policy is only 24 hours.
We will again have a dinner at the Food and Friends Restaurant, pay as you go, Thursday at 6:30. Please contact Chris Shoop if you plan to attend.

The routes and other details will be available at:
(NOT POSTED YET) https://ridemsta.com/wv-fallcolors/index.html

Please check for details and follow our discussion on FaceBook using the MSTA group page or the discussion section of this event page.
https://www.facebook.com/events/374351864278391?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%7D
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Patmo on March 14, 2022, 07:24:03 AM: 👍
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Steve on March 14, 2022, 08:53:29 AM: Syd, if you are reading this thanks again for your time at the top of this event! Much appreciated.

Steve
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Brick on March 14, 2022, 10:08:13 AM: It sounds like Chris has done a great job of taking on what has been a long standing great event for the club. A huge Thank You to all who have continued the Fall Colors event. Syd you are the man!

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: stevegrab on March 14, 2022, 02:00:53 PM: Thanks to Syd for his years running this event, including the move from Marlinton/Snowshoe area to Lewisburg.

And thanks to Chris for taking up the reigns and handling this event. One of my favorites, always a challenge with the weather and distance from home, but very rewarding as the usual last trip of the riding season.

Planning to return for 2022.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: touringman on May 10, 2022, 08:03:30 AM: I haven't been on the Forum in quite a while, and I'd like to thank everyone for the kind words! coordinating this event has been a high point for me for years, but "only the rocks live forever". I also hive plans to attend again this year, and will be willing to assist in any way possible. We are very fortunate to have an outstanding guy like Chris to show us the way forward!I hope to see everyone on the road, Syd
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Patmo on May 10, 2022, 09:18:56 AM: Well said Syd, you silver tongued devil!
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: FJR Pilot on July 14, 2022, 06:45:57 AM: Snoop, the link to register for the event is not working.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: RichGrab on July 14, 2022, 10:21:59 AM: Quote from: FJR Pilot on July 14, 2022, 06:45:57 AM
Snoop, the link to register for the event is not working.
It appears the whole line of text is not set as a link. I copied the whole thing
https://reg.planetReg.com/Fall Colors JFF
and it worked just fine. Good luck.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Larry Fine on July 14, 2022, 01:31:58 PM: Oops...
We couldn't find the event you are looking for.

Please be sure the complete URL was entered/copied.

If you are unsure about the URL, please contact the event organizer to get the correct URL.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Yamaharley on July 14, 2022, 02:00:47 PM: The link works if you copy/paste the entire line... the spaces are what confused the forum software.

https://reg.planetreg.com/Fall%20Colors%20JFF (https://reg.planetreg.com/Fall%20Colors%20JFF)
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Phlip on September 13, 2022, 05:46:56 PM: I just registered and booked my room. Looking forward to it!
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Shoop on September 13, 2022, 06:13:11 PM: Quote from: FJR Pilot on July 14, 2022, 06:45:57 AM
Snoop, the link to register for the event is not working.

FJR PILOT - Thanks for the comment. As people commented later, the forum didn't handle the cut & paste from the registration site. It's fixed now. :)
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Skee on September 15, 2022, 09:40:36 AM: Does anyone have a source or link for detailed info on bridge/road closures due to flooding earlier this year?

I tried a Google search, and problems were reported in the Gauley - Beckley WV area, but no specific info. For example, I found https://floodlist.com/america/usa/floods-west-virginia-august-2022

I'm looking for stuff that might cause major detours. For example, a tip like 20 being closed between Hinton and Sandstone.

Maybe I worry too much. My Versys handles u-turns nicely and I'm good with route change-ups on the fly. This search not worth a lot of effort - I'll ride what I find - but if someone knows of a DOT list closures that would be useful.

Just wondering what conditions are like west of Lewisburg.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Patmo on September 15, 2022, 10:14:19 AM: http://wv511.org/#MapPlace:-85.870171386723:37.190524840002:-75.323296386724:40.396353343624

Skee…try this site
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Skee on September 15, 2022, 04:53:49 PM: Thx - I was looking for WV DOT and Google search is trying to find me a motel.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: stevegrab on September 20, 2022, 06:13:09 PM: Interesting discussion regarding closed roads, I've used a similar site from Ohio DOT, mostly on the phone now with an app (OHGO). Can be a real headache on a long full day ride with early sunsets.

I will have to check out that WV site, I see the Road Conditions check box and a CLOSED red color used, but didn't see any on the map. Highways 20 and 16 in WV are my two common north-south routes.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Skee on September 21, 2022, 11:15:54 AM: Quote from: stevegrab on September 20, 2022, 06:13:09 PM
Highways 20 and 16 in WV are my two common north-south routes.

Yes, both great roads and there was some damage reported south in Fayetteville county but I don't know if 16 was affected.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: stevegrab on September 28, 2022, 09:06:50 AM: Sorry to report that my brother Richard and I won't be attending after all. The weather combined with a couple of other factors made this just a bad idea at this time. I know some others who were planning to go were concerned and may have cancelled as well. This has always been a tough event with potential for bad weather, early sunsets and a long 350+ mile route to the event.

Hopefully Chris won't get discouraged if there are a lot of cancellations.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: Skee on September 28, 2022, 02:39:57 PM: I decided to cancel as well. I can deal with shorter days, low sun, and a ~500 mile ride to Lewisburg, but the high probability of significant rain on 2 out of 4 days just killed it for me. I would have started and left a day early if rain was just forecast on Sunday, but riding down Wed and back on Friday is too short a trip. I rode about 350 miles of the way home from Lewisburg (not MSTA) in the rain last year, and that can happen on any trip regardless of the forecast. But I'm getting too old to find planning to ride in the rain to be adventurous. And I was really looking forward to this meet. (May ride down on my own next week.)
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: HawkGTRider on September 29, 2022, 12:29:26 AM: I hate it, but I'm not going to make it either. After all the years that rain was predicted for TriSTAR and then we had great weather, I was hoping it would work out otherwise. But the forecast isn't just a little rain. It's a lot of rain for several days. And it's not JUST rain...it's also heavy wind gusts...the kind that move you from one lane to another or worse.
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: RichGrab on September 29, 2022, 10:06:56 AM: As posted yesterday by my brother Steve, it's a shame that this major weather event is causing such havoc for this event. Chris, the event organizer, please don't get discouraged. I have a feeling this may be a very small turnout for some rather hardcore diehards. Prayers go out to all in the path of Ian and it's aftermath.
:clap:
:trink39:
Title: Re: Fall Colors 2022
Post by: stevegrab on October 03, 2022, 08:03:31 AM: As it turned out the weather impact from Ian reached pretty far north, making a local ride on Saturday limited to the park roads near home rather than a run into our better back roads south of Canton. Our Friday ride to the Historic Bealsville Diner was chilly and mostly cloudy.