12 Weeks Out to the Train of Pain‏

Gents,

Today marks the point where we have reached 12 weeks from our ride roll out; and I need a little info from each of you, as well as some dates of note & news for all…

What I need: from each rider - is your T-Shirt size; please get me this as soon as possible! Also I am still waiting for travel information from a number of you…more on this below.

Dates of Note:
May 13th - (Wednesday) All San Diego area bikes being transported up to San Fran in one of the two vans will need to at my house by this day (OC bikes need to be at Bobbo’s)
*more info to follow on this as we close in
May 14th – Vans leave San Diego, stop in OC – and push north
May 15th – (Friday) Vans arrive in San Francisco, riders begin arriving in The City as well
May 16th – (Saturday) Rest of the riders from outside the Bay Area arrive.
May 17th – (Sunday) to May 21st (Thursday) – We Ride!!


Our Hotels: **
May 15th and May 16th Lombard Motor Inn www.lombardmotorinn.com
May 17th and May 18th Bodega Coast Inn www.bodegacoastinn.com
May 19th and May 20th Courtyard by Marriott Santa Rosa www.santarosacourtyard.com
May 21st, May 22nd and May 23rd Lombard Motor Inn www.lombardmotorinn.com
**THERE IS NO NEED TO CONTACT ANY OF THESE - ALL RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN BOOKED

Transportation from the Airports:
For those of you flying into either San Francisco or Oakland airports – BART (light rail) service is available from both into the city; although the service from SFO is slightly easier to access – it leaves right from the airport; from the Oakland Airport there is a short shuttle bus ride to the BART station.

TRAVEL PLANS:
Guys I’m still waiting on travel plans from a number of you. I don’t need actual flight details; but arrival and departure dates!!! = Specifically are you arriving in San Francisco on Friday May 15th or Saturday May 16th – as well as your planned departure date and weather or not you’ll be having anyone join you for the long weekend in San Francisco…A number of us are having wives or girlfriends come into town at the end of the ride. Our hotel in SF is the Lombard Motor Inn on the edge of the Marina District; and they are offering us a good rate @ $140.00 per night – so please check out their site above and let me know if you want to hang there for a few days at the end of the ride…I have a huge block of rooms booked
I must hear from you by March 15th on this, or I will work on the assumption that you are arriving on Sat. (16th) and leaving on Friday (22nd) – sorry to put this DEADLINE in place but the hotel is hammering me to release any rooms not needed.

Let me know what questions you might have…
Carter