Place: Elkader city park, Elkader, Iowa, located on Highway 13 in northeast Iowa. First 250 registered will receive free tent camping Friday and Saturday nights, coffee, tea, lemonade all weekend; Friday evening catered beef dinner; Saturday morning pancake breakfast; Saturday evening Iowa pork chop dinner and rolls and donuts Sunday morning. ALSO: dealer displays, observation poker run, guided group ride, swimming pool in park, modern rest rooms and showers. Pre-register before June 25th: adults $35, under 14 years $15. At rally: adults $40, under 14 years $25. Motel listing will be available in rally ad starting with April newsletter, or for more information or send your rally fee to: George and Kay Vignovich, 6121 SE Fourth, Des Moines, Iowa 50315. 515-285-7209. Email: g.vignovivh>at<msn.com. Make checks payable to: George Vignovich.
Place: at the North Fork Group Camp Beaver site, 11 miles southeast of Randle, Washington on Forest Service Road 23. Great ridding in the Mount St. Helens area. Two nights camping, dinner Friday and Saturday, breakfast on Saturday. For more info or questions contact: Washington State Reps Richard and Gayle Guthrie. 206-246-3181 rtguthrie4>at<msn.com.
West Virginia MGNOC Meeting. Bob and Diane Smith of Fairmont West Virginia have offered to again host the July weekend at their home as they have done for the past two years. Riders are invited to camp on their property Friday and Saturday nights. A light dinner will be provided on Saturday and a continental style breakfast will be offered Sunday morning. It's a not-to-miss occasion. Please RSVP Bob at wvbobsmith>at<hotmail.com or call 304-612-8212 if you're planning to attend!
Sunday 1:00 P.M. till 6:00 P.M. At the home of the Maryland / DC MGNOC Rep, 1355 Ava Road, Severn, Maryland. Italian Sausage, hot dogs, hamburgers, assorted cold drinks, snacks, etc. Bring your swim suits and towels for a cool dip in the pool. Call Bill Sharp at 410-551-6939 or Email at: bnsharp>at<verizon.net.
Location: just south of the Montana border and 33 miles north of Salmon, Idaho on U.S. 93. Tent sites and cabins available: 208-865-2111 or 208-865-2241. Great riding in the area, lots of historical places to see, please see more information in the June newsletter. This is a no charge event! All brands of bikes are welcome. For more info: Bob Edmondson, 208-283-5221; Jon Burdsall, 406-431-0578, Joe Erickson, 406-866-3533.
Place: Lake Joy Campground, 24192 Lake Joy Lane, Belmont, Wisconsin 53510. 608-762-5150. Email: lakejoy>at<mhtc.net. Campground webpage: www.lakejoy.com/contactus.html. All brands are welcome. Registration fee is $30 before July 1, and $40 at the gate. Rally fee will include: grilled brats & burgers Friday evening, pig roast Saturday evening, deluxe continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Rally fee also includes soft drinks & beer, and tent camping Friday and Saturday. Lake Joy is located in the heart of Wisconsin's "driftless" region - the area not flattened by the glacier. Campground has clean modern restrooms and showers, and a 60 acre private lake (no fishing license required) with two beaches. The Wisconsin Rally is the weekend before Sturgis. If you're heading westerly from the east, stop in and spend the weekend. Check our website at www.wmgr.org for late breaking developments. Note: camping area reserved for the rally does not include electric or water hookups. If you require electricity for medical equipment, there is a limited amount of tent camping space in the vicinity of the restroom/shower building. Bring your earplugs! Those with camper trailers and RV's who desire full hookups must contact Lake Joy Campground and make separate arrangements. For more information contact MGNOC Wisconsin State Rep Chris Collins, 262-628-9727 Cell: 262-227-3832. Email: clct3>at<aol.com
Moto Guzzi campout at Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground, Cruso, North Carolina. Ten minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway, north on Highway 276. Full facility campground with campsites, hot showers, laundry, and chalets. Full service restaurant. Awards for Guzzi riders. No registration fee for rally. Call campground to reserve chalet: 828-235-8350. Blue Ridge Campground, 59 Motorcycle Drive, Canton, North Carolina 28716. http://www.blueridgemotorcyclecamp.com/.
Place is at The Black Hills Motorcycle Campground: Tent camping is $8 per night per person. Sleeping huts and camper trailers are available by the week also. For arrangement please call 605-440-1172. Campground located at: 1149 Elkhorn Street Belle Fourche, South Dakota via Highway 212 on the river.
Heath Fairgrounds, Heath, Massachusetts. Friday night wine tasting and sausage feast (bring some sausage for cookout). Saturday activities: a visit to a legendary ISDT riders museum, poker run, blueberry picking, our famous field events and Scottish Trials. Fee includes camping, hot showers, 24-hour coffee, Saturday night BBQ, music in the beer garden by Rock the Silo .burn it all. bonfire, guided tours, field events, door prizes, and Moto Guzzi Awards. There is a food concession on site with local baked goods, hamburgers, hot dogs and breakfast Saturday morning. Rally Fee: Pre-Registration $35 (to July 25) $45 at the gate. Send pre-registration to The Yankee Beemers to the Attention of Craig Cleasby, 27 Timber Trail South Windsor, Connecticut 06074. Directions: From Route 91 in Greenfield take Route 2 west to Charlemont. Take Route 8A north. * miles to Branch Hill Road on right. At the top of the hill the fairgrounds are on your left. More info Contact Massachusetts MGNOC state rep, Tom Halchuk halchuk>at<comcast.net.
Place: Sunrise Campground just outside Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. We'll be meeting to ride and enjoy campfire conversation for the weekend at the usual place, with many of the usual suspects. It will be a Bring Your Own Everything rally (we'll bring a big coffee urn and keep it stoked, as well as a cooler of ice water). We'll have access to the meeting room as usual. Showers, bathrooms. Campfires Friday and Saturday, cup pong and tunes by Big Dave Saturday night. No frills or prizes, just great roads, great friendships, terrific scenery. Campground tenting fee, plus kick in a couple bucks for beverages. Sunrise Campgrounds, 15235 Coudersport Pike Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745. 570-769-7154
Lunch at 11:00 Come earlier for breakfast. Lodge rooms, campsites available. Arrive on Friday, stay for the weekend. Great park, fantastic roads. http://www.northbendsp.com/
Grand Marais Rec Area Campground, Highway 61, Grand Marais, Minnesota. Pre-registration: $30 before July 15th, $35 at the rally. Rally fee includes: tent camping Friday and Saturday nights, Friday and Saturday evening meals, Sunday morning "QuickFix breakfast", coffee and lemonade all weekend. Rally events: Observation and poker runs, group lunch rides, 50/50 drawing, door prizes, tire kicking and the usual GuzziGoodTimes. Additional information and a listing of area motels will be listed in the rally ad starting with the May, 2009 newsletter. For additional information and/or send your rally fee to: Earl Cleven, 2301 SW 141st Street, Ellendale, Minnesota 56026. 504-456-0656. Email: e.cleven>at<gmail.com. Make checks payable to Earl Cleven.
Datil Well National Recreation Area, Datil, New Mexico. Awards, prizes, poker run and good riding all around. $35 rally fee includes: camping Friday and Saturday nights, Friday hot dog dinner, Saturday spaghetti dinner (including vegetarian) and coffee & rolls on Sunday morning. Datil is located via Highway 60 west of Socorro, New Mexico, pass the very large array telescope, and approximately one mile west of Datil (look for the signs). No pre-registration. For more details contact: MGNOC state rep Matt Forslund at: 505-850-T3T3 (8383) or email at: nmmgnocrep>at<yahoo.com.
Location: Sebastian Beach Inn, 7035 S. Hwy. A1A .The Beach Road. Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951. http://www.sbiseaside.com/ . The Historic Sebastian Beach Inn is approximately 13 miles south of Route 192 on A1A, Melbourne, Florida. Complete directions are available on their web site above. Arrive at noon for tire kicking, lunch at 2:00 P.M. Please RSVP wsabins>at<harris.com or draidt>at<tampabay.rr.com so we can get an approximate head count at least one week before the event. Both indoor seating and seating on the deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean will be available. For more information call: Walter Sabins at 321-298-5021 or MGNOC Central Florida Rep Dan Raidt at 352-860-2727
Any Guzzi people needing a cheap place to camp is welcome to pitch their tent in my backyard. I live about 30 miles from the Speedway and know easy way to the track. We will get together someplace for supper Friday evening. Call or email me so we can be ready for you. Andy Thompson, 210 South .B. Street, Thorntown Indiana. 765-436-7150 handyandy1>at<frontiernet.net
At Anchor Bay Campground on Pigeon River in the Kwartha Lakes (near Peterborough). $45 rally fee includes two nights camping, two dinners and awards. For directions how to get there, see rally ad in the newsletter starting with May issue, or contact MGNOC Ontario Provincial rep Phil Tunbridge at 705-722-3312. Email: guzziphil>at<hotmail.com.
Located at Lincoln's New Salem State Park, south of Petersburg, Illinois, off Route 97, northwest of Springfield, Illinois. Hot showers, firewood. Contact Larry Cecil at 630-837-2670 or Eric Belanger at 847-289-1644. Email: e.p.belanger>at<comcast.net.
Rally information to follow. Questions contact: Ohio MGNOC Rep, Jack Arnold, 1295 Twp. Road 304, Toronto, Ohio. Phone 740-537-2010. Email: ohioguzzi>at<netzero.net
Held at Humbug Campground four miles northeast of Detroit Oregon on FS Road 46. The fee will be $30 per person and includes two nights camping, three meals and lots of scenic mountain highways. Contact Gerri or Gary Jenkins at 503-263-3336.
Cycle-Moore Campground, located on U.S. Highway 31, south side of road, about one mile west of Interlochen, approximately six miles west of U.S. Highway 31/M37 intersection. Rally fees (per person) before September 1 - $25; under 14 years old, $10. After September 1, $30; under 14 years old, $15. Fee includes: two nights camping, awards for Guzzi riders, door prizes, rally pin or mug or goodie, 50/50, dealers on site, Friday dinner, full breakfast Saturday morning, Saturday dinner and Continental breakfast Sunday. All makes welcomed. Motels in the area. Send pre-registration or to obtain more information: Tom Canute, 387 Hobbs Hwy North, Traverse City, Michigan 49686. 231-941-8816 or Ron Kurylo, 2490 Sarossy Lake Road, Grass Lake, Michigan 49240. 248-760-6243. Email: v11ev>at<hotmail.com. Please make checks payable to Tom Canute or Ron Kurylo.
The camp out will be held at Harlan County Reservoir, North Outlet Campground, located just below the dam next to the spillway. Harlan County Reservoir is located in south central Nebraska just south of Republican City, Nebraska. The town of Republican City is just off Nebraska State Highway 136. Each camper will need to take care of their own camping fee. The rate is $6 per night per tent. No rally fee, no meals, no awards or games, but we will have coffee and a 50-50 drawing. Showers are available at some of the other camping areas but not at Gremlin. Restaurants and motels are near by in both Republican City adjacent to the camp ground and in Alma, Nebraska about eight miles away. Adult beverages are allowed at the campground as it is a federal lake. Hope to see you there. Contact: Nebraska MGNOC Rep Ray Rowen at 402-730-2808 or email at erowen>at<neb.rr.com for any additional information you may need.
Lunch at 11:00 Come earlier for breakfast. Lodge rooms, campsites available. Arrive on Friday, stay for the weekend. Beautiful park, fantastic roads. Ride to Kanawha Fall and on to Summersville Dam and Lake and after breakfast. http://www.hawksnestsp.com/
Featured machine is Vespa. America's largest and longest-running all Italian motorcycle event. 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, 24 Hamilton Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566. Visit http://www.imocusa.com for details. Contact Steven Rossi at 860-873-2999, or sldmrossi>at<aol.com.
Will be held in Torrey, Utah. This area offers great dirt roads to explore for Quota, Stelvio, and NTX riders. Road riders will find an equal amount of scenic tarmac to ride as well. There are both cabins and tent sites available, but I imagine that they will go fast. Contact http://www.thousandlakesrvpark.com to make a reservation. Everyone is welcome, you don't need to be on a Quota, or even a Guzzi! Contact Mike Sonzini at 435-901-1233 or mikesonzini>at<gmail.com with any questions. There is no fee.
Hagerstown/Snug Harbor KOA, Williamsport, Maryland. There will be No Rally Fee. Friday night Chili, all other meals will be available at the campground café for a fee. Tour of the Wild Goose Brewery and Civil War Battlefield tours. Awards. Call Bill Sharp at 410-551-6939 or Email at: bnsharp>at<verizon.net.
At the Pony Express RV Campground a few miles south of Maysville, Missouri on MO Hwy 33. For more information check out our web site at: http://www.mo-kanguzziclub.com/ or call the MGNOC State Rep, Ace Malott at: 816-279-4870 or 816-262-2651. More information will follow.
The location will be Dayton State Park on the scenic Carson River in Dayton, Nevada. We are located about 15 miles east of Carson City on U.S. 50. This will be a Bring Your Own Everything campout. If anyone has any questions they can call me at home at 775-246-3870 or on my cell at 775-220-8021. Dan South, MGNOC Nevada State Rep., or check out http://parks.nv.gov/dsp.htm for the Dayton State Park website.
The Maine Eagle Squadron is inviting you to their 8th Annual Moto Guzzi rally at Two Rivers Campground, Route 2, Skowhegan, Maine. Scheduled events are some of the best riding in the Moosehead, and Carrabassette area, or to the coast of Maine for lobster lunch. There will be maps available for the folks that like to do their own rides in Maine (http://www.ridemaine.net). Friday night dinner will be the famous road kill stew, and for Saturday night will be Italian dinner with all the fixings. After dinner there will be awards and door prizes. Note: There is always an endless pot of coffee. As always there will be Italian music and comradely, so come to Maine and see your old friends and meet new friends. Reservations. can be made at the Two Rivers Campground: 207-474-6482. There are local hotels and motels nearby for the less adventurous. Any questions please feel free to call or write MGNOC Rep, Galen Burke at: 207-239-9665 or email at: galen>at<yahoo.com. Thank you, The Maine Eagle Squadron.
T.W.O campground in Suches Georgia. Contact T.W.O. for lodging / camping information. 706-747-5151
Come join the Kentucky riders of MGNOC for our rally. Ride through picturesque horse country, visit with old friends, make new ones, enjoy good food and relax by the big stone fireplace in the large pavilion. Rally fee is $35 for adults and $15 for children under 15 and includes evening meals Friday and Saturday. Save $5 by registering before September 1st. Rally site is the Kentucky River Campground, 1489 Steele Branch Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (about nine miles north of Frankfort off U.S. Highway 127. 502-227-2465. Camping fee is separate and is $6 per person per night. Hot showers and flush toilets too! Contact MGNOC Rep Mike Gozia at: 502-241-0337 or email: motogozi>at<yahoo.com
The Heartland Moto Guzzi Owners Club Rally on the River Rally will again be held at Green's Canoe Rental and Campground. There is NO rally fee, everything is PAY AS YOU GO. As usual there will be burgers and dogs Friday night for $2. Reasonably priced breakfast and home cooked to order just 1.5 miles down beautiful two lane Highway 8 at Meremec Springs Park Saturday and Sunday mornings, and Saturday evening pork steak dinner with all the trimmings just $15. Tent camping for $5 per person per night, and FREE beer all weekend for Heartland Club members. Membership is $25 per year and includes club patch and beer cup OR weekend long charter memberships ONLY $10 and include free beer cup. There will be door prizes, awards, huge bonfire as usual and free LIVE music Friday and Saturday night. Additional information contact: Interstate Motorcycles, 573-265-6008. Email: slam>at<interstatemotorcycles.com.
Held at Doran Beach State Park, Group Campsite in Bodega Bay, California. Rally fee for campers is $25.00. Cost for non-campers will be $10 per day. Firewood, charcoal, condiments, and miscellaneous snacks will be provided. The Park System charges $6 per day for vehicle pass after the first 20 vehicles. (First 20 are free.) See rally ad in newsletter starting with July newsletter (hard copy and on-line copy). For more information: NorCal MGNOC Rep, Don Van Zandt, 707-557-5199, 707-246-9200. Email: mowtow>at<earthlink.net.
Pipestem State Resort Park. More information will follow. Or contact West Virginia MGNOC Rep Lemuel Stephens: 304-633-7417. Email: lemuelstephens>at<hotmail.com.
More information will follow, or contact: MGNOC Texas Rep, Georganne Foster, 810 Sweetgum Lane, Lindale, Texas 75771. 903-316-7720. Email: georganne>at<suddenlink.net.
Talimena State Park! Get-together with us for camaraderie, camp fire stories and great roads to ride. This will be our eighth year to enjoy this picturesque area of Oklahoma. No fees except the amount charged for camping by the state, which isn't much. Bring your own stuff and do your own thing, but come so we can enjoy your company. Talimena State Park is in the southeastern part of the state. Located 20 miles south of Wister and 6 miles north of Talihina on Highway 271. Easy to find the park, then look around for Guzzis. Contact: Michael Dethrow, MGNOC Oklahoma Rep at: 918-742-0452 or email: hifi57>at<yahoo.com.
Note the date is moved from past years! Same place, same program. Bring your camping gear. Call and reserve a cabin early .There are only five of them. Reasonable camping fee and lots of local places to see. Contact MGNOC State Rep Jim DeGregoria: 850-871-2800. Email: guzzijim>at<bellsouth.net. Scott's Ferry Campground info and reservation 850-674-2900. Campground located on FL SR 71 about 15 miles south of Blountstown, Florida on the beautiful Chipola River.
Location: Tellico Plains KOA in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, near entrance to the Cherohala Skyway. No registration fee, this is a bring your own everything event. Restaurants, grocery stores, motels and cabins are nearby. Test you survival skills, weather forecast is for cloudy, rainy, snowy. Contact: Bob Vardaman, 423-365-0347, or Grant Borden, 205-544-5224. Email: rgborden>at<yahoo.com.