What goes around, comes around.  A poster known as 'Mongo' put up a pic of himsellf in bed with his bike.  The search engine here might be able to retrieve it.  Unfortunately, it wasnt a very entertaining pic unless you lean toward that sort of thing.  So, its not like anyone is really missing something.

I have brought my bike into the motel room several times.  And into the house on occasion.  It wasnt very romantic as I wasnt capable of carrying it over the threashhold.  I did my best otherwise and lit the candles and had a nice merlot.

nobody rides half as well as they know how.

One might describe the value of a dead cat as 'priceless'. The I-B-Motel is priceless.  And when traveling alone, I can afford that.

When traveling with others, its possible to divide the cost of the room by the number of inhabitants.  Individually, the cost might drop to sub-$40.  Thats about as good as it will get in a brick& morter lodging.  The same logic makes cages look fuel efficient when they are full of passengers.

JerseyJim: Yep. I have had serious touring days where I was glad to have made 2 miles.

Charon: That 'decision making' line has echoed over here a few times.

HCP:  The only thing better than sleeping under the stars is sleeping under the aurora. Why anyone would want to sleep indoors when a better alternative is present is beyond me?

Storytime: I was traveling out west and stoped at a state campground for the nite. There was a long line for campsites.  I got the last campsite and everyone in line behind me was turned away.  I spotted a lone biker back in line and waved him up to me and the state attendant.  I told the attendant that I would split my campsite with the other biker.  The attendant informed us that campsites could not be split and that we would have to share a single tent! ( I dont ever want to know what the offical reason is for this govt policy. I am sure it will be just one more thing to PO me about govt.) Anyway. I told the biker that I had a 4man dome tent he could share for half the site fee. He took the offer as he was as road weary as myself.  Its a great thing about bikers.  We know how to share campsites with good etiquette. As I recall the campground had hot showers, and nice river to drop a line into, each of us had enough food to make a great shared dinner with a lot of variety, pretty good conversation, and a terrific thundershower that passed several miles to the south of us while providing us with a terrific light show. The overnite stay cost me $7. We had a small piece of fish with breakfast before going our separate ways early the next morning.

nobody rides half as well as they know how.

Last year, we were in Pennsylvania at Rickets Glen State Park. (Awesome campground and scenery) and I was having a bit of trouble breathing. For anyone who has ever been there, it is quite a distance to the nearest hospital from the park. 

 It was early in the season and the pollen count was high. We took a tent site with electric and water so I could use my nebulizer. For those who are not familiar with a neb, it is a small air compressor that pumps a metered dose of medication through a resevoior so asthmatics can breathe better. It was around 2030 hours and I was in our tent trying to "break" my poor breathing cycle when Ranger "I'll kick your ***" Tackleberry told my hubby I had to shut it off because he felt it was "obtrusive" and that people "shouldn't bring appliances with them camping". He also told us that tent campers were not allowed to hook up to the electric at their site. He never offered any assistance.

Hubby explained the situation to the ranger, but there was to be no arguing with the ranger on his watch and he then said to Rich, "you got dat' boy". I thought for sure Rich was going to end up in the pokey motel that night, but after I did finish my treatment, Rich packed up and we left. Now, the road down from the campground to the main road is PITCH BLACK and the road from that point is not much better.

When we did get back to Wilkes-Barre, Pa, every motel was booked for a metal detector hobbyists convention. We found one room for $199 that night and we were left with little choice. My asthma worsened and I ended up at Geisenger Medical Center with Rich paying that rate for three nights!!!!!  At that time, money was a little tight and we definitely didn't budget for the expense, but now we know better and we ride with a safety net so to speak by always having a good back up plan.

Although I have never put my Silverwing in a hotel room, I did see a gent with a BMW Sport Tourer type come in through the rear door of a Marriott Courtyard and push it down the hall onto the elevator.....I WAS SHOCKED as he proceeded to get off on the third floor and push it down the hallway to his room. He said he does it all the time.

Lisa

2008 Silverwing, aka Sir Lancelot of Swoyersville.

We did end up writing a letter to the ranger's station with a cc going to Harrisburg. We found out months later that the ranger that gave us such a hard time no longer worked there. You are correct Torque, if he had been nice, we would have complimented him with a letter also.

We belong to Marriott rewards and we have earned one or two free nights here and there. We like it and I don't think we travel all that much, but we have found the Marriott Courtyard's to always be clean and maintained nicely. We have also stayed in Holiday Inns (namely because they accept large dogs) and have received a few free nights as well as free room upgrades.

I guess the rewards programs are as good as what we put into them...but the people at Marriott have always been incredible.

NJScooterGal

 

2008 Silverwing, aka Sir Lancelot of Swoyersville.