The Smoky S’more on October 20-24 will be our final motocamping trip for the 2022 season. Wonderful paved windy roads while the leaves around us will be a thousand shades of yellow and red (fingers crossed). Sounds like a dream?
The plan, in a nutshell, is the following:
We will arrive on Thursday afternoon at our campground in Cosby, Tennessee, inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
After setting up camp, there will be a camping welcome dinner for CAMP members (and s’mores of course…).
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday you will be able to choose among several rides that we have prepared for you, or do whatever activity you want - hiking, fishing, small town hopping (you can also go visit the motorcycle museum Wheels through time, which is nearby).
Guided rides will include sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway (a very pleasant riding experiences), the Cherohala Skyway, the Great Smoky Mountains road, the Tail of the Dragon. All rides will be paved. With a bit of luck the trees will be all red and yellow.
All participants will be sent a Riders’ book with info and links to planned rides and more details on things to do.
On Monday (but of course you can leave on Sunday) we will go back home.
The event is capped at 20 participants.
WHERE
Our base will be the Cosby Campgrounds inside the Great Smoky Mountains. It is a very peaceful and secluded campground, without the hustle and bustle of the busier campgrounds.
Please note that this campground is PRIMITIVE: there is running drinkable water and there are flushing toilets, but no showers and no electricity. Plan accordingly.
HOW MUCH
You only pay for your campsite and for dinner on Thursday (dinner is optional):
$50: camping spot for the four nights in total (not per night - this is TOTAL)
$10 per dinner on Thursday (including drinks)
Please note that the cost is PER CAMPer, not per tent. Please note the price of your camping spot is the same whether you stay three or four nights, and it is the same whether you tent-camp or hammock-camp.
Please note: CAMP S’mores are open to members only. If you are not a member, please add your membership to your cart together with your S’more ticket. Your reservation will not be complete unless you are a member, and your spot will not be secured.
Please note: this is NOT an organized tour. It is just a ride, and is “billed” at cost. We are making NO money on this ride, the same way as we are not making any money on any of our S’mores.
You don’t want to ride your motorcycle to/from there and you are in the Chicagoland? Good news: we can transport 2 motorcycles down and back to Chicago on our support vehicle. The cost is $300 per motorcycle, first come / first serve. If you are interested in this, please make a comment about this in your check out and we will follow up.
One word concerning camping in cold weather: we are going to be camping in the mountains in late Fall. Even if we are in the South, things will get chilly, especially at night: if you are camping in a tent, you will need a warm, good sleeping bag and a good sleeping pad with a high insulation rating (called R rating).
