2015 West Virginia & Gettysburg Rides
WEST VIRGINIA RIDE (WEEK 1 - 1st HALF OF GETTYSBURG RIDE)
2015 Ride To Gettysburg Trip
West Virginia Route by Carrol & Diane Miller and Rick Butler
Prepared February 16, 2015
Saturday May 23rd Thru May 31st. 9 days total.
(This does not include continuing to Gettysburg)
Depart Saturday May 23rd
Slab it to Meridian, Mississippi on I-20 the first day, spend the night at the Quality Inn (601-485-4646).
I have reservations for six rooms, five are two double beds, and one king bed which I have reserved for myself and Diane. The reservation for all six rooms are under the name of DIANE MILLER. Call and reserve one of the rooms in your own name and credit card. We can change the number of rooms up to 24 hours prior to arrival, but the sooner the better chance we can be in an adjoining block. Entrance to the rooms is inside the motel. The regular price is $85.99 and we are getting it for $69.99 plus tax, ask of Shannon.
Quality Inn
1301 Hamilton Ave.
Meridian, MS 39301
601-485-4646
Sunday, May 24th
Heading to Knoxville, Tennessee, taking I-20, I-59, I-75, I-40, spend the second night at Quality Inn (865-342-0003).
I have reservations for six rooms, two queen beds, all booked under the name of DIANE MILLER. $59.00 plus tax ask for Cheryl.
QUALITY INN EAST
7471 Cross Roads Blvd (I-40 exit 398)
Knoxville, TN
865-342-0003
Monday, May 25th
Heading to Beckley, West Virginia, taking I-40 – I-81- I-77. Total of 1,124 miles.
I have reservations for six rooms, (FOUR NIGHTS) $74.99 plus tax ask for Ellie.
COMFORT INN
300 Harper Park (off I-77 & I-64)
Beckley, WV 25801
304-255-5291
Three one day tours of Southern WV, using the “Motorcycle Tours” Southern West Virginia as a guide
· Tuesday , May 26th: National River, 123 miles. We will be riding ancient river valleys of the New River George National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area and the Meadow River. We’ll see the train station and the last depots of the C&O Railroad. Also, an operating gristmill at Babcock State Park (304-438-3004) and Cathedral Falls on Route 60 at Gauley Bridge’s will be stops.
· Wednesday, May 27th: Coal Heritage South, 131 miles. Travel over mountain roads of the southern coal fields passing through once booming coal communities. We will stop at Twin Falls State Park (304-294-4000) to see the falls. Several movies were filmed in this area. The Virginian Railroad Museum is in Princeton (304-487-5060).
· Thursday, May 28th: Coal Heritage North, 129 miles. We will travel North across the New River Gorge Bridge, the third largest steel arch bridge in the world, enjoying views of waterfalls and the ancient New River. Visitors can walk across the canyon on a 24 inch catwalk, 851 feet above the river. Guests are securely fastened to a safety cable. Just north of the bridge is Canyon Rim Visitors Center where we will learn about the river and site features with a slide show and a museum. We will see the merging of the New and Gauley Rivers at Kanawha Falls in Glen Ferris. At Hawks Nest S.P. just north of the bridge, we can view the River Gorge.
(Hairpin Adventure Midland Trail/US Rt. 60 will be combined with the above tour. It really looks great, 245 curves, with waterfalls, curves, bridges, etc).
Sandstone Falls is east of Beckley on I-64, but not included in the routes.
OPTION 1: If you only have one week vacation, you can depart Beckley after the above rides and take three days to ride back home, total trip using 4 days of vacation on the 9 day trip (including the Memorial Day Holiday (Monday the 25th).
OPTION 2: After the Beckley tour, we will ride to Gettysburg, PA. Continuing on with that portion of the trip, returning home June 7, 2015
I REALLY recommend to anyone who is interested in this trip, to order the following literature from the State of West Virginia.
http://visitwv.com/trip-tools/motorcycle/
800-visitwv or 304.252.2244
Official Visitor Guide, Southern West Virginia
· State Map
· Motorcycle Tours Guide
GETTYSBURG RIDE (WEEK 2)
Ok , I have reserved 6 rooms in Gettysburg for our trip in late May and early June. We have 5 doubles and 1 king room reserved. The hotel is the Quality Inn in Gettysburg and is located adjacent to the battlefield and is also close to downtown Gettysburg. The rooms are all downstair's rooms and they are front entry so you can drive right up and park in front of your room.
I have reserved the rooms with my credit card under my name for arrival on Friday May 29th and departure on Monday June 1. That will give us two full days to tour Gettysburg, the battlefield and museums. You will need to call the hotel and give them one of the confirmation numbers listed below and have them transfer the reservation to your name and give them your credit card number to hold the room. I will need to cancel any unspoken for rooms 48 hrs in advance of our arrival so that they don't charge my credit card so make your reservations as soon as possible. The confirmation numbers are:
1) 379764137 - - I have reserved this room so don't use this number.
2) 379764138- double
3) 379764140 double
4) 379764141 double
5) 379764143 double
6 ) 379764491- king room
The rates are $143.95 weekends (Fri night , Sat night) and $115.95 weekday (Sun night).
The hotel's phone number is : 717-334-1103
The hotel address is :
380 Steinwehr Avenue
Gettysburg Pa 17325
Please call to transfer the rooms to your name and then let me know which confirmation number you are taking so we can keep track of the unspoken for confirmation numbers. If we reserve all the rooms above and someone else wants to go they will have to contact the hotel directly to see if they have more rooms available.
(Right now they have a good selection of rooms in addition to the ones listed above but Gettysburg is a popular spot in the summer and there are usually a lot of events occurring in May and June.)
Let me know if you have any questions or issues with making the reservations.