lddave
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Anything new on this or is it dead ?
It’s not dead it’s just sleeping.Anything new on this or is it dead ?
I would suspect the vaccination requirement will be around next year too, the testing requirement that’s anyones guess. There is lots of pressure to remove testing.Still waiting to see if the border will be open without travel restrictions.
Time certainly passes quickly, and yes there are a few unknowns outside of our control that make planning difficult. If some one wants to work on an east coast event I’m sure it will be well attended.I recognize the appeal of holding the 10 year anniversary at the site of the original event. I really do. But considering the proposed date is only 23 weeks away, it's challenging to think anyone can count on Canada being as open as the Canada we US riders know and love to visit. Today's guidance:
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I believe Canada has been very strict with their own citizens. Challenging to think by June the doors will be thrown open to everyone with the guidance to enjoy the bounty that is Canada. It could happen, but how far in advance of a rally would that word get out?
Sorry, not wanting to rain on any parades, but the calendar is unrelenting in the way it clicks off days.
If Canadian and US riders are relegated to their respective homelands, something closer to a border crossing may offer more options for late (and welcomed) lifting of restrictions. As Adventure riders we don't like to think of ourselves as "practical" but the truth is...
I'll throw out an idea, and NO, I do not have time to do any planning, so if no one else wants to pick up the ball and run, then this idea can die here. The Tenere rally has never visited the north east region of the US. There's a whole lot of great riding between Saranac Lake/Lake Placid in the Adirondacks of New York, through the Mad River region in VT to the spectacular region up and around Mt Washington in NH. The summer time weather is usually good, there are lots of ferrys to cross the big lakes, the scenery is great, the paved stuff is awesome, and you can get as hardcore as you want with the nearby NEBDR.
The nice thing is, if restrictions evaporate, it's all very close to the Canadian border where we might get to see Limey again!
Just a thought.
???...No one else caught the Limey reference? Sad.
look at the last line.......
I recognize the appeal of holding the 10 year anniversary at the site of the original event. I really do. But considering the proposed date is only 23 weeks away, it's challenging to think anyone can count on Canada being as open as the Canada we US riders know and love to visit. Today's guidance:
View attachment 88164
I believe Canada has been very strict with their own citizens. Challenging to think by June the doors will be thrown open to everyone with the guidance to enjoy the bounty that is Canada. It could happen, but how far in advance of a rally would that word get out?
Sorry, not wanting to rain on any parades, but the calendar is unrelenting in the way it clicks off days.
If Canadian and US riders are relegated to their respective homelands, something closer to a border crossing may offer more options for late (and welcomed) lifting of restrictions. As Adventure riders we don't like to think of ourselves as "practical" but the truth is...
I'll throw out an idea, and NO, I do not have time to do any planning, so if no one else wants to pick up the ball and run, then this idea can die here. The Tenere rally has never visited the north east region of the US. There's a whole lot of great riding between Saranac Lake/Lake Placid in the Adirondacks of New York, through the Mad River region in VT to the spectacular region up and around Mt Washington in NH. The summer time weather is usually good, there are lots of ferrys to cross the big lakes, the scenery is great, the paved stuff is awesome, and you can get as hardcore as you want with the nearby NEBDR.
The nice thing is, if restrictions evaporate, it's all very close to the Canadian border where we might get to see Limey again!
Just a thought.