Baldwin, Mi. October 4,5,6

[jeswinehart]

Last year we had a little get together In Baldwin the first weekend of October for my birthday and it was a lot of fun so looks like we will be doing it again.
http://www.fishweb.com/maps/lake/orv/linconhills.html
14 of us stayed at the http://cloud9baldwin.com/ in the back double cabin and many folks stayed at a campground to the north (very acesable by trail system up there)
There probably is still other smaller cabins available but you will need to contact the good folks at Cloud 9. The double cabin is from what I can tell is at max of 14.
Here is what I have jotted down so far from folks I have spoken with
Double cabin: Tapper and Ms. Taptap
John + the Mrs
Dive buddy Amy and her man Dan
Big Gary Crumb and his Mrs.
Hublake
DizasterFun and Ms. Corey
Rosco, Shannon + Montana
Staying in cabin #1 is Ditchmud and Mrs. (anniversary weekend for them :) )
Also on property (by special arrangement is best way to say that) will be coffin maker Jim (display trikes from TrikeFest meets) and his son Kevin and another guest.
Jason Hall and company will be at a campground (to be announced) and same with Ditchmuds friends John + Corrina + Ted Ireland.
I-trike and his Mrs. from Florida will be stopping by southern Ohio and picking up X Owner and X Owner wasn't sure about lodging plans, Curt said don't worry about it ~ all taken care of.
ChickenGizzard and WonderBoy along with MattO in attendance too !

Now I still need to make some calls to a couple of folks about the double cabin lodging so some adjustments may very well be in order with that line up.
Last year most of us went into town via packed full vehicles for breakfast, packed snacks and rode till supper then we feasted.
Amy + Dan done one nights supper with myself + Mrs. done the other night and it seemed to work well so no need to fiddle with that.
If you would like to bring something to share for supper wonderful ! We run short of foods (highly doubtful) ,,, they do have stores there ~ lol.
Itinerary: Ride, eat, relax and have a enjoyable time in any order you so choose.
Any + all welcome.
john

[tapper190]

That's great to hear that Mr. Chickengizzard is going to make it along with the Coffin maker and son, wonderboy and the other new faces! Cant wait for this ride, it was great last year!

[RoscoW]

Sorry John I forgot to confirm, Yes we are officially in, This is going to be an awesome ride......

Ross..

[Howdy]

John, I would love to be there. How ever 1 week ago I spun the pinion bearing in my truck. Housing was fine, but the bearing spun on the pinion shaft and actually welded the bearing to the shaft. The bearing / pinion was removed via a cutting torch. Now I'm waiting on parts to put it back together. I'm sorta not trusting this truck now.
Howdy

[Derrick Adams]

Miranda and I will be coming.

[tapper190]

We will bring a pasta salad and taco salad to add to the meals...

[hublake]

I will bring some snacks.

[M.Pargiello]

I'm out riding in Baldwin so often it would be wrong for me not to show up! We will see how things go with the wife and son, but as of right now it's looking good. Let me know if anyone needs a place to stay, my buddy has a cabin there, we usually stay there and hit trails all weekend

[ditchmud]

Ready for this one for sure!

[Derrick Adams]

We are too. We got the last cabin reserved at Cloud 9. Can't wait!!

[jeswinehart]

Picked up our ORV decals today. So ready !

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[ditchmud]

Me and the wife had a change of plans. We are still going but we are camping down the road. We cancelled our cabin rental so if anybody needs a small cabin one is now available.

[tapper190]

Only a few more weeks to go....what is every ones plans for arrival times? Last year we ran the trail loop called Tincup Friday afternoon. My wife and I are entertaining the idea of leaving Thursday afternoon or right after work on Thursday. If it doesn't pan out, we are going to be shooting for a 11-12 arrival at cloud 9.

[M.Pargiello]

Tin cup is pretty good, nice hills too. Little O is alright as well. Both are very close to the trail you guys are going to so plenty to check out around the area as well. I will be in my buddy's cabin with him on 24th st, so all of 5-10 minutes from any trail. We will be there early Saturday morning and ready to go. If anyone needs to we will have some extra space for Saturday night, help save some people lodging fees if anyone wants to stay

[RoscoW]

we'll be rolling in Fri night, Shannon's all out of holidays so it's a full day and then depart. Have to make up for it and put the miles on Sat.

Ross..

[jeswinehart]

It is looking like about 10:30 - 11:30 ish Friday morning for Liway, Amy, Dan and myself.

[M.Pargiello]

John, is there a specific time to meet where you guys are starting from on Saturday? I won't be staying at the site with all of you, will I have to pay anything to get in? I assume it's open to non campers

[jeswinehart]

John, is there a specific time to meet where you guys are starting from on Saturday? I won't be staying at the site with all of you, will I have to pay anything to get in? I assume it's open to non campers

No, not really any starting time per say that I know of. Head out for breakfast in the morning, come back to Cloud Nine, get ready to ride and go.
No, there ain't no charge for visitors Mike, just ride in like you own the place and head for the back parking area and park your machine with the rest of ours (about 15 feet from cabin door).

john

[Itrike]

We will be at rivers edge. I'll have to trailer down to you guys , I like that place better than cloud nine , I think we will be there Thursday. Swiney I'll try and give you a call in the next few day's. Sorry I missed you'r call.
Curt

[M.Pargiello]

Sounds good, ill talk to you that Friday night after 5 or early Saturday before breakfast John

[MIHalls]

Wow,looks to be about 11 or more females friends going. I'm bringing Deserts.... Can't wait to see everyone and RIDE those trails!!! We should be there Friday evening.

[ditchmud]

HELP!! I have tried calling the campground to make reservations but their number is disconnected. Does anyone have any suggestions or an alternate plan???? HELP!!

[jeswinehart]

Well in talking with Cloud 9 that camp ground to the north that is basically on the trail head is closed down-out of business.
Liway and I struck up conversation with the bar owner across the street a year ago last July and he let us "ride thru" his property last year to be leagle to acess trail to the north (laws have since changed and you can ride from Cloud 9 to trail head for this year). Anyways, I know he would have allowed campers cheerfully,
But that bar has closed its doors as well.
I know there is Jim (coffin maker) and 2 in his group plus Ditchmuds friends with a RV that are in need of a place to camp so >>>
M.Pargeilo posted this up in first page,,, I'm out riding in Baldwin so often it would be wrong for me not to show up! We will see how things go with the wife and son, but as of right now it's looking good. Let me know if anyone needs a place to stay, my buddy has a cabin there, we usually stay there and hit trails all weekend.

Mike, can you help out here and too what capacity ???

[ditchmud]

I never cancelled my cabin. So my friends and I will stay there instead of the RV. The lady at cloud 9 said only 1 camper, so Jim should be able to stay there with us all.

[M.Pargiello]

It's a 3 bedroom with a couch in the living room as well so basically 2 open rooms if needed. More like a house than a cabin, we store our bikes in the garage at night. Get the fireplace going, have some beers/grill and check everything over on the machines for the day ahead. Don't worry about paying anything to stay, just grab some wood from the back if it gets cold :)

[M.Pargiello]

And sorry I missed your call earlier John, I broke the screen on my phone the other day and my new touch panel came in today so I was working on that haha

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[tapper190]

Today went so slow, I wish the weekend would hurry up and get here so I can hang with my great American friends!

[shannonw]

Sorry I've not been online, just trying to catch up with the plans. We will be in Friday (I'm trying to see if I can get off early and get outta dodge by 2:00ish) we will be around for dinner on Saturday. John, what do you need me to bring for dinner?

[Jason Hall]

Shannon he said he needs some of that Fine Montreal seasoning BAD.. Lol.. See you guys soon..

[jeswinehart]

Sorry I've not been online, just trying to catch up with the plans. We will be in Friday (I'm trying to see if I can get off early and get outta dodge by 2:00ish) we will be around for dinner on Saturday. John, what do you need me to bring for dinner?

Oh perhaps just a side dish Shannon. Liway + I are doing pulled pork BBQ will be main meat group along with some burgers/brauts Saturday evening.
Dive buddy Amy and her man Dan have Friday evening covered.
We are bringing the BIG coffee pot and the cups + cream + sugar.

[Itrike]

we are in route! picking up Xowner tomorrow . looks like the party is at cloud 9 Saturday!

[tapper190]

mmmm, I would advise to pack rain gear, we won't have to worry about dust...hopefully leaving tomorrow morning.

[tapper190]

all loaded up and ready to leave...should be the there around 3ish!

[hublake]

Will be leaving in about an hour. Should be there between 10 and 11 this morning.

[shannonw]

On our way... GPS says 7:00 + border time. See you soon friends!

[Matt O.]

I'm all loaded up and going to head out about 6:00 AM. I should roll in about 9:00 AM. See you all soon!!!

Matt

[Matt O.]

Its about 9:00 Saturday night. I just made it back home from a full day of riding with everyone up at Baldwin. What a great time and a Great bunch of people!!!!

Matt

[M.Pargiello]

Great time riding with everyone. I really hope at least one person caught my "worlds slowest rollover" on video. I felt it going over so I just laid down and let it happen haha. Really great to finally meet a bunch of you, especially John and Liway!

Mark and I will be out at Tin Cup tomorrow so I think we will see some of you again

[hublake]

178438178439178440178441Had a great time again at Baldwin riding and visiting with everybody. Probably much to everones surprise we had a dry time. No rain and no dust. Couldn't beat it.

[ditchmud]

Back home safe and sound. Great weekend Thanks John! We will definitely be going there again hopefully in April with the kids too!

[hublake]

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A picture I forgot. A sign of the times.

[jeswinehart]

You folks made my birthday week end SWEET (the cake was awesome Jim !).
Yes, Lloyds picture shows the Federal land that is "shut down" because the Federal government is "closed"
The owner of Cloud Nine where we stayed is also on lay off since she works for the IRS out of Chicago.
What a nice time with great folks, great trails and WOW did we ever eat well or what

Thank you folks ! john + Liway
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[tapper190]

We had an amazing time! Thanks to everyone that was there to make it so special.
Tapper