Helen, GA...

Okay, since this is a spur of the moment thing, we're going to kind of limit the whole event to a Saturday (September 24th, 2011) ride to Helen with Saturday night drunken partying and then do whatever you want on Sunday. Since the ride into Helen from different places varies around different badass roads, I'll try and set up routes so that everyone knows the good roads to take. I think we'll be hanging out on Friday night in/around Atlanta though, so if you wanna come down/over/up early then we'll try and make it a weekend thing.

And obviously if you wanna drive a car, that's fine. You can zip around the roads in whatever you want and have a good time. Whatever tickles your fancy.

There are several places to stay in Helen and the streets are pretty heavily enforced by the local popo during Oktoberfest because they know that pretty much everyone is there to get shithoused. Since this is a short notice event we don't really have much time to plan anything as far as blocking off motel rooms or such. The closest campground is at least a couple of miles outside of town, which if you wanna brave it, that's fine.

Here are the campgrounds:

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On the other hand, there are several decent priced motels in town that can accomodate larger parties. We booked rooms at the Quality Inn just on the back side, near the river. It's a decent place, in a well-lit and populated area and for a double queen room it was $189 a night after taxes and bullshit.

Here are the local motels:

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We are staying at the Quality Inn, which is D on the map and has about the cheapest rates for a place within stumbling distance of the bars. Most of the good stuff is around La Piazza right downtown (Old Heidelberg is the best for German stuff and they have a "meter of ale"). There are a few outliers, but we can get to that after we get there.

Rooms fill up pretty fast for Oktoberfest, as well as campgrounds. Whatever tickles your fancy, go ahead and book. If you want to be safe and get hotel rooms, start emailing me and I'll see if I can get a group rate at the Quality Inn. Let me know ASAP though because they'll be gone pretty quick.

The more people there are, the more I'll dig into this thing and try and make it badass for everyone. As I said, I don't plan on hiring bands, having a bike show or any of that shit, but I'll glad get some stuff to give away, do some t-shirts or stickers or beer glasses or something...

And if it turns into something pretty cool, we may start doing this every year and look into being more organized. Oktoberfest is a cool event and there is plenty to do there, so it can be whatever we make it.

If you plan on coming, try and email me and so I know about what to expect. Nothing formal or anything, just so I have an idea.

Thanks,
J-Rod