+ 1 on Alcoa

 

thanks everyone so far, don't stop now....

good point on the changing leaves thing. i hadn't thought of that. we'll be there from the 4th through the 9th of oct, think it'll be bad yet?

 

Check out this place, the price is pretty good.

http://twowheelinn.com/

 

I'm a fan of the Ironhorse motorcycle lodge in Stecoah, NC (~ 25miles from deals gap). It's very quiet, partly because it's off the main road about a mile or so plus it seems they attract a milder crowd.

Camping is cheap. $15/day. Semi private rooms are $64.95. Basic and comfortable. Semi private means you share a bathroom with the people in the room opposite you.

Room / bathroom / room.

 

+1 on the Two Wheel Inn in Robbinsville. Nice folks and the price is good. Plan ahead, they stay full.

 

I was just looking at some Gatlinburg stuff and saw that October is the ON season around there - people coming to look at leaves turning colors (do they come from places that don't have leaves?? New York? Miami?)

Apparently it costs a lot around the Smokies in October.

I have rented the cabins down there before and that's the best way to go - nobody in the next room, kitchen, pool table, hot tub, etc.

 

I visited Gatlinburg for the first time during my recent trip to the Dragon a few weeks back. What a lil tourist trap in the mountains. Also, we saw a pay-to-park lot with a sign that read "no motorcycles". Sorry but I wouldn't recommend that town for anything.

 

IIRC, This is a member here's rental near Gatlinburg:

http://www.vrbo.com/294231#ownerprofile

 

we just spent a couple of nights in the microtel just outside of Bryson City, NC. Clean, good rates, biker friendly and close to all the good riding you could want.

 

sharing bathrooms no thax, give me a hilton anytime why go cheap when you do something special