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2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - LSGiant - 06-06-2017 07:29 PM

We are hoping to have the Grand Tour for 2018 theme picked by the banquet time this October.

I am opening this thread up for suggestions. We may or may not use your idea but will consider all ideas submitted.

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Don Q - 06-06-2017 08:25 PM

Pre 1900 churches or Ice cream shops Both with state limits.

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - ajayhawkfan - 06-06-2017 08:50 PM

National, State or Regional Scenic Byways. We are a riding group, ride to visit scenic roads.

Many are listed here: https://scenicbyways.info/ but if there is a Scenic Byway sign it would count.

If the scenic road goes through multiple states you can get a point for each State. Example, Great River Road through MN, WI, IA, IL, MO, KY, TN, AR, MS and LA.

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Lapchik - 06-06-2017 08:59 PM

I like the byways idea.

I also like throwing in a few general locations per state like we have the last few years too.

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Cruzin - 06-07-2017 07:56 AM

Yes the byways would work really good with a 2018 Rally Big Grin

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - ajayhawkfan - 06-07-2017 01:14 PM

What do I win for coming up with such a great idea?

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - xander84 - 06-07-2017 01:43 PM

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RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - LSGiant - 06-07-2017 09:07 PM

(06-07-2017 01:14 PM)ajayhawkfan Wrote:  What do I win for coming up with such a great idea?

We are always looking for Rally Masters Smile

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - ajayhawkfan - 06-07-2017 09:46 PM

(06-07-2017 09:07 PM)LSGiant Wrote:  
(06-07-2017 01:14 PM)ajayhawkfan Wrote:  What do I win for coming up with such a great idea?

We are always looking for Rally Masters Smile

I do that for the KC BMW Club. I'm not sure this group would go along with my one rule. The Honor System. At the end of the challenge let me know your total. If you are willing to cheat or lie about your finds that is your problem not mine or the groups. I do urge riders to their pictures on the clubs web page so people can see what is going on but that is not a requirement.

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - LSGiant - 06-08-2017 05:36 PM

It really has very little to do with cheating. It is just the rules and filling out the paper work and sending in the photos is part of doing the rally. Like riding 1000 miles in 24 hours. It is one thing to ride the 1000 miles but it is a Saddle Sore if you follow the rules and fill out the paper work.

Besides Mike really likes to look at the pictures Smile

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - rpmendez - 06-10-2017 05:31 PM

I think it would be lots of fun to to a Weird U.S. Tour:

http://www.weirdus.com/

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Lapchik - 06-10-2017 06:21 PM

Somewhat similar to the specific locations from this year. RoadsideAmerica.com is a similar site

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Frump - 06-12-2017 03:10 PM

War Memorial Tour:

French-Indian, US Revolution, Civil War, Indian Wars, Mexican-American War, Spanish American War, WW1, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan War memorial sites. Include battlefields, museums, significant memorial sites (as in statues, walls, tombs, etc), and military grave yards. Locations in US, Mexico and Canada. We would probably need to work off lists for each state and province, so there may be some work involved, but there is plenty of information available. There are plenty of sites and wiki pages with lists. We could easily come up with 10-12 locations per state and then have a few good general locations (VFW halls, local veteran memorials, historical sites, etc). There are some seriously cool places we could use for this. Kind of a self-serving idea, but a lot of these places are still on my bucket list (i.e. the Eisenhower Museum in Kansas).

Example Links:
https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/state.asp?STATE=IA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish-American_War_memorials_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:World_War_I_memorials_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:World_War_II_memorials_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vietnam_War_monuments_and_memorials_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_monuments_and_memorials_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_battles
http://pblproject.com/page.aspx?pageid=pbl-veteran-memorials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_Civil_War_military_monuments_and_memorials

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - ajayhawkfan - 06-14-2017 11:52 AM

(06-12-2017 03:10 PM)Frump Wrote:  War Memorial Tour:

The VFW has a great book that lists many of the items you mentioned by state.
http://www.vfwstore.org/products/29450?Action=SkipLogin

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Willie - 06-14-2017 03:53 PM

How about paired towns multipliers Call it the Multiplicity Tour

For instance Springfield is in MA PA NJ NH VT ME so points could be as follows

1 point for pair
6 points for a Triple 1+2+3
10 points for the Quad 1+2+3+4 = 10
15 points for the Penta 1+2+3+4+5 = 15
21 points for the Hex 1+2+3+4+5+6 =21

etc etc

Willie

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - Lapchik - 06-16-2017 01:55 PM

(06-14-2017 03:53 PM)Willie Wrote:  How about paired towns multipliers Call it the Multiplicity Tour

For instance Springfield is in MA PA NJ NH VT ME so points could be as follows

1 point for pair
6 points for a Triple 1+2+3
10 points for the Quad 1+2+3+4 = 10
15 points for the Penta 1+2+3+4+5 = 15
21 points for the Hex 1+2+3+4+5+6 =21

etc etc

Willie

Cool idea. Works way better in the NE than out here where states get bigger and farther apart. At the moment I'm living at the nexus point of 3 states but for anyone in the middle of Texas, for example, that becomes quite a big ride to get to another state.

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - iowakz - 06-19-2017 10:33 AM

Similar to the Weird America, but more specific: Alien, Bigfoot, other creature signs/statues/pictures
vinyards/breweries/distilleries
boat landings / ferry crossings / airports/airfields

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - iowakz - 06-19-2017 01:52 PM

Muffler men (or variations of those) or other 'giant' statues

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - iowakz - 06-19-2017 09:21 PM

old one room schools

RE: 2018 Grand Tour Suggestions - iowakz - 06-20-2017 04:22 PM

professional and semi-professional ball fields and stadiums
YMCA/YWCA