Iron Horse Road Riders

03/10/2023

Riding season is coming who is ready to get back to riding and taking trips

05/11/2022

Some  surprise birthday pics for Mike Haney ! Happy Birthday Mike!

05/04/2022

Dear IHRR Members
With a heavy heart I post this .
Judge Starnes has passed away as of 1:00 am 3 May. The family will have visitation on Friday, 6 May from 18:00 to 20:00 at Davis Funeral Services, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC; (704)289-4242
11:00 Saturday, 7 May will be a service for Judge at Davis Funeral Services. Immediately following the service will be a caravan to Prospect United Methodist Church, 6020 Prospect Road , Monroe for the burial.
The Starnes Family would like all the people who have ridden with Judge to ride their motorcycles from Davis Funeral to Prospect UMC.
Please arrive early for the service on Saturday so that we can get the caravan set up.

04/12/2022

Join us at The Derby tonight 4-12-2022 at 6:15pm

04/11/2022

Tuesday, 12 April is our next meeting at Derby Restaurant, starting at 18:15.

The next planned ride is to Maggie Valley to view the Thunder in the Smokies Rally

Ride Captain: WE NEED ONE! Please volunteer to plan the route.
Date: Saturday 30 April
Time: leave Iron Horse at 08:05
Restaurant: Carvers' Maggie Valley Restaurant
2804 Soco Road
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
(828) 926-0425

Tim and jennifer are riding up Friday morning. They will be leaving around 9 am Friday morning.

04/03/2022

Fun ride today to get some, amazingly good food and ice cream with friends and family ! Great weather and nice ride! Looking forward to our next ride. David even got to sit in the big boy chair …

03/28/2022

2 April, Saturday, Supper Ride to Fort Mill, SC. Ride Captain: David Andrew assemble Iron Horse @ 15:30

03/16/2022

Our next ride is.

19 March, Saturday Day Ride to Seagrove (Jugtown) Ride Captain: Ray Huffman assemble Iron Horse at 09:30.

03/06/2022

Dear IHRR Members,
Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for 18:15,Tuesday, 8 March at the Derby restaurant, Skyway Drive, Monroe, NC. Right now, we will stay with the Derby until May and then review what other places to eat.

We have come to an agreement about eliminating the room charge. (Napoli does not have meeting rooms.)

Our President, David Andrew and Vice President, Mike Haney have worked on some trips and will present the results at the meeting.

The First Trip planned is the Festival of Leaves, at Mt Airy. The website has the festival on 14-15 October.

02/11/2022

Dear IHRR Members
The suggested trip to Bryson City for a train ride has the following results
Nantahalla Gorge Excursion has daily trains in June and July. The trip is 4 1/2 hours with a shopping layover. Depending on the class of service, the trip cost is between $71 -$130 each.
Tuckasegee River Excursion has daily trains in June and July. The trip is 4 hours with a shopping layover in Dillsboro. Depending on the class of service, the trip cost is between $71 -$130 each.
Moonshine Experience train is adults only and travels only on Friday and Saturday. Cost is about $130.
Hotels in Bryson City is $140 to $230 per night.
Back roads to Bryson City is about a 6 hour ride.

The suggested trip to Mt Airy, NC during the Leaves Festival; 14-16 October.
The two hotels still available are $150 to $175 per night
Both Booking.com and Trivago have only Hampton Inn and a small B&B avail
Talk among yourselves and book now if you would like to go on this trip.
We can plan the route latter
This Mount Airy trip could also have a side trip to Pilot Mountain,

Pilot Mountain can also be a separate day trip.

The trip to Mount Mitchell could include a lunch in Little Switzerland plus the enjoyable NC226 route.

The Suggested trip to Maggie Valley for Thunder in the Smokies is 29 April to 1 May. Located 3374 Soco Road, Maggie Valley 28751. A good place to stay is across the street at Holiday Motel. The cost of rooms is about $78. Call quickly and they will fill up.

The Trip to the ARK Encounter, Williamstown, KY 41097
The ride to Williamstown is close to 7 1/2 to 8 hours at 472 miles all highway, US74-I26-I40-I75.
The ARK exhibit is open 09:00-17:00 Monday thru Saturday
The Cost is general admission $55 adult, $25 Children
General Admission plus the Museum=$85 adult, $45 children
Parking is $15 per day
The exhibit needs about 4 hours to see it all.
Microtel in Williamstown is about $140 per night
A suggestion was to travel the first day to Lexington, KY and stay downtown to visit and dinner. This will allow us to travel the last 60 miles and see the exhibit refreshed. The cost of downtown Lexington is $170 to $200 per night.
These prices are Booking.com for dates in the last week in June.

We need Ride Captains for any and all of these rides.

Let us know what you want to do so we can reserve rooms and plan routes.

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02/11/2022

The suggested trip to Mt Airy, NC during the Leaves Festival; 14-16 October.
The two hotels still available are $150 to $175 per night
Both Booking.com and Trivago have only Hampton Inn and a small B&B avail
Talk among yourselves and book now if you would like to go on this trip. The holiday inn express where we stayed last year in mount airy has a few room left. You just have to call them. I booked our this morning. +1 (336) 719-1731

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