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Ontario Canada 2012 HU Travellers Meeting, Barrie, ON, September 20-23 2012
Ontario, Canada 2012 HU Travellers Meeting, Barrie, ON, September 20-23 2012
Full details and Registration open now! The very FIRST Eastern Canada HU Travellers Meeting, in a great location just north of Toronto, easily accessible to everyone in Ontario, Quebec and NE USA! We'll have a wide range of topics, so far everything from cooking with locally gathered foods on a Jetboil stove to TWO ways to "do" South America to all about a 15,000km off-road route across Canada! Please spread the word to your friends, download the poster on the webpage and post it up everywhere! We are also now accepting applications from presenters for putting on a show, it can be on any bike travel related topic. To help planning the event we need your application forms in early please! For some more ideas on what YOU COULD present, see the UK Meeting. We are also looking for volunteers as usual! It takes help from volunteers to put on the meeting and help it all run smoothly. When you register for the event you'll have an opportunity to volunteer, and we'd greatly appreciate it if you'd help out for just a few hours. It's a GREAT way to meet people too! Mucho thanks to Catharine, Les, Jody and Clinton for making it all happen! Susan will be there too! I can't make it unfortunately, but I'll be there in spirit! :) :mchappy: |
I had been thinking about going to NC, but might go here now instead. It's an excuse to ride along the north shore of Lake Superior.
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While I would certainly encourage you to join us in North Carolina, I can understand the appeal of the north side of Lake Superior. I rode around there a couple of weeks ago, and I was amazed how much it reminded me of parts of Newfoundland -- simply magnificent!
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I have almost a week to goof off along the north shore before I get there, and plan on going all the way around the lakes before I get back home.
Road trips are awesome. |
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Just want to send an update, the event is coming along nice, we have some interesting presenters, and the weather here has been still on the warm side.
just a reminder, this is a open farm so no picnic tables. If your able to pack a folding chair on your bike, you will be all set. :funmeteryes: is rising |
I usually bring a chair anyway. I'm lazy like that.
My 250 blew a gasket and sprays oil all over when it runs. Doesn't look like I can get a new one in before I want to leave, so I'll be on my old touring bike. Its a little larger. Do you have enough presenters? I like to talk. :innocent: |
Looking forward to the gathering. Cya there
bier |
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I think by your sig line it is about packing light ? |
Transportation to and fro
My wife and I will be attending this event and will be holding a presentation, or maybe even two! Looking forward to it!
One snag in our plans, we drove our bike into Canada last year with foreign license plates and because I acquired my Ontario motorcycle license am not allowed to drive it... and I seemingly can't register it because the Canadian government feels the bike was not built for the North American market (even though the version that rides around here is the same as mine). Anyway, we're looking for someone who would be either
Drop me a line with any questions or offers! Yes, we'll pay for gas! Thanks Q |
We've sorted our transportation, so are no longer looking for a ride. Thanks for those who helped us!
Looking forward to the weekend! We'll see you all there. |
I hit the road yesterday! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
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Back in the USA!
Much fun was had, despite rain and chillyness. I took a fair number of pictures and will post up about my trip and the event sometime after I sleep in my own bed. |
Thank You to all
Well I will have to say a big Thank You to my special friend Susan Johnson for all the understanding and help. Considering the weather was a tad :rain: at times, for the most part the :Beach: was shining and warm for most canucks.lol
How ever the Aussies and a few from the south felt the cool crisp fall air of the great white north, ( serious there was no snow in the air Ken Duvall):rofl: I like to Thank all the presenters, for a great presentations and ride out. A shout out to the Vendors who came and donated prizes. ( Giant Loop/KLIM/Held/Kriega/Powerlett/Optimate) I would like to send a big Thank You out to Clinton Smout and his assistant Amanda. With out Clinton we would not have had the land to camp out on. Amanda is the email guru up at the school. Oh and the girl can ride:mchappy: The learning curve will be superb for next years event. Which I can pretty much assure it will be in August. So to all the folks who attended and help make the 1st HU Ontario meeting a success in my books, I say THANK YOU" bier Catharine St Denis |
I just posted up a (surprisingly long) ride report, over in the ride tales section. You should head over there. Good stuff.
Thanks again for hosting, planning, and all that other stuff so I could show up and slack for the weekend! |
Rally was a new experience. Had intended to stay to Sunday but ended up bolting about 8:30 pm on Friday. Enjoyed Clinton, the aussies, making friends lady, and the rally guys. Steak dinner was good. You might consider Paris fairgrounds for next Ontario HU rally. They are bike friendly, have lots of buildings, good camping, showers, and very convenient for about six million people. Thanks to all who organized for their hard work.
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Patrick Trahan
Just a quick note to mention that Patrick's presence provided a different perspective and his candor and sense of humor was appreciated. He is a straight shooter and tells you what he likes and doesn't like about bikes and equipment as well.
Hope to see him again next year. Cheers, |
HU Meeting - Barrie 2012
Greatly enjoyed coming to the HU meeting in Barrie.
Meet lots of interesting fellow adventure travelers. Looking forward to attending next year`s meeting. Thanks to all who helped organized and contributed to a successful meeting. Here are photos I took from meeting, posted on my Flickr site. Horizons Unlimited Meeting - Barrie Ontario 2012 Some video links Demonstration by Lawrence Hacking and Clinton Smout. How to pick up a fallen motorcycle. Video from my Ride up from Ottawa. Lots of great roads in Northern Ontario |
Great photos
Thanks for posting up the picture link Ride4Adventure, I too am looking forward to next years event. Now that I have more of an idea of how to do the schedule it will be more organized. I can't believe how well all of the folks who agreed to do presentations did such a great job. I very much enjoyed meeting many folk. I tried to do a walk around the camp to meet as many folks as I could.
I just have to say Grant, your wife is the so much fun to hang out with :thumbup1: We did not get pulled in by customs once :clap: Cheers Cath |
Crap, how the hell did I miss this event!?!
HU should have an automatic email sent out to all members within a certain radius of the event. |
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We do send out an email to all HU Community Members in a certain radius, and it's in the newsletter so those folks know all about it. Due to privacy considerations - (you didn't agree to us sending promo emails) and complexity (not everyone puts in their location, and trying to include every possible combination / permutation of every location in a radius, is way too hard) - we can't send out an email to HUBB users. Best - join your local Community to keep up with EVERYTHING going on in your area, including min-meetings organized by locals, travellers coming to town and the community getting together for a drink or dinner to meet them etc. |
Will definitely try to be there next year!!!
Good on you folks for making this happen!!!! |
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