Looks like that's where our motorcycle trip is going to begin and end. We are going for a week at the end of the month, all paid for by Best Western and Harley (woo hoo!). We were originally going to start in Spokane and go through Snake River Canyon, but we have to start the trip in a city which had a dealership which could loan us the right size bike, so Missoula it is. We get to ride Rte 12 from Lolo to Lewiston, which is supposed to be one of the most beautiful roads in the Northwest! Just me and my Honey on a long ride.
Of course, being the rough hardcore biker-types that we are, I am currently looking for a good non-fiction audio book to listen to through the iPod into my helmet sound system while on the road.
I recommend Bonk.
At the risk of being pesky or whiny, I need to share a room for financial reasons, especially since I'm now leaning towards wanting to stay 2 nights. Anyone?
O_a, in theory, yes. I asked for Thur-Sun off....right now i have sat,sun, mon off so i was officially approved only for thurs and fri off. They won't approve "vacation time" for days i am not currently scheduled to work.
If/when i get moved to a shift that works sat and sunday (99.999% probability) i *then* have to request those two days off....and by then they might be taken by other and not available (only a certain number of ppl are allowed vacation each day...to make sure we still have minimum staffing without calling people in on OT). It's really messed up for my planning purposes but makes sense for scheduling.
Right now, no one has any word on when shift changing will happen....fingers crossed here.
Plei, i will gladly accept any help with car stashing :) Can even bring gifties from down south if there's anything portland-centric you'd like. Hahaha, like it's a foreign country or something ;P
I'm also totally fine with on street parking if there *is* any nearby....
On street parking isn't going to happen. It's downtown so all the parking spots are metered and have a max of 2 hours.
The hotel parking is probably the best option.
Any peeps flying in at the same time might want to think about sharing a car or cab.
aw meara- I wish I'd seen your message earlier. It's probably too late to make dinner and be back to the airport by 8.
Seattlistas, what do you think of this as an airport-to-hotel transport option? One of the stops is the Fairmont Olympic, which looks to be only a couple of blocks from the Hotel Monaco.
Yes, I think that's what I was meaning when I said there was a shuttle-y thing that went to downtown hotels! :) Thanks dcp!
They have a counter alllllll the way down at the end of the baggage claim, but it's pretty obvious once you walk all the way down there.
Hotel update: We are at 33 room nights - they extended the block to be Thursday-Saturday. The deadline for reserving within the guaranteed block is May 26, which is not the deadline for the 40-room minimum.
Has anyone who is planning to come not made their reservation??
Funds update: we are at $1100. They will be charging my card on June 15 for the estimated total, and then will charge any remainder after the event. That being the case, I would really love to have all of the funds by June 15.
Thanks to everyone who has sent in and made their reservations!!
