From: car377@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (charles.a.rogers)
Subject: Americade-Rockies: Local Post for Colorado Denizens
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:09:46 GMT
Keywords: Demo rides, Harleys, Hondas, Guzzies, goodies

Can't get this out by e-mail, sorry about wider distribution.

Some questions about Americade have recently come up in various
conversations, so here is the info from the card they sent me
last week:

    Americade-Rockies
    September 7-11
    Estes Park, Colorado
    Starts Labor Day Monday
    TourExpo Tradeshow ends Thursday evening, September 10
    Americade Convention ends Friday noon, September 11

    - demos from Honda, Harley-Davidson, and Moto Guzzi
    - over 60 manufacturers represented: leathers, chrome, oil, 
      pinstriping, tires, magazines, trailers, helmets, at
      expanded TourExpo
    - over $10,000 in doorprize drawings!
    - live music - BBQ - riders from around the world!
    - all activities at the 1400 acre YMCA of the Rockies 
    
    Neither of the following numbers will produce more information
    than I've posted here, but feel free to try anyway:

    303-586-4431 Estes Park Chamber of Commerce
    303-586-3341 YMCA camp office

    The folks at the C of C gave me this number for more info, but
    I think I probably have more info than I can stand already:

    303-368-8216 "Wanda" between 6PM and 10PM only
      
In previous years, they started the demo rides on Tuesday, but
this notice sounds like they'll run them on Monday.

Rough Directions:

The YMCA camp is a couple of miles ~SW of town.  If you're
in downtown Estes Park, you head for the *main* entrance (Moraine
Valley, NOT the Fall River Entrance) to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Right after you go through the last in-town stop light on that route, the
road forks, with the right fork heading for the RMNP entrance.  
Take the left fork (Colorado 66) and follow it for 2.5 miles.  The 
camp entrance is on your right, and there will probably be signs 
and wristband monitor folks standing near the entrance.  There may 
also be a registration stand in town near the MacDonalds where 34, 
36, and 7 intersect.

1-day Admission is $10.00 (cash only previously).  They usually sell 
three-day passes for $20.00, but I don't know if they'll do that this 
year.  Demo rides are no extra charge, but you have to have a helmet 
(and possibly boots) and sign a waiver.  Honda has tourmasters 
lead group rides up into the RMNP and back.  Honda rides are scheduled
on the hour, you sign up at 8:00 AM (and all good slots for the day are 
usually taken by 9:00 AM). Harley lets you go by yourself on a
marked route around the south side of town and a bit out into 
the country.  You just stand in line for the particular model
you're interested in riding, and as each rider returns, a new one
can go out.  I don't know what Moto Guzzi will do, since they
weren't represented in years past.  

You usually get a jump on the sign-ups if you're already staying
at the YMCA camp when 8:00 AM rolls around, or if you have a
three-day pass.  Otherwise, you have to wait until they start 
selling admissions to get in, and the in-camp or already-registered
folks have already lined up for rides by the time you get there.