September Escapade™ 2010 Details
- Pre-ride Accommodations
- Parking for the Week
- Camping, Lodging and Meals
- September Escapade™ Services
- Preparing for September Escapade™
- September Escapade™ Participant Information Newsletter (PDF)
Pre-ride Accommodations
The September Escapade™ 2010 host hotel is the Comfort Inn Bedford (812.279.8111). Fifty rooms of various types are available at $70.00 + tax until September 1. Should these rooms fill, ask the hotel to refer you to other hotels in the area.
The closest RV or tent camping available the night before the tour is at a privately owned campground called Lake Monroe Village. Call 812.824.2267 or visit http://www.lakemonroevillage.com for more information.
If you fly into Indianapolis, book a hotel room in Bloomington (call the Bloomington CVB at 800.800.0037 for help) and use the Bloomington airport shuttle for transportation. Our staff will assist you in getting to Fairfax SRA Sunday morning. Please notify us at least a week in advance if you choose this option.
Parking for the Week
Parking for the week will be at Fairfax SRA. The $6.00 September Escapade week-long parking permit is required and arranged by TRIRI®, but neither TRIRI® nor the Indiana DNR is responsible for the safety of your vehicle, as is noted in the waiver.
Camping, Lodging and Meals
In 2010, there will be 75 inn rooms available at each inn on our route. Please note: There are still a few inn rooms available, but they are going fast!
To receive inn accommodations for the week, register for single, double or triple occupancy, and specify one or two beds in the room (one person in all triple occupancy rooms will be accommodated with a roll-away bed). You must complete the September Escapade™ registration form to get a room; rooms cannot be reserved by calling the inns directly.
If you have special needs, such as a first-floor room to accommodate a tandem, long recumbent, or physical limitation, please let us know on the appropriate area of the registration form. You may also request a non-smoking room or a king bed. (Please note that because of variation from inn to inn, special needs requests for bed types will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis.)
We will attempt to match you with a roommate if you request it. Please contact us if you are seeking a roommate. If we cannot find you a roommate, please be prepared either to pay for a private room or withdraw from the tour.
Campers will be located near the pool house at Brown County State Park, in the primitive camping section at Spring Mill, and at Camp NaWaKwa at McCormick's Creek State Park. Brown County's Abe Martin Lodge is a ten-minute hike on a well-maintained trail with wooden stairs and a hand rail from the September Escapade™ camping area. At Brown County State Park, transportation for campers to dinner will be available beginning at 5:00pm and back to the campground after the evening program.
All state parks gate entry and group camping fees are covered by your tour registration. Vehicles parked overnight at the tour campsites must display the special permit for registered drivers.
Five evening buffets and five breakfast buffets in the inns (Abe Martin Lodge, Spring Mill Inn, and Canyon Inn) are furnished as part of your tour entry fee. Your daily route maps indicate where you can purchase meals or groceries while touring.
September Escapade™ Services
Due to circumstances beyond their control, Circle City Bicycles will not be able to send a mechanic to travel with us in September. We thank them for their many years of service. We are continuing to search for a replacement.
Any bicycles needing repairs will be transported to bicycle shops in nearby towns in the evenings. Please bring extra tubes and tires and be prepared to handle minor repairs, such as flat tires, yourself.
Two SAG vehicles will follow the group for emergency needs, but train sufficiently to be able to complete the required distance between each state park.
A baggage truck will carry your gear to each day's destination. Those staying at the inns are allowed one duffel bag per participant; campers may bring two bags (combined weight must not exceed 50 lbs.). Bags will be delivered both to the tour campsite and to the inns, where they will be left outside on the porch. For this reason we recommend using a waterproof duffel, or using plastic bags to protect the contents of your duffels.
Massage therapy will be available from Valerie Wimsett. Reserve your sessions prior to TRIRI (email vwimsett@yahoo.com or phone 812.240.0344), or sign up on a first-come/first-serve basis during the week.
Preparing for September Escapade™
Any type of bicycle in good working condition is welcome on September Escapade™. Though most of our participants ride road bikes, many with hybrids, recumbents, trikes, and tandems complete our tours successfully. Our 2008 route is rolling to hilly, so be prepared to pace yourself, and be ready for some climbing. We find that many people enjoy the lower gears provided by a triple crankset in our terrain.
Bicycling helmets are strongly recommended! Make sure they are CPSC approved and properly adjusted to fit your head. Riders must be in good physical condition and trained sufficiently for this event.
