2005

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Jan

Wed
5

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

14-16

F W B - Paul B. Johnson State Park, Hattiesburg, MS
Annual campout in primitive camping area of park. Hosted by FACOWIE

Sat
29

Feb

Wed
2

Sun
6

Super Bowl Sunday Ride - Depart from the T/A Truck Stop in Slidell at 11:15 for Huck Finn's Restaurant on Hwy. 43 South in Picayune, MS (601) 799-1837 for a "Fabulous Country Buffet".  After dinner we will take the "long way home" and enjoy some of the back roads to Folsom where we can separate and head for the barn.  Call Ken or Rita O'Malley (985) 845-7457

Tue
8

March

Wed
2

4
thru
 14

Daytona Bike Week Campout

Great door prizes, raffle tickets, bike judging contest, coffee tent, 2005 t-shirts, and lots of your favorite vendors. Grassy, shaded, quiet camping.

Park facilities include, on site restaurant, clean hot showers, pool, bike trailer parking, unloading and loading ramp, free fire wood, picnic tables, ice machine, lots of Port-a-Jons in camping area.

4 WHEEL PARKING IS LIMITED.   NO MOTORCYCLE TRAILER PARKING IN CAMPING AREA, UNLESS IT.S USED TO SLEEP IN!

Sign up at coffee tent when you arrive. Or, let us know in advance, call one of the organizers below.

For more information, please contact: Rally Chair: Cathy Mroszczyk, c_mroszczyk@hotmail.com, (315) 696-8450 or (315) 345-0438 Rally Co-chair: Laura McCormick, BMRFRK@aol.com JR (Gator) Balough, Beemergator@att.net, (321) 725-0671

Directions:
From the South: I-95 North to Exit 278 .Old Dixie Highway.. Turn left at end of ramp, go over I.95, the park entrance is on Right, at the gas station. Follow the road past the gas station, convenience store, and motel to the park entrance.
From the North: I-95 South to Exit 278 .Old Dixie Highway., Turn right at end of ramp, the park entrance on right at gas station. Follow the road past the gas station, convenience store, and motel to the park entrance.

Camp Details:
Holiday Travel Park Co-op, Inc.
2261 South Old Dixie Hwy
Bunnell, FL 32110
Phone: 1-386-672-8122
Email: holidaytravel@bellsouth.net
URL: holidaytravelpark.bravepages.com

17-20

CANCELED   Louisiana Purchase Rally

April

Wed
6

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

1-3

Dogwood Trail Rally
BMW Riders Of Mississippi

The Annual BMW Riders Of Mississippi Dogwood Trail Rally will be held on April 1-2-3 2005 in Edwards, Mississippi, about 10 minutes from Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Local color includes antebellum homes, plantation tours, civil war battlefields, and casinos, along with some great nearby riding. Visit some ruins, or take a leisurely ride on the Natchez Trace Parkway! See our link to Exploring Mississippi.

There's a Friday night meal until it's gone, a Saturday and Sunday morning pancake breakfast, prizes, field events for riders and kids, as well as lots of coffee and Southern Hospitality! Saturday night we have a live band and camp fire.

There's tent camping as well as some RV spaces with hook ups and lots of nearby hotels and motels for those non-campers.

The rally is at Askews Landing Campground, Interstate 20 at exit # 19: go west on Askews Ferry Road (service road) 2 1/2 miles to Askews Ferry Campground. $25 registration fee, rally pins to first 150.

For Info contact; Rally chairman, William Biel at BMWRYDER43@aol.com or 601-582-2545 (home) or 601-466-1651(cell)

Come join us for a wonderful time and great fellowship!

Sun
17

Gulf South BMW Owners Club Picnic.
Metairie Playground Shelter #5, 1521 Palm St.

Directions :
From Airline Hwy. Between Causeway and the Orleans parish line take Ridgewood Dr. There is a light at this intersection. The park is 0.5 mile on the right.
From Bonnabel Blvd. Go south on Bonnabel to Metairie Rd. Turn left at light. Within 2 blocks make a right onto Hollywood Dr. Continue straight, cross RR tracks then bear left toward the park. Enter the park and continue around the track, past the community center in the back. #5 is all the way in the back, near the railroad tracks.

April 22
Thru
Oct. 30

April
29
Thru
May 1

15 th Georgia Mountain Rally, Bald Mountain Campground, Hiawassee, GA

pril
28
Thru
May 1

May

Sun
1

Lunch Ride to Ol' River Steakhouse.  
Leave at 10:00am from the Shell station parking lot off Hwy 190 in  Mandeville on the North Shore. 
When you get off the causeway on the North Shore stay to the right, its   the 1st Shell station on the right about 3 blocks down from the end   of the causeway. 
We'll go North on hwy 190 to hwy 25 thru Folsom and Franklinton. 
We'll continue on hwy 25 which turns into hwy 27 when we get to Mississippi. When we get to Tylertown we'll turn left on hwy 48. 
Follow 48 to the bridge. Take a right at the last street before the bridge  
Follow the road to the Ol' River Steakhouse. 
On Sundays there's a good buffet for $7.99 or you can order from the menu. 
The address is:

Ol' River Steakhouse,
28 Clyde Rhodus Road,
 Tylertown, Ms.
Please be prepared to let the phone committee know if you plan to attend when they call or reply to the e-mail reminder. 

Wed
4

?-?

The Natural State Rally
Sponsored by Naturally Beemers, The BMW Motorcycle Club of Arkansas

27-29

17th Annual Rocket City Rally, Huntsville, AL.
BMW Motorcycle Owners of Alabama
Aka “Great Chicken Rally” at Ditto Landing, Huntsville, AL on Hobbs Island Rd 1/4 mi north of Tennessee River off US 231. Activities: Eat, ride, eat some more, dance a while, sleep, repeat! 3 nts camping, rally pin, BBQ dinner Thurs, pancake breakfast Fri thru Sun. Smoked chicken all day, all night, all you can eat, all weekend. Coffee, tea, lemonade, popcorn & peanuts while volunteers hold out. All included in $35 rally fee, children 12 & under $15; day pass Sat only, $15. No advance registrations. Door prizes, awards, vendors, seminars, bike games, nightly entertainment Thurs, Fri, Sat. Tours to Barber’s Motorsports track & museum, Jack Daniel’s Distillery, Cathedral Caverns & more great rds. Raffling a new R1150R to be given at awards ceremony, tickets $5 ea. Info at www.bmwmoal.org or contact: Lori Dendy at girlie72964@aol.com, 256-840-9806, cell 256-527-2014 or Connie Reaves at bamabmw@aol.com. Vendors need to reserve space in advance.

June

Wed
1

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

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Your ride here?

July

Wed
6

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

22-24

BMW MOA International Rally - Lima, OH

Aug

Wed
3

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

19-21

Lil'Sturgis all-brand Bike Rally - Sturgis, Mississippi
Camping available at "Beemer Haven" located at Craig Vechorik's Bench Mark Works.

30-2

Sept

Wed
7

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

Oct

?-?

Return to Shiloh Rally Hosted by the BMW Riders Association of the Mid-South (BMW RAMS) "Best Rally By A Dam Site"
East bank of the Tennessee River, camping at the TVA Campground (base of Pickwick Dam) Registration: $15/each. See the website for more details: www.bmwrams.com/rts/

Wed
5

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

6-9

?-?

27th Annual Falling Leaf Rally - Gateway Riders
Potosi, MO (click for more info)

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33rd South Central BMW Owners Reunion
Fredricksburg, TX (same site as 1997 MOA rally)
(click for more info)

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Deuches Haus Oktoberfest - Bob Frobese
Beer, bratwurst, and chicken dancing!

28-30

NEW

28-30

NEW

Nov

Wed
2

General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.
RESCHEDULED 

Sun
6

11-13

CANCELED Due To KATRINA
6th Swamp Scooters Rally - Swamp Scooters
Same location: Catfish Heaven, 1554 Cypress Island Hwy at LA 353 (Lake Martin Rd), Lafayette, LA. (click for more info)

Dec

Sat
3

RESCHEDULED
Gulf South Christmas Party

Wed
7

RESCHEDULED
General Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Piccadilly Cafeteria 8908 Vet's. Mem. Blvd. Metairie La.

Election of club officers

Sun
18

Annual Bonfire and Gumbo Ride & December General Meeting
The December General Meeting and Elections have been rescheduled to coincide with this event .

Ride along River Road to view the Bonfires being built for Christmas Eve then follow up with a sumptuous meal of gumbo and potato salad.

Meet at The Donut Hole in Laplace.  It is on the corner of Hwy. 51 and Hwy 61 (Airline Hwy.)  We will leave this location at 11:00 a.m. (sharp).  Travel along the Mississippi River to St. James Parish where we will take a break to climb the levee and look at the bonfires.  Afterwards, we will take a short ride to Reserve and feast on homemade gumbo and potato salad.

Contact Alden or Peggy Bienvenu for more info president@gulfsouthbmw.org