Oh shiiiiiiit! I was thinking about staying on the West coast between NA's and Worlds. This could be a good enough excuse!
SLAYCATION!!!
hey everyone!
slayla and I have talked and we think this might be an option for travel this summer.
loosely based around the two weekends of worlds and NA's, we will have a tour.
we would rent an RV trailer that could sleep about 6-10 people and have a follow vehicle.
cruising from spot to spot visiting polo towns between tournaments on the cheap and fully enclosed... we have a large diesel landscape truck that could pull the caravan, hold bikes, luggage, tools and temp. boards to make a court anywhere if we wanted!!
still in the works and ideas flowing all the time, right now we just want to see who would be interested...
costs will be kept to a minumum, everyone will split everything...keeping a daily log of exspenses people could "hop on and hop off" at various times, we're not looking to get rich quick on this one...
sounds fun right? serious fun???
holler at yo' slayas!!!
Damn, that sounds like some 100% grade A badassery. I'm all about it!
this sounds amazing.
P/M hardcourt would to like to host the slaycation carvanfifthwheelpickup convoy in Pullman for the Polo Idiots 24hrs mid August. We have 4courts and can play nonstop polo throughout the weekend there are hookups for the van down by the river with camping spots available as well. Let the polo slayers and idiots unite for the fun of polo. We will be posting more info to the tournament thread soon.
Are ya gonna start from Calgary end @ Calgary or is Calgary in the Middle . If it is any of these let me know B4 I buy my tik and COUNT IT that I am all over it like a rash
Are ya gonna start from Calgary end @ Calgary or is Calgary in the Middle . If it is any of these let me know B4 I buy my tik and COUNT IT that I am all over it like a rash
maybe we can smuggle the rooster back with us!
look at those work gloves...perfect for holding ladders and hanging christmas lights... coppin a feel,chopping wood, cleaning dishes, making food and building courts..
meh..nevermind..dickhead
I'm very interested. More solid ideas about the price range would help.
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I so wish I could!! I will be starting school around that time. : (
you know bike polo's gone big time when charter "polocation" advertisements start appearing.....
and people are signing up!
awesomeness
Jason, this sounds awesome! I'm very interested in doing this and sac would love to be one of the stops on this tour ! Maybe your sac stop could be the same weekend of our tournament July 9th-10th. Polomainia tourny is up on lobp.
Funny that you mention that-my plan was to catch a ride from Sac to Portland and bum around til it was time to go to Calgary.
dang. if i don't land employment in the coming months, i might just sell my car and any other possessions i can get money for and jump on board. fuck it.
Jay, I wanna do this. At least for a couple weeks, money is looking A-OK with me right now and I'll probably fly out there this summer whenever I feel like it. I don't plan on playing in any tournaments but if something falls in my lap and it doesn't interfere with pickup games Im down, I definitely want to come play in E Van. Portland, Seattle, SF/OAK, and anywhere in between. If this amazing rv rental doesn't go down lets look into a 15 passenger van with a trailer or something along those lines. I'll be in touch, this is gonna be a good summer!
All right.
Scheduled tournaments:
Rumored Tournaments:
Based on this, I would suggest that those going the whole trip gather in Portland mid-July, after the Nanaimo and Sac tournaments. The caravan could leave Portland Thursday, July 28 or Friday July 29 for Edmonton. We'd stay there until Tuesday or Wednesday, then go down to Calgary for NAs.
From Calgary there are about a million different ways to go. I think it'd be nice to visit and encourage a bunch of the newer clubs, particularly ones that have trouble getting six players on a regular basis. Also, how far does the entire caravan want to travel? Is Saskatoon too far out of the way? How about Sacramento or Salt Lake City? We could just make sure to be in Pulman-Moscow whenever they want to host us, since they've been kind enough to volunteer to host us.
I think Olympia would be a good last stop on the way to Worlds- we could visit their regular Wednesday night game and hop over to Seattle Thursday morning. After that, we could tour the Victoria/Nanaimo polo scene before the (potential) East Van Crown, then head back to Portland and to real life. This adds up to 7-8 weeks on the road, for planning purposes. (I really hope I can go.)
you know you take bike polo seriously when...
If I ever actually set up my scanner, I'll upload my notes. And yes, the first thing I wrote on the page was "Cascadia Polo (I'm taking this too seriously)"
&It looks like the ferry cost will vary based on how long the trailer is- $85 USD for up to 30' from Port Angeles, $45-$95 CDN for 20'-30' from Vancouver. If people want to pay the ferry fee, I think Victoria, Nanaimo, and Parksville are the perfect tour stops between Worlds and the EVC. If not, we could hit up Corvallis and Cherry City polo right before Worlds, and then visit Olympia and Bellingham afterwards.
Crown is confirmative.
I'd love to get in on this. Let's make it happen.
Come to Bellingham before Worlds! It's on the way down from Canadia, Oly is the next stop after.
Edit: Woops, read further and the path is crazy!
I was just going to ride my bike from Calgary to Seattle but this sounds like way more fun. I am for sure interested Just need to get that bread stacked first.
I like the Big Rv idea
I'm not sure what you're pulling this thing with, or how far you plan to travel each day, but I think you may be under-estimating your gas costs a little bit. In Alberta right now Gas is about $1.19/litre, and in BC probably closer to $1.30/litre. Make sure you fill up before you cross the border.
*edit...just re-read the top where it says you have a large deisel....that will help.
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yo edmonton! get with the program...we can bring everyone up after na's august is looking empty.. pullman we are coming down to you after that.
then across to the coast maybe sacramento but fuck thats a stretch. this is the part where we might hit a few small towns in cascadia or go to the coast and relax before worlds. after seattle, east van crown... i am really hoping you guys in evan land are having this right after worlds for optimal attendance. confirm..or..deny...
note: side stop, in east van will be at Wreck Beach where we will swim naked and throw frisbee with my skeet skeet and daddy Tern..
Confirmative.
Wreck Beach first.
3rd Beach next...
Confirm. Working on making this our premier hosting of the year.
just tell me when and where to show up and I'll ship my bike and meet you there
A suggestion for after Pullman would be Boise, ID from what I've heard from their city rep. they have good numbers. I imagine a few of them will be headed back to Boise from Pullman and they can show the slayers a great time. I'll have their rep get a hold of you if they can host. So Stoked for this!!!
I'm in for a one way ride and gas cash contribution between SF and Sacramento. If there's no room, I'll find a way to tag along.
Also - maybe see about recommissioning a Green Tortoise bus? Hah!
(these used to run once a week from SF to Portland / Seattle and had a massive rack cyclecide / guajolotero style on top where you toss your bike)
I'd like to be in from the start thru to the 26th in SF and recon with ya'll in Seattle...gonna email ya.
p.s. this will be amazing. ya'll are amazing.
possibilities?:
I am the proud new owner of a 1979 dodge camper van. I don't know how many it could comfortably sleep, but my guess is 4 ( with cuddling), not much for beds, but tons of space. it's got a raised roof. i'm insuring it for 6 months next payday, and it's probably going to be taking Nanaimo to PDX, Victoria, NAs, and Worlds.
however, I'd be into piggy-backing onto this caravan post NAs.. taking a few extra bodies... who knows.
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AH GAD
THIS IS ALWAYS HOW THE DARK WILL END
*crossing fingers*
Going to talk to my boss tomorrow. I hope I can make it happen!
hey J, can I ask a couple of question....
frist, why you are not stoping in Portland at all?
and second why the stop in Olympia, between the 1st and the 6th, do you have any info of what is going on there that days??
I'm trying to organise my trip, and will be good to meet people an play.....
Hi Rik, I'll be traveling to Berlin in the beginning of June, any chance I could try some German polo?
of course, do you have any proper dates yet?
are you bringing your polo bike?
we normally play 2 days during the week, but they change so best ask that monday
then, both saturday and sunday, the whole day
i'll jump on the bus for the ride up to evan..
Would so love to travel with you guys!!!
Maybe in a year or so ;)