River Cities (Page 2)

I'm in the host hotel.... $79 a night I think

Staying at the Horseshoe, any idea how far it is from the race site? Can we ride the course on Friday?

15 miles

You should be able to ride it, because 16.5 -17.0 miles of the 18.2 mile course is public roads. The rest in the park. It cost $4 per vehicle to get in the park. There is a church that you can park at about 1-2 miles before the park if you don't want to go into the park.

I am sure there will be a lot of people out there Friday and Saturday riding/driving the course.

mnewton,

are you familiar with this hotel?

http://travel.travelocity.com/hotel/HotelDetailExtended.do?property...

we have to go cheap this time and hopefully this is our answer..

ws

It didn't pull up a hotel. What is the name?

The title in travelocity is "Crossland Bossier City"

3070 EAST TEXAS
Bossier City, LA 71111

It looks like it is one of those "Extended StayAmerica" places

That is pretty close to places to eat and a mall.

Easy to find and one of the closest to the race site (~10-15 miles).

For $40 I say it would be an excellent deal.

Sweet.. Thanks

We'll have the little dog with us.. will this be a safe place to take her out for potty breaks at night? (spoken in my wifes voice )

You are staying a 1/4 mile off of one of the busiest street in Shreveport/Bossier (Airline Drive). There should be a huge parking lot behind you to take your dog for a walk with plenty of lighting.

So to answer your question, yes, it should be safe (well lighted, etc).

Works for me

Thanks for all your help!!

When is everyone arriving? I will be there Friday afternoon toa void the rush of picking up packets.

I'm gonna try and leave early saturday morning and check into the hotel as soon as they will let us.

so I'm guessing around 11 or noon..

hopefully packet pickup won't be too horrible..

I'm not doing the race (my coach is no fun, lol), but if y'all get together for dinner, I would love to come out to meet some more BTer's and wish all of you luck. I might come out to watch the race on Sunday, but I have to get in a 14 mile run that day so I may do it in the morning before it gets too hot.

I'll be getting there early saturday morning with a lifelong friend who wants to begin triathlon next year.  He got a weekend pass from his wife, and jumped at the opportunity to come over and check out the race.  I'm up for lunch, driving the course, dinner, whatever.

Lunch sounds good and then driving the course after. Where should we meet? I am staying ath the Horsheshoe?

JC

Lunch:

Places near packet pickup:
Bibentucker's Bagels - Adjacent to Sportspectrum
Monjuni's- Best Local Italian Place. Right next to Sportspectrum. (would be excellent place for dinner)
Subway
McCallister's Deli
Copeland's
Ruby Tuesday
The Roadhouse
Macaroni Grill

There is also FatBurger, Cheeburger, Whataburger, Cane's Chicken Strips, ChickFilA, Golden Corral, etc nearby

For Dinner:
I am assuming most people would want to do Italian that night to get some good carbs in. So for some of Italian places are:
Monjuni's - Excellent bread, sweet sauce, great dishes, reasonably priced
Olive Garden
Macaroni Grill

All are within a mile from Sportspectrum, so they would be easy to find.

My recommendation:
McCallister's or Subway for Lunch (Bibentucker's will be overwhelmed with all of the packet pickup people)

Monjuni's or Olive Garden for Dinner.

If we want, I can call Monjunis and see if they would reserve a room that will sit about 20-30 people for us that night.

We just need to decide a time and where to go eat.

Sounds good.

Let's do Subway, because it is only 3 or 4 stores down from Sportspectrum.

I will call Monjuni's and see how many people their back room will hold. If it is large enough to hold us, I will make reservations, if not we will go to Macaroni Grill.

So if you plan on having dinner with us that night, let us know how many are coming so I can make reservations accordingly.

I'm in for dinner...I love monjuni's. I'm so mad they closed the one here in Longview.

Sounds good to me.

My Wife and I will be coming to dinner so reserve us 2 seats if you don't mind.

thanks
ws

Count on me and a friend for dinner.  Thanks

Ahhh man, I'm going to be the only one without a date

i'm in too! hopefully Kanoe will be with me.

Coming in on Friday. My Mom lives in Shreveport, and I need to spend some considerable time with her. I'm sort of sneaking the tri in. Enjoy Monjuni's. Oh man! The sauce!