Ambush is a Brunton Stalker owners group get together held on an annual basis for the last 5 years in Helen, GA. The Smokie Mountains of Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina have some of the best driver's roads in the world. Paul Whittle has run a loosely organized event for Stalker owners for the past several years called the Ambush. We have such a good time at this meet that we would like to invite all 7s enthusiasts to come join the fun.
The Ambush will be held from September 18 thru the 22nd 2011 and centered around Helen Ga.
The Ambush is several loosely organized drives thru the best hilly, curvy and picturesque roads I know of. In the evenings we tend to gather at a local restaurant or have a cookout at the friendly campground many of us stay at. We will probably split into a couple of groups for the drives. There will be a group that drives very "briskly" and other group(s) that are more leisurely. We also tend to gather at an interesting place each day for lunch.
We usually avoid the Tail of the Dragon because it tends to have lots of traffic. Paul knows local roads that are less traveled and even better than the Dragon!
There is no organized track day or entry fee. Just pay your own expenses.
Accommodations:
Once again we will be at the Riverbend Motel and the Creekwood Resort Campgrounds and Cabins.
The Riverbend has a lot of space for trailer parking and a decent amount of covered parking for the cars. It is a short walking distance to the shops and restaurants of Helen.
Mark from Riverbend has dropped the price again this year to $72.21 per night for our group, effective from Sunday 18th - Thurday 22nd. If you want rooms over Friday, Saturday before and after, standard rates will apply. As of 6/10/2011, they are running $89.99 per night which is much better than the $203/night it was in early June.
Riverbend typically puts on breakfast of muffins, etc. and a conference room for us to congregate in the mornings.
For RV's Melissa and Robert at Creekwork are looking forward to us being back this year. They also have some great cabins available if you are more than a party of 2, or can arrange to be! We will have one or more cookouts at this great campground.
One more accomodation option is to rent local Locost hotshoe Heikki Rinta-Koski's cabin in Helen. Heikki took 3rd overall at the Tail of the Dragon Hill climb in June in his home built Locost. Here is a 2007 video of him at RockingHam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHGMtfEQeX8 If I can't talk him into getting his Locost street registered, I hope he will bring his 6.2L V8 Boss Hoss. He is fun to follow through the twisites. He rides it like he drives his Locost! It is truly a sight to see!
Details of Heikki's cabin can be found below:
http://www.vrbo.com/318055 "3 br cabin would be great for accommodation up to 8 people, one king and two queen bedrooms, two showers, hot tub for 8 people, fully equipped kitchen.
For Ambush in Helen Octoberfest time I can have $181 nightly rate (30% discount from normal) if cabin is rented for 3 days or more.
Add 7% tax to rent amount and one time cleaning fee and damage insurance of $174.
Heikki Rinta-Koski
678 640 7212"
Riverbend Motel & Cabins
134 River St
Helen, GA 30545
Ph: 706-878-2155
http://www.riverbendmotelandcabins.com/ Creekwood Resort
5730 Highway 356
Sautee, GA 30571
Ph: 706-878-2164
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