I agree regarding the places to ride. We attended the event in 2016 and to be honest it had some issues with the organization of the group rides. Two days in a row, the group we joined got split up and we ended up spending a fair amount of time trying to catch up with the other part of the group. One our second ride, we got split up again. The group sweep was not briefed on the destinations, plus we could not contact the lead. We never saw the rest of the group until we returned to motel location. Suffice it to say, the rides did not pan out well (at least on the rides we joined).
All that aside, I see that SLINGSHOTROADSTERS has taken over the event and they have been known to put on good ones. We thought we would give it another shot.
I have developed a great friendship with a couple that I got to know when we stopped to help a fellow Slingshot rider on one of the 'group' rides (2015). I was also there in 2015, 2016 & 2017... Generally I think that most of the 'planned' group have way to many rider for a good ride. the last two years we did a lot of group riding but a small group 6 - 8 Slingshots...