I'm not sure where you were riding last year and would like you to tell us where "they weren't groooming until the end of the week".

We have ridden that stretch to the Riotel 4 different years. There was only once that it didn't hurt. That time it was storming so bad both ways that we were more concerned about seeing where we were going than worrying about the carbides. Last 2 years we stayed at the Quality Inn.  

That's risk you take when you do a tourer. Some wheels would  help too. Once you are getting into March that's what happens typically. 

Have to go that way. I rather do that then have a discount then money comes in during sesson. They have most of it by Feb anyways if they did Nov to March payments.  Mto might get in way hard to say really. This is happening in every industry now pretty much, that people are just making payments. 

Subscription does sound like a decent idea.  Mto will get in the road though.  Very frustrating.