Your Hosts For The Event:
Gordon & Alison Lee
Run Details:
We will start out our day by meeting at MINI of Marin (5880 Paradise Dr., Corte Madera, 94925) for bagels and hot coffee kindly provided by the dealership.
Please have a radio tuned to Channel 7-21 CTCSS to hear alerts during the run! The Club has loaners if you don’t have your own. Leaders will use the club radios to alert drivers to hazards, so please have your radios or borrow the club radios to listen in.
After our drivers' briefing, we will head north on US 101 through San Rafael, passing the iconic Marin County Civic Center designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Drivers won't get to see much of this building, but passengers can look back over their right shoulders at this treasure.
We'll take a new route through the scenery of Lucas Valley following Lucas Valley Road which includes oak grasslands and hills, Big Rock park, and a redwood forest before passing through the quaint village of Nicasio. We will pass Lucasfilm's Big Rock Ranch and Skywalker Ranch before reaching Nicasio, but they are well hidden out of sight of passing cars and strongly protect their solitude and serenity. "These are not the droids you are looking for."
Once we have exited the redwood forest, we will turn right onto Nicasio Valley Road toward the small, historic village of Nicasio and the Nicasio Cheese Company on our way north past Nicasio Reservoir. After passing the reservoir, we will turn northeast onto Pt. Reyes - Petaluma Road and stop for our halfway break at the Marin French Cheese Company, known for its brie, restrooms, and beautiful picnic table views of the pond and hills nearby.
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We will have the post-ride debrief in front of the Tides Wharf and Restaurant before we all break for lunch on your own and your return home.
Meet Up Time/Departure Time:
9:00am/ 10:00am
Meet Up Location:
MINI of Marin
5880 Paradise Dr.
Corte Madera, 94925
Additional Run Details:
*Please bring your radio*, fully charged, turned on, and tuned to Channel 7, Subchannel 21 CTCSS before you arrive at the start. If you don’t have a radio, ask for a loaner at the driver’s meeting. For radio recommendations, please see https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/.
Be sure to turn the “VOX” voice-activated setting OFF, or we will hear the wind from your AC, your conversations, and any noise in your car broadcasting to everyone.
Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop at Marin French Cheese Co., so plan ahead.
Bay Area backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. There are no major hazards that would take out a car, but some of the backroad sections are definitely bumpier than others.
There are stretches where local wildlife can be seen on each side of the road. At some point, these animals may decide to cross the road, so please watch out for deer, wild turkeys, etc. trying to get from one side to the other right in front of your car.
Let’s finish the drive as a group at the Tides Wharf and Restaurant parking lot. This is a good point for club pictures and making plans for lunch.
Route:
https://goo.gl/maps/qkZjcdCi2ZUcH5727
Halfway Stop:
Marin French Cheese Company (20 minute break)
7510 Point Reyes-Petaluma Rd.
Petaluma, CA
https://marinfrenchcheese.com/
Bodega Bay Lunch Spots:
Tides Wharf & Restaurant
835 Bay Hwy.
Bodega Bay, CA. 94923
https://www.innatthetides.com/tides-wharf-restaurant/
Fishetarian Fish Market
https://fishetarianfishmarket.com/
Lucas Wharf Restaurant
https://lucaswharfrestaurant.com/
Delight in Bodega Bay:
Captain Davey’s ice cream
http://captaindaveys.com/
• NorCal MINIS asks that anyone who is at higher risk for severe illness, feeling unwell, or who has been in contact with anyone that is sick in the last two weeks to STAY HOME
• In line with State guidelines – people who are fully vaccinated may attend without a face mask. If you are not fully vaccinated – we kindly request that you maintain a face covering.
• NorCal MINIs will encourage everyone to maintain personal hygiene in regards to washing hands
• Club loaner radios will be available at the run. These will be sanitized prior to be handed and out will be sanitized again upon return.
• Any PPE you wish to use must be supplied by yourself. This includes any face coverings or hand sanitizing products
• Participants will be required to Sign Waivers Electronically
• Please be courteous with people who wish to maintain PPE and social distancing. It is their choice to do this and we cannot question their vaccine status
Anyone who continually or willfully violates these guidelines will be asked to leave by a club officer or director.
POST-EVENT PROTOCOLS:
• Any participant that falls ill within 2 weeks after the event MUST contact NorCal MINIs and share a description of their symptoms, related test results and movements during the event
• NorCal MINIs will make every effort to alert affected participants privately of the situation
Instructions for joining MotorSportReg and joining NorCal MINIs can be found in the following document: Instructions
