Cruising North of the SF Bay through wine & beer country, rocky Pacific coastline, redwood forests, inland lakes, & finishing in Davis.
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Glass Beach, Fort Bragg |
Your Host For The Event:
Larry Anderson
Register at MotorSport Registry:
Click here for a link to the run registration page at MSR.
Run Details:
Please note that this is not a normal one-day club run.
On the first of two days of Northern California grand touring, NorCal MINIs will drive through the wine country of Napa, through Cloverdale, cutting over to the Point Arena Lighthouse, and follow the Mendocino coastline up to Fort Bragg. Book your Saturday night lodging in the Fort Bragg area (see a list of possible lodging options below the daily run details), so you can join the group for a second day of driving CA-1 up the coastline just south of DeHaven, before cutting eastward through redwood forests, turning southward through Lake County, past Lake Berryessa, and ending in Davis at the Sudwerk Brewing Company. Over the course of these two epic days, the club will drive the scenic bends and curves of wine country, ocean coastline, forests, and inland lakes.
We'll start our weekend fun on Saturday, June 24, by meeting up at the Starbucks in San Ramon (21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd, San Ramon, CA 94583). After everyone has a chance to arrive and use the restroom, we'll hold our first drivers' briefing of the weekend, and convoy northward on I-680.
General Notes:
- Please check your oil, brakes, and tire pressure before heading out. This trip will test all of them! Also, bring windshield cleaning supplies… because where we’re driving, the bugs are definitely out.
- Parts of our route go over rough roadways (typical paved but worn backcountry/mountain roads). Your host will do his best to call out the nastier spots ahead of time on the Club radio channel.
- Bring some warm clothes. Point Arena, Mendocino, and Fort Bragg have a high probability of being fogged in and chilly, even if it’s warm and sunny on the rest of our route
- Please top off your MINI's gas tank and charge the batteries in your radios before arriving at the two Starbucks for the meetups on Saturday and Sunday!
Please have a radio tuned to Channel 7-21 CTCSS to hear alerts during all runs! 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.
Saturday, June 24 Run 1 Details (San Ramon to Fort Bragg):
Day 1 Route Map:
https://goo.gl/maps/txz6iL2m5UkWmysX7
Meeting Location:
Starbucks
21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd
San Ramon, CA 94583
Meeting Time/Departure Time:
8:30am/9:00am
For our Members who live north/east of San Ramon and would prefer to join us along the way, meet us at the Fairfield Shell station (4450 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534). We will be arriving there between 9:45-10:00 AM.
Special Run Notes:
- There are both Shell and Chevron gas stations across from the Starbucks where we'll be leaving from. Please fill up before meeting at Starbucks. (Saturday's route can be easily completed with a full tank.)
- We will be crossing the Benecia-Martinez Bridge on our way to Fairfield. Traveling north on this bridge requires a $7 toll. The toll booths are automated without a CASH option!!
Please either have a FasTrak electronic toll tag in your car or sign up for a License Plate Account (https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/tolls/license-plate.shtml) before the run!
After our driver's briefing at the San Ramon Starbucks meetup location, we will line up and head northbound on I-680. After crossing the Benecia-Martinez Bridge and its elevated views of the Carquinez Strait to the left and Suisun Bay to the right, we’ll make our first stop at a Shell station in Fairfield (4450 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534). Anyone needing a bio break, or who neglected to fill up before the run can do so here. This is also where we’ll pick up anyone joining us along the way.
After lunch, we’ll rejoin CA-128 for some twisties, on our way to our next stop at Anderson Valley Brewing Company (CA-128 & CA-253). The bathrooms are clean and the beer is divine! This venue has been developed into a destination with many activities and amenities. We will pause for a while to soak up a flavor of AVBC, but we will have to limit ourselves so we can get to our final destination in Fort Bragg at a reasonable hour.
- There is a $5 admission fee per person.
Sunday, June 25 Run 2 Details (Fort Bragg to Davis):
Day 2 Route Map:
https://goo.gl/maps/c2Zc3d8HedvcZkHY6Meeting Location:
Starbucks
576 S. Main St.
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Meeting Time/Departure Time:
9:00am/9:30am
Special Run Notes:
- There is a Chevron gas station a couple blocks South of the Starbucks meetup location. Please fill up before meeting at Starbucks. (Saturday's route can be easily completed with a full tank.)
- Also please remember to check your oil level, tire pressure and condition, and top off your windshield washer fluid.
We’ll poll the group via radio to determine if a pit stop is needed at a rest area on the corner of Pope Canyon Rd and Berryessa Knoxville Road, otherwise, we’ll head down Berryessa Knoxville Road along the southwest portion of Lake Berryessa. We’ll then pick up CA-128 East and continue towards our final pit stop at Lake Solano County Park.
Some hotel options in Fort Bragg include:
Seabird Lodge Fort Bragg
191 South St.
Fort Bragg 95437
707 964 8000
Motel 6 Fort Bragg
400 S Main Street
Fort Bragg 95437
707 964 4761
Super 8 By Wyndham Fort Bragg
888 S Main Street
Fort Bragg 95437
707 409 0055
Holiday Inn Express Fort Bragg
250 West State St.
Fort Bragg 95437
707 964 1100
Surf Motel & Gardens
1220 S Main Street
Fort Bragg 95437
800 339 5364
- 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 regard to washing hands.
- Club loaner radios will be available at the run. These will be sanitized prior to being handed out and 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.
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