tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55694617565122505502024-03-16T11:22:58.721-07:00NorCal MINIS | Northern California's Premier MINI Cooper ClubNorthern California's Premier MINI ClubNorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comBlogger13156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-44419638176353989282024-03-16T11:21:00.000-07:002024-03-16T11:21:38.511-07:00Lodging Planner for Lake Tahoe Weekend Run - May 18 - 19, 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Saturday and Sunday overnight run to South Lake Tahoe. Enjoy the backroads, less traveled, and even more scenic than your usual run up the freeways.</span></i><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfAtkvrGQv69VfkmdK9gSblvziW0mmwP-Wrxv4k9ofh2ySgFbpqjSYV8neYgMH7NWa__8W-GgR-FXTe13JnKxgEnInBzAlaiSP2zpjxj-9d0RtNUQOxX1W6uFxdEXpl2oorrSr4ZUl0t0NJ9I69Da_qcwwqTx9qAFpKZVhNt8n_3Px0z8AO1M9vM8-BYS/s1440/37D5BF29-AF18-4AC7-8D82-8B1902507CB4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfAtkvrGQv69VfkmdK9gSblvziW0mmwP-Wrxv4k9ofh2ySgFbpqjSYV8neYgMH7NWa__8W-GgR-FXTe13JnKxgEnInBzAlaiSP2zpjxj-9d0RtNUQOxX1W6uFxdEXpl2oorrSr4ZUl0t0NJ9I69Da_qcwwqTx9qAFpKZVhNt8n_3Px0z8AO1M9vM8-BYS/w377-h212/37D5BF29-AF18-4AC7-8D82-8B1902507CB4.jpg" width="377" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Lake Tahoe East Shore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOTICE: To all Registered Club Members interested in attending this 2-day event</span></b></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We are posting this early to give everyone a chance to make their RESERVATIONS in the South Lake Tahoe area ASAP. The area is popular for weekend getaways all year, so accommodations always book early. There are hosted cabin rentals (e.g., VRBO, Airbnb, etc.), as well as hotels and motels in and around South Lake Tahoe.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Sunday's run will likely be on the Nevada side of the lake (eastern shoreline), so you may wish to consider that when weighing where to book your Saturday night stay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i><b>Please make your reservations with an option to cancel in the event of disasters such as wildfires or pandemics, or in the event of personal illness/emergency.</b></i></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g1798615-South_Lake_Tahoe_Lake_Tahoe_California_California-Vacations.html" target="_blank">TripAdvisor for South Lake Tahoe</a>: TripAdvisor lists hotels as well as vacation rentals, with listings for things to do and restaurants to dine at.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/s/South-Lake-Tahoe--California--United-States/homes?tab_id=home_tab&refinement_paths%5B%5D=%2Fhomes&flexible_trip_lengths%5B%5D=one_week&monthly_start_date=2024-04-01&monthly_length=3&monthly_end_date=2024-07-01&price_filter_input_type=2&channel=EXPLORE&query=South%20Lake%20Tahoe%2C%20CA&place_id=ChIJ4U-l7omFmYARjpEj-0YvG90&date_picker_type=calendar&checkin=2024-05-18&checkout=2024-05-19&source=structured_search_input_header&search_type=autocomplete_click" target="_blank">AirBnB for South Lake Tahoe</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.vrbo.com/search?adults=2&d1=2024-05-18&d2=2024-05-19&destination=South%20Lake%20Tahoe%2C%20California%2C%20United%20States%20of%20America&endDate=2024-05-19&latLong=38.939926%2C-119.977188&regionId=10150&semdtl=&sort=RECOMMENDED&startDate=2024-05-18&theme=&userIntent=" target="_blank">VRBO for South Lake Tahoe</a></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4UohUfc93umvKpo6GwlJTnn3g4OaWgkX78hhacAGsSB4HZsR75CRzWm_vNAdMT6YB86BzdSAQlDhg3TURc4Qn6T_3iq7gtuV4jZfN8ecDjLpG3pPbbIEGt6CkKZzfJ5qXoKICaiexCfEco0LjRNAdNhlbS7YWgpYt4zfmUOB4bzMukzT2uNvESn8Q8g8/s1440/F6574840-6D40-4436-9728-720402087B49.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4UohUfc93umvKpo6GwlJTnn3g4OaWgkX78hhacAGsSB4HZsR75CRzWm_vNAdMT6YB86BzdSAQlDhg3TURc4Qn6T_3iq7gtuV4jZfN8ecDjLpG3pPbbIEGt6CkKZzfJ5qXoKICaiexCfEco0LjRNAdNhlbS7YWgpYt4zfmUOB4bzMukzT2uNvESn8Q8g8/w389-h219/F6574840-6D40-4436-9728-720402087B49.jpg" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Lake Tahoe East Shore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-2938155597811149282024-03-16T10:37:00.000-07:002024-03-16T10:37:11.693-07:00Lodging Planner for Dunsmuir Railroad Park - Oct. 11 - 13, 2024<p style="text-align: center;"> <i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Three days of MINIs, friends, forests, and old railroad cabooses.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahgxvV3aMiUYh-NtXCGycwrTYbRB_R076_8venTIJcqWlhTmwBdEHEj8KYssczQHOuOVXX5Aeu8lBUM_Lcm4WALFbMqv5Mc-YQHF2Fs7lI8Xp-LVg-N9KrDEGpz6l8c6AYB4dxFt6o-FAeP41kHcTZgGtphvPt0J8iiNpEugP-4GfcfltTmG6sNl90gzw/s1080/Dunsmuir%20Rail%20Weekend%202023-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahgxvV3aMiUYh-NtXCGycwrTYbRB_R076_8venTIJcqWlhTmwBdEHEj8KYssczQHOuOVXX5Aeu8lBUM_Lcm4WALFbMqv5Mc-YQHF2Fs7lI8Xp-LVg-N9KrDEGpz6l8c6AYB4dxFt6o-FAeP41kHcTZgGtphvPt0J8iiNpEugP-4GfcfltTmG6sNl90gzw/w418-h418/Dunsmuir%20Rail%20Weekend%202023-2.png" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOTICE: To all Registered Club Members interested in attending this 3-day event</span></b></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We are posting this early to give everyone a chance to make their RESERVATIONS AT THE Railroad Park Resort NOW. It books early. You can also book accommodations at other local hotels as well (in Dunsmuir or Shasta City). There are a very limited number of cabins and cabooses remaining available onsite. Many folks who attended last year booked for this year at that time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i><b>Please make your reservations with an option to cancel in the event of disasters such as wildfires or pandemics, or in the event of personal illness/emergency.</b></i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">GO TO THE RAILROAD PARK RESORT website to book (and more info below)</span></b></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><a href="https://www.rrpark.com/"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">https://www.rrpark.com/</span></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwf9-GeT2W3WUSKqTszQGEhI-dqd78BAFPOJ5Pulhx0OS6FrDj9nVcKkI38KOZr7sIuqVNlYZhwJ7SDmIV-YAFausearDULLfDGgwyLVqqL-SJruV-1s1mt6GS-u76VGwVnRfJjAKlgvFZg6KYXeSMFcxafAp6JK8m1P0vfZPU_2Lzeo1r-v6JAnCIH-x/s1299/Awesome.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1299" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwf9-GeT2W3WUSKqTszQGEhI-dqd78BAFPOJ5Pulhx0OS6FrDj9nVcKkI38KOZr7sIuqVNlYZhwJ7SDmIV-YAFausearDULLfDGgwyLVqqL-SJruV-1s1mt6GS-u76VGwVnRfJjAKlgvFZg6KYXeSMFcxafAp6JK8m1P0vfZPU_2Lzeo1r-v6JAnCIH-x/s320/Awesome.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgDHj0B0o_wI-jMFnzxF9q3bH_z5uS7qN4uBXJLGTHzCG0HtobciWQDMkE3OO1Mltnj4ljZWA-YxsTABEz4frshNu2c6xzrMLPKY5kYbW9YaYW4CE2uCYiloVZ7_OpOgk57KgxorrX3YcT7z-4I43eGGi2EDSzWtdK-LcyHrqwgztcZNaZTAKuEaDw1KI/s2208/RRParkResort7-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="2208" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgDHj0B0o_wI-jMFnzxF9q3bH_z5uS7qN4uBXJLGTHzCG0HtobciWQDMkE3OO1Mltnj4ljZWA-YxsTABEz4frshNu2c6xzrMLPKY5kYbW9YaYW4CE2uCYiloVZ7_OpOgk57KgxorrX3YcT7z-4I43eGGi2EDSzWtdK-LcyHrqwgztcZNaZTAKuEaDw1KI/s320/RRParkResort7-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGpIi1j-ODqoLv_ajRdKCU52DbevQ7kDv2Skr2-Zue9cnIORNojM8b5GCoZO1hozzZuruhZXJge-c0vt3eRMG8rv8H1P_gMtlNnpBVGz7AgZYjPwgsnOV9DduSsfoIJdIjGxn84KzXEjCCaeJysf96lnFYmAULeE4AO0hA_aIwtfkPOSnyOZcmXWNdEee/s3140/RRParkResort15-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3140" data-original-width="2500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGpIi1j-ODqoLv_ajRdKCU52DbevQ7kDv2Skr2-Zue9cnIORNojM8b5GCoZO1hozzZuruhZXJge-c0vt3eRMG8rv8H1P_gMtlNnpBVGz7AgZYjPwgsnOV9DduSsfoIJdIjGxn84KzXEjCCaeJysf96lnFYmAULeE4AO0hA_aIwtfkPOSnyOZcmXWNdEee/s320/RRParkResort15-1.jpeg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Other lodging accommodations are available outside the railroad park in Dunsmuir or the town of Mount Shasta:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Times;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tripadvisor.com <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g32319-Dunsmuir_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank">Dunsmuir Lodging Listings</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tripadvisor.com <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g32755-Mount_Shasta_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank">Town of Mount Shasta Lodging Listings</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><br /></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-39295425947455408312024-03-03T22:21:00.000-08:002024-03-03T22:41:11.332-08:00Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024<p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sunday has no formal club runs, but we have two optional scenic routes for your consideration.</span></i></p><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qABACA0xspqEhlsw_VespEPLXNDXku66JkcgZbaU6Pp7RYwKdcBomyQI7sEAMIfJ9TFFsxzv9LPwh42pTHDrAWkpy0eoGCX1kZDLptcGvwQKKm7_bin0vVM0eWSCv2eOTC4LTB_pA6d2zBICDZaOhGV5WUzP0vxbPdZqNAad5RQaycArSKJffAbykVY-/s266/Avenue%20of%20Giants.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="266" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qABACA0xspqEhlsw_VespEPLXNDXku66JkcgZbaU6Pp7RYwKdcBomyQI7sEAMIfJ9TFFsxzv9LPwh42pTHDrAWkpy0eoGCX1kZDLptcGvwQKKm7_bin0vVM0eWSCv2eOTC4LTB_pA6d2zBICDZaOhGV5WUzP0vxbPdZqNAad5RQaycArSKJffAbykVY-/w312-h223/Avenue%20of%20Giants.jpg" width="312" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><u>Your Host(s) for the Event:</u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tim Nye</span></p><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></i></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Route:<br /></span></u></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXdnE9KAFmm9sVBJ9" target="_blank">Route Overview</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/1vr7phSDiQVYs8Zs9" target="_blank">Part 1 (Morning Route)</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/udqFmN2B7DNSNRBw9" target="_blank">Part 2 (Afternoon Route)</a></span></b></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Register for the Event on MotorSport Registry:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><b><u><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/avenue-of-giants-weekend-run-norcal-minis-744753">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/avenue-of-giants-weekend-run-norcal-minis-744753</a></u></b></span></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Meetup Time / Departure Time:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:00 AM / 9:30 AM</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Meetup Location:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/HPHcUctWKaLJjJa2A" target="_blank">Chevron</a>
22 Rowland Way
Novato, CA 94947
<i>parking lot next to the Cinemax Theater</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQYq05UqcFhyphenhyphenk3I2wMQWKLGJYG8O7vpllmdFnv-d-LSpZqns9ZmtI2crwEHOA-w6Ovo4im99b-Jm8Hv-n8GcOBN4PSu6Ii80Q2Y5ebruRwIdYSdQI99iqd_oy_c5EDfd5DmpOvmvQCpH1a-hXyv_qUQFED9qtzBsqIIz9X3Wr05Itup3mV6BqVrOlqJJW/s3818/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%209.27.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="3818" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQYq05UqcFhyphenhyphenk3I2wMQWKLGJYG8O7vpllmdFnv-d-LSpZqns9ZmtI2crwEHOA-w6Ovo4im99b-Jm8Hv-n8GcOBN4PSu6Ii80Q2Y5ebruRwIdYSdQI99iqd_oy_c5EDfd5DmpOvmvQCpH1a-hXyv_qUQFED9qtzBsqIIz9X3Wr05Itup3mV6BqVrOlqJJW/w346-h162/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%209.27.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Chevron in Novato Meetup Location</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><u>Run Details:</u></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Saturday will be an all-day drive to cruise up to the Avenue of the Giants, then motor through the magnificent giant sequoia redwood trees. This route is truly a unique California experience, and it all began in 1926 with a road trip. At that time, the Newton Drury and Pacific Lumber company invited wealthy philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and his family to a picnic in the park. Following that trip, Rockefeller pledged</span></span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> $1 million to the</span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Save the Redwoods League to acquire prime redwood groves for conservation. In 1960, the Avenue of the Giants parkway was dedicated to the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, preserving these beautiful, ancient trees for future generations of road trippers like us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Wa9hnHPHb2QhewOSjhre0LUqDYEn2WRGMublhqVxgNVdF1TB_r2tDsD1tMeOcHQvy4ufH1trUQyOzksr6EJB_7C0nm9fYpZvgiGCJTDzQY9zxASZ3vwcNzX4aesDZBscTUT5in95BX2sthB0KdYPon7LOd8YW02M9C3dGVnP5eKwGalsylvP-drQrlp9/s1000/shutterstock_1433267651%20HSRP.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Wa9hnHPHb2QhewOSjhre0LUqDYEn2WRGMublhqVxgNVdF1TB_r2tDsD1tMeOcHQvy4ufH1trUQyOzksr6EJB_7C0nm9fYpZvgiGCJTDzQY9zxASZ3vwcNzX4aesDZBscTUT5in95BX2sthB0KdYPon7LOd8YW02M9C3dGVnP5eKwGalsylvP-drQrlp9/w369-h247/shutterstock_1433267651%20HSRP.jpeg" width="369" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Humboldt State Redwoods Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
After a short driver’s meeting at the Chevron in Novato, we will convoy out onto US 101N for about 40 miles, and then take Exit 505 and follow Dry Creek Rd. and Dutcher Creek Rd. to Cloverdale for an optional pit stop. We will then get back on US 101N toward Willits, where lunch awaits at a local eatery of your choice. </span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">As we enter Willits on S. Main Street, there are a few lunch options. The after lunch meeting spot will be at the Grocery Outlet parking lot (1718 S Main St, Willits, CA 95490). A few options in the general vicinity are:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://lumberjacksrestaurant.com/lunch/" target="_blank">Lumberjack’s</a> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://supertacoca.com/" target="_blank">Super Taco</a></span><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/rios-fish-and-chips-willits" target="_blank">Rio’s Fish and Chips</a> </span><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://restaurants.subway.com/united-states/ca/willits/1704-s-main-st" target="_blank">Subway</a> </span></span></li></ul></span><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After lunch, we will continue driving north to the famous Chandelier Drive-Thru Redwood Tree ($15 fee per car). Our MINIs will be dwarfed by this massive tree as we drive through the passage cut into the tree. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO60l0L6Ev3evPMVcfMleOxjC37scYXYgZaQDZUYf4eUa03DwoWmR5-tbct73Y8A4yEhNkDEjRXpPvt6YHXLDPQZgleS2D-6Y4V4_y614el-Z69jbM8G9d1CKnBmOXyD8l4rJUwI6sTP-u-mdKQ5wlbZYi7UDfianD4UfqnrI1Zmo0VDdkPVGAfG3hVLn/s640/IMG_1478.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="372" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZO60l0L6Ev3evPMVcfMleOxjC37scYXYgZaQDZUYf4eUa03DwoWmR5-tbct73Y8A4yEhNkDEjRXpPvt6YHXLDPQZgleS2D-6Y4V4_y614el-Z69jbM8G9d1CKnBmOXyD8l4rJUwI6sTP-u-mdKQ5wlbZYi7UDfianD4UfqnrI1Zmo0VDdkPVGAfG3hVLn/w222-h382/IMG_1478.jpg" width="222" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chandelier Tree</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The second part of the route begins when we leave Leggett on US 101N and take Exit 650 to begin our tour of the Avenue of Giants (aka CA-254). Unfortunately, there are a couple of road closures on the Avenue of the Giants due to storm damage repairs and bridge construction</span><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. However, even US 101N has spectacular views through these forests. Our next stop will be in Miranda for fuel and restrooms. We will also make a stop at the Visitor Center for Humboldt Redwoods State Park ( </span><a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://humboldtredwoods.org/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://humboldtredwoods.org/</a><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> ),
There are many places to stop along the drive, get out and walk around. Due to time limitations, we will not be making long stops, but may stop to get out of the cars and take a few photos. Be sure to have your 2-way radios charged and turned on to listen for instructions from the group leader and caboose. If you fall behind, don’t worry and just continue driving north on the Avenue. Be sure to watch out for Bigfoot and areas of interest you might want to explore on the drive home.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCjzP1J4PawuU1C72S0p2pIH44Q99oA374vwQMpVqLaH7eiBbDpMaZ2fJUreEFOzZ7JdTftqwnDgZZIw6KxG_pmE2VPvVJ1saU4q2rp09OVs2SIwV_eD6uU-UOG-ai12JFy073g5NODc7b4Rv64cICW5udsRsNBDFpdv6FFI3dwwSvfoNHj-3f7dsChrB/s640/IMG_5168.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCjzP1J4PawuU1C72S0p2pIH44Q99oA374vwQMpVqLaH7eiBbDpMaZ2fJUreEFOzZ7JdTftqwnDgZZIw6KxG_pmE2VPvVJ1saU4q2rp09OVs2SIwV_eD6uU-UOG-ai12JFy073g5NODc7b4Rv64cICW5udsRsNBDFpdv6FFI3dwwSvfoNHj-3f7dsChrB/s320/IMG_5168.HEIC" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bigfoot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Avenue ends in Pepperwood, where we will again find US 101N continuing to Fortuna, CA where food, drink, and lodging await. For the more adventurous, Eureka is about 20 more miles up the road. Refer to our run <a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/2024/01/lodging-planner-for-avenue-of-giants.html" target="_blank">lodging planner page</a> for information on lodging options in the area.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After checking into hotels, run participants are invited to meetup at a local brewpub, <a href="http://eelriverbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Eel River Brewery</a> (1777 Alamar Way, Fortuna, CA 95540)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, around 6pm for beer, food, and cheer. This will be a non-hosted event with plenty of parking and seating for all who would like to join us. Eel River Brewery is America’s first certified organic brewery serving those who enjoy the road less traveled. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Sunday Day 2 Individual Route Options:</u></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">There is no club run on Sunday, March 24. The drive home will be on your own. Some may choose to travel home in small groups, while others may wish to drive the Avenue again and make more stops - there are many hiking trails and places to explore. Others may choose to drive a short distance up the coast to visit Eureka, Arcata, or Trinidad.
A few routes home to consider are:
</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">CA-36 E from Fortuna to Red Bluff:
For those traveling home to the Sacramento-San Joaquin valley, Highway 36 is a 142-mile long and spirited 2-lane mountain highway. You can access it a few miles south of Fortuna. Just be sure to fuel/charge up before departing, because gas stations are few and far between until you get to Red Bluff. From Red Bluff, merge onto I-5 S and head home.
<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/mLByxegvLKYvrR8j6" target="_blank">Optional Route A</a>
</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">CA-1 S from Leggett to San Francisco:
For those traveling home to the Bay Area, the northern part of California’s iconic coastal highway is majestic. It will go all the way to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, or you can cut across to US 101 S via CA-116 E in Jenner, and local roads near Bodega Bay.
<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/oAb9NrXZttWuM3Tq8" target="_blank">Optional Route B</a>
</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> US-101 S:
For the quickest route home, the way we came is the way to go. For those returning to the delta valley, consider taking Exit 555B to CA-20 E toward Clear Lake.
Whichever path you choose, drive safely!</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWAHMPHqGCLhs2BVRTokTS1ew-_VJ0cmxBpVNUl-SwkipqCC-IZo5vD3S3vaXRaHq0KSpcD9cJCf-ae0-MNoAGwL5poe1gH3ZcDVBKUtwvU3BGhlCq1WO9oKtvbzuvR7Yk8BxFMjf1rBEawmSPkUAPkBy_H3vOPimY22fhbamDEsla1clso8WvV_9dgXi/s2048/Trinidad%20Pier.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWAHMPHqGCLhs2BVRTokTS1ew-_VJ0cmxBpVNUl-SwkipqCC-IZo5vD3S3vaXRaHq0KSpcD9cJCf-ae0-MNoAGwL5poe1gH3ZcDVBKUtwvU3BGhlCq1WO9oKtvbzuvR7Yk8BxFMjf1rBEawmSPkUAPkBy_H3vOPimY22fhbamDEsla1clso8WvV_9dgXi/w335-h223/Trinidad%20Pier.jpeg" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Trinidad Pier</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><div><b><u><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/" style="color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">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.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will have a long drive ahead with some rest and gas stops planned in, but please have that gas tank on FULL to start our day.<br /><br />California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that may be a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a549504-7fff-a7fb-c8a5-e29702554c0d"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We ask that you turn on low-beam headlights - not Auto - to make us more visible to other vehicles either ahead or behind us, including your fellow MINI drivers.</span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBcV1bg00zWcgk27GmyD7BQiG4gu3V5ohUIZF7vulGvXc031RJOPefQQH7x38TUAzJ4J-6cBK92RbHXCllFY4Eo-7i31YfsfInv2yu48E3E2smXsxVQUogsHETnR8uQDWB9lOAW1bglJETpAAfVmihgj6YUknAisjRajifOwvK0OWTK2m2KeVyUjau4iI/s726/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%2010.17.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="726" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBcV1bg00zWcgk27GmyD7BQiG4gu3V5ohUIZF7vulGvXc031RJOPefQQH7x38TUAzJ4J-6cBK92RbHXCllFY4Eo-7i31YfsfInv2yu48E3E2smXsxVQUogsHETnR8uQDWB9lOAW1bglJETpAAfVmihgj6YUknAisjRajifOwvK0OWTK2m2KeVyUjau4iI/w349-h231/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%2010.17.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Headlight Switch: Full Manual On</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 212px; position: absolute; top: 4964px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-78554746448088843952024-01-29T22:23:00.000-08:002024-01-29T22:23:41.978-08:00Lodging Planner for Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat., March 23, 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sunday has no organized runs.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2FU6UsVgy38YO7qdDGdl7MvBLH8ap_rgsVuYfymeycYseeprwqcpXJQ7sfQu6Bqi_4-5QLWqbRsHGK8f5E0xkA7QhbF60j5H6A3ZJgn5LHpzO-ZFGgKwZ8P7AbYHYe3ehb1fyQrT9xrhtfOjCYi9yNQs0Hmz3QS5QQVXPL0-oZtWAGn1-CzOjpRH60KZ/s1000/Avenue%20road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1000" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2FU6UsVgy38YO7qdDGdl7MvBLH8ap_rgsVuYfymeycYseeprwqcpXJQ7sfQu6Bqi_4-5QLWqbRsHGK8f5E0xkA7QhbF60j5H6A3ZJgn5LHpzO-ZFGgKwZ8P7AbYHYe3ehb1fyQrT9xrhtfOjCYi9yNQs0Hmz3QS5QQVXPL0-oZtWAGn1-CzOjpRH60KZ/w395-h173/Avenue%20road.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Avenue of the Giants</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOTICE: To all Registered Club Members interested in attending this 2-day event</span></b></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We are posting this lodging planner early to give everyone a chance to make their lodging reservations for Saturday night in the Fortuna/Eureka area. While there will not be an organized club run on Sunday, Saturday's runs will end late in the day. </span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We highly recommend staying over</span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> Saturday night, so you can enjoy Sunday morning on your own and a safe drive home.</span></div><p><i style="color: red; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b>Please make your reservations with an option to cancel in the event of disasters such as wildfires or pandemics, or in the event of personal illness/emergency.</b></i></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Saturday's runs will start in Novato, stop in Willits for lunch, pass through the drive-through Chandelier Tree ($15 fee per car), continue up through the Avenue of the Giants, and end at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. We suggest looking for lodging in the Fortuna/Eureka/Arcata area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Fortuna Lodging:</u></b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotels-in-fortuna/best-western-country-inn/propertyCode.05533.html" target="_blank">Best Western Country Inn</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.choicehotels.com/california/fortuna/comfort-inn-hotels/ca688?adults=2" target="_blank">Comfort Inn & Suites Redwood Country</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Eureka Lodging:</u></b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g32363-Eureka_Humboldt_County_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank">Tripadvisor Recommendations</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTqZ0fwA2s6aIiMYYjM_sel-OyH_AzGkapg0wvwqTUFWT-zu5l0b5z0uCHj2ZFAjmxKMXp5HRRp1xaM-V2hnVakcPs-FNrRBCG0jBFiipoBfpSU1JnXqt6rHWRcWtxjX-t5GbTDAjS0Bk-sDqUoOae6qSjmV6pHslvuEupRDpm3EVw6K44QwiaycGjsVe/s640/IMG_1478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="372" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTqZ0fwA2s6aIiMYYjM_sel-OyH_AzGkapg0wvwqTUFWT-zu5l0b5z0uCHj2ZFAjmxKMXp5HRRp1xaM-V2hnVakcPs-FNrRBCG0jBFiipoBfpSU1JnXqt6rHWRcWtxjX-t5GbTDAjS0Bk-sDqUoOae6qSjmV6pHslvuEupRDpm3EVw6K44QwiaycGjsVe/w314-h540/IMG_1478.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Chandelier Tree</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-72882255120002322542024-01-28T21:14:00.000-08:002024-01-28T21:26:38.754-08:00Livermore to Castle Air Museum - Sun., February 25, 2024 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Our February run will take us over backroads through the hills and valleys of the East Bay and out to the Central Valley and Castle Air Museum.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vCzXVgQvXUa8DSP0ku-O0efXDRs1IsZGZf3SvaxZL7z0TAfZA27CWvMsqHf_xNVVVO6gIBsVZ-lD6K2ctD6GaF6GsWoCqKw2iQpaSp_ColKlciphW4KzhKEaqPVWIwzTUy9gKO5_56dokImTyu_T2_N-ag1y2Kt_ACwvrx18YXW6x0R84_FNRRu_fUKd/s638/IMG_0948.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="638" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vCzXVgQvXUa8DSP0ku-O0efXDRs1IsZGZf3SvaxZL7z0TAfZA27CWvMsqHf_xNVVVO6gIBsVZ-lD6K2ctD6GaF6GsWoCqKw2iQpaSp_ColKlciphW4KzhKEaqPVWIwzTUy9gKO5_56dokImTyu_T2_N-ag1y2Kt_ACwvrx18YXW6x0R84_FNRRu_fUKd/w396-h249/IMG_0948.jpeg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Castle Air Museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><u>Your Hosts for the Event:</u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Enoch & Merlyn Garcia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Route:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/bxX79kKk6jHfMwSC7">https://maps.app.goo.gl/bxX79kKk6jHfMwSC7</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Register for the Event on MotorSport Registry:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/livermore-to-castle-air-museum-run-norcal-minis-250361">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/livermore-to-castle-air-museum-run-norcal-minis-250361</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Meetup Time / Departure Time:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:00 AM / 10:00 AM</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Meetup Location:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/en3eHqVFmW2AByTQ8" target="_blank">Starbucks & Jamba Juice</a><br />2050 Portola Ave.<br />Livermore, CA 94551</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAnexP7hh97vFzuJ-UToYVVK7jdIp14Faf-4fMuLYhSVc-1Wko7h4TLa2CM4hTXZBD6pvNzHmOoCrGZLqVI1RMI8CINrapZYiUzRNrk7MDxu_isRFpFabxD4KQO76jfQ4-DU_ph24WD2FaaTIX5F_twK0D2ZM8nwGkw6watDI623iPuI59tnhPOvtuDbi/s4120/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%206.50.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="4120" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAnexP7hh97vFzuJ-UToYVVK7jdIp14Faf-4fMuLYhSVc-1Wko7h4TLa2CM4hTXZBD6pvNzHmOoCrGZLqVI1RMI8CINrapZYiUzRNrk7MDxu_isRFpFabxD4KQO76jfQ4-DU_ph24WD2FaaTIX5F_twK0D2ZM8nwGkw6watDI623iPuI59tnhPOvtuDbi/w389-h188/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%206.50.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Starbucks Livermore Meetup Location</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><u>Run Details:</u></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will meet in Livermore at the Starbucks/Jamba Juice parking lot at 2050 Portola Avenue. If we have enough cars, we'll organize into a spirited group and a scenic group for the run. Please be sure to join the group that best suits your driving style. The spirited group will depart for Mines Road first, and the scenic group will leave about 10 minutes later to minimize radio crosstalk. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After enjoying the twists and turns through the canyons along Mines Road, we'll turn east onto Highway 130/Del Puerto Canyon Road just past The Junction. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This first part of our run does have extended sections of single-lane road, so our leaders will guide us through carefully and use the radios to call out any oncoming traffic. </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">If the weather allows us, the first group will pick wider sections for a more spirited run through the twisties. The scenic group will drive to keep everyone together and enjoy the views.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyrcRGSUyriTT-7jQs40lV4diTN4U8LTkcTH7l66aP1LVFYgKsVZUtR37lK0vF5P2gIDj3jOiWjrwb8pQMNC6s-A5NtKpn5rCdE2LzTOe9g1mzqfPnr75XnveHsTkZhu6kgej0L1AJ2D5vBWQGRs1nvRdBts3ZpnhgAfinM5N0eorCSbLmInbBupNiHQW/s8256/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyrcRGSUyriTT-7jQs40lV4diTN4U8LTkcTH7l66aP1LVFYgKsVZUtR37lK0vF5P2gIDj3jOiWjrwb8pQMNC6s-A5NtKpn5rCdE2LzTOe9g1mzqfPnr75XnveHsTkZhu6kgej0L1AJ2D5vBWQGRs1nvRdBts3ZpnhgAfinM5N0eorCSbLmInbBupNiHQW/w366-h243/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-18.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Mines Road near The Junction</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After Hwy. 130 crosses over I-5, we will stop at Love's Travel Stop to stretch our legs and take a biobreak. There are some limited fast food options here if members want to grab a quick snack and gas up, if necessary. However, we still have a way to drive to our destination, so this will not be a lunch break.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd5XlS2BOh5EEqbS5jxg6CQMdjRWLlZ7RDhFmDdvca7b7t9S9rshET2qK4KiqqaVipg1W6nHI5_h00_FiiHKezMu-vPJtsLHuvgGlJ3A9OcGFY0eeDeDJ2QE2T53odhYnCnT36VuqgpxjqSGDPGW_RJfvNmfl045XM-AFW7Y5I3dcqJ4WNYgOm5xxDxgF/s3156/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%207.51.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="3156" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd5XlS2BOh5EEqbS5jxg6CQMdjRWLlZ7RDhFmDdvca7b7t9S9rshET2qK4KiqqaVipg1W6nHI5_h00_FiiHKezMu-vPJtsLHuvgGlJ3A9OcGFY0eeDeDJ2QE2T53odhYnCnT36VuqgpxjqSGDPGW_RJfvNmfl045XM-AFW7Y5I3dcqJ4WNYgOm5xxDxgF/w363-h161/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%207.51.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Love's Travel Stop in Patterson</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After our stretch break, we will continue to Castle Air Museum taking the backroads with some long straights until we connect onto Hwy. 99 South. When we reach our destination, we will try to park together in the museum parking lot for a group photo. </span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRVWLRLiLMQyt7m-iPDs9M6MqsRbYEnsPSBZPhZFrM-aBspAhIGfS6O7uo6n7gf9lv17RFoJ8hdbxm2jsCAF8kYjyfCSCWeXOzXhEK8Ep1khgZk5iCVGlieQ3TUiYNQlPjhu11QZ8O0_BUQraiDjsfIPSPfdM3ox9fiyNo6ZOdcO2NeOS_MlSjH1YAgA1/s640/IMG_0942.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRVWLRLiLMQyt7m-iPDs9M6MqsRbYEnsPSBZPhZFrM-aBspAhIGfS6O7uo6n7gf9lv17RFoJ8hdbxm2jsCAF8kYjyfCSCWeXOzXhEK8Ep1khgZk5iCVGlieQ3TUiYNQlPjhu11QZ8O0_BUQraiDjsfIPSPfdM3ox9fiyNo6ZOdcO2NeOS_MlSjH1YAgA1/w357-h268/IMG_0942.jpg" width="357" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Castle Air Museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">
Castle Air Museum (</span></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">5050 Santa Fe Dr, Atwater, CA 95301</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">) has a collection of military aircraft on display. If you want to see all the parked planes in the yard and maybe go inside Air Force One, admission is $20 for adults , $15 for seniors and youth, and $10 for kids (6-12). Kids under 6 are free with a paid adult. The indoor museum is free, and it offers informational displays about the different aircraft on display outside. It also has a gift shop with souvenirs.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Lunch is on your own in Atwater. <a href="https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=&find_loc=Atwater%2C+ca" target="_blank">Yelp</a> has several suggestions for lunch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><div><b><u><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/" style="color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">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.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through the canyons and valleys of Mines Road and out to Patterson without any suitable rest stop, so plan ahead.<br /><br />California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that may be a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a549504-7fff-a7fb-c8a5-e29702554c0d"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We ask that you turn on low-beam headlights - not Auto - to make us more visible to other vehicles either ahead or behind us, including your fellow MINI drivers.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL_SCk-bnh4gqZDDU8iz3L6AmtTXaFNRSuejWzYEX-zFtam3Vhecu6BoFjUPSKS8Xh_lSCMNH9BaVgE3mPLTJDPjSFRTpaAQ5w-VUtWdOJ7YjQRAN9wTEaLAeU-CcQpfRE1jU7AgDQcp3mmkgrKJn_xQgnOeL_FSoxZ7VeQzynD-E4EnrYHCWp5pVt2Cp/s726/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%2010.17.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="726" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL_SCk-bnh4gqZDDU8iz3L6AmtTXaFNRSuejWzYEX-zFtam3Vhecu6BoFjUPSKS8Xh_lSCMNH9BaVgE3mPLTJDPjSFRTpaAQ5w-VUtWdOJ7YjQRAN9wTEaLAeU-CcQpfRE1jU7AgDQcp3mmkgrKJn_xQgnOeL_FSoxZ7VeQzynD-E4EnrYHCWp5pVt2Cp/w354-h235/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%2010.17.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="354" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Headlight Switch: Full Manual On</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-44225226553042511702023-12-27T22:28:00.000-08:002023-12-27T22:42:40.537-08:00Delta Hwy. 160 Run - Sat. January 20, 2024<span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Our first run of 2024 is more about the scenery than the driving. We will be touring through the Sacramento River Delta from Oakley to Sacramento.</i></span><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5W1xpHU4o4z57qjkrpkEBiDazz0AvFP5FjPD1Cdw_CcSgd5ku2ZDr0CCpggH1jbxYoQHVq5QBtRXyqpBoQtKFy_6ne1lC-3XH2Isw70faZwD98i8tFww0iFVptHYA4taPoaTt7BMuO3xa5QJn2Ow2I_ZnmUpbslKrU_NlCO1v5jBfBWpKtAkhbcs2CQJ/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="1080" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5W1xpHU4o4z57qjkrpkEBiDazz0AvFP5FjPD1Cdw_CcSgd5ku2ZDr0CCpggH1jbxYoQHVq5QBtRXyqpBoQtKFy_6ne1lC-3XH2Isw70faZwD98i8tFww0iFVptHYA4taPoaTt7BMuO3xa5QJn2Ow2I_ZnmUpbslKrU_NlCO1v5jBfBWpKtAkhbcs2CQJ/w386-h211/thumbnail.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Antioch Bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Your Host for the Event:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Mary Wolgamot</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Route:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/EGMiv3NCeEV33AbW7">https://maps.app.goo.gl/EGMiv3NCeEV33AbW7</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Register for the Event on MotorSport Registry:</u></b></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/delta-hwy-160-run-norcal-minis-611916">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/delta-hwy-160-run-norcal-minis-611916</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Meetup Time / Departure Time:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:30 AM / 10:00 AM</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Meetup Location:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/AEQoFmt9sdL1zTk1A" target="_blank">Carl's Jr. parking lot</a><br />915 Main Street<br />Oakley, CA 94561</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIM-BaGV51nxA0zCQRTeRT97nyEnMc8N2QZfjtzgjevy5hg1VktrVcNqiuY6qPDj1qYO_VRZ-tmg8r_WtZpi0mS-dF0Z07JoMwJdBmZtwjxH8V-F167SdEccLo6VnEbZDMsiiN1eahpweMouB7-19trpJLG-I2EgciuoRkTPSsoYblOrW-oa-HCeRSvP-/s1080/Risky%20Sign.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIM-BaGV51nxA0zCQRTeRT97nyEnMc8N2QZfjtzgjevy5hg1VktrVcNqiuY6qPDj1qYO_VRZ-tmg8r_WtZpi0mS-dF0Z07JoMwJdBmZtwjxH8V-F167SdEccLo6VnEbZDMsiiN1eahpweMouB7-19trpJLG-I2EgciuoRkTPSsoYblOrW-oa-HCeRSvP-/s320/Risky%20Sign.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Run Details:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">This run is more about the scenery along the route, than about the driving. Our first run of 2024 will be a scenic tour through the Sacramento River Delta from Oakley to Sacramento, following and crossing the river's natural meanders, not the artificially straight deep water ship channel that cuts up to the docks of Sacramento a bit to the West of our route. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WuPY_tHZeHkIeGuLL6SVh47ffbN5f5Bs6MYu42jtU7u0_RLzB8ncpUcVoIdmX3wuaARKwgcTC6rnAaXiKwsKtR6KZDgYKLL8wAowXAlLDRs6E6u2Q5IrDwkOKy-OryT9nima592LWenXt5pDy8Z-9lVH8FIeKcJw0BHyMX09oWm5g4ee-AgIGMRTCQkm/s719/thumbnail%20(9).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="719" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WuPY_tHZeHkIeGuLL6SVh47ffbN5f5Bs6MYu42jtU7u0_RLzB8ncpUcVoIdmX3wuaARKwgcTC6rnAaXiKwsKtR6KZDgYKLL8wAowXAlLDRs6E6u2Q5IrDwkOKy-OryT9nima592LWenXt5pDy8Z-9lVH8FIeKcJw0BHyMX09oWm5g4ee-AgIGMRTCQkm/s320/thumbnail%20(9).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After leaving our meetup location in Oakley, the run will scale the amazing Antioch Bridge (a $7 toll crossing using <a href="https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/about/contact.shtml" target="_blank">Fastrak</a> or photo billing via your license plate) across the wide San Joaquin River. From there, our route follows along the Sacramento River levee roads for the length of Highway 160, paralleling and crossing over the Sacramento River via draw bridges. We'll pass farmland and wetlands along the way. This historic route served a significant role in transportation on the river and alongside it as our state became the economic power it is today. The end of our run will be at a British Pub-themed restaurant (The Streets of London) in West Sacramento.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXii_a4fiVivsf0bZL5LvXFw5BgFCgHwjtopzrKXWgDrMsBRHaRUSSWqIjOr3Ijyn9NntXJ-DqPJNPuvBQ-3Nk8CAuGbq56pyjnG5IyugxGMEr5u52F-Pd3fC4qfRSOtbq9MWckUv44NiLNAx-5GH-3ohoP2QdYt5ax8pfr2MN-F9xh1_3X8U29erbgDaf/s1080/thumbnail%20(28).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXii_a4fiVivsf0bZL5LvXFw5BgFCgHwjtopzrKXWgDrMsBRHaRUSSWqIjOr3Ijyn9NntXJ-DqPJNPuvBQ-3Nk8CAuGbq56pyjnG5IyugxGMEr5u52F-Pd3fC4qfRSOtbq9MWckUv44NiLNAx-5GH-3ohoP2QdYt5ax8pfr2MN-F9xh1_3X8U29erbgDaf/s320/thumbnail%20(28).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">One of several drawbridges</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/snDJXJteaAnrP7Ji9" target="_blank">The Streets of London Pub</a> (2200 Lake Washington Blvd., West Sacramento, CA 95691) is a large restaurant with British pub décor and <u><a href="https://streetsoflondonpub.com/menu/" target="_blank">British pub food</a></u> (including bangers and mash, fish and chips, and scotch eggs). Along with the food and décor, the restaurant features various beers on tap and three pool tables. If the weather is cooperative, there is outside seating. If the weather is being British too, there are plenty of warm, dry tables inside.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8hE-zJBhOfXl1ytJrpQBYPP90K34nG95EDaN9L16J_1oT3mmvZi4hlk63Jtn5ckhlkRPgwPzENOmqmYdCyCoui7GO0U9s2FICryvkMEygr5KQcHtirR9TgNBsrETM5Nvzp326DO27BoSBIKf1k673ORtKUKv-D9dToJBWvv0ty3lyE2gN_mkeuE_kkAN/s1080/thumbnail%20(21).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8hE-zJBhOfXl1ytJrpQBYPP90K34nG95EDaN9L16J_1oT3mmvZi4hlk63Jtn5ckhlkRPgwPzENOmqmYdCyCoui7GO0U9s2FICryvkMEygr5KQcHtirR9TgNBsrETM5Nvzp326DO27BoSBIKf1k673ORtKUKv-D9dToJBWvv0ty3lyE2gN_mkeuE_kkAN/w378-h284/thumbnail%20(21).jpg" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our lunch destination</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/" style="color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">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.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through the delta without any suitable rest stop, so plan ahead.<br /><br />California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that may be a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a549504-7fff-a7fb-c8a5-e29702554c0d"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We ask that you turn on low-beam headlights - not Auto - to make us more visible to other vehicles either ahead or behind us, including your fellow MINI drivers.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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font-size: x-small;">Headlight Switch: Full Manual On</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-13129731328713679612023-12-07T22:21:00.000-08:002023-12-07T22:34:24.987-08:00Willow Glen Holiday Lights Cruise - Saturday, December 16, 2023<p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Join host and Club President Pat Lewis on December 16 for an evening cruise through the holiday lights of the Willow Glen neighborhood in San Jose. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj-XQPF-7_9oLgKt9Jd4X6e2AG723lL8NBViyRjcvi0zD5OK8kYCOtCnmZWd1SM8J9e-9aQ0Yua9-yCIuFQ0xJE1_0nDaRlMmusL3RQX7mzP005PEA5Rp6KzmcYlImnmkhVH6BsjmLpql72etkDlIpsc8kxwxqHumG4vKcsmhyJ9F6Oa3H8ZM7W0k8DAn/s896/image001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="896" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj-XQPF-7_9oLgKt9Jd4X6e2AG723lL8NBViyRjcvi0zD5OK8kYCOtCnmZWd1SM8J9e-9aQ0Yua9-yCIuFQ0xJE1_0nDaRlMmusL3RQX7mzP005PEA5Rp6KzmcYlImnmkhVH6BsjmLpql72etkDlIpsc8kxwxqHumG4vKcsmhyJ9F6Oa3H8ZM7W0k8DAn/w366-h199/image001.png" width="366" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Your Host for the Event:</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Pat Lewis</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Register for the Event via MotorSport Registry:</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/willow-glen-holiday-lights-cruise-norcal-minis-461605">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/willow-glen-holiday-lights-cruise-norcal-minis-461605</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Meetup Time / Departure Time:</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">7:30 PM / 8:00 PM</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Meetup Location:</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Starbucks<br />2306 Almaden Road (<i><b>not</b></i> Almaden Expressway!)<br />San Jose, CA 95125</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5r2xw845__QT33QCCRivT5WRoJ7Nbl83s1GYM27ix68mfXOmzF8SABJxUuMMV3R6RehsrvfALXJFASNWrfjV3LxQZDbMuYguiiBlndTIRDJCp1Fp5X2Sg9sZlY7PmKuDpcCknko2rGBBXxz9VB89rRLT4Uly-sGk8PLOhrPwEEK7woN0vrXjxw_MzibBZ/s846/image002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="846" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5r2xw845__QT33QCCRivT5WRoJ7Nbl83s1GYM27ix68mfXOmzF8SABJxUuMMV3R6RehsrvfALXJFASNWrfjV3LxQZDbMuYguiiBlndTIRDJCp1Fp5X2Sg9sZlY7PmKuDpcCknko2rGBBXxz9VB89rRLT4Uly-sGk8PLOhrPwEEK7woN0vrXjxw_MzibBZ/w367-h214/image002.png" width="367" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">The Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose is known for larger homes and lots that predate the post-war mass-produced subdivisions that grew the city into the 3rd largest in California. The neighborhood has been cherished and maintained by its residents through the decades with a community spirit demonstrated every Halloween and Christmas. It is a popular destination for drivers and pedestrians looking at the seasonal decorations.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Click through <a href="https://www.pawrentadventures.com/willow-glen-holiday-lights-2022/" target="_blank">this link to read an article</a> reviewing what you can expect to see on this leisurely cruise through the holiday lights of this historic neighborhood.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Prior to arriving at the meetup location in front of Starbucks, you may wish to eat dinner at one of the many restaurants on Lincoln Avenue in Willow Glen. <a href="https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Willow+Glen+Restaurants&find_loc=San+Jose%2C+CA&start=0" target="_blank">Yelp has listings and reviews at this link</a>. Cruise host, Pat, will be dining at John's of Willow Glen restaurant (</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">1238 Lincoln Ave, San Jose, CA 95125</span></span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">) before setting up the club banner at the meetup location several blocks away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-qJ1qa8zsuDVYIGA7BSmHMiujoIJoZJ8luY-7qdVHsGgsGVWM_kJea8WcEpK_ZVpAKEIyNlrUIbjiLSLcTyvIX4wEMGA0UXOvokL7rrRrSDuByqKECRZpEfHS6Y8bXtPioQD-_dNhbyyFb4q60NTl_2-aaeZcAPtSaEQ46eX6afOeE1tK91Cmk8XPO-8/s874/image003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="874" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-qJ1qa8zsuDVYIGA7BSmHMiujoIJoZJ8luY-7qdVHsGgsGVWM_kJea8WcEpK_ZVpAKEIyNlrUIbjiLSLcTyvIX4wEMGA0UXOvokL7rrRrSDuByqKECRZpEfHS6Y8bXtPioQD-_dNhbyyFb4q60NTl_2-aaeZcAPtSaEQ46eX6afOeE1tK91Cmk8XPO-8/s320/image003.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/" style="color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">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.</span></p>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-62073090992798519482023-10-15T21:58:00.003-07:002023-11-30T20:10:12.027-08:00Paso Robles Christmas Parade Weekend - Sat. & Sun., December 2 & 3, 2023<p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Back by popular demand, we will cruise down to Paso Robles, decorate our MINIs, and join the town's annual Christmas parade. Last year's participants had a blast despite the rain, and we won best car club entry along the way.</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNvz1gbDOeektqFDQpf4UxpYxbjWBOcIHP7aExRIBwlmWDCZ5uZ8IM1w84YNGev4fq_yNA3hm1tSfNbU1fVDkI7TkhN-jJMj84jlVBbVp6ol3zMzr-e1_8E-L_0rGuIT4l60im2aKANETJ8zHYOvLt4zodHVfxxwMq_rSKx4IkYM5FZn7m8_PN4qD8tpT/s4032/Snapseed(3).heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNvz1gbDOeektqFDQpf4UxpYxbjWBOcIHP7aExRIBwlmWDCZ5uZ8IM1w84YNGev4fq_yNA3hm1tSfNbU1fVDkI7TkhN-jJMj84jlVBbVp6ol3zMzr-e1_8E-L_0rGuIT4l60im2aKANETJ8zHYOvLt4zodHVfxxwMq_rSKx4IkYM5FZn7m8_PN4qD8tpT/w389-h292/Snapseed(3).heic" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">The Kraken decked out for the 2022 parade.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h2><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Your Host(s) for the Event:</span></u></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tina and </span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Steve </span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Sandke</span></p><p><br /></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></h2><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><u><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/NqfzvrURXDncPYcU9"></a></u></span><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/qbU2Eqt5ZCNEEPmx6">https://maps.app.goo.gl/qbU2Eqt5ZCNEEPmx6</a></span><br /><p><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-57203fd2-7fff-2316-4767-64ccc76fb2b7" style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H49ksLsxe06Doh-FXhMrqWXqvPr3UiZRDm-oBHKR-4c/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download the map for off-line use </a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">- we will likely lose cell coverage.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u>Register via MotorSport Registry:</u></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/paso-robles-christmas-parade-weekend-run-norcal-minis-875012" target="_blank">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/paso-robles-christmas-parade-weekend-run-norcal-minis-875012</a><br /></span><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span style="color: #222222;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></span></div><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Time/Departure Time:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">8:30 am / 9:00 am, sharp</span></p><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Location:</u></span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Peet's Coffee - Morgan Hill</span><br style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;" /><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">755 Cochrane Rd Suite 100,</span><br style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;" /><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Morgan Hill, CA 95037</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplcWBVfRP-OM7v9OMjj_Kh2TVwgb6NzppCH_I70gdn8xZl_qVnBB7v5PpWDTS0KmGPZcqdOgVh8qIq1zN-4mf8a-xCTW5i1vulUaV_L-b7T2mCV4cAXvsUIfxKIIqU3PNwYy8tvjUO6KCc9wo2r6RiGZ3-V9q4jIP18Nq1cAiRIOvMJMeae9WFxmD_D7J/s6877/NCM%20Paso%20Robles%20Run_small%202022-12-03-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4912" data-original-width="6877" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplcWBVfRP-OM7v9OMjj_Kh2TVwgb6NzppCH_I70gdn8xZl_qVnBB7v5PpWDTS0KmGPZcqdOgVh8qIq1zN-4mf8a-xCTW5i1vulUaV_L-b7T2mCV4cAXvsUIfxKIIqU3PNwYy8tvjUO6KCc9wo2r6RiGZ3-V9q4jIP18Nq1cAiRIOvMJMeae9WFxmD_D7J/w347-h248/NCM%20Paso%20Robles%20Run_small%202022-12-03-3.jpg" width="347" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2022 Meet-up @ Peet's in Morgan Hill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div><span><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></h2></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This year’s <a href="https://pasoroblesdowntown.org/downtown-event/christmas-light-parade/" target="_blank">Paso Robles Christmas Parade</a> run is a reprise of last year’s, but the forecast is without the unrelenting rain we had last year.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">We’ll drive down 101, pick up some folks along the road near Salinas, stopping in Greenfield for a quick bathroom break (Starbucks at 367 Walnut Ave., Greenfield). We’ll hop back on 101 for a few miles toward King City then switch to backroads. We’ll drive through Fort Hunter Liggett and on out to Mission San Antonio (1 Mission Creek Rd., Jolon), the most remote of the California Missions. We'll take a 30 to 45 minute stop at the mission, allowing those who wish to pay the nominal fee to tour the grounds. More backroads from the mission will land us in Paso Robles around lunchtime. Folks are free to gather for lunch as they please; there is no group lunch, but we’ll call out ideas as we get into town. Coordinating groups for lunch is highly encouraged.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5h1I3FCGQ9uOb1vc71cHwo8ejkJflVNJv1vU-FbngT9lSRJ6q4Thycy7U9EaDBdUCHaVTK0QM27_9j2unzLeMjapH3SFXAKpadNjj41QKVBXiAlroq1h4hxglDRmBaCtymijSscuWKAcpId6TJzcXItIlpC8xS8RtniWZ-K2Tz0m0qyK4YOlpv_o6Sbb/s7843/NCM%20Paso%20Robles%20Run_small%202022-12-03-17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4412" data-original-width="7843" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5h1I3FCGQ9uOb1vc71cHwo8ejkJflVNJv1vU-FbngT9lSRJ6q4Thycy7U9EaDBdUCHaVTK0QM27_9j2unzLeMjapH3SFXAKpadNjj41QKVBXiAlroq1h4hxglDRmBaCtymijSscuWKAcpId6TJzcXItIlpC8xS8RtniWZ-K2Tz0m0qyK4YOlpv_o6Sbb/w412-h232/NCM%20Paso%20Robles%20Run_small%202022-12-03-17.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2022 Mission San Antonio Stop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After lunch, you’re on your own until the parade. You can check into your hotel, explore downtown Paso Robles, go wine tasting, or something else. Please note that we are limited to 15 cars for entry in the parade, so the first 15 cars to register on MSR will be entered in the parade. Others are invited to view the parade and cheer on our club's MINIs from the parade sidelines.
<span style="font-family: "Open Sans"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><b><u>Parade Meetup:</u></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;">544 Pine Street<br />Paso Robles</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;">Meet: 4 PM<br />Depart for Parade Staging: 4:30 PM<br />Parade Start: 6 PM</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Folks participating in the parade MUST meet up with the group at 4 PM to decorate our cars for the parade. We’ll drive over to our staging spot at 4:30 PM, as the organizers want us in place early this year. We can continue decorating in the staging area. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">
The parade itself was about 45 minutes last year, though that timing will depend on our place in the parade. Last year we were quite close to the front, so if we’re farther back this year, the parade experience will take longer. After we finish the route, we’ll return to our meeting spot and undecorate our cars. We’ll have an optional gathering afterward at <a href="https://www.firestonebeer.com/pasorobles/" target="_blank">Firestone Walker Brewing Company's taproom restaurant</a> (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">1400 Ramada Dr. Paso Robles, CA 93446</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">).</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">
</span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u><b>Sunday Run Details:</b> </u></span></span></h2><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">9:30 am meet-up, 10:00 am departure</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Starbucks (</span></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">2429 Golden Hill Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">) off of Highway 46 near Lowes east of downtown.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Open Sans; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><u>Sunday AM Route Map:</u></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Source Sans Pro; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/htABhMJWbGM999Hc9">https://maps.app.goo.gl/htABhMJWbGM999Hc9</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sunday morning breakfast is on your own, and then we’ll gather for a short run before folks head back home. We’ll head out for a short but spirited run through backroads east of Paso Robles, ending in Santa Margarita well before lunchtime, and folks are free to head back home or enjoy other sights on their own. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5BkLKVwsg59v4pmeoKoSailnSQioqosoTFR21Pr4_0dyOPP9QgfBUGN-TqoWedaeCr9nnDqBjgPvBYQYtfHD_DD2iBSYLITeGCY5fJCR-xDcWPX7gD_t9NJxUFr4qQByMD1y720rAaKhEDVIGXEyuxt2g-8lovqpztc9dIlsG2xWzLlMAwpZGoHPW1EM/s3886/IMG_0809.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="3886" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5BkLKVwsg59v4pmeoKoSailnSQioqosoTFR21Pr4_0dyOPP9QgfBUGN-TqoWedaeCr9nnDqBjgPvBYQYtfHD_DD2iBSYLITeGCY5fJCR-xDcWPX7gD_t9NJxUFr4qQByMD1y720rAaKhEDVIGXEyuxt2g-8lovqpztc9dIlsG2xWzLlMAwpZGoHPW1EM/w391-h220/IMG_0809.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Paso Robles Downtown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h2 style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that may be a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a549504-7fff-a7fb-c8a5-e29702554c0d"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We ask that you turn on low-beam headlights - not Auto - to make us more visible to other vehicles either ahead or behind us, including your fellow MINI drivers.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFw5H3T8uIg0HXOxhCPkbZ55l40gqObIdroOFNFZoLMBDTbUnfv61PyPmptl15aXe4Mw9y9SWkcETpS4ealbiCO-82uGrFNP9zFGPnPDSEaQyXN5oFwGY-aZYNNVSl8M_nNCdXyZYzuKS2gzDoj5yHoioLvrGldtoIrnuUkMjdmHvg8u72nW_lu0D9Wnu/s1564/Screenshot%202023-10-15%20at%208.40.32%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1564" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFw5H3T8uIg0HXOxhCPkbZ55l40gqObIdroOFNFZoLMBDTbUnfv61PyPmptl15aXe4Mw9y9SWkcETpS4ealbiCO-82uGrFNP9zFGPnPDSEaQyXN5oFwGY-aZYNNVSl8M_nNCdXyZYzuKS2gzDoj5yHoioLvrGldtoIrnuUkMjdmHvg8u72nW_lu0D9Wnu/w359-h237/Screenshot%202023-10-15%20at%208.40.32%20PM.png" width="359" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-85350227149317361282023-10-15T20:52:00.007-07:002023-11-06T19:58:09.044-08:00Napa/Sonoma Run - Saturday November 18, 2023<p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>No whining on this run, but you may choose to do a little wining </i><b>after</b><i> this run is over because we will be cruising through the wooded hills and vineyard valleys of scenic Napa and Sonoma!</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: medium;">Your Host(s) for the Event:</span></u></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Paige Lane with co-host Duane Caldwell</span></p><p><br /></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></h2><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><u><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/QbyJcRA3zw6ErhfC7">https://maps.app.goo.gl/QbyJcRA3zw6ErhfC7</a></u></span><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-57203fd2-7fff-2316-4767-64ccc76fb2b7"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H49ksLsxe06Doh-FXhMrqWXqvPr3UiZRDm-oBHKR-4c/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download the map for off-line use </a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">- we will likely lose cell coverage.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"></span></p><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u><br /></u></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u>Register via MotorSport Registry:</u></span></span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><u><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/napa-sonoma-run-norcal-minis-391281" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/napa-sonoma-run-norcal-minis-391281</span> </a></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="color: #0d30a2; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: collapse;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAL696Cwsk9yxwhmZQCqTx6Vds2RZZ7GRRefGPwl3z1XMUqoQ44fI7KlURpbSS5PXzCKV7SBvIirfBm-X1D1Zzw3_K8Mz9MCaZm8E_GMio1y89BG6zkseK6TH8ygI0F96YAlYuU6sui-NeeOYQ3T2s3DBcVIsJXvFoKqTlWcw_tK52v_vfcUJBQFnbOr2y/s7326/NCM%20Napa%20Twisties_wm%202022-04-16-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4121" data-original-width="7326" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAL696Cwsk9yxwhmZQCqTx6Vds2RZZ7GRRefGPwl3z1XMUqoQ44fI7KlURpbSS5PXzCKV7SBvIirfBm-X1D1Zzw3_K8Mz9MCaZm8E_GMio1y89BG6zkseK6TH8ygI0F96YAlYuU6sui-NeeOYQ3T2s3DBcVIsJXvFoKqTlWcw_tK52v_vfcUJBQFnbOr2y/w404-h227/NCM%20Napa%20Twisties_wm%202022-04-16-3.jpg" width="404" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">2022 Start @ Solano Community College</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Time/Departure Time:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:00 am / 9:30 am, sharp</span></p><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Location:</u></span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Solano Community College</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">400 Student Services</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Fairfield, CA 94534
</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">(South Parking lot near Admissions & Records)</span></span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0dcb94ec-7fff-4d12-6f28-628d8e1dda2a"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Please Note:</b>
There are <b><i>NO</i></b> services at this location!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Please a</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">rrive with a full tank of gas, morning coffee in hand, and fresh from a restroom stop. We won't stop at restrooms for the next hour-and-a-half, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">so plan ahead</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We recommend stopping in Cordelia (Exit 41 from both I-80 E & W), 5 minutes away from our meetup location before joining us for the Meet-Up and drivers' briefing. The addresses are all technically in Fairfield, but many of the road signs here identify it as Cordelia, so don't get confused, just follow your navigation system to the addresses</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Suggested fuel/coffee/restroom stops before arriving at Solano Community College:
</span></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">COSTCO Gas Station
</span></span></span>5101 Business Center Dr, Fairfield, CA 94534</span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ARCO
134 Pittman Rd, Fairfield, CA 94534
</span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chevron
4470 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534
</span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Shell
4450 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534
</span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Starbuck's
4490 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534
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For part two, we will climb out of Napa Valley's famous Wine Country along narrow, twisty mountain passes to skirt around the southern limits of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Though our departure is timed to miss morning lake boat traffic, if we encounter trucks pulling trailers, we will collectively enjoy the scenery as there are few passing lanes.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Group Pace:</b> We will monitor registration to determine if we will have enough registered Minis to add a spirited group to lead off.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Comfort Break</b> (roughly halfway through the run):</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Park N Ride </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(2000 Redwood Road, Napa). After about an hour-and-a-half, we’ll break here for 20 minutes at most, so we can arrive at our destination before the lunch rush. There are restrooms in nearby gas stations and restaurants. This is your last chance for restrooms for the next hour.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After we descend from the </span><span style="color: #222222; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mountain passes into Sonoma County, we will end our run at the Lagunitas Taproom in Petaluma </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (1280 N McDowell Blvd Petaluma) around 12:45 pm </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">where we can grab lunch and share stories. The taproom at Lagunitas can get busy on weekends, so be prepared for a bit of a wait to be seated, or enjoy one of the many other fine restaurants in the wine country. Please note that the outdoor seating area at Lagunitas is covered, has heaters, and is very dog-friendly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0F1e053tdkvM2ZG_nK5HJjfG-t2ohBbFQO05Kq8zekjpjtQaLVLVhpYQLJJiZeNEhqvFTYaNlJLHygBuPh0N3QlYg8I52MgFW-MvLRftVmYsEMQCFE0Cs1rpe0AzpHVf225r_ZS0kAO1R6TatqR_lMDAfwNOfnnaVKHHD6ZaFPvrAz_sfVWFfIMdYRaQ9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="663" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0F1e053tdkvM2ZG_nK5HJjfG-t2ohBbFQO05Kq8zekjpjtQaLVLVhpYQLJJiZeNEhqvFTYaNlJLHygBuPh0N3QlYg8I52MgFW-MvLRftVmYsEMQCFE0Cs1rpe0AzpHVf225r_ZS0kAO1R6TatqR_lMDAfwNOfnnaVKHHD6ZaFPvrAz_sfVWFfIMdYRaQ9=w256-h339" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Lagunitas Taproom</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><span><h2 style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that may be a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2a549504-7fff-a7fb-c8a5-e29702554c0d"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We ask that you turn on low-beam headlights - not Auto - to make us more visible to other vehicles either ahead or behind us, including your fellow MINI drivers.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxGNUhWOpEn30vg_AC2TdBP_NVGpgYUBoxIYukmzIloSSqW4EfoCE7dqhCN-yjxTi1GivSh_WhANMdBlIR2ngtSA4X4pxrRGEw7_ESE6_vdB1dVM6qTJ33NYmMt3_09RvcqjF7P7EXltc0Pq_J_vlR1sFVEXGO6S4qqW1wvKqjU92Wrx0eWTLyRFFvU9E/s1564/Screenshot%202023-10-15%20at%208.40.32%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1564" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxGNUhWOpEn30vg_AC2TdBP_NVGpgYUBoxIYukmzIloSSqW4EfoCE7dqhCN-yjxTi1GivSh_WhANMdBlIR2ngtSA4X4pxrRGEw7_ESE6_vdB1dVM6qTJ33NYmMt3_09RvcqjF7P7EXltc0Pq_J_vlR1sFVEXGO6S4qqW1wvKqjU92Wrx0eWTLyRFFvU9E/w388-h256/Screenshot%202023-10-15%20at%208.40.32%20PM.png" width="388" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div></span></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-6125879135961391722023-09-23T20:37:00.003-07:002023-09-23T22:43:22.837-07:00Pumpkin Run - Saturday October 28, 2023<p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Over the mountain, through the woods, and up the coast we go to Bob's Vegetable Stand & Pumpkin Farm. Come along with the club to get some pumpkins then an optional lunch at Cameron's Pub.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSH6H6GO6dr3nRRAGrpcnvlX_oLPMv49gmI5YG6VnYfrDXOTM4HfzLfqt6PoBpF_XFtJ0DyfZCrEDV7rUPJMg3A6T9afV11PBfi8Hs595PdpgWBHSVbCaBgRwBfNjQE3JMHREinjzz3VYSwQg0kemM3zwGnz_WQFG9x6eZZ29va5XK5fFtpoAkZbdPAlhj/s7938/NCM%20Pumpkin%20Run_Small%20wm%202022-10-30-66.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5292" data-original-width="7938" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSH6H6GO6dr3nRRAGrpcnvlX_oLPMv49gmI5YG6VnYfrDXOTM4HfzLfqt6PoBpF_XFtJ0DyfZCrEDV7rUPJMg3A6T9afV11PBfi8Hs595PdpgWBHSVbCaBgRwBfNjQE3JMHREinjzz3VYSwQg0kemM3zwGnz_WQFG9x6eZZ29va5XK5fFtpoAkZbdPAlhj/w362-h241/NCM%20Pumpkin%20Run_Small%20wm%202022-10-30-66.jpg" width="362" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Bob's Vegetable Stand & Pumpkin Farm</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Your Host(s) for the Event:</span></u></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tasha Hudick</span></p><p><br /></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><u><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/q9yQuGkxTaStvaoEA">https://maps.app.goo.gl/q9yQuGkxTaStvaoEA</a></u></span><br /><div><span><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u><br /></u></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u>Register via MotorSport Registry:</u></span></span></h2><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/pumpkin-run-norcal-minis-867022">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/pumpkin-run-norcal-minis-867022</a></span><br /><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></h2></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Join your fellow Mini enthusiasts for a spirited drive through the mountains and woods from San Mateo to the coast. If you joined us last year, the route takes a bit of a detour, bypassing washed-out roads, but it will still be high on the fun factor.
We'll drive up through San Mateo Creek and under the Doran Memorial Bridge, cruise world-famous driving roads, towering redwoods, and breathtaking coastal cliffs ending with a visit to a sprawling pumpkin and vegetable stand south of Half Moon Bay. There are lots of places to get into high gear and a splash of the twisties on our way down to the coast.
<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMJVQCQ9-NWR9VzQQIcZAZiOp2Fg3r5PKMsFgDDLMEh1zWctDTWFQlhaG5v5ngSd5pKr-wukHcCDeuhLzutR1rdiQ6y0yxO3lg8ezUDxkDYUJjBBFCnKuGrSVzayDG64sEBIik2wUtokZbcLDKTZt6QbpEOp-ctVvamJbsJc6svQrKT1wIiOYPYapoDux/s2048/Crystal%20Springs.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMJVQCQ9-NWR9VzQQIcZAZiOp2Fg3r5PKMsFgDDLMEh1zWctDTWFQlhaG5v5ngSd5pKr-wukHcCDeuhLzutR1rdiQ6y0yxO3lg8ezUDxkDYUJjBBFCnKuGrSVzayDG64sEBIik2wUtokZbcLDKTZt6QbpEOp-ctVvamJbsJc6svQrKT1wIiOYPYapoDux/s320/Crystal%20Springs.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Along Crystal Springs<br />(pic by Tasha Hudick)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will meet in the Jacks Restaurant parking lot in San Mateo, there is a Starbucks across the way! Following a popular bike route, we'll make our way up a scenic backway to Highway 92. Sweeping ocean and bay views will be our guide as we shift to high gear and enjoy Skyline Boulevard to meet Highway 84.
The route will take us down Highway 84, taking a turn onto twistie Pescadero Creek Road where towering redwoods and Memorial Park will envelop us in a lush temperate rainforest.
Redwoods give way to rolling farmlands once we reach Pescadero.
<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIwHJDSPc-6lL-gsYB77JiO7F2ovp-HPkL4Ubtr43FZukka-YKrmzyzT52y5P9A_JA739c1WSv0WhnA8GntfSH9UB3mBh5pMBXfojvkKnBlRnz-LRAkfi1d1Q3TaJBHvgw3AI-qrJuM6iZRtj92onbKrfiRW5p_wsKCxcUB55n-HqKWb1YLfbMOlNbtvM/s8160/NCM%20Pumpkin%20Run_Small%20wm%202022-10-30-51.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5440" data-original-width="8160" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIwHJDSPc-6lL-gsYB77JiO7F2ovp-HPkL4Ubtr43FZukka-YKrmzyzT52y5P9A_JA739c1WSv0WhnA8GntfSH9UB3mBh5pMBXfojvkKnBlRnz-LRAkfi1d1Q3TaJBHvgw3AI-qrJuM6iZRtj92onbKrfiRW5p_wsKCxcUB55n-HqKWb1YLfbMOlNbtvM/w347-h231/NCM%20Pumpkin%20Run_Small%20wm%202022-10-30-51.jpg" width="347" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">View to Pacific from Skyline</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">A speedy jaunt along Highway 1 and the beautiful coastal cliffs, a view that never gets old, will bring us to Bob's Pumpkin Farm and Vegetable Stand, for that last minute pumpkin. Don't need any more pumpkins, Bob's has a cute little farm and fresh coastal veggies to fill your boot with!
An optional lunch at Cameron’s Pub and Restaurant will be a great gathering spot after our run and pumpkin collecting.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaYrrary2_IQfYpWZ-Zh5nRu7if2GpwPGlS2IeDsbCrgodOui-6Ms0OVAXccZxwg4Vl9Rf_FUNmshW2l1Ykt9IIV-XAw1kLTajm3q_Rmhpb5sPQU0frQTDlBLVQj2C_CyIoDciSzw1Jhr6BUTEeq2hPOT9RukbqS3cmDqH5rSQKt4jushQErUwYrsMNtU/s7999/NCM%20Pumpkin%20Run_Small%20wm%202022-10-30-71.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5333" data-original-width="7999" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaYrrary2_IQfYpWZ-Zh5nRu7if2GpwPGlS2IeDsbCrgodOui-6Ms0OVAXccZxwg4Vl9Rf_FUNmshW2l1Ykt9IIV-XAw1kLTajm3q_Rmhpb5sPQU0frQTDlBLVQj2C_CyIoDciSzw1Jhr6BUTEeq2hPOT9RukbqS3cmDqH5rSQKt4jushQErUwYrsMNtU/w365-h243/NCM%20Pumpkin%20Run_Small%20wm%202022-10-30-71.jpg" width="365" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Pumpkins at Bob's</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Time/Departure Time:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:00 am / 9:30 am</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Location:</u></span></h2><p><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Jack's Restaurant
1750 S El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94402</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">There is a Starbucks at 17th Ave. on the other side of El Camino Real. Please be sure to gas up and use the restroom <b><i>before</i></b> our driver's briefing in front of Jack's!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop up in the mountains, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that may be a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-68486749412359310452023-09-17T22:32:00.004-07:002023-09-18T18:50:49.500-07:00Dunsmuir Railroad Park Weekend - Oct. 13-15, 2023<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">Come join us for an amazing weekend up in the mountains. We have an awe-inspiring run planned for Saturday that will include beautiful sights and plenty of twisties</span><span style="text-align: center;">!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpUNMnB4i2p8W6xi-smGSVqrwWsaCiHDVLdg8rzMzU40si7TYug6t2m5ORSu4uOwLfZf-sNLOfDUDAn6pFi5zK2802ei66qAkquTvpq2gr00lENpi1hDntMF_tws_Z7yJL1oDSHdXRoJgn8l_kNQjXpAv_NUJ9j2-qhFthpEeCEQ_7QGLj5oneoXTbK8c/s1080/Dunsmuir%20Rail%20Weekend%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpUNMnB4i2p8W6xi-smGSVqrwWsaCiHDVLdg8rzMzU40si7TYug6t2m5ORSu4uOwLfZf-sNLOfDUDAn6pFi5zK2802ei66qAkquTvpq2gr00lENpi1hDntMF_tws_Z7yJL1oDSHdXRoJgn8l_kNQjXpAv_NUJ9j2-qhFthpEeCEQ_7QGLj5oneoXTbK8c/s320/Dunsmuir%20Rail%20Weekend%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Your Hosts for the Weekend:</u></span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Patrick / Michelle Lewis, and Paige Lane</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Register at MotorSport Registry:</u></span></h2><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><u><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/dunsmuir-railroad-park-weekend-norcal-minis-330176">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/dunsmuir-railroad-park-weekend-norcal-minis-330176</a></u></span><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><u><br /></u></span><div><span><h2 style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Overview:</u></span></h2><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Please note that this is not a typical one-day club run. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span>This is a 3-day overnight run with social events on the first two evenings.</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">If you still need to book your lodging, there are a limited number of cabins and cabooses available. </span></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">GO TO THE RAILROAD PARK RESORT website to book (and more info below)</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rrpark.com/&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw28aax3e2rgbtWBP7MQjGG5" href="https://www.rrpark.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="https://www.rrpark.com/"><span style="color: #0078d7;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">https://www.rrpark.com/</span></span></a></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPtjiG4UbXDtyykRuByYzSWG-dgPiv51qFuWfp9XdG_zOsrgzMsaxmxVWAjLuhqAe8CU7DmEId7IGwbiqYcEeSWTS9fJFecubMKvAmiHNEV5uPCURN09gNrnvkJ9hjDOEk4pW2hzhRZXCmQiNwMLWQLQd9KLQJJJEW2a5jWR3SPfz7FFa2R6sAI23ny8z/s1920/20190801-Milky-Way-12.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPtjiG4UbXDtyykRuByYzSWG-dgPiv51qFuWfp9XdG_zOsrgzMsaxmxVWAjLuhqAe8CU7DmEId7IGwbiqYcEeSWTS9fJFecubMKvAmiHNEV5uPCURN09gNrnvkJ9hjDOEk4pW2hzhRZXCmQiNwMLWQLQd9KLQJJJEW2a5jWR3SPfz7FFa2R6sAI23ny8z/w367-h244/20190801-Milky-Way-12.jpeg" width="367" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Milky Way over the Cabooses</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Run Details:</u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Friday, October 13 Run 1 (Bay Area to Dunsmuir Railroad Park):</u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Pat will lead the group from the Bay Area up to Dunsmuir. There will be TWO meet-up points.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Meet Up Location: This location is right off of Highway 680 - Bernal Ave exit</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Safeway parking lot</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">6790 Bernal Ave.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Pleasanton, 94566</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Meet Up Time/Departure Time</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">10:00am/10:30am</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Meet Up Location #2</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Exit 554 off of Interstate 5, in the Starbucks Parking Lot </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">(Street Address: 30016 Rd 8, Dunnigan, CA 95695)</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Meet Up Time/Departure Time</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">12:00 Noon/1:00pm (Lunch near this location)</span></span></p></blockquote><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span style="color: #212121;">Route:</span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #212121;">(Friday Pleasanton to Dunsmuir)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://goo.gl/maps/vmdLH47nJrFMqp838&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw2RGtdGJjp80sIl9WZs1wwC" href="https://goo.gl/maps/vmdLH47nJrFMqp838" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/<wbr></wbr>vmdLH47nJrFMqp838</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Note: to prevent bladders from bursting, we’ll be stopping at the I-5 Rest-stop near Red Bluff for a bio break; the run lead will call it out ahead of time.</span></span></p></blockquote><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Friday Evening Details:</u></span></span></b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><u></u><u></u></span></p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">NOTE: We are having a POTLUCK at the park.</span></b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #212121;"> </span></span><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #212121;">Though optional, if you use the link below to share what you intend to bring, we avoid duplications.<br /><br /><b>Potluck LINK</b>: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.punchbowl.com/parties/c3c929f317f6cc959348&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw3f95DK7-d7XcnZUc85fnr7" href="https://www.punchbowl.com/parties/c3c929f317f6cc959348" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="https://www.punchbowl.com/parties/c3c929f317f6cc959348"><span style="color: #0078d7;">https://www.punchbowl.<wbr></wbr>com/parties/<wbr></wbr>c3c929f317f6cc959348</span></a><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><b>LOCATION</b>: </span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Between Cabooses 26 and 27. The Lewis and Tildesley cabooses. </span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">All attendees have received an email with details. </span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>DINNER AT 6:30PM</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">or</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Dinner on your own: </b></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">The restaurant at the park has a great menu; otherwise, there are plenty of choices in Dunsmuir and Shasta nearby.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #212121;"><b>Friday Night AFTER Dinner:</b></span><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Bring your own drinks, snacks, chairs, blankets, etc., and join us outdoors by the Tildesley and Lewis cabooses #26 & #27.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBh7KpKAYWy6RegesWAxmvHx26nUK0DFIXqURF0y0hdWniUYtYgGIOc1yJ1eGm-pwBh3G0ACDKgnl9_azh-u8EMhOD9cihyDsSyryYO-VtLTziLbAeyPkUq25tkdxnsRRqWDOi5ZFMhklY3HQZvyG0hdmLbj-qBb2d-xMkuhXQwJWBkB5RZl09IuaJSy48/s2048/2022%20Dunsmuir%20Group%20Meal_Simon%20T.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBh7KpKAYWy6RegesWAxmvHx26nUK0DFIXqURF0y0hdWniUYtYgGIOc1yJ1eGm-pwBh3G0ACDKgnl9_azh-u8EMhOD9cihyDsSyryYO-VtLTziLbAeyPkUq25tkdxnsRRqWDOi5ZFMhklY3HQZvyG0hdmLbj-qBb2d-xMkuhXQwJWBkB5RZl09IuaJSy48/w342-h192/2022%20Dunsmuir%20Group%20Meal_Simon%20T.jpeg" width="342" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">2022 Potluck<br />(pic by Simon Tildesley)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #212121;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u style="color: black; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Saturday, October 14 Day 2 (</span><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Panther Meadows / Town of Mt Shasta / Castle Lake</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">):</span></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Breakfast</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">You are on your own. There are plenty of places nearby! And the restaurant at the park is NOW OPEN on Saturday and Sunday at 9am. </span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Run: Panther Meadows / Town of Mt Shasta / Castle Lake</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Meet Up Time/Departure Time<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">10:15am/11:00am</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Meet at the near cabooses #26 and #27 in the Railroad Park</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Route Day 2 RUN #1:<br /></span></b></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://goo.gl/maps/wrxQMfy7WLNf7Gmm6&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw1jM6iHGYZI8kiXzAketp0P" href="https://goo.gl/maps/wrxQMfy7WLNf7Gmm6" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b>https://goo.gl/maps/<wbr></wbr>wrxQMfy7WLNf7Gmm6</b></a></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Detail of Day 2 RUN #1:</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We’ll line up between the Cabooses to take photos of individual driver teams with their cars, then depart as a group towards the town of Mt Shasta (North on I-5). </span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"></span><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Once through the scenic small town of Mt. Shasta, we begin a twisty, scenic drive up to Panther Meadow. Popular with the locals, our pace will be determined by sedans heading to the hiking trails. </span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"></span><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">As we near the end of the road, we will call out the restrooms. Continue up the mountain to rejoin the group at the second from the last parking lot, if you had to stop for the restrooms. Group photo will be taken in the parking lot. We’ll remain here for about 40 minutes. Panther Meadows is the end of the first run. </span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Lunch</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Some may choose to picnic at Panther Meadows, while others will drive back to the town of Mt Shasta. Lots of great places to have lunch.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Lunch break will be one hour, then we're back on the road for Run #2.</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Route Day 2 RUN #2<br /></span></b></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://goo.gl/maps/CWpzqqd47qBMQkCQ8&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw05AWieHzLbnflaJn78sD2Q" href="https://goo.gl/maps/CWpzqqd47qBMQkCQ8" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/<wbr></wbr>CWpzqqd47qBMQkCQ8</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Details of RUN #2:</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><br /> <br /></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #212121;">We will depart from the O’Reilly Auto Parts Parking lot at 2:15pm (Address: 124 Morgan Way, Mt. Shasta) and drive West of I-5, heading past Lake Siskiyou and up the mountain to Castle Lake. There is a vault toilet at Castle Lakes. Parking will be “competitive”. For those who are inclined to hike, there are wonderful hiking trails around the lake. A short, moderately strenuous hike takes one up to Heart Lake. The parking lot at Castle Lake is the end of Run 2. To return to the Railroad Park, simply return the way you came (back down I-5 South). </span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HqMxsSBuQ4yOFcWZGRYv7UeJ7HCfv8GAYnXqUQCAN3zEgax9py9k6I9_ReHB7X_ukZSH8Xy1tHI6i_isZDfXUF_HMnYCWDV1YJ1q7ruY0rePx618GN9t59fSykdSIXzgqqZGujUoU8RfiV8Ngh5X_WpD28sNGxRMeup28Un7zLcPhdqBMrteFzEbS3Zi/s2048/2022%20Dunsmuir%20Day%202%20Run_Simon%20T.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HqMxsSBuQ4yOFcWZGRYv7UeJ7HCfv8GAYnXqUQCAN3zEgax9py9k6I9_ReHB7X_ukZSH8Xy1tHI6i_isZDfXUF_HMnYCWDV1YJ1q7ruY0rePx618GN9t59fSykdSIXzgqqZGujUoU8RfiV8Ngh5X_WpD28sNGxRMeup28Un7zLcPhdqBMrteFzEbS3Zi/w358-h202/2022%20Dunsmuir%20Day%202%20Run_Simon%20T.jpeg" width="358" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">2022 Day 2 Run Start<br />(pic by Simon Tildesley)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #212121;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Dinner</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will have a group dinner in the Dining Car Restaurant in the park on Saturday night. It's important as part of your RSVP to let us know if you're interested in this option. Some may choose to do dinner on their own or get take-out from the dining car.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Important Note: We have booked the Railroad Park restaurant for us for dinner at 7pm. Yes or No will be part of the RSVP we will be sending out soon.</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Saturday Night After Dinner:</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Return to cabooses #26 & #27 again. Be sure to bring your own drinks, snacks, chairs, blankets, etc.</span></span></p></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKXQ2gBkOzBA5R3GsQSm_M1idiEohPeBmT-sflygX_gfgG1ROGgAHWbjA6vy5OdPqlkgRf3P_lh4WRgfzTipI-F1T9KnYhm2zrxv5_EMIuwipdk07VQ_T3Qbn2tJ3khBb9M5Ro_luLp_df3PmUNjFccm-ZcMsOJGjLa8U0WPwtplwv5spKmDDIMJAth_K/s2500/RRP_DININGCAR+-+2+(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="2500" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKXQ2gBkOzBA5R3GsQSm_M1idiEohPeBmT-sflygX_gfgG1ROGgAHWbjA6vy5OdPqlkgRf3P_lh4WRgfzTipI-F1T9KnYhm2zrxv5_EMIuwipdk07VQ_T3Qbn2tJ3khBb9M5Ro_luLp_df3PmUNjFccm-ZcMsOJGjLa8U0WPwtplwv5spKmDDIMJAth_K/w361-h271/RRP_DININGCAR+-+2+(1).jpeg" width="361" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">DRRP Dining Car</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u style="color: black; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">Sunday, October 15 Day 3 (</span><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Return Home</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Open Sans;">):</span></u></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Meet in the courtyard for a people and pets group photo before everyone heads home on their own. Be there at 9am.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Important Run Information:</u></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">About Dunsmuir Railroad Park</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #212121;">Dunsmuir Railroad Park is a very unique place where you can sleep in a caboose. If you'd like more information on the Dunsmuir, check out their website: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rrpark.com/&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw3ED0skCvwYMT6VNyLOe9Ik" href="https://rrpark.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="https://rrpark.com/"><span style="color: #0078d7;">https://rrpark.com//</span></a></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Reservation Details:</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Your reservation can be made online. If you want to, they also have camping options. Your credit card won't be charged until you arrive. It is pet-friendly.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>To Reserve your caboose, cabin, or camping spot:</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Click on the "Check Availability" button at: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rrpark.com/&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw3ED0skCvwYMT6VNyLOe9Ik" href="https://rrpark.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";" target="_blank" title="https://rrpark.com/"><span style="color: #0078d7;">https://rrpark.com//</span></a></li><li><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Set the dates for arrival Friday, October 13th thru October 15th</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Click "Search" this will then set the results to show you what's still available</span></span></li></ol><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">If you decide not to come up on Friday, you will most likely miss out on the morning Saturday event.<u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>CANCELLATION POLICY</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">MUST cancel 48 HOURS prior to arrival or you credit card will be charged for 1 night.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>LODGING UNITS</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">· CHECK IN 3PM</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">· CHECK OUT 11AM</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">· Base rates include 2 people, each additional person is $10 plus tax.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">· NO SMOKING Smoking in lodging units will incur a $250 cleaning fee added to credit card.</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b> <u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">This is a run for PAID NorCal MINI members only. </span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Join Today! Create your MotorSportReg Account to become a PAID Club Member, use the link below:</span></b><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2020-norcal-minis-membership-666415&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw1JgEaUhwyKX0ZwHFjQYytK" href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2020-norcal-minis-membership-666415" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2020-norcal-minis-membership-666415"><b><span style="color: #0078d7;">NorCal MINIs Membership</span></b></a><span style="color: #212121;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><span style="color: #212121;">Instructions for joining MotorSportReg and joining NorCal MINIs can be found in the following document: </span></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bLtKwjqnbY6mAqCog40sQ0_MjMbwbTU/view&source=gmail&ust=1695059078904000&usg=AOvVaw05I6UPhp3uShIvPIb3wEjy" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bLtKwjqnbY6mAqCog40sQ0_MjMbwbTU/view" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bLtKwjqnbY6mAqCog40sQ0_MjMbwbTU/view"><b><span style="color: #0078d7;">Instructions</span></b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 700;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0d30a2; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 700;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 700;"><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop up in the mountains, so plan ahead.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ722sHfXwfJzRzAHUi2tf7Xf7J87lyCEyBJ6A_wDcNta8U3gDobeidfFmloCemV4Kg3Af-FwiTiZamBIH69PWswxZVb745fDGJsQUnrdc0_Rez_BaG3VAhyyLHNf8AYSPVV32SYAyYzZXv0SyG_yFp8RypkAgzfKHSyTsR1EOwshK5WXD8-JT3u_J6eYV/s1299/Awesome.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1299" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ722sHfXwfJzRzAHUi2tf7Xf7J87lyCEyBJ6A_wDcNta8U3gDobeidfFmloCemV4Kg3Af-FwiTiZamBIH69PWswxZVb745fDGJsQUnrdc0_Rez_BaG3VAhyyLHNf8AYSPVV32SYAyYzZXv0SyG_yFp8RypkAgzfKHSyTsR1EOwshK5WXD8-JT3u_J6eYV/w371-h225/Awesome.jpeg" width="371" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-71773438651445261622023-09-13T22:04:00.002-07:002023-09-13T22:43:17.567-07:00Mt. Hamilton Run for Absent Friends & Family - Sept. 24, 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Our annual run over Mt. Hamilton is dedicated to remembering and honoring absent friends and family. Please join us to remember those who can no longer ride with us.</i></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPyUQiPTUrL1Z3QNlf7Jp6CkYflGR4GoLaEegQDjTi3nNYhyRyrG5az46Ku-6e8xYw7oBhtaXyJ26e66ESasuaWP2hV8jDPsHV-qNilN-gALqsX-eCinpQEPVHN636_vRpHixSKJYVk0dg8317RCQ-3Syv7Qcw8U7_11A4ijFdbO7D-G3NFzCeY3CkXPt/s7474/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4983" data-original-width="7474" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPyUQiPTUrL1Z3QNlf7Jp6CkYflGR4GoLaEegQDjTi3nNYhyRyrG5az46Ku-6e8xYw7oBhtaXyJ26e66ESasuaWP2hV8jDPsHV-qNilN-gALqsX-eCinpQEPVHN636_vRpHixSKJYVk0dg8317RCQ-3Syv7Qcw8U7_11A4ijFdbO7D-G3NFzCeY3CkXPt/w368-h245/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-9.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">View from the Lick Observatory Grounds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Your Host(s) for the Event:</span></u></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Pat & Michelle Lewis</span></p><p><br /></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><u><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/QT3gCxD7Kf978dMt5">https://goo.gl/maps/QT3gCxD7Kf978dMt5</a></u></span></div><div><span><h2 style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u><br /></u></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u>Register via MotorSport Registry:</u></span></span></h2><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/mt-hamilton-absent-friends-run-norcal-minis-426463">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/mt-hamilton-absent-friends-run-norcal-minis-426463</a></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></h2><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Join the club for its annual Absent Friends run. On this run, we remember our past members and friends who are no longer with us by keeping the spirit of driving our fun cars on some great roads.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIjW0dGWKkqr73FS06DRd7zrMBabkp2Fs7t2g5dAdzbRO0X5eZeDpDp5BHle2bhPs0tyhzpbAnVYkn9KX2tm9Nzha6I0Cn75ey0BTvBrDvumaJrZQnUVYY6kNMEJzGft-ac-hcjI1XW96LxqRbinEkvmzmwWfmgIrH_vPldyGBBczoPMak0-uUtAic7QR/s4032/Evergreen%20Donuts.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIjW0dGWKkqr73FS06DRd7zrMBabkp2Fs7t2g5dAdzbRO0X5eZeDpDp5BHle2bhPs0tyhzpbAnVYkn9KX2tm9Nzha6I0Cn75ey0BTvBrDvumaJrZQnUVYY6kNMEJzGft-ac-hcjI1XW96LxqRbinEkvmzmwWfmgIrH_vPldyGBBczoPMak0-uUtAic7QR/w354-h199/Evergreen%20Donuts.jpeg" width="354" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Lot in front of Evergreen Donuts<br />2844 S. White Road, San Jose 95148</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Due to storm-damaged road repairs, we will meet along Quimby Road at the parking lot <b><i>in front of Evergreen Donuts</i></b> (2844 S. White Road, San Jose, CA 95148). <i>Please note that Google Maps is not playing nice, so the map shows us meeting behind the donut shop.</i> We will head up Quimby Road into the twisties up to the Lick Observatory on top of Mt. Hamilton. If the parking lot at the observatory is open, we will stop for a few photos looking back to the South Bay. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After our pause to reflect and enjoy the mountaintop scenery, we will head down the back side of the mountain and continue on the twisties towards The Junction in San Antonio Valley. This is a point where we can regroup if needed before we continue along Mines Road towards Livermore.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRuUtNDuct9USaA4VU-5fZv13psdIPVmj2j3ORrqjZVCMkB-nWrVNBchRBx7Sxu2PZzzsBglq8SKYY0yFg_lCM8s3nP0EDr8el4iI-q4ji6AhNWym0Jc5efPRu2_PTMrd2uaMcEloGDvu-SvR5JcrlnJSlf7DMJA9wcOMUJSvOAddtfLOlnYOBD_J670R/s8256/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRuUtNDuct9USaA4VU-5fZv13psdIPVmj2j3ORrqjZVCMkB-nWrVNBchRBx7Sxu2PZzzsBglq8SKYY0yFg_lCM8s3nP0EDr8el4iI-q4ji6AhNWym0Jc5efPRu2_PTMrd2uaMcEloGDvu-SvR5JcrlnJSlf7DMJA9wcOMUJSvOAddtfLOlnYOBD_J670R/w359-h239/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-10.jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Looking west to the large telescope observatory<br />Lick Observatory</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will finish up in the parking lot of Da Boccery restaurant at 101 E. Vineyard Ave in Livermore. There is a Chevron and a Starbucks in this parking lot, and many local restaurants and wineries to enjoy on your own with NorCal MINIs friends.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJp6EHYzDtOBLIEHmaaJempijAqjexrItfphn5sdE0ZdHhyPQzWprQxX_jkDxbjHKX2WeD_b15ZGlv2G6Xu2C_4uHl6M8fKZVa1wOcm8Qja2TOeCuPbZVvmwgilpmUxUhrS2HHkFDu0BZNcbRSp0_tO_6ncxuDvlemtpB0JXM-GVCqF1wTs-uInfpof_p/s8117/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5411" data-original-width="8117" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJp6EHYzDtOBLIEHmaaJempijAqjexrItfphn5sdE0ZdHhyPQzWprQxX_jkDxbjHKX2WeD_b15ZGlv2G6Xu2C_4uHl6M8fKZVa1wOcm8Qja2TOeCuPbZVvmwgilpmUxUhrS2HHkFDu0BZNcbRSp0_tO_6ncxuDvlemtpB0JXM-GVCqF1wTs-uInfpof_p/w370-h246/Mt%20Hamilton%20pre-Run_sm%202023-08-12-17.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Looking down Mines Road from The Junction</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Last winter's storms were not kind to the mountain roads, so we will drive mindful of the several single-lane traffic controls past shoulder washouts. There is one small section of road across a creek on Mines Road that may still be unpaved. It was completely washed out a couple months ago, and while it has been filled back in, there are a couple MINI-lengths of unpaved fill to navigate.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Time/Departure Time:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:30 am / 10 am</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Location:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Evergreen Donuts<br />2844 S. White Road<br />San Jose, CA 95148</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">There is a Chevron on Quimby Road on the other side of S. White Road from the donut shop. Please be sure to gas up and use the restroom <b><i>before</i></b> our driver's briefing in front of Evergreen Donuts!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop up in the mountains, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California backroads can be rough, especially after winter storms spawn new and bigger potholes. There is one tricky spot at a patched washout on Mines Road, but it is safe to navigate at a slow speed. We will call it out on the radios. Most of the route is fairly smooth with a few backroad sections that are a bit bumpier than others.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"> </span></span></p></span></div></div><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: -41px; position: absolute; top: 636.531px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-1894938671084559112023-07-30T22:55:00.002-07:002023-09-08T23:04:07.029-07:00Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park Overnight Run - September 9-10, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Mountains, MINIs, and some of the most massive living beings on the planet...giant sequoias<br />over the course of not one, but two days of fun runs!</i></span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuN0H9Rkg0Z2HDgxJs50zAfJVDAB22WG5GQa_MVIRVg0Dqb7U3R6MN_H9ymcKhXyeVmZDTmM0Y2HpTkiiszdesfT6TjWJfKI5LMFouiCOgG_Fc2fGrBvMemYtBTSTe8oGskI8EA6GAPRS0DWjO7jEF9qIBzvUSyMkR_7BQvrXvAEBhpSwygzO4ToR2WEG/s1152/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.44.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="920" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuN0H9Rkg0Z2HDgxJs50zAfJVDAB22WG5GQa_MVIRVg0Dqb7U3R6MN_H9ymcKhXyeVmZDTmM0Y2HpTkiiszdesfT6TjWJfKI5LMFouiCOgG_Fc2fGrBvMemYtBTSTe8oGskI8EA6GAPRS0DWjO7jEF9qIBzvUSyMkR_7BQvrXvAEBhpSwygzO4ToR2WEG/w287-h359/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.44.35%20PM.png" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm" target="_blank">Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks' website</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXBVa2TywVIZZXJ_XLXAoaWo7d1vJ2L_df0bHGWS600zLIbKqLZsQ67LUhyuQFG9QqGyqMUrf6LjtOsLId8pVoWRW5QOlQJpLQ88wPI-QudNdlkc71Um1EUVFuRs8shNT6HjOWB7v1LtyVuVPmHMkHI5ZkPNCa7S6qYnaEOP5Y_7E_yDy7reYrt2qTMTW/s1508/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.04.34%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1508" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXBVa2TywVIZZXJ_XLXAoaWo7d1vJ2L_df0bHGWS600zLIbKqLZsQ67LUhyuQFG9QqGyqMUrf6LjtOsLId8pVoWRW5QOlQJpLQ88wPI-QudNdlkc71Um1EUVFuRs8shNT6HjOWB7v1LtyVuVPmHMkHI5ZkPNCa7S6qYnaEOP5Y_7E_yDy7reYrt2qTMTW/w450-h219/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.04.34%20PM.png" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Your Hosts for the Event:</u></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Dolores & Rick Sanchez</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Register at MotorSport Registry:</u></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/sequoia-kings-canyon-national-park-weekend-run-norcal-minis-861735">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/sequoia-kings-canyon-national-park-weekend-run-norcal-minis-861735</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Overview:</u></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Please note that this is not a normal one-day club run. </i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 14pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">On Saturday, members will drive through the farmlands of multiple central valley counties and through the towns of Keyes, Snelling, Hornitos, Mariposa, and Oakhurst. After having a relaxing lunch in Oakhurst, we will continue our journey through the backroads that run parallel to CA-41 S to the city of Fresno and onto CA-180. From CA-180 E we will drive to Dunlop Road and drive through the towns of Dunlap, Miramonte and ending at our destination of Three Rivers. Book your Saturday night lodging in the Three Rivers area so you can join the group for a second day of driving on CA-198 into Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0a5437bc-7fff-5c12-0c4e-af8657b439a2"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">On Sunday, members will drive through Sequoia National Park into Kings Canyon Park via the 46-mile General Highway and exit the park at the Big Stump Entrance on CA-180. From the Big Stump entrance, members will take CA-180 W for approx. 50 miles, towards Fresno, and then onto Hwy 99 N for our drive back home.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Run Details:</u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Saturday, September 9 Run 1 (Salida to Oakhurst):</u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFjdsFkYhPxPx56NI37HdGi-WggzVHwdAqn9PuwMalL39ksve_34ISY-Klw1aYnZsRxyAvBbaqXSwnvGSqiRPD2zZg7aw8sxkTgsl5DI0s4OyK_shrVB9slYZR0x55D-kmjAsw-vHOJFg9LqExzu0Eb6QtWYvTyHR3M2nu_FyLM9v6ym2ACyg8JKXTDCC/s784/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.33.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="784" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFjdsFkYhPxPx56NI37HdGi-WggzVHwdAqn9PuwMalL39ksve_34ISY-Klw1aYnZsRxyAvBbaqXSwnvGSqiRPD2zZg7aw8sxkTgsl5DI0s4OyK_shrVB9slYZR0x55D-kmjAsw-vHOJFg9LqExzu0Eb6QtWYvTyHR3M2nu_FyLM9v6ym2ACyg8JKXTDCC/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.33.04%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Salida Del Taco Meetup Location</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></u></span><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: small;">Meetup Location Day 1 Run 1:</span></u></span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/2rjarqBAoTN2dFHWA" target="_blank">Del Taco parking lot</a><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-96a4f7e5-7fff-7446-d645-90af7846ef8e"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">4300 Salida Blvd</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Salida, CA 95368</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><u><b>Meeting Time / Departure Time:</b></u></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">9:00 am / 9:30 am</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Google Route Map - Day 1 Run 1:</u></b></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/P36AJG9E8MpxWFQ58">https://goo.gl/maps/P36AJG9E8MpxWFQ58</a></span></span></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: small;"><u>Day 1 Run 1 Important Details:</u></span></span></span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="color: red;"><b>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. </b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><b>Leaders will use the club radios to alert drivers to hazards, so please have your radios or borrow the club radios to listen in.</b></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d1aba821-7fff-7ff1-43bd-e4439c767b75"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please fill up before meeting at Del Taco.</span></i></b></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> There is an ARCO station right next to Del Taco and a Chevron station at the corner of Sisk Rd. and Pelandale Avenue. Saturday's route can be easily completed with a full tank.</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8e431d5c-7fff-b723-501b-68f509ff3aea"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will be driving for approximately 2 hours before we stop in the town of Oakhurst for lunch. Please take your bathroom break before we leave Del Taco.</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-83c17e06-7fff-0d93-80bf-86fa43ade073"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Upon arriving in Oakhurst, we will drive into the Old Mill Village Shopping Center. After a 1 hr. lunch break, we will regroup at the Bank of America Parking Lot. There are several eating options within a 1/4-mile radius of Old Mill Village Shopping Center. Everyone is on their own for lunch.</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d69a9a41-7fff-e324-07a9-9bd48137c8a1"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Lunch Options:</span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-a8e6d0d7-7fff-9e32-4c1e-d600c2634c04"><a href="https://www.southgatebrewco.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Southgate Brewing Company</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> - (559) 692-2739 for reservations</span></span></li><li><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4295feec-7fff-3b47-0adf-44815ae902f3"><a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/plazuelas-mexican-restaurant-and-taqueria-oakhurst" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plazuelas Mexican Restaurant</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> - (559) 658-7771 for reservations</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b8a81b25-7fff-7de1-befe-fa93aa4c1bf2"><a href="https://ordering.roundtablepizza.com/site/rtoakhurst" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Round Table Pizza</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-acc7f97b-7fff-b72f-50f4-9f870bac8545"><a href="https://restaurants.subway.com/united-states/ca/oakhurst/40278-stagecoach-rd" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Subway</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0cbbdd55-7fff-f79b-2c66-6a089fd5febf"><a href="https://delidelicious.oftendining.com/?store_id=11852#s:menu.php?store_id=11852&menu_id=-2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deli Delicious</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3fa53af8-7fff-3503-fd64-a784afd95f81"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/j53unffuJu5Fvd62A" target="_blank">VONS</a> In-store Deli</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></ul><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Saturday, September 9 Run 2 (Oakhurst to Three Rivers):</u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8w8Rb9_7h7INh0p13IqKrrKezJipnU54_6fDHLTFzkM3E6mFwvt0pxR98ncIV7xNLrkZZK3XbT41vFclXVEsMBrmJwpQP9rgHzDlw-ok0D3l2MjR8vlVn7rogSxos0r_fmT-kEFifAvnLg5khdDJDjeaIwYb1UwyNcHOUfDavWrZ9R37cRzyz76WnuKL/s918/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.29.56%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="918" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8w8Rb9_7h7INh0p13IqKrrKezJipnU54_6fDHLTFzkM3E6mFwvt0pxR98ncIV7xNLrkZZK3XbT41vFclXVEsMBrmJwpQP9rgHzDlw-ok0D3l2MjR8vlVn7rogSxos0r_fmT-kEFifAvnLg5khdDJDjeaIwYb1UwyNcHOUfDavWrZ9R37cRzyz76WnuKL/w345-h288/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.29.56%20PM.png" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Oakhurst Bank of America Meetup Location</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><u style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></u></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: small;">Meetup Location Day 1 Run 2:</span></u></span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/UyaGdY1iA7a3KDDT6" target="_blank">Bank of America</a> parking lot
Old Mill Village</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a28f3fc3-7fff-ffda-c737-84bfca2aa0a9"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">40032 CA-49</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Oakhurst, CA 93664</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><u><b>Meeting Time / Departure Time:</b></u></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">12:30 pm / 1:00 pm</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Google Route Map - Day 1 Run 2:</u></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/jjqDNt9nkx2FM1FU9">https://goo.gl/maps/jjqDNt9nkx2FM1FU9</a></span></span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: small;"><u>Day 1 Run 2 Important Details:</u></span></span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d1aba821-7fff-7ff1-43bd-e4439c767b75"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4fad1703-7fff-2796-edb1-2f1c5bc6fb38"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;">If you did not fill up at the start of the day, please fill up before the afternoon Driver’s Meeting.</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">
Day 1 Run 2 is a 139-mile drive. Near the afternoon Run 2 meetup, there is a Chevron station at roughly Highway 41 and Crane Valley Rd., and a Sinclair at roughly Highway 41 and Civic Circle.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a91beeda-7fff-8a06-ebf2-faad1dc8baae"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">From the Vons Parking Lot, we will exit back onto CA-49 E then make a left turn onto Hwy. 41 N. We will regroup on Rd 426/Crane Valley Road. Rd 426 turns into Rd 222.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We will continue south on Rds 426/222 through the town of Fine Gold. As we get to the City of Fresno, we will merge onto CA-41 S and then onto CA-180 E. We will take Dunlop Road through the towns of Miramonte, Badger, and then into Three Rivers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Upon arriving in Three Rivers, everyone is free to do as they please. We will not be able to park in a central location due to limited parking in this small town.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><p></p><ul><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-6be1c485-7fff-bf11-bde1-9d7ca5ce9700"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">If you have your pre-purchased National Park pass, you can drive into the Sequoia National Park, which is 6 miles north of Three Rivers, or check into your respective lodging locations.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e7c0ac3e-7fff-f9d0-02d0-913203f962b9"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">There is no planned location for dinner on Saturday night. The Gateway Restaurant and Lodge is a popular local restaurant in Three Rivers with outdoor dining and a view of the river. (Reservations </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">1 week</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> ahead are recommended) </span><a href="https://gateway-sequoia.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://gateway-sequoia.com</span></a><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Downtown Visalia is about 30 minutes south on Hwy 198 from Three Rivers for those seeking more dining options.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Refer to the <a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/2023/05/lodging-planner-for-kings-canyonsequoia.html" target="_blank">"Lodging Planner" post</a><span style="color: black;"> on the norcalminis.com website for National Park visitor pass and lodging information.</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaC7HvoyTqegWnt5Mt9UEBtjb2a5bzkurRdWLQc_lZ2lIEBuWKbWrEytFBrHoy185KlBn-o6ECmTGkOYf17HWNlR5_QUA4UOllOMc2Y3sazG0aWJ6qlVT45sYxvMHDRy1A0fh0ZtyZDjAMgIzsLucinANN5ppCM1zni3qCUMjDyPdvg0HDpJvu2lIrltv/s638/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.53.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="638" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaC7HvoyTqegWnt5Mt9UEBtjb2a5bzkurRdWLQc_lZ2lIEBuWKbWrEytFBrHoy185KlBn-o6ECmTGkOYf17HWNlR5_QUA4UOllOMc2Y3sazG0aWJ6qlVT45sYxvMHDRy1A0fh0ZtyZDjAMgIzsLucinANN5ppCM1zni3qCUMjDyPdvg0HDpJvu2lIrltv/w360-h271/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.53.55%20PM.png" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gateway Outdoor Seating</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI1klUP8QxM4oEXLU5iKjHgbYZALrAMouoEdNcMM34EKJYK-lcntfjXFZc20F_JHr6ypPSmT7B2iw431ee7QrD2HgJzw-h9c3L2W8n3tPHTUZU0jOHv5_fk7xtOj03o4Iyx2saEPkrRG63lqnpdHhyJkgbwIc3ouG94MBpApskD8OIaW9kLd9tH6CZO0b/s650/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.54.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="650" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI1klUP8QxM4oEXLU5iKjHgbYZALrAMouoEdNcMM34EKJYK-lcntfjXFZc20F_JHr6ypPSmT7B2iw431ee7QrD2HgJzw-h9c3L2W8n3tPHTUZU0jOHv5_fk7xtOj03o4Iyx2saEPkrRG63lqnpdHhyJkgbwIc3ouG94MBpApskD8OIaW9kLd9tH6CZO0b/w351-h267/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.54.04%20PM.png" width="351" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Downtown Visalia</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><u style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;">Sunday, September 10 Run (Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park):</u></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PTLz8ZpUb68uegELEIMveGkgTK8QZpdZPb72KhIo7pdU1bq8DehxRV5dxfy_4MOBr7j1dYobfqf6XWpBeu2ezJfeq8NDWFmL5VGunF0bBr9pV3wTftUXuH6q2BHNAGNcWtgsk-AkYJHHjZi0SmxgxLpXdU-6hv44tdPGeFPc7RXGa7loWrP9qckLBFnI/s840/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%2010.03.31%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="840" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PTLz8ZpUb68uegELEIMveGkgTK8QZpdZPb72KhIo7pdU1bq8DehxRV5dxfy_4MOBr7j1dYobfqf6XWpBeu2ezJfeq8NDWFmL5VGunF0bBr9pV3wTftUXuH6q2BHNAGNcWtgsk-AkYJHHjZi0SmxgxLpXdU-6hv44tdPGeFPc7RXGa7loWrP9qckLBFnI/w355-h311/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%2010.03.31%20PM.png" width="355" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Foothills Visitor Center<br />Day 2 Meetup Location</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: small;">Meetup Location Day 2:</span></u></span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60963-d14194244-Reviews-Foothills_Visitor_Center-Three_Rivers_California.html" target="_blank">Foothills Visitor Center</a> parking lot
<span id="docs-internal-guid-149d0415-7fff-6745-b87d-d4c5c9d6e4df"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">47050 General Highway</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Rivers, CA 93271</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><u><b>Meeting Time / Departure Time:</b></u></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">9:00 am / 9:30 am</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><u>Google Route Map - Day 2:</u></b></span></span></span></p></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/GtZtKhHLWbqTeUNv5">https://goo.gl/maps/GtZtKhHLWbqTeUNv5</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: small;"><u>Day 2 Important Details:</u></span></span></span></h3></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d1aba821-7fff-7ff1-43bd-e4439c767b75"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4fad1703-7fff-2796-edb1-2f1c5bc6fb38"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><i><span style="color: red;">Please fill up before meeting at the Foothills Visitor Center</span></i></b>.</span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>Please pre-purchase your visitor pass online well before the run!</b> </i></span>The lines to purchase passes at the entrance can be very long and take too much time. Refer to the <a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/2023/05/lodging-planner-for-kings-canyonsequoia.html" target="_blank">"Lodging Planner" post</a> on the norcalminis.com website for visitor pass information.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-476ab073-7fff-8eca-4877-fcc6a0514978"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a 46-mile uphill, twisty drive through the park on the General Highway. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Eating options are limited, so packing a picnic lunch is suggested prior to starting today’s drive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0fdbcbe8-7fff-d5b5-98e0-ea5ba7f1dc3b" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We will meet inside the park at the </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Foothills Visitor</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Center</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> parking lot for our driver’s meeting. It is approx. 1 mile from the park entrance on the right-hand side. The Sequoia National Park sign is located before the Foothills Visitor Center. Stop by for a Kodak moment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><p></p><ul><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-3813790c-7fff-a955-3406-004702347c06"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We do not expect everyone to stay together on this run as there are many sites to stop and sightsee. We suggest you buddy up with other members at the drivers' meeting if you'd like company during the run. Refer to the online Google map for sights such as the General Sherman Tree, Tunnel Rock, and Lost Grove.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-910c8947-7fff-3a31-bce5-710bedfa3e2c"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Traffic tends to slow down near Kings Canyon Overlook, so watch for slowing/parked cars and pedestrians.</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-580ba0c3-7fff-c0e4-7506-9fb62f9398d9"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Note</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">: Before leaving the park, the hosts suggest you stop at the </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Kings Canyon Visitor Center</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Grant Grove Market </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">for</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">snacks, souvenirs, and restroom access. The visitor center has a 15-minute video on the history of the park that is shown all day. They are located in </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Grant Grove Village,</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> 3 miles east on CA-180 from Big Stump Entrance.</span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p></ul><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">From the Big Stump entrance, we will continue on CA-180 W towards Fresno. This is a downhill, twisty two-lane road. The CA-99 N on-ramp is approximately 55 miles from the Big Stump Entrance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e77b7e42-7fff-ea4f-e189-04a22435916c"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">The run is officially over once we exit Kings Canyon National Park. You are free to head home via whatever route best suits you. Motor on!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy-W7Nu_EbQg3ojXggGR3MhJ6t5vrBqdKUn9n2RZSQGks05BA-dNUC7Vatx74MZkcFVrdeQcy16c7XU5vDVTawTiSJqNpfsDzTgE4YC3M1FA9CekJn1Sza8wnWoY5LtmYD3SR2Luh_L7VC-7UgBQxtfKttBD4WB1X9hr1DDP-pNuLd_-wVwARKzNggJXf/s1096/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%2010.03.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1096" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy-W7Nu_EbQg3ojXggGR3MhJ6t5vrBqdKUn9n2RZSQGks05BA-dNUC7Vatx74MZkcFVrdeQcy16c7XU5vDVTawTiSJqNpfsDzTgE4YC3M1FA9CekJn1Sza8wnWoY5LtmYD3SR2Luh_L7VC-7UgBQxtfKttBD4WB1X9hr1DDP-pNuLd_-wVwARKzNggJXf/w392-h262/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%2010.03.14%20PM.png" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sequoia National Park sign<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 700;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0d30a2; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: 700;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></p><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-21962630472546035462023-07-23T23:16:00.004-07:002023-08-06T14:38:51.790-07:00Mountain Run to the Annual Picnic - Aug. 19, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Mountain backroads? Check! Many MINI friends? Check! Your favorite potluck picnic foods? Check!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Join us for a fun run followed by our Annual Picnic!</i></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwsXNyUGsxbVMQ_HJ8EpGq-ixuZ8YzviBwyxn3KmlVwok8f4iniLmFEG6ZZ-17WugrHecjVFl7VQnNK14anKIKlgZJmToMskCXYotX9Kgzkc5S6zisd24HBDEpG0KgS8zyLU70tes54m-LPZAOi6NmimckfING-1XVw_yhjQ_psAJ-t5MltmenQfoSV85/s1642/Image%207-15-23%20at%201.55%20PM.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1642" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwsXNyUGsxbVMQ_HJ8EpGq-ixuZ8YzviBwyxn3KmlVwok8f4iniLmFEG6ZZ-17WugrHecjVFl7VQnNK14anKIKlgZJmToMskCXYotX9Kgzkc5S6zisd24HBDEpG0KgS8zyLU70tes54m-LPZAOi6NmimckfING-1XVw_yhjQ_psAJ-t5MltmenQfoSV85/w394-h207/Image%207-15-23%20at%201.55%20PM.JPG" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Pat Lewis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Your Host(s) for the Event:</span></u></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Gordon & Alison Lee<br />Tasha Hudick</span></p><p><br /></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></h2><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/rSexUHBqaNCeKZZz9">https://goo.gl/maps/rSexUHBqaNCeKZZz9</a></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><h2><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><u>Register via MotorSport Registry:</u></span></span></h2><p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/mountain-run-to-annual-picnic-norcal-minis-576356">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/mountain-run-to-annual-picnic-norcal-minis-576356</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0d30a2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Interested in a mountain backroads run through the shady trees of the Santa Cruz Mountains? How about ending the run by sharing your favorite picnic dish with your NorCal MINIs club member friends? Well, the August run and potluck annual picnic has been crafted just for you and all of those like-minded friends.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will start the day by meeting in the Woodside Plaza parking lot near Sushi+Plus (no, we <i>didn't</i> stutter, that <i>is</i> the name!) in Redwood City. After catching up with old friends and meeting new friends, we will have our driver's briefing, hop in our cars, and head out onto Woodside Road toward the Santa Cruz Mountains. Before you say, "<i>Wait a minute! The winter storms washed out Woodside Road just before reaching Portola Road!</i>", our wise and wonderful hosts know this, so we will be splitting off of Woodside Road onto the winding twists, turns, and switchbacks of Kings Mountain Road.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-243OULzuhre_pARiUkvP20UKUn3et2q-3XLYOT66p6xVAsj5vpR65EpBxTHJ3HemJSjzLQquIGj6P2sEuQ8jDjmxu7o0nyZmcIaQe80kSSXmZNdrLLbA3HbXISVfXVPr7XqJxtyJHScQ8-LgDvqyIcPNPSliq3VM37IRap91Pq4jHRLJsobFk0Qcf3a/s1920/Image%207-15-23%20at%201.56%20PM.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1920" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-243OULzuhre_pARiUkvP20UKUn3et2q-3XLYOT66p6xVAsj5vpR65EpBxTHJ3HemJSjzLQquIGj6P2sEuQ8jDjmxu7o0nyZmcIaQe80kSSXmZNdrLLbA3HbXISVfXVPr7XqJxtyJHScQ8-LgDvqyIcPNPSliq3VM37IRap91Pq4jHRLJsobFk0Qcf3a/w388-h223/Image%207-15-23%20at%201.56%20PM.JPG" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Pat Lewis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Nearing the summit, we'll turn south onto Hwy. 35 (Skyline Boulevard) and run down the ridgeline with forests and soaring views on both sides of the roadway. We'll pass the famous Alice's Restaurant, showing all the other motoring enthusiasts our MINI style. Continuing south on Skyline Boulevard, we will pass Windy Hill, Thomas Fogerty Winery, Russian Ridge Preserve, and the Jikoji Zen Center. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Reaching the intersection with Hwy. 9 (Big Basin Way), we will turn right and head southwest towards Big Basin. Use those radios on Channel 7-21 (CTCSS) because this is a popular stretch of road on summer weekend days, and we are likely to get split up with interlopers between us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">The route will take us down along Hwy. 9 for several miles where we will turn left onto Hwy. 35 (Bear Creek Road) just before we enter Boulder Creek. Those who joined us on the May run will remember this stretch of road, but this time, we will be driving in the opposite direction back toward the summit. No need to worry about the storm washouts on the far side of the summit as Bear Creek Road has been reopened. This stretch of road along Bear Creek will have traffic controls at 3 separate locations due to single lanes past washed-out roadsides.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7akdIWRABDOsSYiBjWEv_nIpiiHO_6EIEdsfAs2t7weJyAf0KFFKiaHzJUFo9twdhsGPTVP81hxTLaOc8n8sH_l-M5Ain7WgK64dEIzXbnRUPZl9uDgI1w4HbL_PoEuWtEFldqm-JIaciYlabSUE5TkcpJkfePHxaNAA2KITQ90qumUcQUJE7ETHg4XU7/s2645/Image%207-15-23%20at%202.03%20PM.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="2645" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7akdIWRABDOsSYiBjWEv_nIpiiHO_6EIEdsfAs2t7weJyAf0KFFKiaHzJUFo9twdhsGPTVP81hxTLaOc8n8sH_l-M5Ain7WgK64dEIzXbnRUPZl9uDgI1w4HbL_PoEuWtEFldqm-JIaciYlabSUE5TkcpJkfePHxaNAA2KITQ90qumUcQUJE7ETHg4XU7/w389-h191/Image%207-15-23%20at%202.03%20PM.JPG" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Pat Lewis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll transition from tight two-lane twisties to the hustling freeway known as Hwy. 17 at Lexington Reservoir, heading north back onto the roads populated with minivans, big rigs, and stoplights. While not as much fun as the mountain backroads, this stretch of suburban driving will take us north back up to Sunnyvale where we will park and enjoy our Annual Picnic potluck-style at Raynor Park.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">More information about our potluck and the opportunity to sign up for the side dishes, desserts, drinks, etc. you wish to share will be included in a link in the MSR confirmation email you will receive after you register for the run. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be provided by Pat and Michelle Lewis and Duane Caldwell. We'll just need the rest of you to bring your appetites and your favorite picnic dishes to share with the other club members. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD46Jt1YEyO1Gk74kjg4zAqvPmr_PgyrK1lI9F-6Fn72apt9OMK-w1CXpSJYUMlHbCpAX17QYEQ49BUuD8t1wZtupFT9qvf_H_2LtDyeqTSEsItFWh8yXDiKnILQRTJmaj7znZ_ATr2Q0lDTSILQU4oUAiJoS_PvRWW5zsjjl_fCyPOtsxZRudYrBLcAnD/s1939/Image%207-15-23%20at%201.52%20PM.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1939" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD46Jt1YEyO1Gk74kjg4zAqvPmr_PgyrK1lI9F-6Fn72apt9OMK-w1CXpSJYUMlHbCpAX17QYEQ49BUuD8t1wZtupFT9qvf_H_2LtDyeqTSEsItFWh8yXDiKnILQRTJmaj7znZ_ATr2Q0lDTSILQU4oUAiJoS_PvRWW5zsjjl_fCyPOtsxZRudYrBLcAnD/w409-h234/Image%207-15-23%20at%201.52%20PM.JPG" width="409" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Pat Lewis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Time/Departure Time:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:30 am / 10 am</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-up Location:</u></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Sushi+Plus<br />30 Woodside Plaza<br />Redwood City, CA 94061</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Nearest EV Charging Stations:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Kennedy Middle School<br />Shell Recharge Station<br />2521 Goodwin Ave<br />Redwood City, CA 94061</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School<br />Shell Recharge Station<br />170 Selby Ln<br />Atherton, CA 94027</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Potluck Picnic Location:</span></u></b></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Raynor Park<br />1565 Quail Ave.<br />Sunnvale, CA. 94087</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">You must RSVP using the Punchbowl app link you will receive after registering for the run on MotorSport Registry. The Punchbowl app will have a link to sign up for the side dish you will bring. Plan on bringing enough of your potluck dish to feed 6 to 10 people.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Please bring your radio</span></i></b>, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.</span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop up in the mountains, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California 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.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.</span><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohGTUsmdoG8M33_b1qfl9EjYbrGmeAbKfYQz67gDmMBgJq7ryLRWuHYZme3l5Ti7UgFX4yuuPu0ftg86n3WKL6oJNRhqHsWYvj9dGcCBRiUdxXJ9dwLwFqxB5K6DjOhC31-aCqfiooTDzk2W8MNo9VH0q9hWBlF3ov6ZM0KzQijZV9FDV1U_vRgJ4_wX5/s8089/NCM%20Salinas%20Annual%20Picnic%20Run_wm%202022-08-28-93.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5393" data-original-width="8089" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohGTUsmdoG8M33_b1qfl9EjYbrGmeAbKfYQz67gDmMBgJq7ryLRWuHYZme3l5Ti7UgFX4yuuPu0ftg86n3WKL6oJNRhqHsWYvj9dGcCBRiUdxXJ9dwLwFqxB5K6DjOhC31-aCqfiooTDzk2W8MNo9VH0q9hWBlF3ov6ZM0KzQijZV9FDV1U_vRgJ4_wX5/w381-h253/NCM%20Salinas%20Annual%20Picnic%20Run_wm%202022-08-28-93.jpg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Last year's picnic in Salinas<br />Photo by Duane Caldwell</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-46627076004929329682023-06-25T21:49:00.000-07:002023-06-25T21:49:19.579-07:00Recap - Paso Robles Run - April 28-30, 2023<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg1RfyR2nzgoe3CpPzHt6nWNd5kU85vSWsLQCMsXgCi8N77Fw0uqWi_nC-WrCm0IpsHl7yb_pYTpR-2WPgb-EteI09U3EM4CBH6sO-utpceuXOW9jeF_J7s05V7uMUqWT2rxaenG4gL3jNiTtn7fE6dV8V5K7L4gB9YiEde3qS7vVfqtwnKxbi37EjVmC/s1252/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.42.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1252" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg1RfyR2nzgoe3CpPzHt6nWNd5kU85vSWsLQCMsXgCi8N77Fw0uqWi_nC-WrCm0IpsHl7yb_pYTpR-2WPgb-EteI09U3EM4CBH6sO-utpceuXOW9jeF_J7s05V7uMUqWT2rxaenG4gL3jNiTtn7fE6dV8V5K7L4gB9YiEde3qS7vVfqtwnKxbi37EjVmC/w390-h293/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.42.16%20PM.png" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Friday AM Meetup in Morgan Hill<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h1><h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -4pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><u>Your Hosts for This Event:</u></span></span></h2><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -4pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tim & Kim Nye in <i>Magoo</i> (2022 JCW Convertible)
</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -4pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4pt; text-indent: -4pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><u>Day 1 (Friday):</u></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-44943be4-7fff-0bff-0b22-a3d7a8ef0c23"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The 2023 Paso Robles weekend rally was organized into four runs over 3 days. We met up in Morgan Hill with nine cars and sixteen club members. Our club President, Pat Lewis, started us off with a brief club update, and host Tim Nye led the group through our driver’s briefing. The Friday run was primarily a long-distance travel run down to Paso Robles, but our hosts planned some fun motoring on backroads along the way. From the Peet’s parking lot in Morgan Hill, we drove south on US 101 for about 30 miles before getting off the freeway in Salinas, CA, and connected up on River Rd. As we passed, our convoy of nine MINIs humming in a long line on the freeway brought smiles to other travelers’ faces. We made our first stop on River Road at the Exxon Station to meet up with club members Mick and Vickie and their faithful pup Dirk in their</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Hopkirk" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Paddy Hopkirk</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Special Edition MINI Cooper S.</span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuBIzkJKLmLZpgFxsPEXc2KVzEG8EFu3MGbdU0jPGexGxoouKELlD5ULhFKB_mZFRp50hw9wYnQBWuAguwI4jLHTKVhkuLD7EEypm6o8f2puRrR4zbXEmaIw2KJZvoepOKOmqZrNrIHBovGRBwY4ei-soKVaH7fd0PcDTkkIGyoHnn0irj8krqEZ6jnGp/s1250/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.42.38%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1250" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuBIzkJKLmLZpgFxsPEXc2KVzEG8EFu3MGbdU0jPGexGxoouKELlD5ULhFKB_mZFRp50hw9wYnQBWuAguwI4jLHTKVhkuLD7EEypm6o8f2puRrR4zbXEmaIw2KJZvoepOKOmqZrNrIHBovGRBwY4ei-soKVaH7fd0PcDTkkIGyoHnn0irj8krqEZ6jnGp/w411-h309/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.42.38%20PM.png" width="411" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Mick, Vickie, and Dirk<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-19bfc184-7fff-e75a-45b4-f6622d259a41"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Cruising down River Rd. at the foot of the Coastal Mountain Range was incredible. The scenery combined with dips and curves elevated all of our moods as we could see other cars far in the distance slugging along on the freeway. Using our two-way radios, members shared their knowledge of the notable wineries we passed. Although we did not stop, we drove by the historic</span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/5569461756512250550/1452691513918864339#" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Soledad Mission</span></a><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. Because of the Atmospheric River flooding along the Salinas River back in March 2023, the host was concerned the</span><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/G9yjuCrGPgC7T8Cv9" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Arroyo Seco Bridge</span></a><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> near Greenfield, CA would be unpassable. Even though the Monterey County road conditions website marked it as closed, club member John had local insight that it was open, so we continued on and found it was indeed still open! It was quite a sight to see ten MINIs all on the historic green bridge. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdBYIEfq58uaouOC4RemtUQ6tG-GyaSNkcUxnhJFE7bJtze2eAgnnK_Z-XfgNcI9QgaCTGkBThg0qMwvD_vsIYO5bT3diZu5epSACqpVR4ZGvXzxEmaOVaS9vCKd1InkKdgEOcWzIex4hB2ltP5cETkpcY-CHbxrS9ZCl8KPvch0eC1dFadwfOPlr-HUF/s1252/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.42.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1252" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdBYIEfq58uaouOC4RemtUQ6tG-GyaSNkcUxnhJFE7bJtze2eAgnnK_Z-XfgNcI9QgaCTGkBThg0qMwvD_vsIYO5bT3diZu5epSACqpVR4ZGvXzxEmaOVaS9vCKd1InkKdgEOcWzIex4hB2ltP5cETkpcY-CHbxrS9ZCl8KPvch0eC1dFadwfOPlr-HUF/w403-h303/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.42.52%20PM.png" width="403" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arroyo Seco Bridge<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><br /><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After crossing the green bridge, we drove through green hills spotted with super blooms of wildflowers in the distance beyond the vineyards. We enjoyed this scenery all the way to King City, CA for our midday pit stop and lunch. Our lunch was slightly disrupted as we passed through Greenfield, thanks to road construction and local traffic, but we persevered and made it through. If you plan to drive past Greenfield on your way south, consider turning right onto Central Ave. from Elm Ave. to bypass Greenfield altogether.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">King City is a travel hub for US 101. The main exit at Broadway Ave. has fast food and gas stations. A few club members ate at El Toro Tacos, a new taqueria. If you go, order the asada tacos and chile relleno. The gordita is also good.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dbe76486-7fff-08bc-e4d8-f4caca74c57d"></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">With food in our bellies and fuel in our tanks, we then drove a few miles on US 101-S before taking the Paris Valley/Lockwood exit onto San Lucas Rd. for some twists and turns through a remote 10-mile stretch of country road headed toward Lockwood, CA. Our last stop as a group was the historic Pleyto Country Store where we debriefed and then drove into Paso Robles on our own. While we did not take it this trip, the route map shows another side excursion to try off of Hare Canyon and Indian Valley Roads near Valleton, CA. Something to consider checking out next year.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86VO3HJyGV5hrp3FeJE6fezvNA3Zy0Nhfg78otKxuiGKa0EBkL-D71fYqLRT3bPbIKjR0Haq6hg8uMPbZwo0bdLL3lzkijEXdcmGhmRqV7BfSYhfmjBNutn8xc7FuaWr0AmpitAZsN2mYr_rNQOHAUTx2SQUnOp13JrWckKi-1KcYdpm61oLHHvqjjPiI/s1250/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.43.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1250" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86VO3HJyGV5hrp3FeJE6fezvNA3Zy0Nhfg78otKxuiGKa0EBkL-D71fYqLRT3bPbIKjR0Haq6hg8uMPbZwo0bdLL3lzkijEXdcmGhmRqV7BfSYhfmjBNutn8xc7FuaWr0AmpitAZsN2mYr_rNQOHAUTx2SQUnOp13JrWckKi-1KcYdpm61oLHHvqjjPiI/w402-h302/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.43.08%20PM.png" width="402" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Last Group Stop Day 1<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once we all checked into our lodging, many club members met up later in the evening at the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.firestonebeer.com/paso-robles-taproom/" target="_blank">Firestone Walker Brewery and Restaurant</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in Paso Robles, CA for drinks, dinner, and laughs in preparation for good drives ahead in the morning. One of the great things about weekend club events is that members can pick and choose when to meet up with the club and also have the option to explore places on their own. For example, we began the day with nine cars and ended with twelve cars meeting up in Paso Robles that evening. That’s a 33% increase in MINI frivolity from our start in Morgan Hill!</span></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Day 2 (Saturday):</span></span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rested and refreshed following the first day of thrills and cheers, the club met on Saturday morning at Starbucks on Golden Hill Rd. in Paso Robles for Sprint 2. Friday evening after dispersing from the final run stop, Tim and Kim did a scouting mission for the Saturday run, discovering posted orange warning signs that the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2023 Wildflower Century</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bicycling event was scheduled on the South side of Creston, CA on Day 2. This meant the later portion of our planned route might be a challenge, so being quick on our feet, the group made a major change to our planned route to avoid the bicyclists on Saturday.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5dc5b773-7fff-f6a0-13af-d3966fd671b6"></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We started the route as originally planned, and this section was one of the highlights of the weekend. Turning right onto CA 41-S from CA-46-E began a 12-mile stretch of road nirvana. Dips and hills, twists and turns with yellow road warning signs ranging from 30 MPH limit down to 15 MPH. Seriously though, CA 41 is one of the best driving roads in the area, so if you’re down there, you’ve got to drive it!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUWah43WVtSV60YPtX8khSLq5QQf9A7bxm0fDObITXLGRVn8L408TyGewEiUpDGvtmwHSmlpzC6D7XKZi-eEVr73QGGQJKpZwpBNOjGZ0LW5r8KYx2KWZ8dbnV6HGoNHKmZNqJILE5yzkCa0Yj50p1dHdw03daL9H3sSpz82UWM8FSdpDoPCaSpNc6W76/s1250/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.43.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1250" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUWah43WVtSV60YPtX8khSLq5QQf9A7bxm0fDObITXLGRVn8L408TyGewEiUpDGvtmwHSmlpzC6D7XKZi-eEVr73QGGQJKpZwpBNOjGZ0LW5r8KYx2KWZ8dbnV6HGoNHKmZNqJILE5yzkCa0Yj50p1dHdw03daL9H3sSpz82UWM8FSdpDoPCaSpNc6W76/w399-h365/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.43.40%20PM.png" width="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">CA 41<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-87b119d1-7fff-84d6-8bf4-8a6d75c12254"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Due to the bicycling event over on CA 58, we did not drive La Panza Rd. and instead stayed on CA 41 into Atascadero, CA. Tim attested to the group though that on his previous day’s scouting mission, it is an absolutely fun route. Club member, Steve, who coordinated the club’s recent 2022 Paso Robles Holiday Run also confirmed these are some of the best roads in the area. In Atascadero, we all merged onto US 101-S where many of us got split up. But all cars made it to the Oceano Dunes Nature Preserve area where many of us had lunch at</span><span style="color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.finsbarandgrill.com/" target="_blank">Fin’s Bar and Grill</a></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> right on Pismo Beach. The <i>Kraken</i> (see picture) felt right at home.😀</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCE0ovEopZP3iYcYrrFu1T9JbnG0HKcPe3GQ7zmswNIKxDEHu2xTorCKC6L7TgxATWQ-qKGfkl0wGb10loADPdU8Z2FBmVpO_ZKfekXYPlayWWzDebGe0mNX7V8SgEDX7sSzHAbdJWVuf2EJNmrdr9oBmIbTm39mXC_AiEp16kDlBSpK0EurAidyh6zJD/s1248/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.02%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCE0ovEopZP3iYcYrrFu1T9JbnG0HKcPe3GQ7zmswNIKxDEHu2xTorCKC6L7TgxATWQ-qKGfkl0wGb10loADPdU8Z2FBmVpO_ZKfekXYPlayWWzDebGe0mNX7V8SgEDX7sSzHAbdJWVuf2EJNmrdr9oBmIbTm39mXC_AiEp16kDlBSpK0EurAidyh6zJD/w401-h300/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.02%20PM.png" width="401" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kraken</i> at Fin's<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After lunch, nine cars left the Pismo Beach area for a two-hour backcountry drive beginning on the historic Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) / CA 1-S. This scenic byway meanders through green agriculture fields leading us to the Los Alamos, CA Chevron Station where we made a pit stop. Here the club reconnected with the one and only electric MINI SE in the group. Club member Clive had driven ahead of the group to get a full charge for the second part of the run. That dedication exemplifies the MINI-driving spirit. The MINI brand is ever-evolving, and while the newer models may look and be powered differently from the earlier generations, the driver experience and enthusiasm continue to be excellent.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3731ab7f-7fff-012e-a11f-7b23403b5c5c"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Driving out of Los Alamos, we jumped back on US 101-S where we followed a local tractor for a bit before executing a group merge into the number 1 lane. Our club President, Pat, led from the rear of the pack and merged first. From there, each MINI merged one at a time until our leader, Tim, merged last. It was a well-executed maneuver that the California Highway Patrol (CHP) would approve. We then made a Left exit onto Alisos Canyon Rd. across the divided freeway, where we motored joyfully along winding roads through wine country before stopping for a group picture in</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Santa Maria, CA</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Although the original plan was to drive to</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.franksfamousslo.net/" target="_blank">Frank’s Famous Hot Dogs</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in San Luis Obispo, we decided to end the club day here. Club members Mick and Vickie went by themselves though, and said it was a nice spot.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuLsbnMQCTMZ2hXL1GZvn7aWsyFmJRqNW2KYvXOd2NLFz78ANWlHBk3E1-nHz6rHHCy7EreSR7o2PtxcXrGYevkwTyhD8QxqiuUPUO_8GQFAupgEOeRCao4i02xiHZROGq5XDT46SQpbZyjavG4SF_IHhkogIWlG9Z8svaxEme_NB_hIwgkpkTvCDHs9h/s1248/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.23%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1248" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuLsbnMQCTMZ2hXL1GZvn7aWsyFmJRqNW2KYvXOd2NLFz78ANWlHBk3E1-nHz6rHHCy7EreSR7o2PtxcXrGYevkwTyhD8QxqiuUPUO_8GQFAupgEOeRCao4i02xiHZROGq5XDT46SQpbZyjavG4SF_IHhkogIWlG9Z8svaxEme_NB_hIwgkpkTvCDHs9h/w416-h313/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.23%20PM.png" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Santa Maria Photo Opp<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday evening was open for members to do what they wanted. Many attended the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://sensoriopaso.com/" target="_blank">Sensorio</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> light show in Paso Robles, which they said was awesome! Others went wine tasting at notable wineries in the region.</span></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Day 3 (Sunday):</span></span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eight cars made it for the final Sprint 4 on Sunday morning. The day began with an easy Sunday drive through the countryside filled with oak trees, vineyards, and wildflowers on Adelaida Rd. to the traffic circle on CA 46, where we turned west toward the Pacific Ocean. This cruise through Adelaida and Peachy Canyon roads felt a bit like driving through the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Acre_Wood" target="_blank">Hundred Acre Wood</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">😆. With the sun shining through the iridescent green foliage, and brownish leaves rustling along the side of the road as MINIs 1 through 8 roared by, it was a surreal experience.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6afee798-7fff-d6d0-aa14-5abbd3fa0302"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">At our morning driver’s briefing, the group decided to go to</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.slocal.com/places-to-visit/north-coast/harmony/" target="_blank">Harmony, CA</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> for our final stop. This tiny town of glass and ceramic artists has a population of 18 people. One of the glass artists was working and happily showed the group how they make their beautiful glass sculptures. Although the drive to Harmony was smooth, we did not stop at a planned scenic vista due to the heavy marine fog obstructing our views of the ocean early in the day. Consequently, we arrived too early before the Ice Cream shop opened, which is what we had all planned for. From Harmony, we all said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. Some drove to Cambria, some to Cayucos for fish tacos, and others began the long drive home.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3URYtdb4I9dC83VBplOCq8Yy8FwCj06C231gz_NzQZulojiP_i9R6hbdzQKsxxik8C9em8AvdGZz_mpi70I-MbOR3paQ3UG4wcoyZRSx7bnelkUryaNdZ156I1b8w7NwxiEkIEA2Jg6EIRIChcPvdla2xjq1iESEknXEII64MRBUaZdz3SBF8BBjLv5g8/s1252/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.36%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1252" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3URYtdb4I9dC83VBplOCq8Yy8FwCj06C231gz_NzQZulojiP_i9R6hbdzQKsxxik8C9em8AvdGZz_mpi70I-MbOR3paQ3UG4wcoyZRSx7bnelkUryaNdZ156I1b8w7NwxiEkIEA2Jg6EIRIChcPvdla2xjq1iESEknXEII64MRBUaZdz3SBF8BBjLv5g8/w366-h275/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.36%20PM.png" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MINIs in Harmony, CA<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c08d2783-7fff-6c57-aaa0-0ba4a97b786c"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It was a wonderful weekend driving with other NorCal MINI club members. Planning for the 2023 Paso Robles weekend rally began back in February with a 17-hour round trip drive to check out the roads. Many people helped by providing tips from past runs and other support. A big thank you to Pat Lewis, Rick Sanchez, Steve Sandke, Duane Caldwell, and Eddie Vergara for providing tips and helping to coordinate and communicate run details. We enjoyed the weekend very much with all those we motored with. Happy driving!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtDOlPTsGYs9_akmnDDjSevQ7BVhVhghqxfOjjIqkoGwAks5f74XMfWqATB9QVAvn1Z09HsFcj9a_jyj54iqAZx6utLJduvML-Vx--eTF1loZ2gQksrXIXVYSbsWUClct8Y7Q6cuKSeK9Z3oWtoui0_FmKFbnU__1TVyrCwVfGs5G_YQg_x61CJ5eM8as/s1252/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.51%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1252" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtDOlPTsGYs9_akmnDDjSevQ7BVhVhghqxfOjjIqkoGwAks5f74XMfWqATB9QVAvn1Z09HsFcj9a_jyj54iqAZx6utLJduvML-Vx--eTF1loZ2gQksrXIXVYSbsWUClct8Y7Q6cuKSeK9Z3oWtoui0_FmKFbnU__1TVyrCwVfGs5G_YQg_x61CJ5eM8as/w373-h280/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.44.51%20PM.png" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Day 3 Crew in Harmony<br />(photo by the Nyes)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">About the Event Host:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2e960615-7fff-409f-5ad4-bfc2a2d25112"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Hello, my name is Tim Nye. I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills East of Sacramento, CA with my loving wife Kim, our adult twin children, two leaping labrador retriever dogs, a killer queen cat, <i>Tonka</i> (2015 Toyota Tundra), and <i>Magoo</i> (2022 MINI JCW Convertible). I discovered the NorCal MINI club by chance. I heard about the MINI Takes The States (MTTS) Rally in Summer 2022. Needing a good long break from daily life, I set off on a hobbit-like adventure raising money for the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://bestfriends.org/?gad=1&gclsrc=ds" target="_blank">Best Friends Animal Society</a></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. It was on MTTS where I met club members, Pat, Michelle, Rick, Delores, Steve, and others. When I returned home, I joined the club. The twenty-one day excursion from daily life was exactly what I needed. By the end of MTTS 2022, I became one with my MINI. Hello, my name is Magoo. 😎</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphl8GpHI2ztthYKc5g8vPgokQcJh3lYhClvON9e3abXvMgIa61oEnqPUmEp0sQlC8M4twY6l5-OPjwTit05SaoWaD8xc-jFMhVd8ShAM2Ez2Fl6Q5OwBGgAyX-DQNo37yYkgCi7xRT5IahzzNIXcvle_wQu87sJZMJW83H3LXslxXCtckPI0qEKdCOphP/s1252/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.45.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1252" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphl8GpHI2ztthYKc5g8vPgokQcJh3lYhClvON9e3abXvMgIa61oEnqPUmEp0sQlC8M4twY6l5-OPjwTit05SaoWaD8xc-jFMhVd8ShAM2Ez2Fl6Q5OwBGgAyX-DQNo37yYkgCi7xRT5IahzzNIXcvle_wQu87sJZMJW83H3LXslxXCtckPI0qEKdCOphP/w369-h208/Screenshot%202023-06-25%20at%208.45.06%20PM.png" width="369" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tim & <i>Magoo</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 362px; position: absolute; top: 6681.03px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-47078062139171574592023-06-11T21:23:00.003-07:002023-06-11T21:32:05.538-07:00Monterey County MINI Motoring Challenge - July 16, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3';"><i>Enjoy trivia, scavenger hunts, taking pics on your phone, driving your MINI to cool places? July's club run will be much different from our usual group runs, but it will scratch that itch for fun and games. This is not a race, but a competition of wits, persistence, and MINI navigation!</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwQ6bhYJGTi4SRXlPSjhqTz7v3icZo-EIpNSC6Pgt4m7GopSGBhxxr916bx0mJGGmKalO-ixHWfzN45KRhPI5KJkgRAjOipUIutO8a031KNypKro178-JXOn-pwIuAXYc241mRPvfTPU_mUZxjZhpKZigedSrFzTYeld6kd6-PB7HatydEBzwNNek5g/s6016/Monterey%20Fishermans%20Wharf%202017-07-07_wm-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6016" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwQ6bhYJGTi4SRXlPSjhqTz7v3icZo-EIpNSC6Pgt4m7GopSGBhxxr916bx0mJGGmKalO-ixHWfzN45KRhPI5KJkgRAjOipUIutO8a031KNypKro178-JXOn-pwIuAXYc241mRPvfTPU_mUZxjZhpKZigedSrFzTYeld6kd6-PB7HatydEBzwNNek5g/w419-h280/Monterey%20Fishermans%20Wharf%202017-07-07_wm-6.jpg" width="419" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Commercial Fishing Pier - Monterey<br /><i>Photo by Duane Caldwell</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><h1 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: large;">Your Hosts for the Event:</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Mick Brown & Vickie Casacca</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Run Details:</span></h2><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">First and foremost, we must be clear this event is <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>not:</i></b></span></span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A typical NorCal MINIs group run</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A RACE! It is not a timed event, it is a thinking and safe MINI navigation challenge.</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">If you have ever played a photo scavenger hunt like <a href="https://www.thegogame.com/experiences/adventures" target="_blank">The Go Game</a> or if you ever wanted to play a game similar to <a href="https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/" target="_blank">The Amazing Race</a> (<b><i>without</i></b> the "race"), this is the NorCal MINIs club run for you!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLQ16LTny7JyYQ00DQ-42K9gWWExeMyh9Ag6KkdezahLSOHqh-TraUCIlqKEvkPk7BFTBfkBeH1LPlvMZwUKWWU0919OYpuoKY05YE5EBX8q7uXuNP8y3ZaTO9rF3BQFAosPlNo417oMpNCIyiXz1RzeM5xbC4aY3DXQZmgYa7qYBjkSq4JhreN14vQ/s550/Pezzini%20Farms.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="550" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLQ16LTny7JyYQ00DQ-42K9gWWExeMyh9Ag6KkdezahLSOHqh-TraUCIlqKEvkPk7BFTBfkBeH1LPlvMZwUKWWU0919OYpuoKY05YE5EBX8q7uXuNP8y3ZaTO9rF3BQFAosPlNo417oMpNCIyiXz1RzeM5xbC4aY3DXQZmgYa7qYBjkSq4JhreN14vQ/w367-h276/Pezzini%20Farms.jpg" width="367" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Pezzini Farms</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll meet up in the parking lot of the South Main Street <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/L2DSHK8Gb9FyfXBr7" target="_blank">Salinas Starbucks</a> (1186 S. Main Street, Salinas, CA 93901). Note that there are other Starbucks in Salinas, including one on North Main Street, so please meet at the <b><i>South Main Street</i></b> location! Bring the must-have gear listed below, and a thirst for exploring beautiful Monterey County, a land of agriculture, winemaking, fishing, </span></span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">oil production, </span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">literature, art, tourism, and scenic parks. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><u>Each MINI "team" MUST have the following:</u></span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">MINI with a full tank or charged battery</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Mobile phone with camera and navigation app (e.g., Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.)</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Mobile phone data plan to text your challenge pics to the Game Host </span></span></li><li><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Money for parking at the final destination ($1.50/hour or $10 maximum daily fee)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">At the driver's briefing in the Starbucks parking lot, each MINI competitor will be given a Challenge game sheet with trivia challenges to solve leading to a destination somewhere in the county. Use your map app to navigate and drive to that destination, take a photo using your mobile phone, text it to the Game Hosts, and solve your next challenge. There will be different challenge sheets, so simply following another MINI competitor from point to point may not be the smartest strategy. 😎 </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSagYSJ4YfZxWCZEuk3l1u41rFLHgUUx0aYv3dZ_227j96AngRdlDymq0XwrJ2hLfBmvLfWLN7ULRigkM_3UgAEBC4hh3Fb-yxpfts7QfNhTQF3HDAqEjDo_2MatDJtPBoj1rnOgOT9bZUUcM3ZClXp8rkBk07l7s4JoL3rh1_SEU5OBd85Cb_N10Kg/s339/Dennis%20the%20Menace%20Park.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="339" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSagYSJ4YfZxWCZEuk3l1u41rFLHgUUx0aYv3dZ_227j96AngRdlDymq0XwrJ2hLfBmvLfWLN7ULRigkM_3UgAEBC4hh3Fb-yxpfts7QfNhTQF3HDAqEjDo_2MatDJtPBoj1rnOgOT9bZUUcM3ZClXp8rkBk07l7s4JoL3rh1_SEU5OBd85Cb_N10Kg/w402-h278/Dennis%20the%20Menace%20Park.jpg" width="402" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Dennis the Menace Playground</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Please note the only things we'll "take" at the Challenge waypoints are photos.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">The Challenge will end at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/KcYqcUHDrk8RjTBK9" target="_blank">Dust Bowl Brewing</a> (Old Train Station, 290 Figueroa Street, Monterey, CA 93940) where prizes will be awarded. Parking at Dust Bowl Brewing is shared with Monterey's Old Fisherman's Wharf, and it does cost $1.50 per hour with a daily maximum of $10.00. You can enjoy lunch at Dust Bowl Brewing or check out the many dining options at the wharf or nearby in Monterey after the run.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqk2mtI-DC6nuyKbAwaL1or29gZXLL_QxXJ-WvJTD4xISE4fN9tGB4C4dCgHVdMHUXjui9RvNZpuAIbNCGopGiafYKoXHufJaXHhRQwDtq3adPRMpS-wPD7OhxGAw0qAuKNgxGdmSheytypkdgEVVBrjBsdMAbBusvNxBTjoc5h8jSSafXWOhTEZrnmw/s452/Dust%20Bowl%20Brewing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="139" data-original-width="452" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqk2mtI-DC6nuyKbAwaL1or29gZXLL_QxXJ-WvJTD4xISE4fN9tGB4C4dCgHVdMHUXjui9RvNZpuAIbNCGopGiafYKoXHufJaXHhRQwDtq3adPRMpS-wPD7OhxGAw0qAuKNgxGdmSheytypkdgEVVBrjBsdMAbBusvNxBTjoc5h8jSSafXWOhTEZrnmw/w392-h120/Dust%20Bowl%20Brewing.jpg" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Dust Bowl Brewing Co. & Tap Depot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="color: red;">You must RSVP by Thursday, July 13.</span></span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"> Our Game Hosts need an accurate count of contestant MINIs to print up challenge sheets for each of us. If you are not a Registered Club Member and wish to participate using our $5 single run pass option, you will need to send an email to info@norcalminis.com before noon on Thursday, July 13 including your name, email, and mobile phone number.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Meet-up Time/Departure Time:</span></span></h3><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">9:30 AM/10:00 AM</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Meet-up Location:</span></h3><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/L2DSHK8Gb9FyfXBr7" target="_blank">Starbucks </a>
1186 S. Main Street
Salinas, CA 93901 </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Nearest EV charging stations:
</span></span></p><ul style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VY56PNLi3eJfrG476" target="_blank">EVgo Charging Station</a>
1380 S. Main Street
Salinas, CA </span></li><li><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/g7H6DAPu8MNuWjvw8" target="_blank">ChargePoint </a>
1320 Padre Drive
Salinas, CA </span></li></ul><div style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Wrap-up Location:</span></h3><div style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/b4SfyypRnXMoVVcT6" target="_blank">Dust Bowl Brewing Co. & Tap Depot</a>
Old Train Station
290 Figueroa Street
Monterey, CA. 93940</div><div style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Nearest EV charging station:</div><div style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/shfhyjWEQ9apjZ1P6" target="_blank">ChargePoint</a> in Parking Garage
340 Tyler Street
Monterey, CA 93940
(about a 2-block walk to Dust Bowl Brewing) </li></ul><div><br /></div></div><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Register Via MotorSport Reg:</span></b></h3><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #0d30a2; font-family: Source Sans Pro; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/monterey-county-mini-motoring-challenge-norcal-minis-759071" target="_blank">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/monterey-county-mini-motoring-challenge-norcal-minis-759071</a></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-775224955722023196" itemprop="articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Check out our </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="color: #0d30a2; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;"> for a complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-775224955722023196" itemprop="articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 520px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuODXiFb3lffA4HweiB5XVnhbmoPEzNMvX-YFrLKKLedtK6i12qXWbjJ2QCyfsza37sbZSaRNaob3CMF8vBEOuzMO--NzBupP69qzP-nkVzVrq93Ygl9wSRYQD_7LGgl_w8XvfDQrKAz8DvosJXd30VIOWrtHPaoG35I4Jhu_MzK9q1Hbh2iepmG5CWg/s5832/Monterey%20Fishermans%20Wharf%202017-07-07_wm-29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5832" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuODXiFb3lffA4HweiB5XVnhbmoPEzNMvX-YFrLKKLedtK6i12qXWbjJ2QCyfsza37sbZSaRNaob3CMF8vBEOuzMO--NzBupP69qzP-nkVzVrq93Ygl9wSRYQD_7LGgl_w8XvfDQrKAz8DvosJXd30VIOWrtHPaoG35I4Jhu_MzK9q1Hbh2iepmG5CWg/w431-h287/Monterey%20Fishermans%20Wharf%202017-07-07_wm-29.jpg" width="431" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Monterey Old Fisherman's Wharf<br />Photo by Duane Caldwell</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></div></div></div><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: -11px; position: absolute; top: 3063.87px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-35943166161073128612023-05-29T23:38:00.001-07:002023-06-16T22:21:48.196-07:00Lodging Planner for Dunsmuir Railroad Park - Oct. 13 - 15, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Three days of MINIs, friends, forests, and old railroad cabooses.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANFPuhaSWj0IlEN9XujjOE480XA0xG7kMzjKjNcjZizZyCWWkdWfh1D0yHUxxa8GvvqPrV6oNplCHvLoEp8dGne53sxmu4o3xPJSftgTI-kqeTp5-JsOqUHgCXUOMD91Gf8YtzRxm6MrHe0fm01MLxAslkxU_pWIqASOdzMOpufIjfL5s03U7_W6LfQ/w366-h206/2022%20Dunsmuir%20Group%20Meal_Simon%20T.jpeg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">2022 Dunsmuir dinner<br />photo by Simon Tildesley</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><span style="color: red;">NOTICE: To all Registered Club Members interested in attending this 3-day event</span></b></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We are posting this early to give everyone a chance to make their RESERVATIONS AT THE Railroad Park Resort NOW. It books early. You can also book accommodations at other local hotels as well (in Dunsmuir or Shasta City). There are a very limited number of cabins and cabooses remaining available onsite. Many folks who attended last year booked for this year at that time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i><b>Please make your reservations with an option to cancel in the event of disasters such as wildfires or pandemics, or in the event of personal illness/emergency.</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">GO TO THE RAILROAD PARK RESORT website to book (and more info below)</span></b></div><div><a href="https://www.rrpark.com/"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">https://www.rrpark.com/</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgskQH1DVT2HF_UdS3AZQS-Vrj3-f06La-_ZGagG-UVZVLKAyaltW9GdUhhRNNoSp0t12atRzCgJ17lVF6_aBHu--LOiI6PyfTMcvLc02yx9frZSk2XZg17N_wL_W5HjM804DI4PfEzac7nwcXBtM2eBhH-DaEJZEzOoYll6oozQIKDh2_vvgNAzSO6g/s253/CaboosesCrags2%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tripadvisor.com <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g32319-Dunsmuir_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank">Dunsmuir Lodging Listings</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tripadvisor.com <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g32755-Mount_Shasta_California-Hotels.html" target="_blank">Town of Mount Shasta Lodging Listings</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-23751477394369777762023-05-29T23:22:00.001-07:002023-05-30T22:18:23.097-07:00Lodging Planner for Kings Canyon/Sequoia NP Weekend Run - Sept. 9 - 10, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi-4uE5aJVnuxlPWxzcN_LJ2bGyynSR2eWaeVt7JF3NQKILjeHj0GpPC_uHYemlBxjDIIn0qG_p7OmLnRXv0jehcrpGdj70h48USikOthR_rZW1HnZjvrFoU4GCu7t7pCI-K8bspfzBg4f1sBR2dBXI4_PxpYZv1oxv9rHxnKAtNg-id6RzcjP_69Iw/s6960/pexels-johan-van-geijl-14946335.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6960" data-original-width="4640" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi-4uE5aJVnuxlPWxzcN_LJ2bGyynSR2eWaeVt7JF3NQKILjeHj0GpPC_uHYemlBxjDIIn0qG_p7OmLnRXv0jehcrpGdj70h48USikOthR_rZW1HnZjvrFoU4GCu7t7pCI-K8bspfzBg4f1sBR2dBXI4_PxpYZv1oxv9rHxnKAtNg-id6RzcjP_69Iw/w250-h376/pexels-johan-van-geijl-14946335.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Sequoia NP, (c) Johan van Geijl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"> </b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";"><span style="color: red;">NOTICE: To all Registered Club Members interested in attending this 2-day event</span></b></p><div><b><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We are posting this information early to give everyone a chance to make their lodging reservations in the Three Rivers area overnight stop now. Vacation lodging has been booking early this year all over the state. It seems that people want to get out and about after a couple years of staycations. 😷 😵💫</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i>Please make reservations with an option to cancel, if necessary.</i></b> Past history of wildfires, pandemics, and other disasters makes this a prudent precaution. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Most of us are aware of the beauty and splendor of Yosemite National Park (YNP). Most of us have also experienced the frustrations of the YNP reservations system and the long lines that must be endured during peak seasons. Fewer people know that much of Yosemite's beauty, including groves of giant sequoia trees, exists outside of the YNP boundaries. Our run hosts, Rick </span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Sanchez </span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">and Dolores Quintero-Sanchez, have been tracking road conditions and planning out an entertaining and scenic tour of the Sierras, skirting the Kings Canyon National Park, and ending in the Sequoia National Park. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">The 2-day run itinerary will start on Saturday morning, September 9, in the Central Valley town of Salida (about halfway between Manteca and Modesto) and travel to the Sierra town of Oakhurst for lunch before ending the day in the town of Three Rivers. Three Rivers is a gateway town to Sequoia National Park. Members on this run will need to make lodging reservations in the Three Rivers area for Saturday night. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">The Sunday run itinerary will take run participants into Sequoia National Park itself. Entry into US National Parks requires the purchase of a park pass for each vehicle entering. <i><b><span style="color: red;">Run participants MUST purchase their own park pass in advance of the run because a hard copy pass must be mailed to your home address before you leave for the run meetup on Saturday, September 9!</span></b></i> Passes purchased at the time of entry into the park are subject to typically long waiting lines, and the group will have to leave you behind. There are no good options for all the cars on the run to wait near the entrance for anyone who must stand in these lines.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">There are three options for purchasing a park pass online with hyperlinks to the NP pass websites:</span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP <a href="https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/fees.htm" target="_blank">Standard Entrance Pass</a> ($35)</b><br />Good for up to 7 days for one vehicle with up to 4 adult occupants (children under 16 are always free), <i><span style="color: red;">you must specify the starting date of Saturday, September 9</span></i>.<br /><br /></span></li><li><b style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP <a href="https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/fees.htm" target="_blank">Annual Entrance Pass</a> ($70)</b><br style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";" /><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Good for 1 year from the date of purchase for one vehicle with up to 4 adult occupants (children under 16 are always free). This is a good option if you wish to visit Sequoia or Kings Canyon NPs at least once more in the next year, but it does not give access to other national parks such as Yosemite.<br /><i>Senior, Disabled, and Military pricing discounts are available, but only in person with qualifying identification, and this would require you to stand in line at the entrance while the group moves on into the park.</i><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b>US National Parks <a href="https://usparkpass.com/" target="_blank">America the Beautiful Pass</a> ($80)</b><br />Good for 1 year from the date of purchase for one vehicle with up to 4 adult occupants (children under 16 are always free). This option is best if you want access to any US National Park or federal recreational lands, and you plan to visit one or more of these places at least three times in one year. This pass does include Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, and all other US National Parks.<br /><br /></span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">There are a variety of lodging accommodations in the Three Rivers area. Please click the links below to explore your lodging options.</span></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Booking.com <a href="https://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?aid=390156&label=duc511jc-1DCAMo7AFCDHRocmVlLXJpdmVyc0gzWANoiQKIAQGYATG4AQfIAQzYAQPoAQH4AQKIAgGoAgO4ArSm1qMGwAIB0gIkNGU0YjY3MGEtMDQ0OS00ZDZmLWFkNDAtMWE3OTcyN2U0OTY42AIE4AIB&sid=ab0f6369d105563df5bdae68f2e812ba&sb=1&sb_lp=1&src=city&src_elem=sb&error_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fcity%2Fus%2Fthree-rivers.html%3Faid%3D390156%26label%3Dduc511jc-1DCAMo7AFCDHRocmVlLXJpdmVyc0gzWANoiQKIAQGYATG4AQfIAQzYAQPoAQH4AQKIAgGoAgO4ArSm1qMGwAIB0gIkNGU0YjY3MGEtMDQ0OS00ZDZmLWFkNDAtMWE3OTcyN2U0OTY42AIE4AIB%26sid%3Dab0f6369d105563df5bdae68f2e812ba%26inac%3D0%26%26&ss=Three+Rivers&is_ski_area=0&ssne=Three+Rivers&ssne_untouched=Three+Rivers&city=20016416&checkin_year=2023&checkin_month=9&checkin_monthday=9&checkout_year=2023&checkout_month=9&checkout_monthday=10&efdco=1&group_adults=2&group_children=0&no_rooms=1&b_h4u_keep_filters=&from_sf=1" target="_blank">Three Rivers Listings</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Expedia.com <a href="https://www.expedia.com/Hotel-Search?adults=2&children=&destination=Three%20Rivers%2C%20California%2C%20United%20States%20of%20America&endDate=2023-09-10&latLong=&locale=en_US&mapBounds=&msclkid=ca8a3ff41797165a66aa5b81848b0b4c&pwaDialog=&regionId=10008&semcid=US.UB.BING.DT-c-EN.HOTEL&semdtl=a1392812281.b11316116543821587.g1kwd-82258197845217%3Aloc-190.e1c.m1ca8a3ff41797165a66aa5b81848b0b4c.r18cf80116c72a16b516f27902acda18fbd037a8d1030a9fc63335a722ed59d76f.c1.j186539.k144288.d182257553850721.h1e.i1.l1.n1.o1.p1.q1.s1.t1.x1.f1.u1.v1.w1&siteid=1&sort=RECOMMENDED&startDate=2023-09-09&theme=&useRewards=false&userIntent=" target="_blank">Three Rivers Listings</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Hotels.com <a href="https://www.hotels.com/Hotel-Search?MDPDTL=HTL.7243624.20230612.20230613.DDT.17.CID.15431714309.AUDID.&adults=2&children=&destination=Three%20Rivers%2C%20California%2C%20United%20States%20of%20America&endDate=2023-09-10&latLong=&mapBounds=&mctc=10&mdpcid=HCOM-US.META.HPA.HOTEL-CORESEARCH-desktop.HOTEL&mpf=218.90&mpg=USD&mpj=19.90&mpl=USD&rateplanid=202849192&regionId=10008&rffrid=sem.hcom.US.156.003.mapresults.02.desktop-1.kwrd%3DGGMETA.442391USen-20230612-D-ABW%3D17-camp%3D15431714309-aud%3D-N&semdtl=&sort=RECOMMENDED&startDate=2023-09-09&theme=&useRewards=false&userIntent=" target="_blank">Three Rivers Listings</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">TripAdvisor.com <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/SmartDeals-g60963-Three_Rivers_California-Hotel-Deals.html" target="_blank">Three Rivers Listings</a></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-42655475934030779972023-05-21T20:39:00.011-07:002023-06-10T14:07:10.984-07:00Anderson Valley, Ft. Bragg, Lake County, & Lake Berryessa Overnight Run - June 24-25, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Cruising North of the SF Bay through wine & beer country, rocky Pacific coastline, redwood forests, inland lakes, & finishing in Davis. </i></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtxFpMomVy6yL6XF2qxyMQg-VGeKqz_8kKNXBWMbTQD9uNfJ-kt3F1UqAG5F7z6Xpe6hfV6vxQFkH_3S9uDNhULmbrNZ6dPS-aSmPbsygNCyOvIXbEhwXIOgLA_KpE2qIg-6EilX6bepMREpQ-nkT3UOT3OdZ3IhVqwDYu4Xnc4PHFnL1yMsPLmlENw/s1596/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%207.51.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1596" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtxFpMomVy6yL6XF2qxyMQg-VGeKqz_8kKNXBWMbTQD9uNfJ-kt3F1UqAG5F7z6Xpe6hfV6vxQFkH_3S9uDNhULmbrNZ6dPS-aSmPbsygNCyOvIXbEhwXIOgLA_KpE2qIg-6EilX6bepMREpQ-nkT3UOT3OdZ3IhVqwDYu4Xnc4PHFnL1yMsPLmlENw/w398-h269/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%207.51.14%20PM.png" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Glass Beach, Fort Bragg</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Your Host For The Event:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Larry Anderson</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Register at MotorSport Registry:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/fort-bragg-mendocino-overnight-run-norcal-minis-220305" target="_blank">Click here for a link to the run registration page at MSR.</a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Please note that this is not a normal one-day club run.</i> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">On the first of <i><b>two</b></i> 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. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll start our weekend fun on Saturday, June 24, by meeting up at the Starbucks in San Ramon (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd, </span></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">San Ramon, CA 94583</span>)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">. 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. </span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>General Notes:</b></span></p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li2" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Please check your oil, brakes, and tire pressure before heading out.</i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This trip will test all of them!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Also, bring windshield cleaning supplies… because where we’re driving, the bugs are <b>definitely</b> out.</span></span></li><li class="li2" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Parts of our route go over rough roadways (typical paved but worn backcountry/mountain roads).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b>Your host will do his best to call out the nastier spots ahead of time on the Club radio channel.</span></span></li><li class="li2" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Bring some warm clothes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b>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</span></span></li><li class="li2" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><i style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">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!</i></li></ul><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: red;"><b>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. </b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Leaders will use the club radios to alert drivers to hazards, so please have your radios or borrow the club radios to listen in.</b></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Saturday, </u></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>June 24 Run 1 Details (San Ramon to Fort Bragg):</u></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Day 1 Route Map:</b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/txz6iL2m5UkWmysX7">https://goo.gl/maps/txz6iL2m5UkWmysX7</a></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Meeting Location:</b></span></span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Starbucks</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">21001 San Ramon Valley Blvd</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">San Ramon, CA 94583</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Meeting Time/Departure Time:</b></span><span class="s3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br />8:30am/9:00am</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br />For our Members who live north/east of San Ramon and would prefer to join us along the way, meet us at the <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/DK657kwgLmzfbVhi6?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">Fairfield Shell station (</a></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/DK657kwgLmzfbVhi6?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">4450 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534</a></span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/DK657kwgLmzfbVhi6?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">)</a>.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">We will be arriving there between 9:45-10:00 AM.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="color: #244084; font-family: "Open Sans";">Special Run Notes:</b></p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">There are both Shell and Chevron gas stations across from the Starbucks where we'll be leaving from. <b><i>Please fill up before meeting at Starbucks.</i></b> (Saturday's route can be easily completed with a full tank.)</span></span></li><li class="li1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will be crossing the <b><a href="https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/tolls/benicia-martinez-bridge.shtml" target="_blank">Benecia-Martinez Bridge</a></b> on our way to Fairfield. Traveling north on this bridge requires a $7 toll. <i>The toll booths are automated without a CASH option!! </i><br />Please either have a FasTrak electronic toll tag in your car or sign up for a License Plate Account (<a href="https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/tolls/license-plate.shtml"><span class="s2" style="color: blue;">https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/tolls/license-plate.shtml</span></a>) before the run!</span></span></li></ul><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">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 </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Shell station</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> in Fairfield (4450 Central Way, Fairfield, CA 94534).</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Anyone needing a bio break, or who neglected to fill up before the run can do so here. </span><b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><i>This is also where we’ll pick up anyone joining us along the way.</i></b><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Leaving the interstate behind us in Fairfield, we will head north on CA-121, then cut northwest on CA-128 through wine country. Our next rest stop will be in Calistoga at </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Pioneer Park </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">(1308 Cedar Street, Calistoga CA 94515 - </span><a href="https://visitcalistoga.com/directory/pioneer-park/" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s2" style="color: blue;">https://visitcalistoga.com/directory/pioneer-park/</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">).</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Parking will be on the street in front of the park.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Public restrooms will be on the left as you walk into the park towards the playground.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJto6KairIc4lraHAcYDreAjQTGMR-eKp1K3DALC5cHiS5njz6rFZzXwVcth0ORLy5nONlPQ0JCOzmiIQ28_xCMLhdHlfuyYdP5569B2B2hin1_thagK6u5_VCud_RI30oBxw83YOZaDcACF7OvJfROzbMHushEq1R1DLJRzlQbZWUAOfwLE-UtSe1Q/s2908/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%207.55.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="2908" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJto6KairIc4lraHAcYDreAjQTGMR-eKp1K3DALC5cHiS5njz6rFZzXwVcth0ORLy5nONlPQ0JCOzmiIQ28_xCMLhdHlfuyYdP5569B2B2hin1_thagK6u5_VCud_RI30oBxw83YOZaDcACF7OvJfROzbMHushEq1R1DLJRzlQbZWUAOfwLE-UtSe1Q/w376-h282/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%207.55.01%20PM.png" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pioneer Park, Calistoga</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">After our stop in Calistoga, we’ll hop back on CA-128 heading towards Cloverdale for lunch.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Parking and meet-up after lunch will be in the parking lot roughly at West First and Commercial Street.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Many restaurants are within walking distance on both East 1</span><span class="s4" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>st</sup></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> Street and North Cloverdale Blvd.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some suggestions for lunchtime dining include the following:</span><br /><ul class="ul1" style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="http://www.moeseaglesnestdeli.com/" target="_blank">MoE’s Eagles Nest Deli</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="http://wolfhousebrewing.com/" target="_blank">Wolf House Brewing</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="http://www.papaspizzacafe.com/" target="_blank">Papa’s Pizza Café</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="http://mexicanrestaurantcloverdale.com/" target="_blank">La Tequila Mexican</a></span></li><li><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/2A2CnZUbL2ryxYDZA?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank"><span class="s3" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white;">Pick’s Drive-In</span></a></span></li></ul><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFwzL6TAm17QWAAehs_KojcjvIrn0rsjAIZVah_PHPixJici2VOfUAcIN4pY9aEv-Ub7ANB1xUK4N6XJ7xGO1zl49n-qg6thYT1m1R_9foM9h3v_t39brS0PX8J64uoaEpCdmzNP4U8CHapssttqJ7IaMY-eqLopCm3F-snWocT520cqi7HQ31LIFgQ/s1920/cities_towns_cloverdale_sonoma_county_015_1920x968.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1920" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFwzL6TAm17QWAAehs_KojcjvIrn0rsjAIZVah_PHPixJici2VOfUAcIN4pY9aEv-Ub7ANB1xUK4N6XJ7xGO1zl49n-qg6thYT1m1R_9foM9h3v_t39brS0PX8J64uoaEpCdmzNP4U8CHapssttqJ7IaMY-eqLopCm3F-snWocT520cqi7HQ31LIFgQ/w403-h203/cities_towns_cloverdale_sonoma_county_015_1920x968.jpg" width="403" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Downtown Cloverdale</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>After lunch, we’ll rejoin CA-128 for some twisties, on our way to our next stop at <a href="https://avbc.com/visit/" target="_blank">Anderson Valley Brewing Company</a> (CA-128 & CA-253).</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">The bathrooms are clean and the beer is divine!</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> 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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> so we can get to our final destination in Fort Bragg at a reasonable hour.</span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">After leaving Anderson Valley Brewing, we'll be heading West toward the coast on Mountain View Rd. (Route-510). The road is single-lane in a few places and is generally very twisty with rough pavement. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><i>We'll be taking it easy on the uphill half of this road (no more than 25-30 MPH)</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">, but the payoff makes it worthwhile!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Upon reaching the coast and CA-1, we’ll take a brief jog south toward the Point Arena Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Tower is re-opened for tours and the view of the coastline and the Pacific Ocean from the top is breathtaking (as is the stair climb to get there).</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> Lighthouse t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">ours run every 20 minutes; we’ll time our stay based on when we arrive.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">More information on the lighthouse may be found online:</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><a href="https://www.pointarenalighthouse.com/" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s6" style="color: blue; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">https://www.pointarenalighthouse.com/</span></a><br /><ul class="ul1" style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><i>There is a $5 admission fee per person.</i></b></li></ul><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZTzTt6CC0bAhMjwJfCqvw7CmgpheGzHI4sLJyb6Z2bGxu3FF40vrDCYCAeQWUhVMw4ZNefXk1Y67L683z4GY1G8TK4dzDvWP--uWERV0JWcgJ62J9bf_oiXUIFJaUZS9OfTV06T5R4NXXQnLKyyH02erqwkNpHbfcvj4YmDrrT3duFg0I6rBfRTDyw/s1200/Lighthouse-1200x628.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZTzTt6CC0bAhMjwJfCqvw7CmgpheGzHI4sLJyb6Z2bGxu3FF40vrDCYCAeQWUhVMw4ZNefXk1Y67L683z4GY1G8TK4dzDvWP--uWERV0JWcgJ62J9bf_oiXUIFJaUZS9OfTV06T5R4NXXQnLKyyH02erqwkNpHbfcvj4YmDrrT3duFg0I6rBfRTDyw/w413-h216/Lighthouse-1200x628.jpg" width="413" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Point Arena Lighthouse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>From Point Arena, we'll be heading north to Fort Bragg. At that point, you are free to head for your hotels and have dinner, etc. on your own.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Downtown Fort Bragg has many restaurants to choose from, but keep in mind the town tends to shut down a little early!</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Sunday, </u></span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>June 25 Run 2 Details (Fort Bragg to Davis):</u></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: "Open Sans";">Day 2 Route Map:</b></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/c2Zc3d8HedvcZkHY6">https://goo.gl/maps/c2Zc3d8HedvcZkHY6</a></b></span></span><br /><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Meeting Location:</b></span></span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Starbucks</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">576 S. Main St.<span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>Fort Bragg, CA 95437</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Meeting Time/Departure Time:</b></span><span class="s3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br />9:00am/9:30am</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="color: #244084; font-family: "Open Sans";">Special Run Notes:</b></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">There is a <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/5F2EwHVR3D7X63Yb9?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">Chevron gas station</a> a couple blocks South of the Starbucks meetup location. <b><i>Please fill up before meeting at Starbucks.</i></b> (Saturday's route can be easily completed with a full tank.)</span></span></li><li class="li1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Also please remember to check your oil level, tire pressure and condition, and top off your windshield washer fluid.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7khrulLpm5iUsq1aJGUCIyR1eyu07AvIb2QX2bOonKiPbs0qzGPSzpf9q8T9vWmX-ieHm2bmzlDPUzhywA0AWtfpck33_UQfhrrCdoo9VOTwGtCE813Swhm-iYUAJOIWvuVx3UiTW15l__YiEeuano6Nzv0qsJwEQ6PKlICuQLp6ge8A-vX0YeX_cjg/s4000/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.14.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="4000" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7khrulLpm5iUsq1aJGUCIyR1eyu07AvIb2QX2bOonKiPbs0qzGPSzpf9q8T9vWmX-ieHm2bmzlDPUzhywA0AWtfpck33_UQfhrrCdoo9VOTwGtCE813Swhm-iYUAJOIWvuVx3UiTW15l__YiEeuano6Nzv0qsJwEQ6PKlICuQLp6ge8A-vX0YeX_cjg/w389-h199/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.14.09%20PM.png" width="389" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Starbucks, Fort Bragg</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll hold a morning driver's briefing in the Starbucks parking lot before heading up the coast along northbound CA-1 for more Pacific Ocean views. Life's rough, isn't it? LOL Just before reaching DeHaven, we’ll turn East along Branscomb Road to US-101.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The first half of Branscomb Road is a narrow, two-way, non-divided road, so we’ll be taking it easy through here</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The back half of Branscomb Road is a normal, two-lane mountain road with painted dividing lines down the middle of the road. </span></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Our first stop will be at a Chevron station just after we turn South on US-101.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Our run host is positive</span> you’ll need to stretch your legs after the morning drive. </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">☺</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoaaNpCLqTcYZH-9_xcLY77vwe9MW8pXoQrqegapK1nG0vej-Oczq2a14j2_TbFjDtHjPpeFc62qD8g0cRvC8negWjwsqkEDn-N_YNI3qAl86He5pYyDa4mHnXxwwNJuuCu62qzdmSMzPS1GQffGt1pspjjytUc67-5IYZtNN8UzrGduN0ccVfrso7w/s4238/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.19.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="4238" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoaaNpCLqTcYZH-9_xcLY77vwe9MW8pXoQrqegapK1nG0vej-Oczq2a14j2_TbFjDtHjPpeFc62qD8g0cRvC8negWjwsqkEDn-N_YNI3qAl86He5pYyDa4mHnXxwwNJuuCu62qzdmSMzPS1GQffGt1pspjjytUc67-5IYZtNN8UzrGduN0ccVfrso7w/w383-h197/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.19.04%20PM.png" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">CA-1 near Westport</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">From the first rest stop, we’ll be heading south on US-101 through Willits, then heading East on CA-20, and turning South on CA-29 toward our lunch stop in Lakeport along the shores of Clear Lake. Arriving in</span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> Lakeport, we’ll be heading for the <b>3</b></span><span class="s3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><sup>rd</sup></b></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b> Street Launch near Library Park</b>, at which point you can find a place to park, and we’ll split up for lunch.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If there’s no parking available at the launch, there’s ample parking at Park & First along the lakefront.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The main Downtown area is on <b>Main Street between 1</b></span><span class="s3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><sup>st</sup></b></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b> and 5</b></span><span class="s3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><sup>th</sup></b></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><b> streets</b>, with plenty of restaurants within walking distance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some lunch suggestions include the following:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul class="ul1"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="http://www.eatjimmys.com/mexican-food" target="_blank">Jimmy’s Deli</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/eRp5fw9yPrW1jQNY9?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">Gaslight Grill</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/idqbVN85WJZCg4kA8?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">Hong Kong Restaurant</a></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/qAw5eCM7B5xeD6JR8?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">La Fiesta Market</a></span></li></ul><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAY1BWgUa8UWfZddKCgxLQ1JucHtS9UCewb8LBajGLWIUyJ6FG8rIF2KxJjz1ch6CxOc3PRwRYi8J_H-eH6p86t_v1wRzGw7l7Syk3gtctZJG5odmgdRHf0dlOHGSLjr1vEu4RLpxc1WVX-Ks8po0gkIRX8n3a_PBc_CHC9Gzl8d3OGKW35K3xAycjuA/s4252/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.27.21%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2170" data-original-width="4252" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAY1BWgUa8UWfZddKCgxLQ1JucHtS9UCewb8LBajGLWIUyJ6FG8rIF2KxJjz1ch6CxOc3PRwRYi8J_H-eH6p86t_v1wRzGw7l7Syk3gtctZJG5odmgdRHf0dlOHGSLjr1vEu4RLpxc1WVX-Ks8po0gkIRX8n3a_PBc_CHC9Gzl8d3OGKW35K3xAycjuA/w388-h197/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.27.21%20PM.png" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lakeport Boat Launch & Library Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>After lunch, we’ll regroup at the Safeway parking lot just off CA-29 (1071 11</span><span class="s3" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> Street, Lakeport, CA 95453), then hop back on CA-29 South towards CA-175 East, heading for Loch Lomond and Middletown. </span><b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><i>Although Loch Lomond is listed on the route, we will not be stopping there. </i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">We will be making a pit stop in Middletown at the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Store 24 Chevron</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> (21026 CA-29 Middletown CA 95461), then head East towards Lake Berryessa via Butts Canyon, Pope Valley Cross Road, and Pope Canyon Road.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><i>This portion of the drive will have some rough roads</i></b><i style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">We’ll poll the group via radio to determine if a pit stop is needed at a rest area on the corner of </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><i>Pope Canyon Rd and Berryessa Knoxville Road,</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> otherwise, we’ll head down Berryessa Knoxville Road along the southwest portion of Lake Berryessa. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">We’ll then pick up CA-128 East and continue towards our final pit stop at </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Lake Solano County Park.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">From there, it’s mostly a straight shot along </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">County Highway E6</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"> to Davis, where we’ll be concluding the run at Sudwerk Brewing Co (<a href="https://www.sudwerkbrew.com/restaurant">https://www.sudwerkbrew.com/restaurant</a>).</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l6NWsD4tRMYx6JOz07rFiA5YgNm7r6UtbVUbVWmUnodw3HVowlcyIRpra-pDOA1aqhal4gdQmsvFIAWVTRtqWp1_KnO8WGvvt2LELf00NwlygH9vMIRzC07sFvNO0EybQjgKd4rp2sTVOtNB4GB3U-A_d8YRZBwD-l0YzWS2I_3FqH_7Q_ZF7RHTmA/s1920/bodbrewery_fe_ALEXA_FONTANILLA1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l6NWsD4tRMYx6JOz07rFiA5YgNm7r6UtbVUbVWmUnodw3HVowlcyIRpra-pDOA1aqhal4gdQmsvFIAWVTRtqWp1_KnO8WGvvt2LELf00NwlygH9vMIRzC07sFvNO0EybQjgKd4rp2sTVOtNB4GB3U-A_d8YRZBwD-l0YzWS2I_3FqH_7Q_ZF7RHTmA/w395-h263/bodbrewery_fe_ALEXA_FONTANILLA1-1.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Sudwerk Brewing Co., Davis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Open Sans;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #244084; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><b>Some hotel options in Fort Bragg include:</b></span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://www.redlion.com/ca/fort-bragg/seabird-lodge-signature-inn" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s2" style="color: #0c1c91;">Seabird Lodge Fort Bragg</span></a><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">191 South St.</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Fort Bragg 95437</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">707 964 8000</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://www.motel6.com/" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s2" style="color: #0c1c91;">Motel 6 Fort Bragg</span></a><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">400 S Main Street</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Fort Bragg 95437</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">707 964 4761</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/super-8/fort-bragg-california/super-8-fort-bragg/overview" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s2" style="color: #0c1c91;">Super 8 By Wyndham Fort Bragg</span></a><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">888 S Main Street</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Fort Bragg 95437</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">707 409 0055</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/fort-bragg/fobca/hoteldetail" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s2" style="color: #0c1c91;">Holiday Inn Express Fort Bragg</span></a><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">250 West State St.</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Fort Bragg 95437</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">707 964 1100</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.surfmotelfortbragg.com/" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><span class="s2" style="color: #0c1c91;">Surf Motel & Gardens</span></a><span class="s3" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; 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The last round of strong "atmospheric river" storms a few short weeks ago washed out a key section of our original route around the backside of Lexington Reservoir, so the route for this run had to be completely revised. </i></p><p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">The new route has a few potholes, but not too many. The mountain springs are all running thanks to our very wet winter, so the roads can be wet and slippery in many spots even on clear, sunny days.</i></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll start our day by meeting in South San Jose at the Princeton Plaza Mall parking lot (1436 Kooser Road, San Jose, CA 95118) along Kooser Road between Michaels and Walgreens. There is a Starbucks, McDonald's, a small bakery, and an Electrify America charging station all located here in the mall. There are also gas stations between the Hwy. 85/Almaden Expressway offramp and the mall at the intersection of Almaden Expressway and Blossom Hill Road.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: red;"><b>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. </b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Leaders will use the club radios to alert drivers to hazards, so please have your radios or borrow the club radios to listen in.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">The concept for this new run route is a tour through the backroads of the Santa Cruz Mountains, spotlighting the mountain lifestyles instead of following roads heavily traveled by those on their way to the Boardwalk. We will be up close and personal with the scenery and homes of those who live in the mountains. Many of the homes we will pass started as vacation cabins for the wealthy residents of San Francisco back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The small mountain towns we will pass through started in the early 1800s to support the logging and mining industries. The coast redwoods we will see along the way are the tallest living things on the planet and were known to produce enough lumber to build as many as 20 homes from a single tree. Only the famed giant sequoias are more massive than these redwoods.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will meet in the <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/zjfxcz7Fb6wFpo8R7?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">Princeton Plaza Mall parking lot along Kooser Road</a> between Walgreens and Michaels. Please fill up your gas tanks (or charge your SE batteries) before you arrive. You can stop in to use the restrooms at the Starbucks or McDonald's located in the mall near the Kooser Road and Blossom Hill Road intersection. </span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8HBSYX12rxjtdHFbNkuWKXvisloqAnaUi0jInwYdZ2RQV4UfhV3LoEs1k_GHb9Dti_oUs7B2N8ERJ_ww1_1dvHkx8S47hSPOQeb5ThC4sD-0Lfn-by828JSSNgeVQlT1cxySe6J2GqhAA9GQ_M-Y8QVixnQ-p70lFjpsEy7tKDOL6WgZBy0_w6nj1w/s5120/Princeton%20Plaza%20Mall.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8HBSYX12rxjtdHFbNkuWKXvisloqAnaUi0jInwYdZ2RQV4UfhV3LoEs1k_GHb9Dti_oUs7B2N8ERJ_ww1_1dvHkx8S47hSPOQeb5ThC4sD-0Lfn-by828JSSNgeVQlT1cxySe6J2GqhAA9GQ_M-Y8QVixnQ-p70lFjpsEy7tKDOL6WgZBy0_w6nj1w/w468-h263/Princeton%20Plaza%20Mall.jpeg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Princeton Plaza Mall Meetup Location</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After the driver's meeting, we'll head south out of the mall parking lot on Meridian Avenue. We'll turn right onto Coleman Avenue following along the Santa Clara Valley Water District's groundwater recharge ponds named after the historic Almaden Vineyards winery, the oldest commercial winery in California (est. 1852). The <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/vHxHeCtaHe62q1LR7?coh=178572&entry=tt" target="_blank">winery closed many years ago and the vineyards became tract homes</a>, but the name and the history live on. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">A short distance down Coleman, we will turn right at the stop light onto Camden Avenue and immediately transition to the far left lane to make a left at the very first, very close stop light onto Hicks Road. Be prepared to turn and change lanes quickly. Our group leaders will help lead us through only when there is no cross traffic coming down Camden. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oj-dEaXEnue8Ozek4VzlVSGtY0TwxcXp8nG5um4emSf4hLpopXhX6vGQk30SAWeQK6k_ScSCPxh3lcs8ATNb16DVhGAC8z0I-1oKJFV1p7F0h-_wb0XLNiqfxuUuzOMvfQqPWQvNoFh5Fx26Qz5KNUG4rJBgJKP6UiToN5DtjBpdLHRtF9G8MNQbSw/s5120/Hicks%20Road%20Left.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oj-dEaXEnue8Ozek4VzlVSGtY0TwxcXp8nG5um4emSf4hLpopXhX6vGQk30SAWeQK6k_ScSCPxh3lcs8ATNb16DVhGAC8z0I-1oKJFV1p7F0h-_wb0XLNiqfxuUuzOMvfQqPWQvNoFh5Fx26Qz5KNUG4rJBgJKP6UiToN5DtjBpdLHRtF9G8MNQbSw/w474-h266/Hicks%20Road%20Left.jpeg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Quick Left onto Hicks Road from Camden Ave.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">This is where the roads really get fun for MINI drivers. Be prepared for tight and twisty roads as Hicks Road snakes along beside the wooded Guadalupe Creek. We'll turn right at Shannon Road, and start heading up into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains heading towards Los Gatos. We'll make a left turn onto Kennedy Road, watching for oncoming traffic, of course, and start climbing even faster up and over the first set of hills. As we reach the bottom of these hills, we will need to slow down a bit to pass through a quiet neighborhood in the exclusive town of Los Gatos. Please obey the speed limits, stop signs, and watch out for bicyclists and pedestrians. We'll make a left at the stop light onto Los Gatos Boulevard, then a right at the stop light onto Saratoga-Los Gatos Boulevard (one end of Hwy. 9) passing over Hwy. 17 and taking the cloverleaf onto southbound Hwy. 17.</span></span></p><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZduFxAOWPmoj91kdpIMYqRRzO5vp70HgbT308oWcaDD55dIuNYu6lZ5Q1S-yALF_6gsXe1u8KGvFcqH3mbTGHHQAc3OizumCgJraeSNWaECBoDLSYMvwz3vTEbzJTjaLTPV_G0Xsif4LmGp3kT7nKu77d7GEBefPUZAPCwbFXak2AFqcgr56dd4pzcw/s5120/Ferrari%20on%20Kennedy%20Road.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZduFxAOWPmoj91kdpIMYqRRzO5vp70HgbT308oWcaDD55dIuNYu6lZ5Q1S-yALF_6gsXe1u8KGvFcqH3mbTGHHQAc3OizumCgJraeSNWaECBoDLSYMvwz3vTEbzJTjaLTPV_G0Xsif4LmGp3kT7nKu77d7GEBefPUZAPCwbFXak2AFqcgr56dd4pzcw/w453-h255/Ferrari%20on%20Kennedy%20Road.jpeg" width="453" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Kennedy Road downhill to Los Gatos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">We'll enjoy the Hwy. 17 cruise up into the mountains towards Lexington Reservoir and exit at the Bear Creek offramp. We'll drive past Bear Creek Road back towards Los Gatos on the frontage road, Montevina Road, and turn left onto Black Road. Once again, we will head up into the mountains on tight, twisty, and narrow roads, so keep your eyes open for bicyclists and oncoming traffic. Please stay in your lane and don't blast around those blind hairpin turns if you can't see the roadway through the hillside and the trees. The roads we will travel are popular with driving, motorcycling, and bicycling enthusiasts, and there are many homes along the way. </span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we head up Black Road, you'll notice we'll start passing many Christmas tree farms. These farms qualify for government agriculture subsidies, so many homeowners with acreage plant Christmas trees to help pay the bills. We will also pass a few vineyards and wineries. The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA is an official viticultural area with a long history of winemaking that is growing in popularity and international acclaim.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMd8tQy7bJ34mq9BKgM22IzGxkTtgn22Kp58VOHs9rjrnfdB1C1X9H2JpL4JL2FU0QC8U2QmUEuipQgboThmUQ77TPBBp1EQVPTPvTurGF2ct7F7BoypxLqKtX0-8Y7rgXdipGBf39pzeNO2dr38qncaYT0kmHi7SkSalmiPj-o--cLkZGicBluDMZig/s5120/Gist%20Road.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMd8tQy7bJ34mq9BKgM22IzGxkTtgn22Kp58VOHs9rjrnfdB1C1X9H2JpL4JL2FU0QC8U2QmUEuipQgboThmUQ77TPBBp1EQVPTPvTurGF2ct7F7BoypxLqKtX0-8Y7rgXdipGBf39pzeNO2dr38qncaYT0kmHi7SkSalmiPj-o--cLkZGicBluDMZig/w491-h276/Gist%20Road.jpeg" width="491" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Gist Road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will turn left onto Gist Road. Be prepared for lots of tight, steep hairpins as we climb up the mountain through oaks, redwoods, and mountain homesteads. At the top of the ridgeline, we will make a sharp left turn onto Hwy. 35, taking the southern loop and turning right onto the coast side of Bear Creek Road. This side of Bear Creek road will take us past the David Bruce and Byington wineries on our way to connecting with Hwy. 9 at Boulder Creek. We will pass through one traffic control restriction around a partial road washout, so keep your eyes open for oncoming traffic and listen to your radios for guidance from your group leader.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Boulder Creek, we will take our rest break at Johnnie's Super Market. Stretch your legs and use the restrooms at one of the nearby businesses. There is a gas station across the street from Johnnie's. We will continue south on Hwy. 9 out of Boulder Creek towards Ben Lomond, but we will turn right and uphill at Alba Road just before we reach Ben Lomond. Alba is a very fun run up through the trees to the next ridgeline. Passengers will have some spectacular views as we travel through some of the burned-out portions of the forest near the top. Drivers should ignore those views and concentrate on the road ahead, as the road gets very entertaining through this section.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI81214HDZbi2tm25ZAa4-9cDyiNCDjMyOm86RAwzUwKfwckTgadsTNQwa5pxGda9sBaZOMbdZczeP8nEfc6ns5hnqGEd2ls9pv9ua_JcAa569dngnl1a_MuyRcYSsrDsDgebBpd62IDZss2a4I5EYtpS3zEFo4JzGdLNnTq4bVHihfFX6rejkHUhJMw/s8071/Santa%20Cruz%20Mtns%20Pre-Run_wm%20small%202023-04-09-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5381" data-original-width="8071" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI81214HDZbi2tm25ZAa4-9cDyiNCDjMyOm86RAwzUwKfwckTgadsTNQwa5pxGda9sBaZOMbdZczeP8nEfc6ns5hnqGEd2ls9pv9ua_JcAa569dngnl1a_MuyRcYSsrDsDgebBpd62IDZss2a4I5EYtpS3zEFo4JzGdLNnTq4bVHihfFX6rejkHUhJMw/w453-h302/Santa%20Cruz%20Mtns%20Pre-Run_wm%20small%202023-04-09-1.jpg" width="453" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Johnnie's Super Market Mural, Boulder Creek</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we reach the top, we will turn left onto Empire Grade Road for a relaxing and scenic cruise downhill to our final destination at the <a href="https://arboretum.ucsc.edu/" target="_blank">UC Santa Cruz Arboretum</a> parking lot. The Arboretum is a series of gardens filled with exotic and some native plants. The grounds and the garden store/nursery are a pleasure to wander through, and you can picnic here if you choose. The Arboretum requests a small donation in one of several donation kiosks if you choose to stay. If you'd rather enjoy a coastal lunch, it is a short drive from UCSC to Santa Cruz. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAw5AGCTDA5DWWZDQGbbuQYXpit3L1qQKZY4KVE6Ex3aO0-KF3jcAD5K-WYMk3WgiufQ_NpsFOH8VXqgSlCBQfX5V4JBstXAcT0CYHVo2sT7-zbr4_Bb9LWSY00OadObvggZfKJO8MKIKyaigodz3IUTcDvaI-XBsVcusjYyctecQ0bkl1BnYS1D18w/s6799/Santa%20Cruz%20Mtns%20Pre-Run_wm%203MB%202023-04-09-7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5439" data-original-width="6799" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAw5AGCTDA5DWWZDQGbbuQYXpit3L1qQKZY4KVE6Ex3aO0-KF3jcAD5K-WYMk3WgiufQ_NpsFOH8VXqgSlCBQfX5V4JBstXAcT0CYHVo2sT7-zbr4_Bb9LWSY00OadObvggZfKJO8MKIKyaigodz3IUTcDvaI-XBsVcusjYyctecQ0bkl1BnYS1D18w/w448-h359/Santa%20Cruz%20Mtns%20Pre-Run_wm%203MB%202023-04-09-7.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">UCSC Arboretum flowers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;">Meet-Up Time/Departure Time:</span></u></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">9:30am/ 10:00am</span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-Up Location:</u></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">Princeton Plaza Mall parking lot along Kooser Road between Michaels & Walgreens
1436 Kooser Road
San Jose, CA 95118</span></p><p><b><br /><u><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b><u style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br />*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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop up in Groveland, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California 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.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.<br /></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/tzFM6eHPSpNntgCU8">https://goo.gl/maps/tzFM6eHPSpNntgCU8</a></span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzNGhWaFsHIZqOky9KirF6zQMdSWLFH9CKa_MN_4UgXsoO6Wjdht7Xi8jKBajYu-kAdgcKWTUMHf9lxrawYeXrY5DpQH_wuj700Qg3hwUPCQhqjgYgjCVzi5h0zkcT1giadsf85ewZGxTnGT_A0ffo9XGeJ94q58lJ8b5aJA3F7gFvbK0m2UqBCmAzw/s8256/Santa%20Cruz%20Mtns%20Pre-Run_wm%20small%202023-04-09-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzNGhWaFsHIZqOky9KirF6zQMdSWLFH9CKa_MN_4UgXsoO6Wjdht7Xi8jKBajYu-kAdgcKWTUMHf9lxrawYeXrY5DpQH_wuj700Qg3hwUPCQhqjgYgjCVzi5h0zkcT1giadsf85ewZGxTnGT_A0ffo9XGeJ94q58lJ8b5aJA3F7gFvbK0m2UqBCmAzw/w447-h298/Santa%20Cruz%20Mtns%20Pre-Run_wm%20small%202023-04-09-3.jpg" width="447" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">UCSC Arboretum Parking Lot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Lunch Suggestions in Santa Cruz:</b></span></p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.lupulosc.com/" target="_blank">Lupulo Craft Beer House</a><br /></span>233 Cathcart St.<br />Santa Cruz, CA 95060</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://missionstbbq.com/" target="_blank">Mission St. BBQ</a><br />1618 Mission St. <br />Santa Cruz, CA 95023<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><a href="https://seabrightdeli.com/" target="_blank">Seabright Deli</a><br />415 Seabright Ave. <br />Santa Cruz, CA 95062<br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.westendtap.com/" target="_blank">West End Tap & Kitchen</a>
344D Ingalls St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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This includes any face coverings or hand sanitizing products<br />• Participants will be required to Sign Waivers Electronically<br />• 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<br />Anyone who continually or willfully violates these guidelines will be asked to leave by a club officer or director.<br />POST-EVENT PROTOCOLS:<br />• 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<br />• NorCal MINIs will make every effort to alert affected participants privately of the situation<br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Ultimately, it is your responsibility to assess the risk to you and make a responsible decision on whether or not to participate. 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Create your MotorSportReg Account to become a Registered Club Member, use the link below:</b></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6589204829902346370" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 15.972px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div style="font-size: 14.52px;"><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2020-norcal-minis-membership-666415" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration-line: none;">NorCal MINIs Membership</a><br /><br /><span face="">Instructions for joining MotorSportReg and joining NorCal MINIs can be found in the following document: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bLtKwjqnbY6mAqCog40sQ0_MjMbwbTU/view" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Instructions</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-13012048398389780322023-04-02T22:48:00.006-07:002023-04-03T13:05:00.031-07:00Recap - Priest Grade / Groveland / Columbia SHP Run - 19 Mar. 2023<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwL7G-Zi_pGsVPmSkdnuuNXHxmBcr2sRZ0FCTORvO5axEe2pSkd3IPS_3bLoiolwgpabENM5PgtN1P2CQw71UDSwNc4GzD2fz0iPYZhTNasFYdW4Egcs3-BBNUY3pq8sdiVSxcsal0Ln1FU4dyXdpFXek9hYqDhqSWCyDWnz9ifq6DwpgULNjPlOyIQ/s7424/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4949" data-original-width="7424" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwL7G-Zi_pGsVPmSkdnuuNXHxmBcr2sRZ0FCTORvO5axEe2pSkd3IPS_3bLoiolwgpabENM5PgtN1P2CQw71UDSwNc4GzD2fz0iPYZhTNasFYdW4Egcs3-BBNUY3pq8sdiVSxcsal0Ln1FU4dyXdpFXek9hYqDhqSWCyDWnz9ifq6DwpgULNjPlOyIQ/w446-h296/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-23.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Meetup in Oakdale</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(click to enlarge)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Your Host for this Event:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Mary Wolgamot</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Our March Run Host, Mary, worked for months to plan and pre-run her first NorCal MINI run route, and the seemingly endless string of "atmospheric river" storms we endured this wet season did not make it easy on her. The original plan discussed last year before the biblical precipitation was even forecast included a climb and descent of one of the top 2 steepest grades in the country, Old Priest Grade Road, and a visit to scenic mountain river gem, the "Graffiti Bridge." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">These plans were not meant to happen in 2023 though. First, rock slides and washouts closed the access to the "Graffiti Bridge" from both sides of the Tuolumne River. This forced Mary to rework her run route to head up to the Columbia State Historical Park as a destination instead of the plan to visit the graffiti. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Then, as the snow and rain continued, authorities closed down Old Priest Grade Road until after the weather warmed up and dried out. Fortunately, the New Priest Grade Road parallels Old Priest Grade Road using a longer, more gradual route, but adding in many more fun twists and turns. Mary rerouted our run up to Groveland and back on New Priest Grade Road. This route treated us with views across the gorge to see Old Priest Grade Road, leading a few of us to put a trip up the steeper road on our bucket list of future MINI rides. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">On top of all her pre-running and rerouting, Mary put together some great background history on many of the sites we passed on this route.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjUBULBD8zUGrkMcVeLNG5-Y2zPYB11fyYCpXIGIgZ4VH04i34aslPHiaiBgDz6KMrJBUfsHSotwbsT5avhkmKR9Eh7XH8G223adRT24dOJ_LS9ufYU04JPvXV3xBG_XLcq6yPlDsyQzvx50AcVWP0GU5rsqFHzPOFMr3DhQK2WjrGhomP-NTS9agXw/s6880/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="6880" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjUBULBD8zUGrkMcVeLNG5-Y2zPYB11fyYCpXIGIgZ4VH04i34aslPHiaiBgDz6KMrJBUfsHSotwbsT5avhkmKR9Eh7XH8G223adRT24dOJ_LS9ufYU04JPvXV3xBG_XLcq6yPlDsyQzvx50AcVWP0GU5rsqFHzPOFMr3DhQK2WjrGhomP-NTS9agXw/s320/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-7.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Run Host Mary Wolgamot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: large;"><u>Run Recap:</u></b></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">Eleven MINIs and their occupants met up in front of the former K-Mart store in Oakdale. True to form for this soggy wet season, the day was wet, misty, and drizzly. The spirits and enthusiasm of the participants gathering under the store entrance for shelter were far from dampened. Smiles and friendly conversation ensured we all stayed warm and happy as we waited for everyone to arrive. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNXGiiTyppQW3EhNnGC7uAHHoUtt2rQoBPPIVKJY3rZCVUmP1W8F4ohRazNSDcOOH6BVksXoCHCtXnlB7qXzQhFkq7btOuBS5xWy7KvF6swKcmlyv1EvqYqErvPIVdNLC2qLNA5S4Frhem3MeBUZkbNDmSh-olnIMqzysrzeFjbH2kz2CdO9pJIvT5g/s8115/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-28.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4565" data-original-width="8115" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNXGiiTyppQW3EhNnGC7uAHHoUtt2rQoBPPIVKJY3rZCVUmP1W8F4ohRazNSDcOOH6BVksXoCHCtXnlB7qXzQhFkq7btOuBS5xWy7KvF6swKcmlyv1EvqYqErvPIVdNLC2qLNA5S4Frhem3MeBUZkbNDmSh-olnIMqzysrzeFjbH2kz2CdO9pJIvT5g/w428-h241/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-28.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Pre-run Chatting in Action</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">President Pat Lewis kicked off our drivers' briefing, and VP Rick Sanchez gave us all an update on planning underway to celebrate our club's 20th anniversary later this year. Nikki and Simon Tildesley talked a bit about their Hike for Hope Hospice this May before Mary talked us through the day's run route. Despite having to bypass Graffiti Bridge and Old Priest Grade Road, Mary laid out a very entertaining tour through historic Gold Country roads. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFpUnDS-1j5xT-Olx6HvjhcOSRl0CIaTbYTGadVW-vMYd9PxRcsXgnd6IMHBrR-o85qbTSYdoRO8K--HhD9xM0iwTznzm9rx0khtelUlfHeG2OEk5iKrSk5OAOPeHtUOKU9UkrTrpA2zQ_E0vwtf0bE37q83M-vCO_7e1jpKm3IUWJNklWgvmfbANCw/s7595/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5425" data-original-width="7595" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFpUnDS-1j5xT-Olx6HvjhcOSRl0CIaTbYTGadVW-vMYd9PxRcsXgnd6IMHBrR-o85qbTSYdoRO8K--HhD9xM0iwTznzm9rx0khtelUlfHeG2OEk5iKrSk5OAOPeHtUOKU9UkrTrpA2zQ_E0vwtf0bE37q83M-vCO_7e1jpKm3IUWJNklWgvmfbANCw/w456-h327/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-13.jpg" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Pre-run lineup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Being a smaller group than many of our runs allowed us to travel as a single group. We headed east on Hwy. 120 out of Oakdale past orchards, farms, and ranches entering the winding roads past Knight's Ferry. Great rafting adventures down the Stanislaus River launch there on warmer days. As we continued east, we passed an area used to film some of the old West scenes in the second "Back to the Future" movie. I doubt any of us would trade our beloved MINIs for that time-traveling DeLorean though. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We also passed near a prison that has experienced a few premature prisoner discharges, prompting roadside signs warning drivers not to stop for hitchhikers. We didn't see any modern-day Black Barts on our run, but it was a fun discussion on the club radios as we enjoyed the lush, green hillsides along both sides of the road. </span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">We passed some lumber mills along the way, and Mary explained the sprinklers spraying water over the wood chip piles, even on a rainy day such as this, are intended to reduce the chance of fires ignited by spontaneous combustion as the wood dust decomposed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro";">As the road curved around Chinese Camp, Mary told us stories of how this once-thriving mining community of over 10,000 mostly Chinese residents gave California the site of its first Tong Wars. The population of Chinese Camp is a fraction of its peak population, and the stagecoaches no longer run through the town, but the original US Post Office built in the 1850s is still standing and serving local residents.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">A couple miles further along on 120, we pulled over for a wet photo opportunity at a vista point overlooking Don Pedro Reservoir. We lined all the MINIs up, our photographer braved the mud and falling rain, lined up the shot, and then we had to wait as we waved another tourist to move his Prius out of the way of our portrait. Can't blame the poor car for wanting to hang out with the cooler rides, can we? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu139uOP218uI-stoXJkGG8q8VH_Gb2bJd3_i5n6xrkwv2BEsXfsg1PYQsddeFR6OVv2Y8nAsy6g1JtkyYN3UsOf1X4bb3rEN0WdzJf8YpioH7lCFW3o9XfIBo2QiwU8jfcrGrLgt-2tTqfz9NkHTYXnkUJ4u0w2KFPHfi47fAFxSmkiWwfArwsjGbxA/s8183/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm%202023-03-19-33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4603" data-original-width="8183" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu139uOP218uI-stoXJkGG8q8VH_Gb2bJd3_i5n6xrkwv2BEsXfsg1PYQsddeFR6OVv2Y8nAsy6g1JtkyYN3UsOf1X4bb3rEN0WdzJf8YpioH7lCFW3o9XfIBo2QiwU8jfcrGrLgt-2tTqfz9NkHTYXnkUJ4u0w2KFPHfi47fAFxSmkiWwfArwsjGbxA/w478-h269/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm%202023-03-19-33.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Don Pedro Reservoir Vista Point</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We shook the rain off our jackets, wiped the mud from our shoes, and headed back onto 120 toward the rising hills leading up to the Priest Grade. As we traveled higher, the rolling grass-covered hills gave way to tree-covered foothills and we continued past the closed entry to Old Priest Grade Road. Climbing the fun turns and sweeping vistas of New Priest Grade Road, we could see across the valley to the steeper pavement of Old Priest Grade Road looking lonely without any cars traveling up or down. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Not far from the top of Priest Grade, we entered and passed through the towns of Big Oak Flat and then Groveland, stopping at our halfway rest point in Mary Laveroni Community Park. We stretched our legs, used the restrooms, and gave Clive a chance to plug his MINI SE into the charger for a few minutes. At t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">he rest stop, the group enjoyed some crisp mountain air, spotted a lonely remaining patch of snow under some trees, and were tempted by the delicious Girl Scout cookies Mary was selling from the boot of her MINI, Bo. The word is that our club has visited Groveland in the past, patronizing the longest continually operating saloon in California there. We didn't pause for any visits to the saloon this time, as we needed to head back down New Priest Grade. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBB0b-raSdp0R0Lixj_kR1DaSd0u48ZWK6tTOPu1lDJaTTB7N2trsMBc32voJQEjKMJTmALvewAbGXl3C3_bt9hpfLOqQLFumKgKgtWdYjwx4CRq0puNtOmKmaXSZ2NACFZOsvId0CNyfpbAROkYBz7pBVwPrRWJooFpFfPU86TFWwL-tLNTLrkSIVg/s2048/Mary%20in%20Groveland.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBB0b-raSdp0R0Lixj_kR1DaSd0u48ZWK6tTOPu1lDJaTTB7N2trsMBc32voJQEjKMJTmALvewAbGXl3C3_bt9hpfLOqQLFumKgKgtWdYjwx4CRq0puNtOmKmaXSZ2NACFZOsvId0CNyfpbAROkYBz7pBVwPrRWJooFpFfPU86TFWwL-tLNTLrkSIVg/w478-h359/Mary%20in%20Groveland.jpeg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rest stop at Mary Laveroni Park</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Click to enlarge - by Mary Wolgamot)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After the rest stop, we lined back up on the road back through Groveland and Big Oak Flat, enjoying the downhill views on New Priest Grade Road. We may not have been able to climb and descend the second steepest grade in the continental USA, but New Priest Grade Road's curves, hairpins, and views were worthy of being driven in our MINIs. Back at the bottom of the grade, we crossed over Don Pedro Reservoir and headed north through Jamestown to our destination at the Columbia State Historical Park. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFApOKNpPr3h35dGIebV8bUA5VOOpVSRx8atmSuzCvchwR2VYEv5SEit81WSsIIr_DUQxqf1jHAlM3_7c_jGBV87ZHrQHP1FMx557uGuC9aZTEbN3ygUpCXxBffd0Fp-kfBE-bDRYk93KD-A67wBIVVQFmxsoY2VCh8t8TMp5mUgotPVOMSkXdqaDEA/s7850/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm%202023-03-19-37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5233" data-original-width="7850" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFApOKNpPr3h35dGIebV8bUA5VOOpVSRx8atmSuzCvchwR2VYEv5SEit81WSsIIr_DUQxqf1jHAlM3_7c_jGBV87ZHrQHP1FMx557uGuC9aZTEbN3ygUpCXxBffd0Fp-kfBE-bDRYk93KD-A67wBIVVQFmxsoY2VCh8t8TMp5mUgotPVOMSkXdqaDEA/w488-h325/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm%202023-03-19-37.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Parked at Columbia SHP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">At the water-logged historical park, we said our goodbyes to those who needed to head home, but a few of us walked into the old West history preserved by the State of California to enjoy a hot lunch and see the sights. If you haven't visited Columbia SHP, you should. It is a family-friendly chance to learn about California's gold rush history in a hands-on experience. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1Hr3hNygm6SG53QUON1hOqNmCp0gBgmUVccyB5nRy57TtZls6X_XCAoYNPuedYILfWyHmaRKoyo6KW5PouuZ_tq5PLPLIrxyMPIERJy2o-fq4mg45xkR5s5FBY7_WEfq8zCMLqYh-UUJc1yu9OipkXzoM_lfrK1wgyNctlrgZZgKenMNHuYTIBPKFQ/s8180/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-60.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5453" data-original-width="8180" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1Hr3hNygm6SG53QUON1hOqNmCp0gBgmUVccyB5nRy57TtZls6X_XCAoYNPuedYILfWyHmaRKoyo6KW5PouuZ_tq5PLPLIrxyMPIERJy2o-fq4mg45xkR5s5FBY7_WEfq8zCMLqYh-UUJc1yu9OipkXzoM_lfrK1wgyNctlrgZZgKenMNHuYTIBPKFQ/w478-h318/Groveland-Columbia%20SHP%20Run_wm_sm%202023-03-19-60.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Main street of Columbia SHP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">Thanks to everyone who braved the weather!"</span></span></div><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Mary Wolgamot</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">For more photos of our run, check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.188101610655735&type=3" target="_blank">Duane's album on our Facebook page</a> or the full-resolution images in <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/bQwoJ1kUAuL9YFZHA" target="_blank">his Google Photos album</a>.</span></p>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-66331116010690935262023-03-27T20:57:00.001-07:002023-03-27T21:08:57.363-07:00Paso Robles & Pismo Beach Weekend Run - April 28-30, 2023<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgQWuyT8vVhjZuN3kClBfbS8oJPWacHtjNg1q1_bpoFAiZJt7xZYulvTZJsaFZeRM8zPYC71_xjhHxW7dETJQsblwjGReC4q9VB9lg-iMe5ceB8Sq2p25vjDNLn47zgjXWqkIJnO-1ThTFuarAwVG4uoLB4SCs1k1vDOxoAgdjfogXntHqoeavMNabQ/s4100/Screenshot%202023-03-26%20at%209.04.00%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="4100" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgQWuyT8vVhjZuN3kClBfbS8oJPWacHtjNg1q1_bpoFAiZJt7xZYulvTZJsaFZeRM8zPYC71_xjhHxW7dETJQsblwjGReC4q9VB9lg-iMe5ceB8Sq2p25vjDNLn47zgjXWqkIJnO-1ThTFuarAwVG4uoLB4SCs1k1vDOxoAgdjfogXntHqoeavMNabQ/w431-h225/Screenshot%202023-03-26%20at%209.04.00%20PM.png" width="431" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Paso Robles City Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Your Host(s) For The Event:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Tim & Kim Nye</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Register at MotorSport Registry:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/paso-robles-pismo-beach-weekend-run-norcal-minis-141341" target="_blank">Click here for link to MSR registration page</a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Please note that this is not a normal one-day run event. NorCal MINIs will be driving to the wine country and the Central Coast beaches over the course of a 3-day weekend with 4 sprint runs! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Over the course of three days, the club will drive the scenic bends and curves along the Southern Coast Ranges to Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Pismo Beach. Epic roads, epic views, and epic fun are sure to be had by all drivers and passengers. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll start our day on Friday, April 28, by meeting up at the Peetz Coffee in Morgan Hill (</span></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; white-space: pre-wrap;">755 Cochrane Road Suite 100, Morgan Hill, CA 95037</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">. After everyone has a chance to arrive and use the restroom, we'll hold our first drivers' briefing of the weekend, and convoy down US 101 southbound.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: red;"><b>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. </b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Leaders will use the club radios to alert drivers to hazards, so please have your radios or borrow the club radios to listen in.</b></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Friday Sprint Run 1 Details (Morgan Hill to Paso Robles):</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/fhD4RxnNSQakkRre7" target="_blank">Sprint Run 1 Route Map</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Departing the Peet's Coffee parking lot Friday morning, we'll head south on US 101 to Salinas, taking Exit 330 for Laurel Drive. Passing through west Salinas on N. Davis Road to Reservation Road will bring us onto River Road. River Road follows the hills along a gently winding route with views of the fields and vineyards outside of Salinas. Our first pit stop will be </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">at an Exxon Station</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"> after about an hour of driving along River Road. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will then continue to motor through the pristine Salinas valley agriculture land following the Southern Coast Ranges. Depending on our morning driver's briefing discussion, we may also stop at the historic <a href="https://soledadmission.com/" target="_blank">Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad</a>. From River Road, we will turn right onto Arroyo Seco Road to drive across the historic one-lane Arroyo Seco Green Bridge <i>if the county has kept it open following recent storm damage</i>. We will continue through the rolling vineyards and into our lunch stop at King City with several options for franchise fast-food and gas stations. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">After our pit stop, we will drive about 10 miles south on US 101 before taking Exit 271 for Lockwood/Paris Valley Road just past the town of San Lucas. This low-traffic, winding road passes through the hills to Jolon Road and our next rest stop at the Pleyto Store in Bradley. Here we will debrief before heading to Paso Robles and checking into our hotels. We will gather in the evening (time to be determined) at <a href="https://www.firestonebeer.com/paso-robles-taproom/" target="_blank">Firestone Walker Tap Room and Restaurant in Paso Robles</a> for dinner to close out our first day.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6v1w4AHCOj4HjLkOmsFB1xL5KG_WLKQESZbb6016K8renR9IURUKasz_2sBHJAJpC3ZiAt-g8K-POLGC04TGYO8ZUlbBDokbabnJ6ElR80ffJyBHH5FzMpBuPbWDGMQtUz7qJrGyYwN6s44Gh_Fbm50BRK3NTbxGkHrdLomvHxY1blMfD0cq0SQtzSA/s3578/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.29.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="3578" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6v1w4AHCOj4HjLkOmsFB1xL5KG_WLKQESZbb6016K8renR9IURUKasz_2sBHJAJpC3ZiAt-g8K-POLGC04TGYO8ZUlbBDokbabnJ6ElR80ffJyBHH5FzMpBuPbWDGMQtUz7qJrGyYwN6s44Gh_Fbm50BRK3NTbxGkHrdLomvHxY1blMfD0cq0SQtzSA/w455-h272/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.29.24%20PM.png" width="455" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Firestone Walker Taproom in Paso Robles</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Saturday AM Sprint Run 2 Details (Paso Robles to Oceano Dunes):</u></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/oUrcJdCoTctR5j8D7" target="_blank">Sprint Run 2 Route Map</a></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Sprint 2 Morning Meetup:</b> 9:00 – 9:30 AM at Starbucks, 2429 Golden Hill Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446
<b>Run Details:</b> Leaving Starbucks, we will turn left onto CA 46 E for 15 miles, turning right onto CA 41 S toward Shandon Road. Over the hills and through the vineyards we go, stopping midway at a small <a href="https://caliwala.com/" target="_blank">boutique country bakery in Santa Margarita</a>. There is also a planned stop in San Luis Obispo to refresh supplies and shine up our rides for showing off to our Southern California California MINI Club friends in Pismo Beach around noon. We'll meet up at the <a href="http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1207" target="_blank">Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area </a>with <a href="https://finsbarandgrill.com/" target="_blank">Fin's Seafood Bar and Grill</a> nearby.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPc6CPoRkhk2LbZkuqokTXHXik7AMCCZipizxcKOADgvtX3PCzuA6jopFoJ_mha9locPbdne0OTjZVDIVkmhvb7X7kkUypST3KZ6HPd9Tgj3wvH5rNe_5DfFHB4DQIsh5SwWH3MgKqUOS4S9NEomkN5tgOBeT8x5GEK-uqgNM9Tfbj8MdkhBVBR9l3Q/s3984/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.32.10%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="3984" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPc6CPoRkhk2LbZkuqokTXHXik7AMCCZipizxcKOADgvtX3PCzuA6jopFoJ_mha9locPbdne0OTjZVDIVkmhvb7X7kkUypST3KZ6HPd9Tgj3wvH5rNe_5DfFHB4DQIsh5SwWH3MgKqUOS4S9NEomkN5tgOBeT8x5GEK-uqgNM9Tfbj8MdkhBVBR9l3Q/w477-h255/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.32.10%20PM.png" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Oceano Dunes SVRA</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Saturday PM Sprint Run 3 Details (Oceano Dunes to Frank's in San Luis Obispo):</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/usz7voXneTtNAm1h7" target="_blank">Sprint Run 3 Route Map</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Run Details:</b> From Oceano Dunes, we will drive south on CA 1 and cut east near Orcutt to enjoy the backcountry highways and roads curving back north to San Luis Obispo and <a href="https://www.franksfamousslo.net/" target="_blank">Frank’s Famous Hot Dogs</a> for a quick bite before evening events.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc6AKG0JfZrDbnPfz-YySFJIUAMxqKXU-RJtkTwL_OIMkkiqk3XwiIU33CMBwtbrDlbk2mjIjruJbtHlY2s-cBGlD4Sfq3q26LMUizU0seeh1NBqaAhc-sBrza_rSRrg52GxyJPO7lRIDWxdSlQqzopdhkxcbG13uUT4G5chzxhG8h6fv9yY4G_AHvA/s4014/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.35.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="4014" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc6AKG0JfZrDbnPfz-YySFJIUAMxqKXU-RJtkTwL_OIMkkiqk3XwiIU33CMBwtbrDlbk2mjIjruJbtHlY2s-cBGlD4Sfq3q26LMUizU0seeh1NBqaAhc-sBrza_rSRrg52GxyJPO7lRIDWxdSlQqzopdhkxcbG13uUT4G5chzxhG8h6fv9yY4G_AHvA/w485-h268/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.35.09%20PM.png" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Frank's Famous Hot Dogs in SLO</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Saturday PM Optional Event (Sensorio in Paso Robles):</u></span></b></p><div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b>Group Event (<i><u>optional</u></i>):</b> Terrace Experience at <a href="https://sensoriopaso.com/" target="_blank">Sensorio Light Show</a> 5:30 – 9:30 PM. There is an additional cost for this event of around $100 (estimate) per person to join the club at the light show terrace for a drink and a choice of charcuterie or crudité platter. If you want to see the light show without joining the club for the Terrace food and drink option, you can purchase a general admission ticket for $43 online. Advance reservations are strongly recommended, as they do sell out.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6IkzpcWQuvcXC5zOuaHppKdpl8qI5cFL_uG_uZs1cOMfI2NLfIZp_0_hLt9UP970pm3AVi4CG6i9cmoqgHeqESTijHcziUdDnbeHGwdqAQ5elHZbLAw9Jgb8rxjMQGNtaIBB6F4VTUCfH8IlDbMirEulXBbIGn1Fufdz2TmI2h4FVyU1Oem9aEbXKg/s3996/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.37.51%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="3996" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6IkzpcWQuvcXC5zOuaHppKdpl8qI5cFL_uG_uZs1cOMfI2NLfIZp_0_hLt9UP970pm3AVi4CG6i9cmoqgHeqESTijHcziUdDnbeHGwdqAQ5elHZbLAw9Jgb8rxjMQGNtaIBB6F4VTUCfH8IlDbMirEulXBbIGn1Fufdz2TmI2h4FVyU1Oem9aEbXKg/w472-h202/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.37.51%20PM.png" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Sensorio Light Show in Paso Robles</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p></div><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Sunday AM Sprint Run 4 Brunch Details (Paso Robles to Morro Bay):</u></span></b></p><div></div><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Fdwo5gDQeVvJFXn98" target="_blank">Sprint Run 4 Route Map</a></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sprint 4 Morning Meetup:</b> </span>9:00 – 9:30 AM at Starbucks, 2429 Golden Hill Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446<br /><b>Run Details:</b> From Starbucks, we will turn right onto CA 46 West across US 101 and continue onto 24<span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span> Street and Nacimiento Lake Drive. We'll turn left onto Adelaida Road where epic twists and turns flow for miles until reaching the roundabout and right onto CA 46 W. Shortly after we will stop for scenic views and pictures along the ridge before proceeding to the coast. At CA 1, we turn north toward Cambria. In this sleepy romantic seaside town, we will do a slow cruise showing off our MINI pride pausing at Leffingwell Landing State Park for their restrooms and fresh salty air blowing off the Pacific Ocean. We will do a second slow cruise back through the main Cambria thoroughfare on CA 1 S, picking up speed as we leave town on the Pacific Coast Highway to Morro Bay. We'll end at Morro Bay's T-Pier for brunch, sea otter viewing, or even fishing off the pier if you like.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b><u>Morro Bay Options (on your own):</u></b><br /><a href="https://www.morrobaydockside.com/" target="_blank">Tognazzini's Dockside Restaurant</a><br /><a href="https://harborhutmorrobay.com/home/" target="_blank">Harbor Hut Steak and Seafood Grill</a><br /><a href="https://greatamericanfishcompany.com/menu/" target="_blank">The Great American Fish Company</a><br /><a href="https://www.pierfishing.com/morro-bay-south-t-pier/" target="_blank">Morro Bay T-Pier Fishing</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20uMrmcdC_YxKu0XOEvU_0_oXmliORvO3yisJBaCRshUpGyzKYyHxeUQiAfghOxBVGpfnFx-Ai293-HAFV-j05PSLEoGeS2HmvUpKpf_9mDBgr4GciAik4rrVdYecgKpHbq-OmWfNy3lvf3y-hw1Am1wYBcdGDAjnEodMXZUo6q2HLo2r-RgvhG9vzg/s4258/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.40.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="4258" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20uMrmcdC_YxKu0XOEvU_0_oXmliORvO3yisJBaCRshUpGyzKYyHxeUQiAfghOxBVGpfnFx-Ai293-HAFV-j05PSLEoGeS2HmvUpKpf_9mDBgr4GciAik4rrVdYecgKpHbq-OmWfNy3lvf3y-hw1Am1wYBcdGDAjnEodMXZUo6q2HLo2r-RgvhG9vzg/w480-h227/Screenshot%202023-03-27%20at%208.40.35%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morro Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">
</span>Registered members attending may coordinate pre-meeting locations to join up from different parts of the region. We will all meet as a club in Morgan Hill. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b style="font-family: Times; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Lodging and Logistics Information:</u></span></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><b><i>Make hotel reservations as early as possible, and please make reservations <br />that you can cancel, if necessary. </i></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Although Paso Robles is the primary destination, there are also hotels around Atascadero, Templeton, and Morro Bay. Some hotels club members have stayed at before include:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- Adelaide (in town, close to freeway, 3 stars and $$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- Allegretto (4 stars, but $$$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- La Bellasera (4 stars, $$$ , nice bar)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- Courtyard by Marriott Paso Robles (typical Marriott, $$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- SpringHill Suites Paso Robles/Atascadero (Marriott, $$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- Hampton Inn & Suites Paso Robles (Hilton, $$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- La Quinta Inn & Suites Paso Robles (dog-friendly, $)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- Hotel Cheval Paso Robles downtown (dog-friendly, only 16 room boutique 5 star, great <br /> outdoor bar, $$$$$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">- Several AirBnBs in Paso Robles (some dog-friendly, $$ to $$$$)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">*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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/"><span class="s1" style="color: #0b4cb4;">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">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.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Please use the restroom and fuel up your MINI <i>before</i> the drivers' briefing. There are planned restroom stops along the way at locations that can handle one or two folks who urgently need relief (not the whole crew), but if possible, we will drive for 1.5 hours to our midway point in King City.</span></p>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-7257379745501641082023-03-26T20:04:00.003-07:002023-03-26T23:26:17.632-07:00Recap - Marin to Bodega Bay Run - Feb. 25, 2023<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKovGSbJ-EOHVI8hPCxeEJHQxv0nnRxWL2S4zKrIkQK89U5SqNrwyOyLhSvewUVqlx0diWvJoHAIRxdHDXujIiW8mPTdfmm6d_r9F48b906NypdVXki6bV1HnWL6yob98lVuB45SCaD3WTRRezTvnyXNvtA1B3Dgu9e4mUbZAPE0Mw-aCtz4rxjeCJdQ/s8256/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run%202023-02-25-3.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5504" data-original-width="8256" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKovGSbJ-EOHVI8hPCxeEJHQxv0nnRxWL2S4zKrIkQK89U5SqNrwyOyLhSvewUVqlx0diWvJoHAIRxdHDXujIiW8mPTdfmm6d_r9F48b906NypdVXki6bV1HnWL6yob98lVuB45SCaD3WTRRezTvnyXNvtA1B3Dgu9e4mUbZAPE0Mw-aCtz4rxjeCJdQ/w476-h317/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run%202023-02-25-3.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: xx-small;">(Click to enlarge - by Duane C.)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<div><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Your Hosts for this Event:</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Gordon & Alison Lee</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">It was an overcast day with occasional rain showers, but that did not dampen the spirits of the NorCal MINIs members who brought 37 MINIs and their enthusiastic occupants to Corte Madera on the morning of February 25. Everyone was excited to hit the twisty backroads through the hills and valleys of Marin on our way up to Bodega Bay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Our Run Hosts, Gordon and Alison, worked for months to plan and pre-run a fun route incorporating some new paths through Lucas Valley and some older favorites through Hicks Valley and Chileno Valley on our way to the bay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHJIuVqnONv-kLXr8s0MhOoUyJ2zVHMydI2HA1JpQ6S0b-6F41QNxwxiqXNtwpG_kepiz2LAMDTomlo8VueoAN0Nml4gJKdcxlr5U80-GPmP-ry55Oioz9VJsGE8MX77wPd3GlILS6RTEi0LAeNzZ50gunFodg5PfbMtg6cuAPWq6XqEe15fTrDVNTw/s2048/Gordon%20art%20MINI%20of%20Marin.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1614" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHJIuVqnONv-kLXr8s0MhOoUyJ2zVHMydI2HA1JpQ6S0b-6F41QNxwxiqXNtwpG_kepiz2LAMDTomlo8VueoAN0Nml4gJKdcxlr5U80-GPmP-ry55Oioz9VJsGE8MX77wPd3GlILS6RTEi0LAeNzZ50gunFodg5PfbMtg6cuAPWq6XqEe15fTrDVNTw/s320/Gordon%20art%20MINI%20of%20Marin.jpeg" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gordon Lee gives the rundown at the drivers' briefing<br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Click to enlarge - by Mary Wolgamot)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Thanks to MINI of Marin for Hosting our Meetup!</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Special thanks go out to MINI of Marin for hosting our meetup and breakfast, and for putting together a drawing with door prizes of MINI swag for some lucky NorCal MINIs run participants. Door prizes included MINI-branded umbrellas, bags, hats, and license plate frames. Sales Manager, Alex, Service Manager, Jesus, and the whole dealership team went the extra mile to welcome us all, provide parking for our cars in the back lot with an easy exit onto the road for our run, and laid out a tasty spread of bagels and hot coffee for all attendees.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Many of NorCal MINIs' members have been MINI of Marin customers, and we want to give special recognition to the dealership for being one of the <a href="https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0410126EN_US/mini-usa-announces-second-annual-2023-golden-bulldog-award-winners-highlighting-the-best-mini-dealerships-in-the-u-s" target="_blank">MINI USA Golden Bulldog Award winners for 2023</a>. This award is given annually to several MINI dealerships around the country to recognize outstanding MINI sales, service, and parts. Congratulations to the entire MINI of Marin team on this achievement!</span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_M3O8t9yIYRxxISBeONOmy7NDGC9wUzAPjFt4p_MXEtF_WFGwd7FkKrqiM4vgpyPs_LMxoqbQvOvis1_9EMoG58Xh_7KVLyO3AYa8hhSqo9vo0dEIvkXAzIdr6cIzGSYCqunNIIvMKxeKXSiT3Qk4IQufFVinVs38B0dz4WNAc-BaJQkTV8-z6ouuA/s640/NorCal%20MINIs%20@%20MINI%20of%20Marin.gif%20(Animation).gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_M3O8t9yIYRxxISBeONOmy7NDGC9wUzAPjFt4p_MXEtF_WFGwd7FkKrqiM4vgpyPs_LMxoqbQvOvis1_9EMoG58Xh_7KVLyO3AYa8hhSqo9vo0dEIvkXAzIdr6cIzGSYCqunNIIvMKxeKXSiT3Qk4IQufFVinVs38B0dz4WNAc-BaJQkTV8-z6ouuA/w450-h254/NorCal%20MINIs%20@%20MINI%20of%20Marin.gif%20(Animation).gif" width="450" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Mary Wolgamot packed her Bo up with an impressive number of cases of Girl Scout cookies for those wishing to support her troop. I wonder how many of the boxes sold made it all the way home at the end of the day? LOL</span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ffViav8r3RxKY3C9O4bWX27JBFeyXd-Xz3NF_Tu6WGqhhKHes6CM5Dm4spnPMr0xOUBubxlFDh0Kqa9nzEjyXn05bCUHHcK1gAKMy9Hy4EEGX2PXi5rNF5mP4OrN5uj-0qSGDOL-r5JrAuzhCmADubLyz0zgoRQ0jOBLxcz4FqQTSZ_SJRI3qbujCw/s7403/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run_small%202023-02-25-12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5288" data-original-width="7403" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ffViav8r3RxKY3C9O4bWX27JBFeyXd-Xz3NF_Tu6WGqhhKHes6CM5Dm4spnPMr0xOUBubxlFDh0Kqa9nzEjyXn05bCUHHcK1gAKMy9Hy4EEGX2PXi5rNF5mP4OrN5uj-0qSGDOL-r5JrAuzhCmADubLyz0zgoRQ0jOBLxcz4FqQTSZ_SJRI3qbujCw/w454-h325/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run_small%202023-02-25-12.jpg" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mary W. sells Girl Scout cookies</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(click to enlarge - by Duane C.)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: Open Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Run Recap</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></div><div></div><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Thanks to Alex and Jesus at the dealership, the back gate at MINI of Marin was opened up for a more direct route out onto the access roads to northbound US 101. With 37 cars on hand, we split into three groups of 12 to 15 cars each. Gordon and Alison led Group 1, Duane Caldwell led Group 2, and Pat and Michelle Lewis headed up Group 3. Traffic on 101 wasn't too bad, so all three groups were able to stick together as they headed north past the Marin Civic Center to our exit at Lucas Valley Road.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Lucas Valley Road quickly leaves the businesses near 101 for the suburbs of Marinwood on the way into the hills of Lucas Valley. This stretch of road is two lanes, twisty, and treats the driver and passengers to oak-covered hills, redwoods, and the old West charm of Nicasio village before heading north past Nicasio Reservoir and our halfway stop at Marin French Cheese Company.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPs6wMF4gOnANBI3PCOtmEfzTaDxLqVnkR5Jd7fJy_5GsuD5-mnwdSkO9eGGWyoApzSgX2fZ9uAM7POgd8KapwHZ0TKu_lBPGv4KQFZW5TDWwpGrogAMR-e0pZfXGHyqiUs8viB9UllXrIJZPMnEk-X7Z0dHt3zbkPE4Zk8ll4EBDRS9Pdv1lwt03FXw/s937/Redwoods%20on%20Lucas%20Valley%20Rd_MaryW.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="937" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPs6wMF4gOnANBI3PCOtmEfzTaDxLqVnkR5Jd7fJy_5GsuD5-mnwdSkO9eGGWyoApzSgX2fZ9uAM7POgd8KapwHZ0TKu_lBPGv4KQFZW5TDWwpGrogAMR-e0pZfXGHyqiUs8viB9UllXrIJZPMnEk-X7Z0dHt3zbkPE4Zk8ll4EBDRS9Pdv1lwt03FXw/w398-h371/Redwoods%20on%20Lucas%20Valley%20Rd_MaryW.jpeg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwoods along Lucas Valley Rd.</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Click to enlarge - by Mary W.)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Our halfway stop at the <a href="https://marinfrenchcheese.com/" target="_blank">Marin French Cheese Company</a> is a familiar hangout for NorCal MINIs members who have made this run in the past. Marin French Cheese is the oldest continually operating cheese manufacturer in the United States. It was founded as Marin French Cheese Company in 1865, but claims to have had its earliest operations as far back as 1854. The store welcomed our members for tastes of their various flavors of brie and allowed us to use their restrooms and scenic grounds to stretch our legs. The skies chose this moment to open up and sprinkle us with some rain, so we didn't get to enjoy the beauty of their picnic area along the pond. Still, it was a welcome rest stop.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYdf7A1eibyZPiZ8t7yu0weaCdSFcPxQe1l9NbOtDDgVKCa4nbOAI4AcM20xJEs5Syolw4F5N9wizzN4qmO_KxOyAwF0Xzwj-a_x6TQ1npgatLxZT-s_ll_lr8yoHWGXLTnphTaMR6wNdGRi3qY4mlWK97dz4KMcjoJtDFG27fKCToOWuspWcxEFklA/s7826/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run_small%202023-02-25-31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5217" data-original-width="7826" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYdf7A1eibyZPiZ8t7yu0weaCdSFcPxQe1l9NbOtDDgVKCa4nbOAI4AcM20xJEs5Syolw4F5N9wizzN4qmO_KxOyAwF0Xzwj-a_x6TQ1npgatLxZT-s_ll_lr8yoHWGXLTnphTaMR6wNdGRi3qY4mlWK97dz4KMcjoJtDFG27fKCToOWuspWcxEFklA/w441-h294/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run_small%202023-02-25-31.jpg" width="441" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marin French Cheese Company</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Click to enlarge - by Duane C.)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">From the cheese stop, we split back into our 3 groups and headed up through the farms of Hicks Valley before climbing up over the ridge (and its panoramic views!) and dropping back down into Chileno Valley. The rolling, winding roads through here are always a joy to drive, with lots of livestock to see along the way. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="auto" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">We headed west on Tomales Petaluma Road to connect on northbound CA 1 through the quaint town of Tomales and continued up to our destination at the Tides Restaurant in Bodega Bay. Bodega Bay is famous among other reasons for being the location of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk" target="_blank">Alfred Hitchcock's horror-thriller "The Birds."</a> This year is the 60th anniversary of the release of the film. Fittingly, we saw quite a variety of birds on our drive up from Corte Madera to Bodega Bay, spotting wild turkeys,</span> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">a pair of Golden eagles, Cooper's hawks, and a peregrine falcon in addition to numerous vultures and chickens, of course. A few of us slow eaters (or long talkers, LOL) were even fortunate to see a bald eagle hunting just outside the Tides restaurant after lunch.</span></span></p><p dir="auto" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="auto" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhGe-8kiYq6m9782dSR2o8KTon60tNUZ6rd3y37J8SlGo-YQDoQfldG-hGHY_VMwZSBZB9p639UySAyAYG9Qm2kMeiLrjnGq_WtvLU46w9Jin66USQmdsp7VGbCoqnpk5Az_S4rAiihPp2FI5SwVjk4GzRBUaVhdKFPrB37EhpzY0vnnVYy6ILPTRxA/s7796/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run_small%202023-02-25-38.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4385" data-original-width="7796" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhGe-8kiYq6m9782dSR2o8KTon60tNUZ6rd3y37J8SlGo-YQDoQfldG-hGHY_VMwZSBZB9p639UySAyAYG9Qm2kMeiLrjnGq_WtvLU46w9Jin66USQmdsp7VGbCoqnpk5Az_S4rAiihPp2FI5SwVjk4GzRBUaVhdKFPrB37EhpzY0vnnVYy6ILPTRxA/w519-h291/Marin%20to%20Bodega%20Bay%20Run_small%202023-02-25-38.jpg" width="519" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bodega Bay from the Tides Restaurant</span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Click to enlarge - by Duane C.)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>"I can only recall all the smiles, the thank yous, familiar faces, and Girl Scout cookies. </i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Thanks to Duane, Pat, Michelle, and Paige [Lane] for supporting our event. Thanks to Mary, Duane, and Tim [Nye] for the photo coverage."</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>-- Gordon Lee</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">For more photos from the day, see the albums on Facebook or in this <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/4CLmdy5Kp4kTY3JY6" target="_blank">Google Photos album from Duane Caldwell</a>.</span></p></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-17087350798715124232023-02-11T23:30:00.000-08:002023-02-11T23:30:24.433-08:00Recap - East Bay Run to the Hills - January 22, 2023<p><br /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-77e4965b-7fff-8163-8e23-9f6b6741ff25"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDb8-HLLYZfEzLwhowunaALh-mSs2s6Z9pGpEkBWnbthcOy_U74Ss_3d_YWCpVqJjk8sws1oz5aYzXAUH8ohV7Sg9bGGsEtVNcSfmCOLZHXJtG3B6mqx4lOnuk1Uh9IFikmMX8SfvX4QZGig5E7DsyCHIEW8SZOSsk_wGsGm144pWLlpmVV2iuSixkw/s7932/01%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5288" data-original-width="7932" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDb8-HLLYZfEzLwhowunaALh-mSs2s6Z9pGpEkBWnbthcOy_U74Ss_3d_YWCpVqJjk8sws1oz5aYzXAUH8ohV7Sg9bGGsEtVNcSfmCOLZHXJtG3B6mqx4lOnuk1Uh9IFikmMX8SfvX4QZGig5E7DsyCHIEW8SZOSsk_wGsGm144pWLlpmVV2iuSixkw/w383-h255/01%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-4.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>(click image to enlarge)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><b>Your Host For This Event:</b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Eddie Vergara</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Our first drive of 2023 through the East Bay hills almost didn’t happen. After years of extreme drought, the skies opened up with one wet storm after another in quick succession for almost a full month. Rains had come down so hard that roads through all of the Northern California hills suffered damage, some severely. The road we originally planned to start our East Bay Hills run on, Redwood Road north of Castro Valley, collapsed and washed out in one large section from the prolonged torrential rain storms. CalTrans posted numerous traffic advisories for fallen tree debris, flooding, and rock and mudslides throughout our planned route. Given the conditions and weather, the club leadership and run host discussed possibly rescheduling the run when road and weather conditions would permit.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">This run host was determined not to let that happen though, if at all possible. My MINI had been garaged since October while I was doing some major upgrades, and this run was going to be its inaugural club run. After all of that wrenching, I was really itching for a nice drive! I mapped out a potential alternate route, and along with our 2023 club president, Pat Lewis, we went on a pre-run to verify that the new route was passable, safe, and up to NorCal MINIs’ standards for fun monthly runs. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Fortunately, we were successful, and we relocated the meetup location to east Oakland and began our run for the hills on Skyline Boulevard instead of Redwood Road. Luckily, the weatherman accurately forecasted a break in the rains the weekend of the run, so we declared the run a “Go!” for February 22.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">And what a successful run we had. We had 90 souls riding in 37 MINIs, including some new members making their first club run with us.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhv9cxJQB6aleVWXg0s2amTmOmqfmSmri0Eq7HuhLjjZKGEXsOTZMprNlZneHIfmKM2OdKcCWr4DzhrbuCqwnEAFpUKdedQ1gZLvAy1UYbyJMAqFRB9ax12kE-c8_NsGQmU2obWh29_HjqrJe3qD-ZpdzlPHLG2TPHQRkxb7aPuKNs3LiPiD4yCzwCXg/s8157/02%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5438" data-original-width="8157" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhv9cxJQB6aleVWXg0s2amTmOmqfmSmri0Eq7HuhLjjZKGEXsOTZMprNlZneHIfmKM2OdKcCWr4DzhrbuCqwnEAFpUKdedQ1gZLvAy1UYbyJMAqFRB9ax12kE-c8_NsGQmU2obWh29_HjqrJe3qD-ZpdzlPHLG2TPHQRkxb7aPuKNs3LiPiD4yCzwCXg/w418-h278/02%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-1.jpg" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>(click image to enlarge)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Early on the morning of the 22nd, five cars from the San Jose area met up at Almaden Ranch Shopping Center and convoyed with the run host up to the run’s revised meetup location at the Foothill Square Shopping Center in Oakland. The shopping center parking had plenty of room for us to park together, greet old friends, and meet new friends before we held the drivers’ briefing and started the run.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPFQGR-o9tYh-gYXt5VI5wHtzdWZqWgtqovGcKFv1DSeg3_ync5XBYy30U2JFQkFIvNiCpIaHQLn6Hze_JYccmR6zxGTZvlrWTB-hrbWXPfDfnEdTQDE0ahC7RE79mZdAFHalV9kkY2Kfut7rkOdqqHV3B52yk_EymKP_7Bs_fYKYtsAY50uX0Q6KTQ/s7694/03%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4328" data-original-width="7694" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPFQGR-o9tYh-gYXt5VI5wHtzdWZqWgtqovGcKFv1DSeg3_ync5XBYy30U2JFQkFIvNiCpIaHQLn6Hze_JYccmR6zxGTZvlrWTB-hrbWXPfDfnEdTQDE0ahC7RE79mZdAFHalV9kkY2Kfut7rkOdqqHV3B52yk_EymKP_7Bs_fYKYtsAY50uX0Q6KTQ/w414-h233/03%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-2.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>"The Tildesley Collection"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">The run meetup featured a special reunion of sorts, starring the “Tildesley Collection of MINIs.” Three MINIs that used to be owned by Simon (past president), Nikki, and Alex Tildesley are now owned by other NorCal MINIs members, and they all parked next to Simon and Nikki’s Paddy Hopkirk Edition in the first row of cars. This run also marked Simon’s first club run in many years without any official duties other than to enjoy the drive. Thank you for your years of service, Simon! </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-du10NO2Ouo-GrmqvS8RvYAfbFwbY6KZGWZPpTSTP9QGImUOpQkBY1rvJkWT5DXbWn1n58G59zdNyaqfvfjlsWCb00ola4Q8NH42KoKkOd9EnOGTi9_ROpZTAlSfTrkaEPxRF2KFWaXl-c4d5exMRTRC9zFnNndWPeGgAgHGV9AMdpgbYxGFGdv8rgw/s8022/04%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-66.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4512" data-original-width="8022" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-du10NO2Ouo-GrmqvS8RvYAfbFwbY6KZGWZPpTSTP9QGImUOpQkBY1rvJkWT5DXbWn1n58G59zdNyaqfvfjlsWCb00ola4Q8NH42KoKkOd9EnOGTi9_ROpZTAlSfTrkaEPxRF2KFWaXl-c4d5exMRTRC9zFnNndWPeGgAgHGV9AMdpgbYxGFGdv8rgw/w422-h237/04%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-66.jpg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>2023 President, Pat Lewis, at the drivers' briefing</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Our new club president, Pat, kicked off our drivers’ briefing with club business and announcements, before turning the floor over to our host, Eddie, to walk us through the day’s route plan. After discussing the route and safety precautions, we started our engines and tuned our 2-way radios to Channel 7-21 for the scenic drive ahead of us. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OKEaT6PiSISAWMfsAnYwuTQa2YA3FlCTP1M7C__PTyaRwOlCk0P_5Z7QcJEsJ-04rwL76unhVDvakW5nldj0JVa9dc6a8kIgpHGf1MNdmFR0OvqPCZLNXsk9N1GRjlabBb7v3f7FruQT7NKnTrrwVyvgasCXhA6XcrtOpoLJrMcYiaUkrfDDEBlmGQ/s6424/05%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-82.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6424" data-original-width="4283" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OKEaT6PiSISAWMfsAnYwuTQa2YA3FlCTP1M7C__PTyaRwOlCk0P_5Z7QcJEsJ-04rwL76unhVDvakW5nldj0JVa9dc6a8kIgpHGf1MNdmFR0OvqPCZLNXsk9N1GRjlabBb7v3f7FruQT7NKnTrrwVyvgasCXhA6XcrtOpoLJrMcYiaUkrfDDEBlmGQ/w355-h534/05%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-82.jpg" width="355" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>Run host, Eddie Vergara, at the drivers' briefing</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">To keep the drive manageable with nearly 40 cars on tight, winding backroads, we broke the group into two. The first group was led by Eddie, and the second was led by Pat. Group #1 drove off with a 10- or 15-minute head start to minimize radio crosstalk between the two groups. After cutting through the local neighborhood and passing under the freeway, we headed up the hill to Skyline Boulevard. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Heading north on Skyline Blvd., we climbed up near the top of the east hill’s ridgeline. From this lofty vantage point, our drivers and especially their passengers were treated to stunning views of the Bay on an absolutely clear and pristine day with blue skies and fluffy white clouds. The Peninsula, Bay Bridge, Treasure Island, San Francisco, and even the Golden Gate Bridge, could all be seen easily from many spots along this first segment of our route.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following the 40-min drive on Skyline Blvd., we reached our first stop at a picnic rest area among the trees of Tilden Park. Drivers and passengers took a bio-break and stretched their legs before we picked up our second </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">half of the run deeper through the east hills. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">At the rest stop, Group #1 was pleasantly surprised to meet a fellow MINI owner who had seen our group on Skyline, followed us to Tilden Park in his Rebel Green JCW, and inquired about our group. Club directors shared a NorCal MINIs business card with him and explained what we were all about. We were glad to learn that the driver joined the club within just a day or two of the run. Welcome to NorCal MINIs, Jim M.!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_X-7M7Yt0s2pP3Wc_PhJW6piz5x354ke8FqYCP1QBIPXubBzjbX8ICFWhfywYjta9rJcCUkle1e0isEdD_3Zgoa48EJ1BhKHMnc6-fC6sRvEwkfvWjierdmDXj7hKWSg7Z2H7obvOf9NiJPzaQDyTkTsTelLRsI9fayEOPBGImosSnZH1nqa2D9miQ/s7900/06%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-83.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5267" data-original-width="7900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_X-7M7Yt0s2pP3Wc_PhJW6piz5x354ke8FqYCP1QBIPXubBzjbX8ICFWhfywYjta9rJcCUkle1e0isEdD_3Zgoa48EJ1BhKHMnc6-fC6sRvEwkfvWjierdmDXj7hKWSg7Z2H7obvOf9NiJPzaQDyTkTsTelLRsI9fayEOPBGImosSnZH1nqa2D9miQ/w450-h300/06%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-83.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>Tilden Park rest stop</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> segment of the run featured more of Tilden Park's forests and the wonderful sight of seeing San Pablo Reservoir full of water. We drove past the reservoir and into the lush green hills and farms of the Alhambra Valley before passing through the town of Martinez as we headed to our final stop at the Martinez Marina. Road conditions along the run were surprisingly good, so we must give a tip of the hat to Alameda County Public Works for clearing the roads of debris so well, so soon! However, as we made our way through the marina’s very large parking lot, drivers had to choose a safe path for their MINIs through some flooded areas. These big puddles seemed like lagoons in comparison to our small cars! Our host posted a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eddie.vergara/videos/1152783578716354?idorvanity=147665885444" target="_blank">video of Group #2’s brave souls wading through the “deep” waters</a>. It is on our group FB page in case you want to check it out.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">Group #1 initially decided to park as close to the north end of the lot and the shoreline as possible, so we could get clear views of the Carquinez Strait and Benicia-Martinez bridge. But within minutes of parking, members noticed that the tide was rising, and the lot was quickly starting to flood with the brackish water from the strait! We rushed to our cars seeking higher ground further from the shoreline. In doing so, we proved that Californians really don’t know how to handle a little water! LOL</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtqPbgwZNhq-SY867vrMkhOgb0frt1VCc-bVupw7VhlItNdfQz2ww-rshbU8sb0NGyjJt3FuYeSrdqv63Fjx-QPmMNHC7coCgeBDd9503JFBc1pf93x9VOwy5jH80ohohzrKFTV_qhi4Ta7v3lxxikzI3fPj7IY1YO7N3PSWjf_lG6Mwn0St6fjxinA/s7782/07%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5188" data-original-width="7782" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtqPbgwZNhq-SY867vrMkhOgb0frt1VCc-bVupw7VhlItNdfQz2ww-rshbU8sb0NGyjJt3FuYeSrdqv63Fjx-QPmMNHC7coCgeBDd9503JFBc1pf93x9VOwy5jH80ohohzrKFTV_qhi4Ta7v3lxxikzI3fPj7IY1YO7N3PSWjf_lG6Mwn0St6fjxinA/w425-h283/07%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-87.jpg" width="425" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>That puddle keeps getting closer!</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second group joined us shortly after we moved our cars from the rising tide. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.284; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw0VqiukI0AKv6_H4AD3jT9Mr9s8z1ATrWxfyKlGfoJVd21u-I5HaszFGusGOHkZ-lWapfeO2ry7cAdSyYz075SvTdakJuZUG0Okri--YfOXJzGFovwUramNIqSRKNB-FaO2KF-9tjSxoEwS_-LrZuqNPuUiV4bTUwY6Hsfkd9mDSe_AJ6NVCReLu-w/s4810/08%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="4810" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw0VqiukI0AKv6_H4AD3jT9Mr9s8z1ATrWxfyKlGfoJVd21u-I5HaszFGusGOHkZ-lWapfeO2ry7cAdSyYz075SvTdakJuZUG0Okri--YfOXJzGFovwUramNIqSRKNB-FaO2KF-9tjSxoEwS_-LrZuqNPuUiV4bTUwY6Hsfkd9mDSe_AJ6NVCReLu-w/w416-h234/08%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-111.jpg" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Group #2 navigates the flooded driveway</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duane Caldwell, our 2023 Social Media Director, run photographer, and the club’s honorary “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Clavin" target="_blank">Cliff Clavin</a>” (for you fans of the old TV show, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cheers!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) shared with us some wonderful trivia about Martinez, including bits about martinis, Joe Dimaggio, and John Muir. We wrapped up the run with a club photo before everyone headed into downtown Martinez for a well-deserved lunch with club friends. Most of us even got home in time to watch the Niners' playoff victory over the Cowboys.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUHx_J8WxWaey2RNRnVAcAwHr8IaGNsnj7-Zs4knI0kWvmSW08Tdcg8AxN8YIvxnPjRaH07hJYa_OJM5I8q6o-nxyqjuI928RMNIa3ZrP7xHoIJAhw1HaquBkrFFYCWQrrKAAyqWANpSF4SQZnTyJaQwRIrAxiraUe3T0sBNjjsxef8Met75-qSJ0Lw/s6581/09%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3702" data-original-width="6581" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUHx_J8WxWaey2RNRnVAcAwHr8IaGNsnj7-Zs4knI0kWvmSW08Tdcg8AxN8YIvxnPjRaH07hJYa_OJM5I8q6o-nxyqjuI928RMNIa3ZrP7xHoIJAhw1HaquBkrFFYCWQrrKAAyqWANpSF4SQZnTyJaQwRIrAxiraUe3T0sBNjjsxef8Met75-qSJ0Lw/w412-h232/09%20East%20Bay%20Run%20to%20the%20Hills%202023-01-22-119.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;"><i>Group shot at the Martinez Marina</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 10pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Following the drive, I posted the message below on Norcal MINI’s Facebook page, and with it, I wrap up my recap for this run. Please make sure you register and join us for Gordon and Alison Lee’s <a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/2023/01/marin-to-bodega-bay-run.html" target="_blank">February 25th run “Marin to Bodega Bay”</a>! </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">“I'm thankful for many a thing at the start of this new year, but right near the top of the list, is being part of this club.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Had a wonderful drive with 30+ members and their partners in crime. Lots of smiles, laughs, jokes and even trivia about Martinez! Top that with some great food with friends, and it just can't get any better.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2839972727272726; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">I was very honored to be your run host today. Glad you all enjoyed it! Thank you all for your feedback and hope to see you all in the next runs!”</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; text-indent: -4.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 4.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; text-indent: -4.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Thanks for a great day of MINIs, and the hilly backroads of the East Bay!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Eddie Vergara</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">For more great pictures from Duane, check out this <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I3iEY_ajd8ughDmoquWR1oDgGwbHq6Rv?usp=sharing" target="_blank">link to the Google Drive folder for the run pics</a>! </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4.5pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-right: 4.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><br /></p><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 266px; position: absolute; top: 1182.97px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5569461756512250550.post-1703845257647207202023-02-05T16:45:00.002-08:002023-02-07T11:59:55.713-08:00Old Priest Grade/Groveland Run - Sun. Mar. 19, 2023<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyQRQKiEh-62qbm2ZmBFl4C5Lejsl1xSRvcWqgUcrq0p4LgAF1K70_Kn2W5Us_6PYY7Op6Nuoy1TKl88O6lmr12izXYJYdlR-l1zMrClGoece33s6bxOKG-MjJBddck6QzfQhUmkLDbzxr-XUiZ-bQLnlipGbwA_AJehfZBODahz3t_XJzcWo4aPn5g/s540/Oakdale_city_ca.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="540" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyQRQKiEh-62qbm2ZmBFl4C5Lejsl1xSRvcWqgUcrq0p4LgAF1K70_Kn2W5Us_6PYY7Op6Nuoy1TKl88O6lmr12izXYJYdlR-l1zMrClGoece33s6bxOKG-MjJBddck6QzfQhUmkLDbzxr-XUiZ-bQLnlipGbwA_AJehfZBODahz3t_XJzcWo4aPn5g/w442-h235/Oakdale_city_ca.jpeg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">This historic Oakdale building was originally a bank.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Your Host For The Event:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Mary Wolgamot</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Run Details:</u></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We'll start our day by meeting in Oakdale, self-proclaimed as the "Cowboy Capital of the World," behind the Arco AM/PM store at 1505 East F Street (former Kmart parking lot).</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="color: red;"><b>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. </b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Leaders will use the club radios to alert drivers to hazards, so please have your radios or borrow the club radios to listen in.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>Due to the winter storms, many backroads in the Northern California hills have been closed due to slides and washouts. Our original plan was to visit the "Graffiti Bridge" (aka, Wards Ferry Bridge) across the Tuolumne River, but the hilly roads on both sides of the bridge were closed due to storm damage in early January. We don't know when the damage will be repaired, so for now, we will plan to bypass Graffiti Bridge and end our run at Columbia State Historic Park. </i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><i>If the Wards Ferry Road is fully repaired and reopened in time to pre-run the route before March 19, we may change our run to include the bridge. Stay tuned to this website and check your NorCal MINIs emails from MotorSport Registry to confirm the route before the run.</i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Our March run's meeting spot is in the parking lot of the former Oakdale Kmart. The Arco AM/PM minimart bathroom is not the best, so we strongly recommend it as a gas/snack stop only. There are several fast food spots nearby, and the Starbucks (</span></span><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">325 E F St D, Oakdale, CA 95361</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">) by the Bank Of America is easy to get in and out of. There is another Starbucks closer to the meet-up location, but it is a smaller store focused on drive-thru business. You might have a tougher time getting in/out to use their restroom. </span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIK1z3TCGqSX5lOscuA_tcATQiBP5LnMjMIVIMFtYgnwJgYgntL7CWEW8JMyx3Xy7AQ2-tbaEYlIh6wLBI68Md0RlvVkVPzSad0N07efFJAKi__CsmMVGLWFQ-iRhxrhc3ugLt1CvvwCDZGABygIQg9WAZoEc3gDI8HRZwNKA5tXrjHBqYmoSlB3o5Q/s4828/Screenshot%202023-02-05%20at%202.40.11%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2292" data-original-width="4828" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIK1z3TCGqSX5lOscuA_tcATQiBP5LnMjMIVIMFtYgnwJgYgntL7CWEW8JMyx3Xy7AQ2-tbaEYlIh6wLBI68Md0RlvVkVPzSad0N07efFJAKi__CsmMVGLWFQ-iRhxrhc3ugLt1CvvwCDZGABygIQg9WAZoEc3gDI8HRZwNKA5tXrjHBqYmoSlB3o5Q/w516-h245/Screenshot%202023-02-05%20at%202.40.11%20PM.png" width="516" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Google Street View of the Arco AM/PM in Oakdale</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">After the driver's meeting, we'll head east out of Oakdale on CA Hwy. 120/108. You might be interested to know we will pass a spot on this leg of the run that was used as an old west film set in the movie "Back to the Future III." Also be sure to obey the CalTrans sign that warns drivers not to pick up hitchhikers, as there is a minimum security prison nearby and occasionally the inmates attempt an early release! We don't want to get hijacked by any modern <a href="http://www.blackbart.com/" target="_blank">Black Barts</a>.
<br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0-RGZg1iFGlZJISYAIByRYWk7MuUQvZOENgKftlTYpnKFBmICEMlgC4X1aiFvo-AkHmhUJW39URml2ksPlalh9q9U-t3vtN6-xNhh_mI2F4ixrlGsFSvslmn40Gzq4epin77-v_tWIHyev7JHe9MaLhMZYeNLwBF-luwkhMt8CyLFg1YS4NDFNU_3Q/s500/Hitchhiker%20Sign.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="437" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0-RGZg1iFGlZJISYAIByRYWk7MuUQvZOENgKftlTYpnKFBmICEMlgC4X1aiFvo-AkHmhUJW39URml2ksPlalh9q9U-t3vtN6-xNhh_mI2F4ixrlGsFSvslmn40Gzq4epin77-v_tWIHyev7JHe9MaLhMZYeNLwBF-luwkhMt8CyLFg1YS4NDFNU_3Q/s320/Hitchhiker%20Sign.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">No Black Barts, please!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">A few miles down the road at the highway 120/108 split, we'll take CA 120 towards Yosemite. We will pass by <a href="https://www.visittuolumne.com/chinese-camp" target="_blank">Chinese Camp</a>, established in 1849 as a home for Chinese miners and as a stop for stage lines, it is also noted as the site of the first Tong War in California (between the Sam Yap and Yan Woo Tongs). The Chinese Camp population is less than 150 today. The original US Post Office built in 1854 is still in use.</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcoUpXR6Ryk9o-Wg6iXJzTMHTLFy9pC-6O785C1xlOlTeS2bf2Z4n0o-c-SjmGd7xXjUDAg110ZT1Z7JEmRGRwYJUcD4qjqVlNeHhiQDSITWE8loMc1hpJ5-15wqvvV9Jl_jOZZTrpliI3zEv9KSLqi9hCbJ24R906Li3rHvc3VKBq4L_UjFprxb-6g/s1196/Chinese%20Camp.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1196" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcoUpXR6Ryk9o-Wg6iXJzTMHTLFy9pC-6O785C1xlOlTeS2bf2Z4n0o-c-SjmGd7xXjUDAg110ZT1Z7JEmRGRwYJUcD4qjqVlNeHhiQDSITWE8loMc1hpJ5-15wqvvV9Jl_jOZZTrpliI3zEv9KSLqi9hCbJ24R906Li3rHvc3VKBq4L_UjFprxb-6g/w376-h250/Chinese%20Camp.webp" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">A building in Chinese Camp.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">
Next up (and "UP" is the key word!) is Old Priest Grade Road! This section of road is listed on the <a href="https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/9240-old-priest-grade-road.html" target="_blank">Dangerous Roads website</a> due to its twists and turns at up to a 20% grade! This stretch of road is legendary, and it is listed as one of the toughest bicycle climbs in the USA. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be sure to turn off your air conditioners as many cars have been known to overheat on this climb! </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">We will need to watch out for cyclists, and we will safely pace ourselves to avoid adding to the "dangerous road" reputation. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">After climbing this incredible grade, we will continue on CA 120 to Groveland. On the far side of this cute Gold Country town, is our halfway rest stop and bio break spot. Plan to pause 20 minutes at Mary Laveroni Park. </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">
</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0nGFvo_ngv68-LLAc5R9GrvMy8TUrOHU5yMyEO-uVbQ_7dzB2lVFbel7xaOLP7H3khVyC9LTFuNWiRO8dLQknnPxGU9aOjWMV7Yf4d2WTBqDOrjdoyRxIFsNFY2CzDLBuJ4gCqxjQpQW6xyb-6IEsDAfNdmfryQQIgs2EjWtJPXG16QTCm38z2om4Q/s4032/Mary%20Laveroni%20Park%20Groveland.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0nGFvo_ngv68-LLAc5R9GrvMy8TUrOHU5yMyEO-uVbQ_7dzB2lVFbel7xaOLP7H3khVyC9LTFuNWiRO8dLQknnPxGU9aOjWMV7Yf4d2WTBqDOrjdoyRxIFsNFY2CzDLBuJ4gCqxjQpQW6xyb-6IEsDAfNdmfryQQIgs2EjWtJPXG16QTCm38z2om4Q/w388-h291/Mary%20Laveroni%20Park%20Groveland.jpeg" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Halfway break spot in Groveland</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Following the rest stop in Groveland, we'll head back down Old Priest Grade (downshifting to keep those brake pads from overheating), and drive along CA 120/49 briefly before taking a right turn onto northbound Jacksonville Rd towards Jamestown. We'll cross over the Don Pedro Reservoir Bridge and drive through Jamestown, where we will hop on northbound CA 108/49 for a very short distance, making a quick left at the light onto 5th Avenue. </span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">Don't get used to 5th Avenue because it quickly ends at Jamestown Road, our route north towards Columbia State Historic Park. This last leg of the run is a pretty clear route but is complicated a bit by the changing names of the road. Jamestown Road becomes Shaws Flat Road which later becomes Springfield Road. As always, bring your radios and listen to the run leaders to ease us through these changing street names.
Along this stretch of the run, we will pass the home of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Nesler" target="_blank">Ellie Nesler</a>. Nesler was the vigilante mom who entered</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the local Jamestown courthouse where she </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">shot and killed the man who molested her six-year-old son, leading to the installation of metal detectors in county courthouses across the country and serving as the story for a made-for-TV movie.
We will turn left onto northbound </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">Parrots Ferry Road, </span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">and then Columbia State Historical Park will be on the right in a mile or so. There is plentiful parking! </span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYCjJI28yfQgSho-4ZzgOVKKJXYal0Iek1G86-ut-gUoX0BOvyss5ZHYfpghDENJk-abTljjw_m7fqO1YQHerHFOrK9mXMJ8NzztrpwxOQTT8P62Ez-b2-K1PemkLvdMhwlVIlbN4D7Sb3fn0atwXuV8pN6oXX4WPbE4FhmjsT4HnC3fNlYxFZteqgQ/s4032/Columbia%20SHP%20Map.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYCjJI28yfQgSho-4ZzgOVKKJXYal0Iek1G86-ut-gUoX0BOvyss5ZHYfpghDENJk-abTljjw_m7fqO1YQHerHFOrK9mXMJ8NzztrpwxOQTT8P62Ez-b2-K1PemkLvdMhwlVIlbN4D7Sb3fn0atwXuV8pN6oXX4WPbE4FhmjsT4HnC3fNlYxFZteqgQ/w409-h307/Columbia%20SHP%20Map.jpeg" width="409" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">(Click image to enlarge)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will have a quick post-run debrief at the parking lot, and then we all break for lunch on our own and return home. We hope you take advantage of the many dining and sweet treat options in historic Columbia, especially if you join up with some NorCal MINI club members to share stories of how your MINIs conquered Old Priest Grade, one of the toughest road climbs in the country!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsRSuaG3eAgAcTxaX-FH5lUdnJycrU2Qr7pnAhSPXJ0ro_g_fYaAIYhaBU6DZZudAkmpodT2mKY59K2_SHPfF_gxzhZAi9QiG-gpdHXuLmJ4yaaqVPVaj-qgLXjjxyYW4CHN8F5qEjabsrbpQu4z1mXttmdzAZGGBytKQQMffnClBDYoP5LWZeyEFXw/s4032/Columbia%20SHP%20Stagecoach.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsRSuaG3eAgAcTxaX-FH5lUdnJycrU2Qr7pnAhSPXJ0ro_g_fYaAIYhaBU6DZZudAkmpodT2mKY59K2_SHPfF_gxzhZAi9QiG-gpdHXuLmJ4yaaqVPVaj-qgLXjjxyYW4CHN8F5qEjabsrbpQu4z1mXttmdzAZGGBytKQQMffnClBDYoP5LWZeyEFXw/w307-h409/Columbia%20SHP%20Stagecoach.jpeg" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">Horse-drawn stagecoach in Columbia</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;">Meet-Up Time/Departure Time:</span></u></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">10:00am/ 10:30am</span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Meet-Up Location:</u></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br />Former Kmart parking lot behind Arco AM/PM<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">1505 East F Street</span><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Oakdale, CA 95361</span></p><p><b><br /><u><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;">Additional Run Details:</span></u></b><u style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br />*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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/">https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/</a>.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will be driving for a while through twisty hills before our rest stop up in Groveland, so plan ahead.<br /><br />Hilly California 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.<br /><br />There are stretches where local wildlife may 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.<br /></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3'; font-size: medium;"><u>Route:</u></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Open Sans;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Hy6SNSsYau4Hy2Yu5">https://goo.gl/maps/Hy6SNSsYau4Hy2Yu5</a></span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNFHiNI2WEY_4u9Jo_-AWpDBJbmKxGGmhPq8uXGHi_1O3CUTUrYSB108Qq8x3_qjcJCVBiw1NXTg_n9YHhSXrNgo4eISUZx0DI5j0Ow8d2_0u4_g4jkWNIWXwmylq8lKFzEiFEMni8lDLx-clWTPtdvPkl8J7ztblWw0H2nwV6zbrsmSaPPL4-LnXow/s596/984-columbia-state-park-Rectangle-600x400.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="596" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNFHiNI2WEY_4u9Jo_-AWpDBJbmKxGGmhPq8uXGHi_1O3CUTUrYSB108Qq8x3_qjcJCVBiw1NXTg_n9YHhSXrNgo4eISUZx0DI5j0Ow8d2_0u4_g4jkWNIWXwmylq8lKFzEiFEMni8lDLx-clWTPtdvPkl8J7ztblWw0H2nwV6zbrsmSaPPL4-LnXow/w420-h280/984-columbia-state-park-Rectangle-600x400.jpg" width="420" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro; font-size: x-small;">The streets of Columbia State Historic Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3';"><b>Pre-Run Coffee Stop in Oakdale:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starbucks
325 E F St D
Oakdale, CA 95361
</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans 3';"><b>Columbia State Historical Park:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;">11259 Jackson St<br />Columbia, CA 95310<br /><a href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=552">https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=552</a></span><br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Columbia State Park Lunch & Treat Spots:</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=26372" target="_blank">Check the links</a> for restaurants, coffee/sweet shop, and ice cream parlor.
</span></span></p><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Register Via MotorSport Reg:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/old-priest-grade-groveland-run-norcal-minis-485544">https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/old-priest-grade-groveland-run-norcal-minis-485544</a></span></div><p><span></span></p><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-775224955722023196" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Check out </span><a href="http://www.norcalminis.com/p/2021-run-calendar.html" style="color: #0d30a2; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2023 Run Calendar</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;"> for complete list of events for the remainder of this year.</span></div><div><div><b style="font-size: small;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-size: small;">Current EVENT PROTOCOLS:</b></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1673302553284326100" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">The following guidelines are our best attempt to secure your safety given what is known at this time. They are by no means comprehensive, and we cannot predict every circumstance. Therefore, we are counting on you to exercise your best judgment throughout the event. Please have an awareness and understanding of the following COVID-19 safety protocols:<br />• 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<br />• 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.<br />• NorCal MINIs will encourage everyone to maintain personal hygiene in regards to washing hands<br />• 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.<br />• Any PPE you wish to use must be supplied by yourself. This includes any face coverings or hand sanitizing products<br />• Participants will be required to Sign Waivers Electronically<br />• 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<br />Anyone who continually or willfully violates these guidelines will be asked to leave by a club officer or director.<br />POST-EVENT PROTOCOLS:<br />• 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<br />• NorCal MINIs will make every effort to alert affected participants privately of the situation<br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Ultimately, it is your responsibility to assess the risk to you and make a responsible decision on whether or not to participate. You assume all risks and agree the Club holds no liability if you or anyone in your party should develop any Covid-19 symptoms afterwards by attending a NorCal MINIs event. Participants are required to follow these guidelines; any participant may be asked to leave the event for non-compliance.</span></div><div><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Join Today! Create your MotorSportReg Account to become a Registered Club Member, use the link below:</b></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6589204829902346370" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 15.972px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div style="font-size: 14.52px;"><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><div><div><div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><a href="https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2020-norcal-minis-membership-666415" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration-line: none;">NorCal MINIs Membership</a><br /><br /><span face="">Instructions for joining MotorSportReg and joining NorCal MINIs can be found in the following document: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bLtKwjqnbY6mAqCog40sQ0_MjMbwbTU/view" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Instructions</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>NorCal MINIshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191881935940868649noreply@blogger.com