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[Rap]

Liz and I had a blast. Some of the technical stretches were way cool and tested your concentration. Especially with deaths edge only a few feet to your left! This years vibe was very different and really increased the fun of the entire event. Liz said this years was so much better than last years. Ernie seemed to think it was because of more women. I think he might be right. Something to think about when Flash is creating next years event. The wineries and food was scrumptious. Amazing how the weather cooperated!

[flash]

the weather was great indeed. the fog on the coast side was a bit of a bummer, but had it have been clear, i think it might have really scared some people, as they could have seen how far down the cliff they would have gone, had they have made a mistake on any of the turns on that stretch.

[ds968]

not part of the event, but on the trip back, about ten minutes from home I spotted a Fisker Karma S drving at roughly 90 + mp , so I asked Alena to take a photo of it in the sideview mirror as I passed it ( do note the " objects in the mirror..." customized etching ) . now, given the massive torque of electric engines I have a feeling he could have had some fun at my expense as I went by him at roughly 110-115, but typical electric car dude, he was probably too much of a wuss to engage
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[bombfactory]

Guys, I am so bummed I missed this. But the car is still down, and with an unknown amount of work left fix the electrical meltdown, I have to keep some funds in reserve to cover it, so no Paso vacation.

On a brighter note, I can confirm that the JL Audio 8W3v3-4 8" sub recommended by Flash does indeed fit into the KLA sub box.

[Chris Vais]

I had a great time. The fun run on Saturday took us through some areas where the countryside has seen little in the way of alteration, not even livestock grazing, so there were fields of grass and wildflowers dotted with very mature oak trees. I can remember as a kid when there were only two ways to get to LA, either by US 99 through the Central Valley or US 101. In those days, once you got south of King City and all the way to San Luis Obispo, it was just fields full of oak trees and wildflowers, now it is thousands of acres of vineyards. The biggest of which is 15,000 acres. A beautiful ride with some nice technical aspects.

I though the Friday arrival with the low keep meet and greet was a great idea.

Wine tasting was fun and the dinner in the caves at Eberle winery was just perfect. Cigars and Scotch afterwards, good as well.

At the end of the day, it is all about the people, a wonderful group with varied and interesting life experiences who are just fun to hang out with.

Bob and Ayn really pulled out all the stops and made it an event to remember, Thank You

[banditsc]

the weather was great indeed. the fog on the coast side was a bit of a bummer, but had it have been clear, i think it might have really scared some people, as they could have seen how far down the cliff they would have gone, had they have made a mistake on any of the turns on that stretch.

Yes, the fog was a bummer, the coast side of that road has some great views. Here are some shots of it that we missed seeing, you can see the the sides of the road and cliffs you didn't see.

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[tamathumper]

The whole weekend was just awesome! Thank you flash, we're indebted to you and whoever picked out that route. Just awesome!

We snuck out of a couple of the wineries early to check out,... even more wineries! We weren't tasting all of the wines (too hard to ship or carry to NY) and as we were new to the "wine country" we liked seeing the buildings and the vines as much as tasting the wines.

United screwed us on every flight all the way home, too. I got off the last flight, drove home, and adjusted the hoses on my car, then took a test drive. *** I can confirm my car has more balls than a 2011 Cayman with 12,000 miles on the clock. ***

[Tom030]

Not much that I can say that hasn't already been said. Jan and I had a great time. The fun run was probably the best I've ever been on. Lunch and dinner were excellent and we made some new aquaintences. Kudos on a job well done Flash. Thanks for your original e-mail encouraging us to come down. I had a rider with me on the fun run, a Doctor from L.A. with the first name of Clark. I don't remember his last name or screen name. Any suggestions on how to contact him and have him contact me?
Thanks for all.
tom & jan

another subject

I would like to comment on the courtesey of the CHP. I can't imagine anywhere else where a patrol officer would pull across three lanes of heavy traffic in I 80E in Oakland, escort us to the next off ramp and when we had found a safe place to stop ask for my d/l, ins &reg and then advise us that our GPS was mounted in the wrong place on the windshield. Furthermore, Did I know "IF" that radar detector was legal in California? After further questioning such as "What are you doing in California? Where have you been and Where are you going? " he asked if we needed help getting back to I 80. "No I think I can find it" I replied since the on ramp was 180 degrees and 75 feet behind us. It's nice to know that CHP cares so much about out of staters

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[Langley968]

Darlene and I are still making our way (slowly) home to Langley, BC, Canada.

Sunday - around noon we visited Hearst Castle with Dave and Derick (DaveN from Campbell River, BC). We then all drove to Carmel and had a great time at the Hog`s Breath Restaurant & Pub. Slept in Carmel.

Monday - first breakfast with Dave & Derick, after which they hit the road to go home. Darlene & I drove the 17-Mile Drive towards Monterey. We took the coast road all the way to San Francisco and drove over the Golden Gate bridge by 7 pm. We slept in San Rafael.

Tuesday - that`s today. We drove to Sonoma and spent about five hours there. Just a great place to visit. At 3:30 we drove to Napa and took Hwy 29 all the way up to Middletown. Then we took the 175 heading north - what a great drive! Darlene choose the route but she had NO idea she had chosen a "fun run"!!! She did not have supper tonight - still feeling a bit unwell... hum... maybe a few too many tight corners.
We are now in Willits for the night because tomorrow we plan to take the the "Ave of the Giants" - a 31 mile country road throught he giant redwood trees. After that we will need to speed things up, since we aim to be back home on Thursday night!

Edited by Langley968, 16 April 2013 - 09:29 PM.

[flash]

tom - lol - not the first time i've heard of that conversation.

radar detectors are legal here. that being said, you cannot mount them in a place that interferes with your view, nor can you use a windshield suction cup to mount it. it must be hard mounted or on the dash, and not obstruct your view.

ironically though, you can mount a GPS on the windshield, as long as it is less than 7" and again does not obstruct your view.

langley - you will love the ave of giants. i haven't done that since i was a kid though. they sure seemed big then.

[ds968]

I recall a few of youze guyz taking lost of shots with fancy-schmancy cameras, so what's the deal here- are your negatives or proofs still wet and hanging in the dark room ?!! :-)

[flash]

lol - memory getting fuzzy in your old age? too drunk to remember?

i'm still sifting through mine. i don't want to post anybody else's shots i gleeped from their camera, and would rather let them do that.

[ds968]

Lol, I know that ..was just thinking if we had an opportunity to capture ALL the 968s that we had in Paso in one of the shots but I don't think there was any point in time where all were in one place at the same time. And, on top of that I'm an impatient kinda guy so wanted to see if we had anything I can turn into a poster for the garage.

[flash]

lol - yeah - we never did get a shot opportunity to have them all in one shot. that was kind of a bummer. we only had 11 on the fun run. then, when the others arrived, they scattered in areas in the parking lot, rather than in line with the rest of us.

there were frankly a couple of shots i wanted, that i didn't get. i really wanted the long over the shoulder shot of the line of cars coming off the mountain. no opportunity for that either.

i really should have bought the go-pro i was staring at when i was at the store the other day. rear mounted it would likely have given me what i wanted.

oh well. still had a great time.

[tamathumper]

I got some photos of all the cars but not all at once - I got everyone in the frame at Vista Point, but I think that was only the "fast group"?

[flash]

lol - i usually do a better job of making sure we get the pics. i just let it happen this time, and we missed out on the 2 shots i wanted.

[banditsc]

The most 968's I got in one shot was 11.

[flash]

yeah - i don't know if anybody got a shot with the late arrivals and the 11 early ones together. we had 5 cars not on the fun run.

[Chris Vais]

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[Chris Vais]

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