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[ds968]

Cigar smokers headcount needed . After the wine tasting, dinner, and to accompany the scotch, tequila, and whatnot methinks cigars are in order. Need a show of hands, so I can swing by the local tobacconist and pick up a few for our Sat evening.

[Chris Vais]

"Cigar smokers headcount needed ."

I'm in. I'll bring a bottle or two of the wine that I have been making for those of you who are interested can taste what I've been working on perfecting.

If the Nor-Cal group is going to meet at the La Quinta at 11:45, we probably need to depart Gilroy before 9:00, whichever route we take. The last couple of times when I've gone down to my job site in Morro Bay, the 101 has been lined with CHP pointing their radar guns at anything that moves, basically limiting you to posted speed limits. I don't own an ECM device, so I have to rely on my whits to avoid getting nailed and as with everything else in life, the amount of whits at ones disposal is inversely proportional to ones age.

[flash]

getting close to time to nail the head count so i send out the email with the address to send a check and so i can order the food

from norcal, i know chris and dan are coming, and sean is arriving for dinner - who else? ernie? eezatoy?

from socal, i have rxter (right?) bva, and me - who else? rickh? sbdrivingdotcom? porsche?

[ds968]

Bueller.. ? Bueller... ?

[tom968]

I'm going. I'll mail you a check when I
get a chance. I already have your address.

[flash]

great! make payable to 968forums

make the hotel reservation soon - pretty sure they won't hold the block open past the end of this week

[ether_joe]

i just made the hotel reservation... I will probably be linking up with you guys in the evening, as my girlfriend has commitments in SF till the afternoon. Def looking forward to the funrun! It's been a while.

[EEZATOY]

Bob,

If I can make it - I would be joining you for breakfast on Sunday (it will mean and early start for me...) fun run and back...

Sam

[flash]

that works - there is now a chance i might have your pads by then

[ds968]

Just a sanity check - at this point I guess we're doing this rain or shine, right ? According to the long-term forecast Paso Robles should be clear and warm, but NorCal is being hit with a few surprise rainy days, thunderstorms, etc lately so we could get some unexpected rain to and/or from there next week as well. No biggie, once a year exposure to rain water should't hurt the car too much

[flash]

yup - rain or shine - we got hit with a shower too - came and went - i think the weather will be fine though

[94SilverCab]

I'm almost sorry I came last year, only because I know what a great time you will all be having.

Need many many pictures to ease the pain...and few bottles of Central Coast Zin wouldn't hurt.

Jay

[Chris Vais]

"I guess we're doing this rain or shine, right ?"

Unless you are the wicked witch of the west there isn't much chance that you'll melt in the rain.

Given anymore thought to the route south or the timing? I really don't mind getting an earlier start. As I noted in another post, the 101 the last few times I have driven it to Morro Bay has just been infested with CHP pointing radar/laser guns at everything that moves. It definite slows everyone down and makes crusing at or north of the speed limit problematic. If we go down the PHC, it is just slower. I think last year we were lucky with the traffic on the PHC, but this year we are going to be making the trip during the Easter Break which means more travellers on the road. Flash has gone to a great deal of trouble to put Saturdays events together and it is somewhat schedule driven. Better to be there earlier than later.

[ds968]

PCH will be a nightmare, so I'm not going anywhere near that. We could take 25 part of the way - although it's a good 30-45 min added "detour", it's a beautiful route, and at least for that segment we won't have to worry too much about the CHP.

[Chris Vais]

Dan

We could do Hwy 25. It is a favorite motorcycle route so expect a fair number of bikers who hopefully will attract more attention from the CHP than we will. And, you are correct it is a very pretty ride. Even more so with the wet spring we are having. If I'm not mistaken the Chalone vineyard is along that route. Made some Pinot Noir from chalone fruit this past fall.

There is an outside chance that I will go down on Friday. There is a project meeting schedule in Morro Bay for Tuesday. hopefully I can get it changed so I don't have to make the trip twice in the same week. I'll keep you posted.

[flash]

less than a week away now - i'm scrambling to have the car done and ready - it's just unbelievable that this happens to me every year - i just take on too many projects prior to one of these things

[ds968]

It appears this year's NorCal convoy from Gilroy TO Paso Robles will not be much of a convoy, as most of us are on diferent plans and timelines. I might be in Monterey Fri night, but not sure until that morning so it'll be too late to coordinate a pre-meet and drive down Saturday, at that point. Perhaps some of us can caravan on the return trip Sunday, however..

So it looks like we'll meet up directly at the hotel on Saturday.

[Chris Vais]

No worries, I'm still not sure whether I'm going down on Friday or not. So, we'll meet in the LA Quinta parking lot at as planned. After the fun run on sunday, I need to hunt down a couple of grape growers to see I can secure some wine made from their grapes. We are currently considering some fruit from Paso in our crush plan for 2010. I may not make the caravan head North either unless you few of you want to join me.

[tom968]

There's rain in the forecast for Sunday.

I'm bringing my umbrella and wet weather
tires for the fun run.

[ds968]

Per the "hour by hour" forecast on Accuweather, the showers will not even start until 10 PM on Sunday.. and the Weather Channel indicates pretty much the same thing, so we should be fine the entire day

BTW, I will leave here Sat morning after all ( not going to Monterey Friday ) so Chris, if you're also on a Saturday departure schedule let me know and we'll try to figure the mini-convoy meet ; Erni lives about 5 minutes drive from me just off hwy 280
and we'll probably connect for the drive down now that we're both leaving on Sat..