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[ConeDodger]

Hi everyone! Let's get this party started.

Ken Schipper has been informed of the password and will be joining us soon.

FYI; the autocross is the two day PCA event at Marina. We will need to make contact with the organizers and make sure they can accomodate.

BBQ to welcome and a second send-off BBQ on Saturday night?

I have asked Ken to work on t-shirt design and I already have made contact for printing them. Ramble in the Dunes is the slogan I gave Ken. Mark and I agreed on that. Input from others is welcome.

Ken has volunteered to lead the tour drive which will take place Friday. He has ideas for several drives he has done in the past.

Ken had ideas for optional activities. For instance, anyone not wanting to autocross on Saturday could take an organized drive up to Bruce Canepa's shop where they can ogle the Lufthansa 914GT.

Other ideas I had were to go to the aquarium, Pebble Beach, 17 Mile drive etc...

Cost estimate for registration purposes, $10 for each of two BBQ's $10 for included t-shirt, $8 for included name badge Which leaves us at $38.00. Add $12 to make it an even $50 so we can rent propane heaters for the parking lot and we will also have the added cushion of extra t-shirt sales.

I'd say we can open registration at $50 as soon as Brett (who has agreed to be treasurer once again) establishes an account.

[kenschipper]

I have the artwork completed for the printers. Sorry for the delay but my wife's office was up against some serious corporate deadlines.

The EPS file is attached. I can send on other formats if necessary but this works for most printers. The file extension will need to be changes to .eps

I will also be working on a few routes for the weekend. I will structure them so that some can be combined in different ways.

Route 1 - Day Ride
Marina to Aroyyo Seco Campgrounds picnic area and back. Full day with lunch at the campgrounds. Bring your own lunch or we can arrange it and have it transported out our picked up when we start off in Marina. We can include a quick drive through of the SCCA races at Laguna Seca on the way out if there is no entry cost and time permits. This drive goes over Larules Grade (one of Road and Track's top 10 roads - only about 5 miles, but they are fun miles) It then head out Carmel Valley Rd. for about an hour of very fun two lane low traffice driving. Stop at Arroyo Seco (google arroyo Seco campgrounds for photos) Lunch here then back via river road to Marina. About 1 to 1 1/2 hours each way.

Route 2 - 1/2 to 1 day ride
Trip to Canepa Design in Scotts Valley just above Santa Cruz. One of the finest auto collections on the West Coast. They have the Luftanza (sp?) 914. We can arrange a personal tour and can usually get some time on the shop floor where you can view 10-15 vehicles being worked on (also the most prestine shop floor on the west coast.) There is a possiblity of seeing if Bruce Canepa might be availalbe to make a presentation, if not John on his staff usually does the larger tours. I believe he raced 914's years ago. Getting there and back is all freeway so it is not about the drive.

This tour can be extended up into the Santa Cruz mountains. Great driving up hear. Skyline Boulevard at the top extends north towards San Francisco. There are some sport where you can a good part of the Bay Area and then further on the Pacific. Great roads but you have to keep an eye out for motorcyclists (of the ambulances heading out to scrape them off of the landscape.) The tour would head north and then descend down to the Pacific through the town of Pescadero. Could have a late lunch here (there is a deli) and then head back down Hwy 1 to Santa Cruz and then Marina. Would get back around 3:00 PM

Route 3 1/2 to 1 day

Can include one of all of the following.

Pebble Beach 17 mile drive - I lived there for three years and know it well. Takes about a hour. The best way to do this and avoid the $9.00 entry fee is to find someone with a friend or relative who lives there and set it up to "visit" them.

Big Sur - about 33 miles south on Hwy 1. Nice ride but usually at the speed limit as there is a lot of traffice. Some of the best ocean view in the world. Could have lunch at Napenthe's and have one of the best $14.00 burger (or other fare) around. Having a lot of people ordering at Napenthe would take 1-2 hours as they cannot handle really large groups but if the group is around 15 it would work. Mabye good for Saturday or Sunday.

Tour of Don Orosco's shop. Located in Monterey. Don is a business man but lives to race. Currently has a Lotus and Lola (along with other cars being restored in his shop. At one time he owned all of the existing Scrabs (sp?) and then found the transporter that hauled them in the 60's and had it restored. Sold two of them to Donald Walton for a feeew million. A few years back he shipped his cars over to Spa in Belgum to take part in a historic race. As he and his son had never raced there he rented the track for a day so that they could practice. He can talk for hours on the cars he has found and restored (and not loose anyone's interest. The include Prosche 910's, 550's, 50's hot rods, Scrabs, and others that I cannot remember right now. He is a good friend and if timing works out would love to have us there. 1 to 3 hours.

Thats it for now. Will post some maps on the routes soon.

Ken