Christmas Run, Dinner and 2008 Planning Meeting 12/08/07

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The Route has been developed and is now ready for download. Please bring your camera, a copy of the run map and your 2-way radios on the run.

• Date: 12/08/07
• Time: Departure at 10:00 AM sharp
• Place: Starbucks Coffee, 663 Trancas Street, Napa, CA (707) 226-3654
• First Stop: Lake Sonoma Visitors Center, 333 Skaggs Springs Road, Geyserville (approximately 11:30am)
• Second Stop: Gold Coast Coffee, 25377 Steelhead Blvd., Duncans Mills, CA (approximately 2:30pm)
• Dinner: Union Hotel, 3731 Main Street, Occidental, CA (707) 874-3555 (4:00 pm reservation)

We are starting the run in Napa to make it a little easier for the Sacramento Valley members. The drive through Napa County and north-eastern Sonoma County will be a passive drive through some of the most beautiful wine grape growing areas of the state. The "real" run will not begin until we reach Geyserville, heading west. After leaving the Lake Sonoma Visitors Center we will head west on Skaggs Springs Road. Instead of taking it all the way to the coast as we have in the past we will be taking a few new roads, Tin Barn & King Ridge Roads.

Tin Barn & King Ridge Roads are the best part of the run. They are paved ranch roads only a little bigger then a cow trail (barely one lane in width at places), winding through cow pastures and abandoned orchards. This is where you can see the golden domes of the Buddhist Monastery peeking out above the forests of western Sonoma County. This route will take us into Cazadero.

After our second stop in Duncans Mills, it will take about 10 minutes to reach Monte Rio. Those of you that made hotel reservations in Monte Rio should break off of the group and check into your room. Those that made reservations in Occidental or those that don't intend to spend the night should continue on to Occidental, arriving there about 4:15pm. Dinner is at 5:30, so there will be time to check into your room or explore the town prior to meeting at the Union Hotel about 5:25pm.

Our first 2008 Planning Meeting will be held at the Northwoods Restaurant in Monte Rio, Sunday morning at 10am. It is adjacent to the Northwoods Lodge and is easy to find. Bring all of you ideas for runs and activities since we will be planning our entire 2008 calendar.

Please RSVP on the REME MegaBBS calendar separately for one or both days. (Saturday) (Sunday)

Negri's Occidental Hotel
3610 Bohemian Highway
P.O. Box 84
Occidental, CA 95465

Northwoods Lodge
19455 SR-116
(707) 865-1655
Monte Rio, CA 95462

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The departure time has been changed to 10am from Napa. Bring a sack lunch. We will have lunch at the Lake Sonoma Visitor's Center at about 11:30am. Dinner will be in Occidental at 4pm.

We now have 40 cars participating and over 70 people joining us for dinner. There is still time to sign up!

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What a beautiful cloudless day! What a great run and wonderful dinner! See photos to see what you missed.