Norcal Minis March Run

[larry paquette]

We are going to the Pinnacles National Monument. We will leave Hollister around 9am on 3-19-05 and take the long way to the park for a picnic. So pack your picnic baskets put on your hiking boots and fill up the car with gas. More info at NORCAL MINIS.COM . Larry

[larry paquette]

And bring your rain coat. Eastbay MINI has donated some cool raffle prizes. A alarm system, backpack, aux audio hookup, and toy convertible .

[dinlo]

This is the detail from the NorCal web:

Direction from San Jose:
From San Jose head south on hwy 101 to hwy 25 take 25 south towards Hollister. In Hollister hwy 25 runs into San Felipe Rd ("T" intersection). Head south on San Felipe to the McDonalds on the left side we will meetup in the parking lot at 9 am.

* Anyone coming from the south bay can meet Dennis at the Valco Shopping Mall parking lot (Outside of Sear's on wolf rd) in Cupertino at 7:30 am.

Direction from Central Valley:
From the central valley take hwy 152 from hwy 5 at Andersons pea soup. take 152 west past the lake get in the left lane and take the road marked for Hollister (hwy 156). Then take a left on San Felipe Rd. go past the junction with hwy 25 to the McDonalds on the left for the meet up at 9am.

* Anyone coming from the central valley can meet Larry P at the Starbucks in Tracy at 11th and Corral Hollow in the Safeway parking lot. We will LEAVE there AT 7:30 am.

We need to go to the park first as parking gets tight later in the day. Its a very nice ride to the Pinnacles ($5 entry). The park is at its best right now, the flowers are just starting to bloom and everything is green. There are some waterfalls going including some that are in caves (bring extra dry shoes and socks for this). We can hike to some nice picnic spots ( for those who don't want to walk there is a shuttle.)

Its about 35 miles to the park. After lunch we will head north back up hwy25 to Panoche Rd. its about 50 miles of made for MINI roads that come out on hwy 5. The route is subject to change as there is alot of storm damage that needs to be cleaned up by then.

BRING A FULL TANK AND A LUNCH YOU CAN CARRY. THERE IS NOWHERE TO STOP OUT THERE. ALSO BRING YOUR RADIOS.

We are going to have the March monthly meeting at San Jose. We are still looking for a good place in San Jose to have the meeting, if you know a good place that have good pizza, beer and area for us to have the meeting. Please call Larry at 510-919-8889.

Please sign up at
http://www.norcalminis.com/calendar/...sp?event_id=80

NorCal MINIs

[dinlo]

Here is the link to Vallco Fashion Park in Cupertino

http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=...r:regT:2:fbT:0

[larry paquette]

Thanks to everyone that came out to play in the rain. See you in April.