Miata Mailing List: July 1998, Message #711

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Oh, sure!   Have a *great* time without us!

Connie & Marv
and the rest of SAMOA!

Bob Schnider wrote:

> day off from camp today.  took the petaluma-marshall road from walker creek
> ranch to marshall.  headed north up hwy 1.  great road!  i am amazed at the
> number and frequency of geography changes along that road.  lots of great
> twisties.  beautiful views.  ran into a small detour section not far from
> fort ross.  the detour took us up a twisty 18 percent grade then back down.
> awesome!!  was really glad the highway had been washed out and forced the
> detour.  never would have found that road on my own.
>
> continued north to the hwy 128 junction then headed inland through a
> redwood grove... double awesome!! great road!! continued through anderson
> valley (stopped to taste a bit of wine) then kept on 128 through to 101.
> the last bit of 128 was great.  twisty mountain road.  long sequences of
> beautifully banked left and rights.  tango got a great work out.  so much
> so that she didn't even complain about riding the 101 back to petaluma.
>
> all in all a wonderful drive.  thanks to dans for recommending the trip up
> hwy 1.
>
> heading to san francisco on friday morning after the camp.  will be joined
> by my wife.  hope to run into some listers on the weekend if you're in
> town.  i'll be at the westin st. francis on friday and saturday night.
> give us a ring at the hotel or on the cell at (604) 671-2027.
>
> Bob Schnider & Tango who are both grinning from ear to ear
> 90A Red, eh...
> . at camp.