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****UPDATE****
The Coast Run is on! Below is a summary so you won't have to read through all of the pages...

DATES - September 8-10 (Actual Run up the coast is Saturday, Sept 9)
PLACE - Starting at San Simeon, CA. Going to Monterey, CA and back.
HOTEL - Courtesy Inn of San Simeon. (http://www.courtesyinns.com) 1-800-555-5773
RATE - $59/night. Say you are with the HHR group and we have rooms blocked to get the rate. Ask for Manesh.
FRIDAY DINNER - CAMBRIA, Main Street Grille, 7:30PM
SATURDAY LUNCH - MONTEREY, Bubba Gump's at The Cannery. Noon
SATURDAY DINNER - SAN SIMEON, Pacific Blue Bar & Grill, 7:30PM
SUNDAY - At leisure. We like to take a group for breakfast over the water in Morro Bay. Some may prefer Hearst Castle Tours. Depart for home any time.

It's always fun to set uo convoys on the way to a Run. Post here for possible convoy information. We'll be leaving Bakersfield about 4PM Friday afternoon. If anyone from the South wants to meet us on I-5, let us know. If North Central folks want to meet at James Dean Memorial, let us know. Other convoys?

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I do a thing every year called the California Coast Run for my Fiero hobby. We are planning the 4th annual event right now. The run starts in San Simeon and we go up somewhere around Carmel/Monterey for lunch and then back down the coast for a dinner/raffle that night.

I was thinking about seeing if anyone wanted to do something similar for the HHRs. I just noticed that there is a plan for northern folks to come to Monterey in August... I'll throw this out there anyway and see if anyone is interested...

I have an agreement with a hotel in San Simeon for $59/night rooms for any of my events. The hotel is 3 miles south of Hearst Castle, about 7 miles north of Cambria, and about 20 miles north of Morro Bay.

We generally have convoys from different areas arriving in San Simeon on Friday night. There is a great BBQ place in Cambria where we have ribs that evening. We leave on the Run around 8AM and that puts us on the northern end around 11:30 where we meet up with Northern people for lunch. (Gump's is the best food up there in my opinion but they are hard on accepting groups.)

We generally leave around 1PM heading back and have stops at the Big Sur River Inn which is beautiful, and one more stop at the sea lion preserve. We get back to the hotel around 5PM. That gives everyone time to relax for a bit before we have dinner at 7PM followed by the raffle. I have had great luck over the past 4 years getting Fiero vendors involved. For the last two years I have had luck with others such as K&N, Addco, Hemmings, Summit, etc... All proceeds from the raffle go to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Sunday morning we usually do Hearst Castle tours for anyone who is interested, followed by breakfast on the water in Morro Bay before the convoys heading out for the trip back home.

If anyone is interested in doing this, I will be happy to make all the preparations. I was thinking sometime in August/September. The drive up the coast on Highway 1 is about the most beautiful scenery in CA in my opinion. The trip is about 100 miles each way if you are going to Carmel. A bit more to Monterey.

Anyone interested or is this too close to the Northern Monterey run?

I'm in for September!

Anyone else? We can do it with just a couple of vehicles but it is sure more fun with more... Of course, we still have time before September...

We could do this if the time is right. September 8-10 would be good...sounds like a good drive, hope I can keep up with all these modded HHRs!

I am down for the run. Keep me posted.:smile:

Oh man you west coasters are killing me...I Love Monterey, Carmel, San Simeon...next year you guys need to have this stuff planned because I swear I am coming back for a visit...I would love to drive my HHR on Highway 1...if the 1989 quake hadn't scared my wife so bad I would move back in a heartbeat!!!...Post lots of pics...Please!

Anyone else? We can do it with just a couple of vehicles but it is sure more fun with more... Of course, we still have time before September...

Not sure if you're aware of a run to Monterey in Aug is planned. If you would plan for late Sept you'll probably get more rides.

Yeah, I said in the original post that I knew they were planning a Monterey meet in August and if it didn't clash I would do this one. The one in August, in my opinion, is more for Northern folks and since it is just a one day thing would be almost impossible for people from Southern CA to go all the way there and back in one day. That is why I always make mine a weekend. And the main draw is the drive anyway. Highway 1 is the place to drive in CA in my opinion. Since I have a relationship with a hotel that gives me $59/night all the time. I try to use it often.

It looks like there are plenty of people interested in the weekend trip, and I hope that the people in the North who may not come to San Simeon on Friday will at least meet us for lunch in Monterey.

As far as when in September, I am completely open. Maybe I should do a poll to see when the most people would be able to make it.

If anyone feels this will take away from the August meet, I will drop it. Let me know...

Not a problem. Some may be staying in the Monterey area overnight. Some need to make it a 1 day thingie.

I love the Hwy 1 drive. I drove it to the Solvang Run back in May. It's purrttie! :D

If you set a Sept run towards the end of the month, many may join you. Esp. those that would like to meet in Monterey again.

:cool:

I started a poll at http://chevyhhr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3102 to find the weekend that will work best for everyone...

I'm staying at monterey for the weekend.

My wife and I will stay in Monterey for the weekend also.:smile:

Well, looks like we'll just call this off and say it was too close to the other one. Maybe we'll try it again another time...

That's too bad, my wife and I were really looking forward to this...would of been our 1st HHR run.

ANR HHR, your not coming to the Grand Canyon run this weekend?

We go over there all the time. If anyone wants to do this, just say the word... The threads sat for a week with no comments other than it might be too close to the other one so I figured it was a dead subject.

Four people said they were interested. That is enough reason to go if you ask me.

No GC, but I will make my first road trip, to San Jose this weekend. Looking forward to the drive, even if not a very senic one...

We go over there all the time. If anyone wants to do this, just say the word... The threads sat for a week with no comments other than it might be too close to the other one so I figured it was a dead subject.

Four people said they were interested. That is enough reason to go if you ask me.

You''ll have no comments for a week easily on these 'runs.'
The ones that are getting the most comments are the ones who do planning of it on the site. ie. "What do you want to do?" Reply, "I don't know, how about you.":confused:

With mine I just asked where and gave 2 choices. Then I set the schedule as it was just easier. Also, we would like to do some planning at this one to make plan for the future and exchange emails, etc.

We'll do the Mosdesto one in Oct or so I believe, if you can't make the Monterey with us in Aug, why not meet us in Mo-town?!:cool:

I understand. I am on my 4th Coast Run on this side of the country and put on about three times that many when I was in TN. I know that people are sometimes slow about responding. I guess what made me think no one was interested was the 60-some views of the poll about best dates and no responses or votes. It wasn't really this thread I was worried about. So I figured it was just too soon. No problem. If the few who responded want to go, we will go. I can get the same rate at the hotel year round for 1 or 61.

As for the Northern Monterey run... We won't be able to go that weekend. And honestly, from here, that is about the most boring drive I could imagine. It will be fun once you get to the coast but the trip from here to Santa Nella and from Santa Nella on is not very much to me. If I was going to attend I would just have to meet you in Monterey. I would still go over to San Simeon and spend the night and drive the coast.

I am interested in helping with future planning if my input is desired. Cars are my biggest hobby, and getting people together to enjoy common loves is a great thing. I'll watch for more info on Modesto.

As far as your dinner plans at Gumps... Great place and wonderful food, but have you talked to them about getting a group in? I tried it last year. They wanted me to make a big deposit and make us eat from a limited menu. If you just try to walk in with a group they act like you are putting them out. We went in for a late lunch with a group of 10 people back in January and they acted like we were putting them out. We ended up with part of our group having to wait for another table across the restaurant. And that was lunch. Dinner on Saturday night will be even worse, especially since it will be late summer and the weather will be nice. You may have already worked all of that out but that is just my experience with Gumps and groups.

But thanks for sharing your thoughts with me, both here and in the PM. Like I said, I definitely will volunteer to help put together anything in the future if my help is wanted.

Thanks,
Dale

Voted for Sept 8-10 on the poll. For me the 3rd is out - Fontana NASCAR weekend and the 17th I race my R/C car...race #7 in a nine race series. Could most likely do the last two weekends of the month...I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what happens. That is a beautiful drive!

The closer the date of our run, the more interest there is being shown and I'm glad because it had been pretty slow, but even if just a couple of guys show, I am planning on having a blast. I am still chasing sponsors for the trophies and door prizes, so even if we have a small showing I ain't losing a lot of money and I finally get to meet some of the forum members. Next year I hope that next year I get to meet a lot of the west coast members in either the run to Colorado or a trip back to California...then you guys could paln a run up Highway 1 !!!

ANR, the weekend of the 8th is good for me. Sindy? Still interested?

scaleguy, just let us know anytime. I don't need much of an excuse to drive the 1. Rie and I go over there about 10 times a year anyway.

Heck yeah, I'm interested.... you set a date and if I have enough advance notice, it's usually not a problem for me to request time off from work.

This is going to be my third post.... Depending on the timing we may be interested also... We just got our HHR on July 1st and love it... I will keep checking back and see if anything develops...

Lee

Heck yeah, I'm interested.... you set a date and if I have enough advance notice, it's usually not a problem for me to request time off from work.


:lol: Sindy you are good for a meet up anyplace anywhere :bow:

Yeah, if it's within an 8-12 hr drive....

OK this is post number 4.. I think I just joined through Paypal...

So... September 8-10 works for everyone? And we can do the drive up the coast on Saturday the 9th?

If so, I will call Manesh and make arrangements for my rate on rooms. Then whoever wants to go can just call and say they are with the HHR group and get the rate.

We're in!...:thumb:

Okay... Arrangements are made with the Courtesy Inn of San Simeon for the weekend of September 8-10. We get a room rate of $59/night.

The Courtesy Inn website is http://www.courtesyinns.com/
Their toll-free number is 1-800-555-5773

I normally tell people to talk to the owner/manager whose name is Manesh. He is generally in the office from about 9-5 Monday thru Saturday. Of course, you can call anytime. You can either tell the desk person that you are with the HHR group and we have rooms blocked, or you can leave a message and Manesh will call you back.

I have been asked about cancellations in case something comes up. These people are really great to deal with and as long as you call and cancel the room and don't just leave them hanging there won't be any penalty.

If anyone wants to come up our way, we will be leaving here about 4:00 on Friday afternoon. We'll go up the 5 to Hwy 46 and then across to Paso Robles. We generally stop at the James Dean Memorial at the place where he was killed. Then on across the mountains to Hwy 1 and up to San Simeon. If you like good BBQ ribs, we can go to the Main Street Grill in Cambria on Friday night.

Looking forward to meeting some of you!

sounds like a good schedule. Count me in for this run as well. If no problems come up the week of the run I will be there.

I guess talks about giveaways etc will happen the closer we get to the run?

I can put together some goodies bags with some stuff from my other events. I don't know HHR vendors all that well, but if anyone wants to donate for a raffle, etc, we can sure do it. The proceeds from the raffle at the Fiero event go to St Judes. If we do something similar, we can pick a charity or donate to the forum or whatever. I'll try to throw a couple of T-shirt designs together.

how about the winner of the raffle get a pic of their car on the shirt to represent the annual run?

I can do that! Can't go wrong with any HHR. They are all good lookin!

Last year for the Fiero run I did an 'official shirt' with the run logo which featured a car that I did in Photoshop. I also offered to put anyone's car on a shirt with the same logo but in place of the Photoshop car. It was pretty popular.

I would definitely buy three of those! (one for the wife, one for the two year old!)

Here is a sample... I just put the HHR on one of my existing designs from last years Fiero run.

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Design looks good. I will be making reservations on Mon.
I don't need a raffle to attend. I just want to get away, meet other forum member, and see HHRs together.

I doubt there will be much of a raffle... But I will try to come up with something just to make it interesting.

Made my reservations today.

I'll try to make this run!

Sounds like a blast. I've been hosting an SSR gathering in Kingsburg each April - with a Generals Highway Roadster Run up to Sequoia and Kings Canyon Parks. Due to Road Construction that will be ongoing theu next year - I have decited to make a run from Kingsburg to Ragged Point next April (2007)...

My question to you all - would I be welcome if I brought my SSR instead of the HHR to this run??? :bow:

Why would you want to bring an SSR to an HHR run? :lol:

If my HHR wasent delivered on time, just before the Solvang run, I was welcomed in my VW bus! Lucky for me, my HHR arrived just in time.
I welcome an HHR owner regardless of what they chose to drive.

I'll try to make this run!

Sounds like a blast. I've been hosting an SSR gathering in Kingsburg each April - with a Generals Highway Roadster Run up to Sequoia and Kings Canyon Parks. Due to Road Construction that will be ongoing theu next year - I have decited to make a run from Kingsburg to Ragged Point next April (2007)...

My question to you all - would I be welcome if I brought my SSR instead of the HHR to this run??? :bow:


I work on the same base..

If my HHR wasent delivered on time, just before the Solvang run, I was welcomed in my VW bus! Lucky for me, my HHR arrived just in time.
I welcome an HHR owner regardless of what they chose to drive.

It's not that I wouldn't welcome him at such a run (see my smilie above), rather asking that if he already has an HHR, why would he want to drive an SSR to an all HHR run?

Sounds like a reasonable question? :confused:

BTW - I recognize him from "thatotherboard" where he used to post regularly.

Welcome! :thumb:

Anyone is welcome no matter what they drive. I think YOU will have more fun if you bring the HHR, although I think other people might enjoy seeing the SSR. I base this on the fact that I drove my wife's Miata on the Fiero run last year and it was not very fun. Partly because the Miata is not near the car a Fiero GT is, but mostly because I was just not part of the group. Of course, I got lots of flack from everyone considering that I am the host of the Run and didn't even bring my car!

Even though the Fiero run that I call the California Coast Run is geared mainly at Fieros, we have had plenty of other cars attend every year. It is for people who like Fieros, whether they own one of not. Last year we had 35 Fieros, our Miata, a Honda Accord, a Cadillac, and a Ford Explorer. This year is shaping up to be the biggest yet even though gas prices are outrageous, and everyone here is invited to that one too...

Songman any chance you can update the first page with the exact dates and times... We go to RV rallies all the time and love them. We just got our HHR to tow behind the Motor Home and this would be our first HHR "Run" and doing it without the Motor Home sure would save fuel... LOL

It's not that I wouldn't welcome him at such a run (see my smilie above), rather asking that if he already has an HHR, why would he want to drive an SSR to an all HHR run?

Sounds like a reasonable question? :confused:

Welcome! :thumb:

It's all about the weather - Sept is a much better month to drop the top on the SSR! Since the valley is 100+ for the next few weeks, I may want to put a few miles on the SSR come Sept! :thumb: It's just too damn hot for the SSR now.

I'll most likely have at least two passengers - so the HHR will most likely make the drive - BUT, I do want to see a BUNCH of HHR's & I have been know to take a photo or two. :lol:

http://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/1/5/4/6/DSC04990crsm.jpg

Songman any chance you can update the first page with the exact dates and times... We go to RV rallies all the time and love them. We just got our HHR to tow behind the Motor Home and this would be our first HHR "Run" and doing it without the Motor Home sure would save fuel... LOL

Good idea, Lee! I posted this on the front page but will put it here as well for folks who just go straight to the last page. I have Bubba Gump's for lunch but that can be changed since there are those who will be eating there at the other run. Let me know. There are lots of places around Carmel Valley that we have used on the other Coast Run as well.

****UPDATE****
The Coast Run is on! Below is a summary so you won't have to read through all of the pages...

DATES - September 8-10 (Actual Run up the coast is Saturday, Sept 9)
PLACE - Starting at San Simeon, CA. Going to Monterey, CA and back.
HOTEL - Courtesy Inn of San Simeon. (http://www.courtesyinns.com) 1-800-555-5773
RATE - $59/night. Say you are with the HHR group and we have rooms blocked to get the rate. Ask for Manesh.
FRIDAY DINNER - CAMBRIA, Main Street Grille, 7:30PM
SATURDAY LUNCH - MONTEREY, Bubba Gump's at The Cannery. Noon
SATURDAY DINNER - SAN SIMEON, Pacific Blue Bar & Grill, 7:30PM
SUNDAY - At leisure. We like to take a group for breakfast over the water in Morro Bay. Some may prefer Hearst Castle Tours. Depart for home any time.

It's always fun to set uo convoys on the way to a Run. Post here for possible convoy information. We'll be leaving Bakersfield about 4PM Friday afternoon. If anyone from the South wants to meet us on I-5, let us know. If North Central folks want to meet at James Dean Memorial, let us know. Other convoys?

I plan on meeting you all at Bubba's place. I am looking forward to seeing all the HHRs. I hope these runs don't turn into a runwhatchbrung run.

Bud ' Harvey

I plan on meeting you all at Bubba's place. I am looking forward to seeing all the HHRs. I hope these runs don't turn into a runwhatchbrung run.

Bud ' Harvey


runwhatchbrung :confused:

dang, I called to make my reservations just now, Manesh is not in until 11:00AM tomorrow. I'll make my reservations tomorrow at lunch break.

runwhatchbrung :confused:

and hope ya brung enough! I thought that was an old Southern saying. We used to use it all the time at the dirt tracks in North GA when I was growing up. Glad to see that it is a California term too.

The little woman and I would like to come... We have questions.
1.Anyone have any idea how long it would take from Modesto?
2.What time Saturday morning we leaving fer Monterey?

Modesto to San Simeon is about 4 hours. You'd want to come down the 5 and hit Hwy 41 just south of Avenal (Exit 309). That would bring you over to Hwy 46 for our meet at the James Dean Memorial. We'll be leaving Bakersfield around 4PM so we would be at James Dean about 5:20. It would take you a bit over 3 hours to get to James Dean from Modesto. There are possibly some others from around Fresno who might be coming who would want to meet you along the way.

We leave the hotel around 8AM to head north up the coast for Monterey. That gives us plenty of time to stop and enjoy the scenery and take pictures. It also allows for motor homes and other things that slow you down along the way. That puts us into Monterey just in time for lunch.

Lee, there is San Simeon State Park just a few miles down the road if you wanted to camp. I don't know if you have the HHR ready to be towed or not. The state park is nice and they do have campsites but by the time you pay your site fee and hookup fees you are already at the good room rate that we have at the hotel.

As I mentioned earlier, lunch for a group at Gump's is often a hassle. Depending on how many people attend, we may have to get several tables instead of just one big one. We'll probably have a bit of a wait at lunch but there are lots of shops around to keep everyone busy.

I just hung up the phone from Manesh a little bit ago and he says that so far he has one other reservation besides mine listed in the HHR party. We have 10 rooms blocked but he has a bus coming in that night that has 50 rooms blocked. He has 61 rooms. If you are planning on coming to this event, please call and make your reservations. I don't want anyone getting left out.

Courtesy Inn of San Simeon
1-800-555-5773

Reservations Made.......8th & 9th....At The Hotel.......See Ya Then

I'm ready to do this thing! It has been 106+ every day for two weeks here and we're leaving for Vegas for a week on Sunday and I know it will be even hotter there! I'm ready to hit the coast and the cool weather!

Well Song; You could always be me.. I am going to Washington this Saturday for 2 weeks (it was 113 here today) so I am going to have to suffer in the cool and possibly wet weather... Hee hee hee..

Our HRR is going to be at the dealership for the 2 weeks we are gone... Getting the Prestige package done (Super Detail in and out) plus anything else I can think of to have them do... We only have 800 miles on her and she is not ready to tow behind the Motor Home YET....

No I didn't pay extra for the detail package they threw it in on the deal free (YEH RIGHT) lol.... Oh well at least in my mind she will be super clean...

I've got to go to Washington on Aug 9, three days after we get back from Vegas. Mine is just a there and back trip though to pick up my Ferrari kit car that is having work done on it. I won't be taking the HHR either since I doubt that it is rated to pull that much weight. I only have to go to Vancouver, just across the border from Portland, OR, but I hope it is not raining up there then. As much as I love rai, I don't want to be hauling my car in bad weather.

You made me think of something.. I am supposed to be getting some sort of detail package in the mail because of the extra warranty I bought. I need to call the dealership tomorrow and follow up on that.

We are going to Olympia to go to a wedding on the 5th and then leaving to come back on the 7th or 8th...

Look for us we will be Driving a green and white Kountry Star "A" Class pulling a 2001 Silver Dodge Dakota Ext Pick-up... Honk as you fly by ha ha ha ha

Hummm, I called that number to make my reservations, asked for Manesh, was transfered, he asked my name and nnumber, gave it to him, said he would call back, has yet to do so. That was Friday afternoon. I'll try again Monday afternoon. I have tried twice to make my reservations, I have not given up yet!

I'm sorry you are having trouble, Sindy. He must have been fighting some administrative 'fire' at the time you called. They get alot of tour buses in there so it could have been something like that. He still should have called you back on Saturday if nothing else. I'll follow up on it too.

Same here...we called to make reservations and were told we would get a call back...try again tomorrow.

I called today to let Manesh know that several people had been trying to call but not getting calls back. I was told by has father that he was out of town and will be in tomorrow.

Can we get a quite head count of who is coming? Followed by whether or not you have made your reservations already... I want to make sure that everyone is getting in under the group rate...

I'll start.

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made.
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations pending.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations pending.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made.
5. ivtech - Reservations made.

my wife and I are going. I should be making reservations by next week.

My wife, Albane, and I. Will call Manesh again tomorrow. Like you Songman, looking forward to a break in this heat, 109 last weekend in Pasadena...

Lee and Shelia <~~~~~ spelled correctly

Reservations made for both Friday and Saturday night...

I have miy reservations for 8th and 9th. One room for me and one for my siister.
We are planning on leaving from La Crescenta or North Hollywood around 10:00 a.m. on Sept. 8.

Great Charles! Is she bringing an HHR or is she riding with you?

I appreciate everyone who is showing up! This is going to be fun!

Riding with me.

I know of a couple more who are coming who haven't spoken up in the head count yet. I think this is going to be a pretty cool run with good participation!

Manesh is still out of town... In San Francisco until tomorrow. He assures me that he will be in the office tomorrow for everyone to get their reservations.

Anyone from Northern Central Valley going on Friday?

Manesh is back...we're booked...:thumb:

Manesh is back...we're booked...:thumb:

Are you Randy? I just talked to Manesh today and he said we have Lee, Charles, and Randy in addition to my room. I don't always know first names so I just have to guess.

I'm in! whooooieee, got a reservation this evening! See ya Sept 8th!

That's me...

No ampersand on plates from the DMV, so it's ANR.

Albane & Randy

Going up on the 8th, will try to work a convoy out with ivtech and hhr pnoy...have to check drive time.

No fair, you all have your plates, we have to wait six months. We'll be the white HHR - that's not Sindy!

We haven't even ordered Marie's plates yet... Worrying more about the other stuff first...

If you Southern folks want to come up over the Grapevine you can meet me on the 5 and we'll shoot across 46 and pick up the north central valley folks at James Dean and then on across the mountains. From Pasadena, Mapquest shows that to be the best way anyway. Same with La Crescenta. Depends on where in Los Angeles HHR PNOY is. The only other factor would be time. We won't be leaving here till around 4PM on Friday. That puts us into San Simeon around 7PM just in time for dinner. I don't know what each of your schedules is...

Way to go, Sindy! I'm glad Manesh finally got back to work!

***UPDATED LIST***
1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made.
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations pending.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made.
5. ivtech - Reservations made.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made.
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations pending.

Rickady is a buddy of mine that wants to tag along in his Brazen Orange GTO. He does the other Coast Run with me every year in hus custom 3.5 Olds powered Fiero so this is good practice for him and Jen.

Randy, it only took 2 months to get my plates. My middle name is Randall small world.
HHr Pnoy is in the Pasadena area also.

Then we should all go up together...we're all starting out close, guess it's just a matter of starting times...:thumb:

Hope the guy at DMV was hedeging the time, would like to have them for the Coast Run...

I would prefer to leave around 10:00 a.m. and take 101/1. Randy and Darwin what are your ideas?

10am sounds like a plan to me.

So we'll see you guys at the hotel around 7PM and can go into town for BBQ if you want.

I am a go with the flow kinda guy so what ever you decide will be OK with us... I would say the closer we get Songman can do a iterenary after he gets input from people and then we can follow his direction... Someone has to take the HHR be the horns so to speak.... ha ha ha......

I just got an e-mail from one of my Solstice buddies (I used to be involved with them and help them set up their club and events) and he was inviting me to their next Run in Monterey Sept 8-10. I told him about our run and said 'maybe we'll see you on the road.'

He sent me a link to what they are doing. There is a big car show at Leguna Seca that weekend and they are all going there. The event is called Cherrys Jubilee. This show includes classic cars, motorcycles, and special interest cars. We will undoubtedly see some cars running around town. I have looked at their website (http://www.cherrysjubilee.org/) to try to figure out if this is going to make Monterey too crowded to get into and it is kinda hard to say. There is no actual schedule of events on their site.

As long as we can find parking this may even make the Run better! I always like seeing hot cars. I just wanted everyone to know that we might be expecting some traffic up on that end getting into Monterey.

I just put up the new website on the Fiero Coast Run that we are doing in October. Of course it is a different event than the one we are doing in September but the information is the same and there are some cool Fiero pictures there if anyone wants to look.

http://www.fiero-performance.com/

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made.
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations pending.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made.
5. ivtech - Reservations made.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made.
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations pending.

Any new additions?

We're still in, but a little bad luck, I got called for jury duty at the Federal Court downtown LA starting Sept 5th. Want to drive up Friday with others, hope this dosen't mess that up. Worst case is we would have to leave that afternoon/evening. :confused: Still trying to weasel out of the jury duty...

WOW...!! Looks like you guys are going to have a great time...!! I would love to try to make this run Next year...!! LOL... actually it would be a run to get there, just to go on this run. Sounds like an opportunity for the Southeast Chapter to get together for a "West Coast" run.

Songman...

What about t-thirts? Perhaps if you supply the logo we can have them made up locally, or is there another plan in the works...

If ya'll want shirts, I'll make shirts. No problem... I'm also working on the design for the other Run too so I can do one for us.

El Guapo. Where are you from in TN? I moved out here from Nashville about 4 years ago. We always did a big Fiero run on The Dragon every year. As a matter of fact it is coming up soon. It is called the Run For The Hills. The Dragon may be a little much for our HHRs but a good Smoky Mtn Run would be great! Natchez Trace is always fun too.

I'm still in.

I will be making my room reservation tomorrow. Will update on the status then.

If ya'll want shirts, I'll make shirts. No problem... I'm also working on the design for the other Run too so I can do one for us.

El Guapo. Where are you from in TN? I moved out here from Nashville about 4 years ago. We always did a big Fiero run on The Dragon every year. As a matter of fact it is coming up soon. It is called the Run For The Hills. The Dragon may be a little much for our HHRs but a good Smoky Mtn Run would be great! Natchez Trace is always fun too.

Small World...

I live just south of Nashville, about 40 miles in Columbia.
The trace is incredible..!! In about 2 months, it will be a great ride down the trace... I think I'll start trying to put one together... Come on back some time, we'll run the Trace, then we can have a bar-b-que/HHR car show...

I've been to Columbia. A buddy of mine down there has a really nice turbocharged Fiero. The first time I was ever down there was in the late-70s or early 80s. They had cleaned up an old landfill and made an outdoor music park there. There was a three day festival going on. I was traveling with Merle Haggard then and he was the closer.

We'll probably be moving back to my North GA home in a year of two. I still come to Nashville pretty often to keep all of my music contacts alive. I normally fly though so wouldn't have the HHR. Still would love to meet some owners there though. I'll wtch your Natchez run thread.

well that messed me up. All the rooms are booked for that weekend.

Did you ask for Manesh? We've got 10 rooms blocked. His desk staff is always screwing it up. Let me call over there and check on it for you.

Just what I figured... I blocked 10 rooms for us. The rest of the hotel is booked but our 10 are still available, minus the 6 that are already booked. You will make 7. Only 3 more! Who wants them!

Pnoy, Call back over there and tell them that you are part of Dale Houston's group. Alex is working tonight and she knows the deal if you want to do it tonight. If not, call Manesh tomorrow.

songman...I talked to manesh and he said the rooms are all booked. I even mentioned that its for the HHR meet on Sept and he confirmed that. I'll call back again. Thanks for checking for me.


Update:

Just got off the phone and friday's all booked? Rooms are available for Saturday and Sunday. I might just look for another hotel around the area. Do you have any other place you can recommend songman?

Hmmm... That is odd. I'll call over there today and see what made Alex think we still had rooms last night.

There is a Motel 6 down at the end of the same street that we have used for spillover in the past. It is an ex Holiday Inn so it is pretty nice. It is also the place where the restaurant and lounge is we will have dinner Saturday night. I called them and they do have rooms available. Friday night is $65.99 and Saturday night is 85.99 (plus tax). Of course, you can make a reservation at the Motel 6 for Friday night and then move to the Courtesy Inn for Saturday night if you want to get the cheaper rate.

The number for the Motel 6 is (805) 927-8691.
Here is their website: http://www.motel6.com/reservations/motel_detail.asp?MotelId=1212

Okay I'm all set and reservations are confirmed. We will see you guys Sept 8.

Anyone from up north chiming in on the Sept run?

I think we are having a couple meet us for lunch. Don't know of any others that will be coming along for the drive.

Is anyelse coming from L.A. beside me, PNOY, and ANR?

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made. South Central Valley
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations made. L.A.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made. L.A.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made. North Central Valley
5. ivtech - Reservations made. L.A.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made. South Desert
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations pending. Mid Central Valley

Here is the list I have as of now. I thought we had a few more that were coming. Maybe they'll just show up. Sindy and Mr B may want to come across and meet ya'll depending on when you leave and if they are taking off of work. For them it is just about the same either way I think. Either up to the valley or over to L.A. and up the coast.

We'll be leaving late in the day. Unexpected stuff happened. We are still going though.

We're leaving Bakersfield between 4 and 5PM, Sindy. Will ya'll be over in time for dinner aroung 7:30 or are you leaving really late?

We'll eat on the run as we don't care to eat late in the evening. We'll be leaving Victorville around 4:30PM

Just got back from a 2 week vacation in the Motor Home pulling our Dodge Dakota Pick up.... Can't wait to get the HHR set-up to tow... We went up to Olympia Washington via I-5 and only saw one HHR (and I was looking to) the weather up there was something to behold Clear and Cool.....

Looking forward to our first HHR Rally. See you all soon....

wow, after reading up on the mid central run, us cali folks need to get socal and norcal HHRs gathered up for sept. C'mon norcal peeps...whos meeting up with us that weekend?

That's right, we need more than 15 HHR's to take the Title!

we can do this damn it! Lets go people...even if you're only planning to do one run this would be IT! I would like to see erf and his majestic 20's rollin!

:D

We do have alot of cali members newbies and oldies.

Maybe some of the Northern folks who are meeting us for lunch would be interested in going South with us down the Coast afterwards. We have quite a few do that at the Fiero run in October.

If some of the vendors on the board want to donate a few items to help draw a crowd, we could have a raffle Saturday night and either donate the proceeds to charity or to the forum.

And remember, there are still rooms available at the hotel at our discounted rate for Saturday night!!!

I would say I am Central Cal on the Northern Side....... 100 miles south of Sacramento on 99

When are you planning on traveling to San Simeon, Lee? Do you want to meet us on Friday on the way over?

What about the guy from Kingsburg with the SSR? He's up your way. Has anyone heard from him. At one point I thought he was going to come over but he hasn't made reservations that I know of.

Hmmmm Been a while since I saw Monterey. Was stationed there a total of 6 yrs during my USAF career. Tell ya what, if y'all will cover the gas, I'll be there :lol: :nuts: :thumb:

Hmmmm Been a while since I saw Monterey. Was stationed there a total of 6 yrs during my USAF career. Tell ya what, if y'all will cover the gas, I'll be there :lol: :nuts: :thumb:

Tempting! Tempting! Give me some time to think about it... Okay no. I can't go into that much debt! haha.. I'd have to take out a loan!

When are you planning on traveling to San Simeon, Lee? Do you want to meet us on Friday on the way over?

What about the guy from Kingsburg with the SSR? He's up your way. Has anyone heard from him. At one point I thought he was going to come over but he hasn't made reservations that I know of.

We are leaving Friday around 2ish (not sure) we both have to talk to our works and see if we can get off early. I'll post a more accurate time as soon as I find out... Whats your time schedule? Do you know yet?

I'm planning on at least meeing up on Saturday - will look for you all in the Monterey area - and make the drive SOUTHBOUND on Hwy 1 back to San Simeon/Cayucos...

Plans are: Leave Kingsburg early A.M. on Saturday - west on Hwy 198 thru Coalinga to Hwy 101. North on 101 to Greenfield - then West on Monterey County Route G16 to Carmel. (G-16 is a DRIVERS road - nearly 50 miles of curves!) Then cap the drive off with 75 miles of Hwy 1...

(G-16 is so awesome - Piloti racing/driving Shoes even has a model named G-16.) http://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/1/5/4/6/images.jpg

Some images from the area:

http://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/1/5/4/6/CarmelValleysm.jpg

http://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/1/5/4/6/DSC00794crsm.jpg
On Carmel Valley Road
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Carmel Valley Road - photofun...
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Lee, I'll PM you my phone number. Your schedule would put you pretty close to ours. If you want to meet up on 46 at James Dean Memorial we can work it out and go across the mountains together.

Glad you'll be joining us for a little while at least, Keith...

so many picture opportunities on the way to monterey...all of us might even end up in the next "Featured HHR of the Month"....woohooo!!!

Lee, I'll PM you my phone number. Your schedule would put you pretty close to ours. If you want to meet up on 46 at James Dean Memorial we can work it out and go across the mountains together.


Thats where 41 and 46 come together is it not? I will be coming down 41... Been through there a couple times but don't remember if there is a place to meet? I will look for your PM and I will return my number to you also.......

This is sounding like more and more fun the closer it gets.... We go to rallies all the time but it with the Motor Home.. This will be our first with a car......

Yeah, Lee... The intersection of 41 and 46 is where James Dean was actually killed. You would merge right onto 46 West and about 300 yards down the road is a store/diner. The James Dean Memorial is in the parking lot. This is actually a town called Cholame but I have never seen anything around there but the store. I think the name of the place is the Jack Rabbit Diner or something like that.

I may be interested in some of your RV rallies soon. I am about to begin converting a bus into an RV.

Oh OK I know the place your talking about now...

As far as the RV rallies. I invite you to RV.net and go to Rallies, Shows and Gatherings and look at Mid Cal Sal Fall Rally Oct 6 & 7th, Also look at Monster Mash II Central Calif. Oct 27 thru 29th.. I am Lee in Calif.... You are welcome to lurk and not type or join in the fun.... We have been doing this for about 3 years now and have a great group and we WELCOME newbies... Newbies bring the beer ha ha ha ha.......

You may be able to find help doing your converting the bus on RV.Net also...

See ya Soon Lee

Sounds good, Lee. I'll check it out. Once I get the bus here I'm going to be needing good sources for parts too! Unfortunately I won't be able to make the runs you listed. Oct 27-29 is my other run up the coast with the Fieros.

Songman; I did a GPS to Jack Ranch Cafe and it's 170.9 miles from my house... LOL.... The says it will take me 2 hours 39 minutes to get there.... Hahahahaha...

I am thinking we would be at the Cafe around 4:30 friday.... Barring any traffic getting in my way..... If any one gets there around that time I will be in a Dark Gray HHR.......

My GPS also told me that I am 3 hours 45 minutes from my house to the Hotel

See ya soon Lee........

Yep.. Once you get to there it doesn't take long to get on over to the hotel...

You're a bit early for us. We won't be able to leave here till around 4:00 because my wife is a school teacher and won't be home from school till then. We're an hour and a half from Jack Ranch.

Well heck then.... We will adjust our timeing to meet ya there around 5:30... It will work out better for us cause we won't have to use the vacation time.... I'll give you call this afternoon.....

Anyone else going to be around there at that time?

We could roll into San Simeon as a group and impress the seagulls.......

Depends on the route the Southern folks take. If they come up 101, they can meet us in Paso Robles at the want for the trek over to the mountains. But if they come up the 1, we'll just meet them at the hotel.

It's gonna be a good weekend!

Dale
:one: We just had our 1st Mid Central Run, It was the best,.:thumb:
I wish you and all of your Sunny HHR Owners the best:thumb:
I hope you all have Fun and a safe run. I just wish I could ride with.:bow:
Z-man

Thanks Z-man! I am sure everyone is looking forward to it as much as I am. The Coast Highway is such a great road for car runs! I am sure we'll have plenty of pictures...

Speaking of... do you have any pictures from your run posted? I don't get on the forum every day so I missed them if they are here.

How many and who are all coming? Is anyone else going to meet at Jack Ranch Friday around 5:30?

The list that has reported in is 6 HHRs and a GTO. More HHRs are reported to be meeting us for lunch, as well as an SSR. The GTO will be meeting us at Jack Ranch. As a matter of fact, he is coming from Hanford so you may see him before I do.

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made. South Central Valley
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations made. L.A.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made. L.A.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made. North Central Valley
5. ivtech - Reservations made. L.A.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made. South Desert
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations made. Mid Central Valley

The GTO better LQQK out for me... I'll leave him in the dust....... Plus he will get the ticket cause the HHR is to cute to give a ticket too..... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

I will be getting on I-5 at Crows Landing Rd... in Stanislaus County.... I would say around 3:30ish

you guys will see my upgraded v6 HHR at the meet...wooohoo! lol

you guys will see my upgraded v6 HHR at the meet...wooohoo! lol

Cool then you can give the GTO a run for it's money :lol: ...... lol.......Just kidding........


I don't really want to see it.... You know why!!!! Cause I'll want one and my wife will kill me then you :eek: .................. lol

If you guys have cool mods convince my wife :nuts: that she needs them :thumb: ...... Not me I am already convinced......

Looks like I am not going to be lowered by then. Only two weeks left and no sign of Gold-Lines. If they don't start making springs soon I am going to have to explore other options. But at least I have the Moons on.

Rick's GTO is bad. Brazen Orange! Now I am a GTO purist and not to crazy about this Aussie machine being called a GTO, but it is a pretty cool car.

Lee, Rick lives in Hanford so he will be coming across 41 to 46. I'll find out what time he is leaving.

BTW - I just made the deal to buy my conversion bus. If you know of any conversion parts for me, feel free to pass it on.

Dale go to either RV.Net or irv2.com and look at the different categories.... Both of the sites will be a great help to ya........

I will be getting on 41 at I-5 not sure on the time though......

According to GPS if I get on I-5 at Crows Landing Road at 3:30 and it is 119.4 miles to I-5 at Hiway 41 it should take me 1 hour and 40 minutes.... So that would put me there at 5:10 and that in turn would put me at Jacks Ranch at 5:49... That is if I drive exactlly at the speed that my GPS program wants me to drive..... So if we get to hook up there cool if not we will see you all at the Main Street Drill at 7:30...............

Sounds like we should be at the cafe within 10-15 minutes of each other. Cell phone reception is almost nothing there, but if I'm not there when you get there feel free to call me and see where I am. If I get there first, I'll hang around.

Dale you have my number also.... I'll try and call you no matter what... I know parts of I-5 above Santa Nella there is no Verizon service... But we can give it a shot if it don't work..... SO BE IT....

That brings up an interesting note. There is hardly any cell service at all along the Run route. We normally take FRS radios to be able to talk between the cars. So far no one has ever needed a wrecker or AAA on any of my runs so we hope that trend continues. A few radios scattered through the ranks will be good just in case anyone has trouble. We have two. Anybody else have them?

I'll bring my radios with me. I think we will be a caravan of three.

I'll bring some radios also.. (If I remember)

I've got at least 2 FRS radios I will bring for the Saturday drive!

Thanks guys. Communication will be good! I'm also bringing digital cameras and video cameras, as I am sure others are, so we'll get good pictures.

Updated list.

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made. South Central Valley
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations made. L.A.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made. L.A.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made. North Central Valley
5. ivtech - Reservations made. L.A.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made. South Desert
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations made. Mid Central Valley
8. Kwhopper89 - Saturday

Keith, are ya'll going to go back to San Simeon Saturday night or are you just going to meet us for lunch?

I think Bud/Harvey were going to meet us for lunch too but I am not sure.

Any others?

this will be one good photo shoot.

Thanks guys. Communication will be good! I'm also bringing digital cameras and video cameras, as I am sure others are, so we'll get good pictures.

Keith, are ya'll going to go back to San Simeon Saturday night or are you just going to meet us for lunch?

I think Bud/Harvey were going to meet us for lunch too but I am not sure.

Any others?

Here's what I posted at www.ssrfanatic.com :

Here's my schedule for Saturday Sept 9th:

Leave Kingsburg at 6 or 6:30am.
West on Hwy 198 thru Lemoore and Coalinga to Hwy 101
North on Hwy 101 to Greenfield (just south of Salinas/Soledad)
West on Monterey County G16 to Carmel to look for the HHR's - lunch at Gumps...
At 1pm or so the HHR's will head south on Hwy 1...
I plan to caravan with the group back to San Simeon where they are planning dinner at the Pacific Blue Bar & Grill, 7:30PM...

Heading back to Kingsburg after that...

Looking better all the time...

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made. South Central Valley
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations made. L.A.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made. L.A.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made. North Central Valley
5. ivtech - Reservations made. L.A.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made. South Desert
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations made. Mid Central Valley
8. Kwhopper89 - Saturday
9. 1HotHHR - Saturday

Your right it is looking better all the time....... 2 questions

1. With the radios... What channel you going to be on? Mine had the basic plus the sub channels... (Dale you pick the Numbers)
2. How do we find each other at the restaurant Friday night?

Those that went on the Solvang cruise wear their Cinco De Solvang shirts.
They look GREAT.

Bud / Harvey

Normally we all meet at the hotel and then caravan down to the restaurant. The Main Street Grill is a great BBQ place but it is sort of like a cafeteria. You go to the counter and order your food and then go find a table. If we are lucky we can get some of the tables against the window so we can all get together. Also, if the weather is nice they have an outside patio. One more thing.. They don't take plastic! Cash only.

For anyone who just wants to go straight there instead of to the hotel, they are located on the far north end of Cambria. There is a shell station just north of them and that is about it.

Thats a great tip about cash... we hardly carry any anymore..... I am sure we will go to the hotel first.......

Just look for me I will be the one with the Chevorlet Keys in my Pocket........ Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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Just a taste of next weekend...

My 2nd journey down Hwy 1 this year!
This was back in January:
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wow this is great we just took delivery of our red hhr tonight and i find this! we're from Bakersfield and plan on joining up! tried to make hotel reservations but said we have to call Friday:( hopefully theres still room.

check page 10 of this thread (http://chevyhhr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3022&page=10). Motel 6 (formerly a Holiday Inn) might still have some available rooms for friday and saturday of the meet.

wow this is great we just took delivery of our red hhr tonight and i find this! we're from Bakersfield and plan on joining up! tried to make hotel reservations but said we have to call Friday:( hopefully theres still room.

rgr: I hope you get reservations. Songman (The guy who started this thread)is in Bakersfield also... A few of us are going to try and meet up at Highway 41 and 46 where James Dean was Killed....

Let us know and we will give you details...

This should be fun my wife and I have not met anyone from this forum and we are looking forward to seeing the new HHR's and their Mods... Plus doing a run up to Monterey (we have never done a run either)..........

Kwhopper89 great looking pictures I just wanna get away from all this heat and those look like cool places...... LOL

yes! we got reservations at motel 6 for friday night and the host hotel for saturday.looking forward to cruising from bakersfield.just drove our red hhr today to work for the 1st time. great fun.:thumb:

I am 6'1" and wieght 270 and I love driving ours.... My wife who is 5 ft loves it too. She gets to drive it everyday......... Glad your going to be able to joing us....... If you have any question Please feel free to ask........

Fantastic! I go out of town for the weekend and come back to a new member joining us for the Coast Run! And from Bakersfield too!

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made. South Central Valley
2. HHR PNOY - Reservations made. L.A.
3. ANR HHR - Reservations made. L.A.
4. Lee In Cali - Reservations made. North Central Valley
5. ivtech - Reservations made. L.A.
6. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made. South Desert
7. Rickady88GT - Reservations made. Mid Central Valley
8. Kwhopper89 - Saturday
9. 1HotHHR - Saturday
10. rgr - Reservations made. South Central Valley.

I regret to inform the group that I will not be attending the run this weekend. As some of you know, my wife and I were looking for a house and we found one we liked and started escrow last week. Unfortunately the inspection will be this Saturday and we were not able to move it at a later date. I hope everyone enjoys the run and make sure to take lots of pictures!

Well, that is a bummer. But you gotta have priorities. We hope to see you at another run pretty soon. Don't forget to cancel your rooms so you aren't charged.

1. Songman and Rie - Reservations made. South Central Valley
2. ANR HHR - Reservations made. L.A.
3. Lee In Cali - Reservations made. North Central Valley
4. ivtech - Reservations made. L.A.
5. Sindy & Mr B - Reservations made. South Desert
6. Rickady88GT - Reservations made. Mid Central Valley
7. Kwhopper89 - Saturday
8. 1HotHHR - Saturday
9. rgr - Reservations made. South Central Valley.

HHR PNOY;
Now really would you rather go in debt for the next 30 years or spend one weekend driving your HHR among other HHR's?

Kind of a no brainer but we do understand.... Good Luck on your walk thru....Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Might we have a Red and Blue HHR attending? I have yet to see the RED, WHITE & BLUE HHR (flag) line up!

I would like to go, but I wont have my car back yet. I'll just say that it is going through a metamorphosis and should be reborn soon...:thumb:

we've got the red part of red,white,and blue!

PNOY sorry to hear you can't make it this time. Great to hear you found a house though.

JT, come on along just to hang out. The HHR is optional. You'll still get to meet some owners and see some nice vehicles. We've got a GTO and an SSR coming along too.

Any Idea how long lunch is going to run? (Just in case I'm running late...)

Also - any plans to drive out to Pacific Grove before heading back south on Hwy 1? Lots of great photo ops & parking out there & not too far from Bubbas...

Is the 17 mile drive part of the agenda?

Songman: did you get my PM w/ cell phone #?

Hey Keith, I did get your cell number.. Thanks. I also have Lee's and rgr's. I will also post the radio channel as soon as I dig out my radios tonight or tomorrow. Of those that said they had radios, does everyone have sub-channels or do we need to stay on a main channel?

On the Fiero runs, we normally arrive for lunch between 11:30 and 12:00. Gump's may very well be busy that day so I really have no idea how long it might take. We normally try to head back south between 1:00 and 1:30 on the Fiero runs.

Optional runs such as 17 mile drive or Pacific Grove are up to those who show up. I don't know about Pacific Grove, but I do know that 17 Mile Drive is a toll road and speed limits and stops will make it take at least an hour.

It all comes down to whether or not we want to get back to the hotel before dark. Some people don't like driving in the dark, especially on a cliff where the next stop is the ocean a hundred feet down. Leaving at 1:30 normally puts us back at the hotel around 5:30-6:00 and it is starting to get pretty dark. Of course, one of our normal stops is the Big Sur River Inn. We usually spend an hour there at the nice shops and the beautiful river.

The last stop before the hotel is a sea lion habitat where they are usually laying out about 10 feet from where we are standing. That is usually 20-30 minutes but won't interest everyone probably. And if we do get back to the hotel before dark, there is a great place across the street to catch the sunset.

This is the place to have the discussion of all of the above. I am open to any of it and want the participants to decide. The idea here is enjoyment. Whatever we do is going to be great. If a decision is reached here before Friday that will be great. If not, we'll decide once we get there.

Pacific Grove is free - head down by the lighthouse and then loop back to Hwy 1 on Hwy 68 out of Monterey - the 17 mile drive does have a cost and I would rather pass on that - just curious if I needed cash for the entry fee..

Regular Channel 7 on the radios seems to work OK. Some higher frequencies actually require a license from the FCC.

Im hoping to meet everyone saturday, havent quite confirmed if i'll attend yet but it's looking like i will as long as i can reschedule some things.

We are not going to be able to make "The Run". :( rgr is going to take my Friday night

Does anyone want my reservations that I had made at the Hotel? I have them for both Friday and Saturday Night......... Please let me know A.S.A.P. I will wait til Friday A.M. to cancel........

I called and told Songman that we are not going to make it.... My Mother-in-Law is not doing very well and she is in I.C.U.....:confused:

I am truly bummed this would have been the first run we have ever been on.. I wanted to meet everyone and exchange ideas and Mods.. But it was just not to be. I wanted to pick Songmans brain :lol: about Tennessee (thats where we want to retire) and see the Lowered White HHR :one: ...

I have joined a HHR club here in Modesto so maybe one day we will have a chance to do this again....:thumb:

Please except my humble apology... Lee

I know the California coast is beautiful in January and February

that's too bad. i would like to get the friday night reservation as we have saturday reserved.lmk so i can cancel the motel 6 friday reservation. thanks

If anyone that is going wants my cell number, send on over a PM and I"ll give it to ya. Why would ya want it? Well, again, (as stated in the Williams Grand Canyon thread) in case I get lost, you can find me.

heck, if anyone one wants it for anything, thats ok too!

Lee, we can talk Tennessee anytime. And we'll have other HHR get-togethers. Sorry to hear about your mother-in-law and I hope things improve for her. Tell the wife that her mother is in our prayers.

Maybe you and rgr should go ahead and call the hotel tomorrow and let Manish know what is going on. I would just go ahead and cancel the Saturday night because they are not full then anyway.

Thats exactlly what I am going to do....

I called rgr's better half and I am going to call and tell Manish thats what we are doing....... She sent me a PM and so did rgr

Thanks for the prayers

Sorry that you won't make the run. And very sorry that family is not well.
Best of wishs and see ya down the road.

Bud / Harvey

Lee - see you on the next run! Hope all works out well for you...

Here's a few items going on in the San Luis Obispo area this weekend:

Riding the groove
Canadian tunesmith Ray Bonneville doesn't need a rhythm section. He's a veritable one-man band of roots and country blues, with a percussive blues guitar style reminiscent of Dire Straits, John Lee Hooker, and Eric Clapton.
Cradling his almost-antique arch-top electric guitar, he dishes up a potent blues ****tail complete with footboard percussion and roots-influenced harmonica. Add in his smoky vocals and you've got a riveting performance style.
A bilingual native of Quebec and a Juno Award winner, Ray Bonneville has just moved to Austin, where he's already capturing the hearts of new fans.
The Hoot Road Show is bringing him to the intimate concert setting at the Coalesce Bookstore (845 Main St. in Morro Bay) on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at Coalesce or by calling 772-2880.

"Wake up, wake up, you're sleeping the day away," sings The Western States Motel's Carl Jordan on his band's self-titled debut CD. With its lazy, strolling, pop-ish tunes, The Western States Motel creates the kind of music that gets stuck in your head. The group has created soundtracks for short films, backyard nature documentaries, and various camcorder retrospectives and recently completed the score for a short documentary about Johnny Cash's 1968 concert at Folsom Prison (on the Walk the Line special-edition DVD). Catch their show at Linnaea's Cafe (1110 Garden, SLO) Saturday, Sept. 9, at 8:30 p.m. Wake up and pass the hat!

An all-women quintet from the hills of San Francisco performs a local concert to celebrate the release of their new CD, Feet All Over the Floor. The Stairwell Sisters, a driving old-time string band, combines vocal prowess with skilled multi-instrumental chops and a great attitude. Get your feet all over the floor with them at the Red Barn Community Music Series on Friday, Sept. 8, at the Los Osos Community Center, 2180 Palisades Way. As usual for this popular concert series, a community potluck starts at 6 p.m., with music at 7 p.m. A $10 donation is requested.

Art Stuff:
Graphite express
Expressions Custom Picture Framing Studio and Gallery is pleased to present a rare showing of James Kelly's original female figure graphite drawings. The public is invited to attend an artist reception on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Expressions Gallery at 4090 Burton Dr. in Cambria.
The show will run through the end of October. Kelly works predominantly in oils, and many of his pieces end up as "finished" drawings, catching collectors' eyes with their simplicity and beauty. Kelly's graphites and oils hang in private collections around the world, and Expressions' feature is a rare showing of these masterful drawings. Info: 924-1900.

Transforming
"Transformations" are Polaroid transfers and digital transformations on paper and fabric by Karen Peterson. The show runs through Sept. 30. Peterson is opening her exhibit of digitally enhanced photographs and Polaroid emulsion transfers with a reception on Friday, Sept. 8, from 5-8 p.m. in the Gallery at Marina Square on the Embarcadero in Morro Bay. An award-winning artist for more than 15 years, Peterson lives in Morro Bay and exhibits her artwork in galleries and art associations throughout the Central Coast.
Her work generates a sense of old-world nostalgia. Pictured: "Gas Station in Bodie" (traditional darkroom photo, hand colored). Info: 772-1068.

There is also a big car show event in Monterey that will be mostly out at the race track. I know some of my friends from the Solstice group will be up there on the track. We may get to see some nice cars along the way. Keep the cameras handy!

Thanks for all the well wishes......

I called the hotel and told that Mrs. rgr will be takin my Friday night and cancelled my Sat. night.... I talked to a girl named Alex.....

You all have a great time........

My Mother-in-Law is still in ICU... Thanks again for the prayers

Well, today is the day! Is everyone excited?!? Is everyone rushing to do last minute things as I am?

I've got my radios all charged up and we will set them to regular channel 7 as Keith suggested. That way even if people don't have sub-channels they can still talk to us.

We're leaving at 4PM and meeting a few people along the way. We should be arriving at the hotel around 6:30 or so. We'll go hang out around the indoor pool and look for people as we get ready to go to dinner around 7:30. In case someone doesn't find me, we always stay in room 241. It is the end room facing the ocean, upstairs on the northern side of the hotel. There will be a black HHR parked in front. ;)

I think someone from every group coming in has my cell number. If anyone else needs it, just PM me before 4PM today and I will send it to you.

We prolly wont get out of the high desert until after sunset! Boooo!

Bummer... but at least you'll have a cooler drive. And the best scenery will be tomorrow anyway.

You all enjoy the nice cool ocean... Mother-in-Law is doing better but it's just as well we don't go we both would be worried all weekend..... Drive safe and have a cool one for us.......

Waiting for pictures......

More proof that prayers work! Glad to hear it, Lee. Maybe if mom is feeling okay tomorrow you and the Mrs can just head over to Monterey for a bit to meet us for lunch. Looks like you are only about two hours away.

Either way... We'll have lots of good pictures and stories to share next week.

Great run today! We just got back to the hotel a little bit ago and we're getting ready for dinner. One thing about car runs, you do a lot of eating!

We had a good turnout and I really appreciate everyone taking the time. It was nice to meet all of you.

We had 7 show up altogether, although one is missing from this group shot. More photos will be coming.
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And finally the setup everyone has been looking for. Red, White and Blue.
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We're all still having fun on the coast tonight and will be heading back home tomorrow. I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures myself!

Great Pics wish we could have made it there.... The weather looks COOL too.........lol

I want to thank Dale for setting the Coast Run up. It was well planned. It was good to see the people again that were at Solvang and to meet all the others too. It was a good friendly group.

Hey you all - sorry I didn't hook up with the group.

By the time I got thru the Carmel Valley Road from 101, I figured you all had headed south. So, I headed that way looking for you all - figured I'd run into you all somewhere. Didn't see you in San Simeon either...

You all had some GREAT weather - and the weekend after Labor Day made traffic on Hwy 1 very NICE and light!

See you all next time!

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Here are links to a couple short videos I made:

SSR Roadtunes 1 (http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2770600)
Hwy 198 West Of Coalinga
Buckethead performing Lurker at the Threshold (part 2) from the album The Elephant Mans Alarm Clock

SSR Roadtunes 2 (http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2770602)
Carmel Valley Road / Monterey Hwy G-16
Thanatopsis (feat. Buckethead) performing Common Ground from Anatomize

9/9/6

Sorry we missed you, Keith. What time was it that you were around? We didn't leave Monterey till close to 3PM. I tried to call you several times between 11 and 3 but got no answer.

We got back to the hotel in San Simeon between 6:30 and 7:00. Left for dinner right down the road about 7:30.

It would have been nice to have had your SSR in some of the photos... But there will be other times I am sure. Some people said they felt like this was a good enough run to repeat next year.

I got to Hwy 1 South of Monterey at abot 2pm - figured I just missed you and headed south!

I didn't get cell service back until past Cambria...

(Hung out at the BBQ place until about 6:30 - was back in Kingsburg by 9:30p)

Nice cars and would loved to have been their. I have only drove the coast once in my life and it was beautiful.

glad to hear you guys had a great time! now who's going to post the pics?

Hey kwhopper89, were you on the 41 heading back? Because I was trailing a yellow SSR on my way back until I moved past it then it trailed me right up until about lemoore. Sorry you did'nt meet up with the group, would have liked to meet you and check that SSR out.

Keith, dinner at the BBQ place was Friday night. Saturday we stayed in San Simeon so you would have missed us anyway... Sorry about that.

Oh! And thanks to Sindy for showing up with some nice giveaways! Chuck won a hand of dashboard poker to get a full size road ripper and the rest of us got the small remote control ones! Just icing on the cake of an already great weekend run...

Seeing Bud's 'Harvey' was great too! What a great ride he has built.

Hey kwhopper89, were you on the 41 heading back? Because I was trailing a yellow SSR on my way back until I moved past it then it trailed me right up until about lemoore. Sorry you did'nt meet up with the group, would have liked to meet you and check that SSR out.

Yep - that was me - I wasn't sure if you were part of the group - there were lots of lone HHR's sighted Saturday. Just before you passed me, my radar detector went nuts - when I saw it was a HHR that passed me I was hoping that you wouldn't get a ticket!!! After the alerts stopped - I picked up the speed and caught back up with you - right at the Hwy 198 offramp! (I always remember too late that the Lemoore Naval Air Station radar makes my detector go crazy in that area!!!)

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Great pictures, Charles! Thanks for sharing...

I've got lots more too but they are huge so I have to go reduce them and make them web friendly for people that aren't on braodband.

Nice to meet all of you, we had a very good time on this trip. I agree with Charles (BTW, thanks for the pics) , the planning was perfect, and thanks to Songman for a great job!

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Many thanks to Songman for the time and effort spent setting this up. I really enjoyed meeting the new faces and seeing all the others again. Thank you Sindy for the prizes. Cool.
See ya down the road.

Bud / Harvey

Sure looks like you all had a great time....... Mother-in-Law still in hospital so it was best we not go...... Next One? Yup.........

Great pics thanks for sharing........

Thanks to Songman for organizing everything. The weekend was great fun. I have been too busy to post pics...maybe this weekend. Thanks to Sindy for the great prizes.

rgr/clr

Looks great - but you guys should delete the pics and start a new thread called "Coast Run Pics" - this way members won't have to wade through that whole post to find the pic pages.

JMO -
MIke

Sounds like a good idea... I'll start the thread over in the Photo area. Thanks Mike.

Actually I meant here in the South Pacific area.

We usually start a new thread after the runs for pictures and run comments.

Just a tip to make it easier.

Oh well... At least you made me think... I still like it in the photo section in case anyone else wants to see. I never look at other regions to see if there are new run pictures posted.

Oh my god those pics on Highway 1 with the SSR are amazing and the pics with the HHRs man I am soooo jealous right now!!!

Several people had asked me about doing a T-shirt for the Coast Run. Well, I finally got around to doing it. Because of the rules of this site I can't post a link to how to get one but if anyone is interested, please contact me privately and I will send you a link.

Also, If you will send me a good hi-res photo of your car from a similar angle, I will put your own car on the logo on any merchandise you want.

Here is an example of the black T-shirt.

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