Solvang Wine Run 09

OK, I want to give everyone an opportunity to put a day (or two) aside for this run....
Lets start with June 13th (A Saturday)as the date, it is negotable if this is not good for the majority, some of you will have an excuse whichever weekend we choose.....
Solvang offers many things to do. You can feed the Ostrich/Emu's,
watch the minature horses romp, shop among the tourist's that visit Solvang, and drink wine (or in my case Scotch) Some may choose to spend the night (I may be one of them)....
so lets see how many belly up to the bar....

Vince: I'm game! Include us in!

June 13th, I'm in!. Not much of a wine-o but I like the idea of cruzin' to Solvang.
- Erwin

YES!!! Include me.

TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!

Vince
I might make this trip

I'm not a wino either but Solvang has some killer bakeries MMMMMMMMMM.Sounds good to me.
Markos

Mark, that is the reason I am going too.

MORTENSEN'S Bakery!!!

Might be able to make it just for the day if we leave muy early. VW Classic is on the 14th so I planning to mill a round there for a bit. Those who haven't gone to the Classic, it's a biggie and you can show ur speedie as well, ask Desi.

The VW Classic is a good event if you haven't been...went the last two years with the Twinkie, hot and in a very large parking lot (Amphitheatre) like Knotts berry farm show, bathrooms leave a little to be desired also, but plenty of VW products...

Just a few of the sites you will see around Solvang

Hey, Lets not do it the same weekend as the Classic. There is a lot going on that weekend.

The weekend is open for debate, I would also like to do the Classic,
How about the weekend on either side of the 13th....Lets pick the weekend before or after either the 6th or the 20th and go with that.

Did you hear about the blonde who had a tattoo of a seashell put high
up on the inside of one thigh. She told her boyfriend if he put his ear to it he could smell the ocean.

I want to do the Classic also. Either weekend before or after is good for me. Maybe the 6th is better cause it starts getting HOT in the Santa Inez valley later in June.

U GUYS ARE ASSHOLES
GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER :)

OK GERD. NO WINE FOR YOU!

Wine. Booze is booze and I like The Vince. I'll spend some time. I'm in. Let's drink, grab a hotel and drive

OK....June 6th.....mark it on your calendar's folks......

June 6th sounds cool.. but I wanted to know what the average drive time would be to Solvang 3 to 4 hours? do we need to go real early or can we cruz up later in the morning say 10 or 11 so we can go topless all the way up and then deal with it on the ride home of for those who wish to stay overnight can drive home the next day at a comfortable time? Peronally I perfer to stay the night and then go topless all the way up and back...

Solvang is about 30-45 minutes past Santa Barbara off the 101, but there are other ways to get there. Santa Barbara is about 2 hours from L.A....All that being said, I would recommend the coast (hiway 1)with a stop at Topanga Canyon motel as we do for Morro Bay and then on to Las Posas rd to the 101 to pick up any Valley cars, 101 to Santa Barbara and then Canyons to Solvang....I don't think we should leave later than 9:15-9:30 from Topanga location, but most if not all can be top down in June, except for you pussies of course....once we are all gathered for the day and bonded with each other (no smart ass remarks needed) then you can either return home or spend the night..
Reminder, Solvang closes about 6:00 PM...Those lazy Danes don't like working real hard...

Oh no!

June 6th is out for me. I have to have the gallery open for art walk.

6th is good Vince.

count me in for June 6th(Solvang) and June 13(VW classic).

Ginny & I are in!!

Vince,
Do us the big favor of reminding us a wk b4 or 2-wks b4 if possible.. I know it sounds stupid but we've reached the point of not remembering.. May I ask where in SB or wherever you would be getting rooms if you pull an overnighter?
By the way Kirk is out of Jim Beam... Can u fix that? ! (good job last time) not that you stuck around (weasel)!
Drop me an update on my email when its all together and if your staying and where. We can leave office like by 10:30 (possible).
Chat me up and how is Ms Teri holding these days?
Sea ya soon
Mary

Linda and I are in!!!!!

GQ - very cool you two will be joining us. This is a very fun wine tour/cruise!!

I'm in so far.

Bruce - we'll need your transporter to carry all the cases of wine everyone will be buying!

Peace - Out!

Lili and I are in too! this sounds like fun even though I am missing Morro..

Speedster "D" STILL bummed! LOL...

ILL HAVE TO TAKE MY RUBICON SPEEDSTER

Teri is looking into hotels in Solvang for those who want to stay over, and will have some info this week, they are priced between 85.00 to 115.00 but it depends on what is happening that weekend as to whether they allow only one night..
how many of you are interested in spending the night?

HELL IF U R PAYING FOR THE ROOM ILL SPEND A NIGHT WITH TERRY

Vince - we plan on staying overnight.

Vince, I am also thinking of staying over night.

I am spending the night.

I'm in for the run and will stay the night.

Larry

OK gang, We have called a number of hotels in the area and the main problem is a 2 night minimum at most hotels and the one's that allow 1 night want an arm and a leg....
So Here it is....
Days Inn Buellton
Reservation P05072....$139.00
114 E Highway 246 (at the 101)
I currently have a block of 6 rooms, all kings,but I can get 2 queens instead, if you prefer...and I can add a few rooms at this time, so let me know right away....David, Gabriel, Bruce, Gerd, any others....spending the night isn't necessary, but after a little wine tasting and driving in the sun all day, it's nice not to have to make the trip home all in one day....
I have the following people in rooms at this time confirmed
Vince M
Mary & Kirk
Jim I
Erwin R
larry B
Will P
I can look for a route, but it is open for discussion if you have a preference, also, I'll go on the sideways site and pick a few wineries to chose from...I liked Fes Parker and Firestone to name a few....