Tour d' Hoe! Who's Coming?

I live in Placerville and have been everywhere around here..Im going to Auburn even though its going the wrong way for me, ill be backtracking.. But hooking up with everyone, parade of cars...and the drive from Auburn down the #49 canyon, across American River and back up canyon to Cool is spectacular..left to Georgetown and then down major canyon towards Placerville, cross chili bar(river)(did I mention you wont be steering straight)..from there I don't know whats planned..east on #50, south on sly park road (its beautiful, shady) to ME trail right below sly park reservoir...ive never been up ME trail to Tahoe,,,interested..it wont be straight..

TP (terry) where are we doing lunch and dinner..if its a surprise that's ok

DAMN!!!!

 

I should be out there wit'chu!  Be great to meet Paul and get a chance to see my cinegraphic brutha, MUSBJIM again, as well as a whole bunch of you "other coasters".  

 

Guess I'll have to make up for it by going to the Lime Rock Raceway "Historics Weekend" over labor day.  Not quite sure how to compare Danny P. and Lenny C. To you left coasters, tho.......

Thanks, guys, for the info. I look forward to the Cruze and meeting everyone.

 

Paul

It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that I will be unable to attend.

The speedster is running like pooh and work is very demanding right now.

 

The loss is all mine.

 

Sincerely,
Ted Pierson

BUMMER, Ted! Catch you later!

 

I know.

Car is running like it's only running on three cylinders. It only isles on two.  Frustrated.

Work is just bonkers. 

I'll miss you guys!

Sorry to see that you won't make it, Ted. We'll have a drink or two in your honor.

Actually, we'll have a drink or three on you; I copied down your credit card info at SLO.

TED!!     WHAT?!!!!!    no way buddy!!  Ill drive up there myself work 24/7 to get that beast on the road.. !!   

 

 

TERRY:   save  room on that card for Vince and GERD's  gas please!!! thank you

 

best regards

Tebs

That is bad news Ted.  Won't be the same without you!  I know you have work issues, but you should really consider coming even without the Speedster.

It is with a mix of anger and sadness that I must tell you all I will not be able to attend this years event.. 

 

I was looking soooooo forward to an escape from my corporate world but its now denied my ability to attend... today it has hit me hard and I have been in the worst mood ever..  Not even a keg of Guinness and 4 hot Asian girls could cheer me up....  

 

I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable weekend..  I'll miss all of you I know and I'll miss the people I would have met..

 

   

With Sincere sadness,

Tebs  

 

Teby, you DO know the hotel has valet parking, right?

 

 

 

 

 

yes Mitch!!   I do!!   .....  i do

BUMMER, Tebs! We'll miss your shenanigans. Hope to see you at the next SOC event. 

Well, Teby, I don't think you have your priorities straight.

Obviously you should quit your job...

At what time do we depart from Auburn tomorrow? I'm coming from Vcaville and I want to make sure I make it on time. Can wait for meet everyone!

I just looked a few posts back... As long as the 10am meet with 10:30 departure is still good then I will so guys then! ��

See you then, Rick!

I can't believe nobody else has posted any pics.  Nice weather up here, not too hot.  Having a great time visiting with everyone.

The weather looks to be very nice.  Unfortunately Nancy and I had to cancel due to work obligations. Next year.

 

Nice variety of cars there.  Of course there are the beautiful Speedsters, I think I see a Ghia there, I believe that's a 240Z, the Spyder (BTW he has a license plate for a commercial vehicle on it), and a nice early 1911.  What year is it?

 

Have a great time.

Vince and Pam Leader sporting their "too cool for you" white shades.

Looks like fun time!  Thanks for dinner the other night and it was nice to meet some of you. Sorry I didn't stay long.  

We had a great time with all of you guys and gals. I would post the pictures here but they are rather large so instead I will give you guys a link. feel free to download as many as you like. Wish I've taken more but there's always next time! There is one caveat, I will not be responsible for any "memes" that might pop out from club members . Hope you like them and see you again soon.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lou...GFNTSSe0hI-49Oa?dl=0

 

Arianne and I had a great time with all of you. We're looking forward to getting to know the group better. I appreciate how knowledgeable some of you guys are, and the willingness to help. Thanks to Terry, Mitch, and Noel for all the work. And Tony, Buttercup purred like a kitten the whole trip- thanks to you.

Pulled into the homestead about 4 PM, 81/2 hour trip home with stops for the obvious reasons.

First, I want to thank Terry & Andie for a great Thursday BBQ, Andie is a jewel to be sure....I hope she will join us in the future for our annual meet so some of the others can meet her, thanks again Andie...

The Nor. Cal. SOCers are a great group to cruise & party with, thanks to all of you, I had a really good time.

Jimbo, I love you....

One of the things I discovered was that drinking large amounts of scotch at 6200 feet works faster than at sea level...Who knew.....

I will post a link to the pic's I took later this evening or tomorrow

Sally and I stayed for an extra day and started it off with breakfast at the Red Hut Waffle Shop.  Then drove over Kingsbury Grade, (7,344 feet above sea level, but the car ran great) down into Nevada for some shopping in Carson City.  Then returned via Hwy  50 back to Tahoe to enjoy dinner and a beautiful sunset at the Boathouse Resturant on the pier at the hotel.  We are now relaxing at the fire pit with a bottle of wine.
Wonderful trip!

Troy, quite the romantic you are.  Sorry I missed it.

 

 

 

 

Just heard the news.

 

Congratulations, Terry!

 

I can't think of anyone who deserves this more than you. From consummate barbecue host to master roadside wrencher, you and Andie seemed to be everywhere, putting out fires and helping us all enjoy a great tour.

 

Now take a much needed two-day rest and get started on next year!

 

 

 

A few more photos...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vinnie, now that is really funny! I just about choked on my orange juice...

 

I discovered the same thing with red wine, celebrating the last day of skiing (Victoria Day long weekend, 3rd weekend in May) at Whistler, picnicking at 7,000 ft. with Beth and the people we skied with. It's not good to be falling down while trying to ski out. 5,000 ft. in elevation is a long way on ski runs...

 

And great pics, guys! If someone else has more, please post away. I can put names to a few of the cars (Troy, Terry, Jim, Larry, and Rick has the Spyder, and I don't know what Vinnie rolled in since I don't see the pink Miata) but if someone wanted to put names to the rest of them I (and I'm sure others) would appreciate it. Al

Thanks for all the photos, guys.  Looks like it was a great time!

 

Dang!  I sure wish this wasn't so damn far from the SC coast.

Are my Yoda senses telling me there's a cross country trip in the making?

What a nice time we had in Tahoe! Great to see old friends and make new ones. Thank you Terry and everyone else involved for organizing this fun event.

 

Al - There would be if it wasn't so damn far from the SC coast.

 

Maybe one of these days.

Wow! Where to start?

 

What a great turnout! It's always nice to see locals show up but we had people from Washington State (Scott Sloan), Nevada (Stephen Romero, Brian and Jeannine). We had a great turnout from the southern part of the state as well as   Troy and Sally from Fresno. We had cars ranging from Larry's Mendeola equipped CMC to Ricky and Vanessa's Vintage Spider. Vintage and IM and JPS, oh my! Dave and Betsy Mitchell and "Oscar", the 1970 911 hot rod. Joel and Christina Schlotz with their bitchin' 240 Z. And my favorite, Dale and Michele Bates in their 1968 Karmen Ghia.

 

Thanks to all of you who showed up at the barbecue. Andie and I had so much fun having you all here. Thanks Scott and Dale for grilling, Pam and John for helping set up and all of you who were kind enough to bring some tasty treats with you.

 

The Friday tour wouldn't have happened without the time and effort put in by Mitch and Kathy Toll. Lunch at Mel's in Placerville was great and the tour up through the Sierra Foothills was perfect! Special kudos go out to Rusty Smith. Rusty, you are a stand up guy! When Les and Lee Munson's beautiful IM stopped running, you were on it in a flash and doing whatever needed to be done. Thanks for taking the grease on, buddy!

 

The lodging and reception couldn't have been better, thanks to Noel Farmer. Noel, thanks for taking this task on and doing such a marvelous job with the planning and negotiations. The tri-tip sliders at the cocktail party were delicious. 

 

The Saturday tour around the lake was laid out by Dale Bates. Dale, thanks for giving us so many options and explaining how such a large group would not be able to travel together. I get it, "We're not a parade because we don't have a tuba".

 

Finally, I want to thank my wife, Andie. There is no better person for hosting an event than my beautiful right-seater. Andie had a great time seeing old friends and meeting so many new ones! She can't wait to see you all again.

 

An event can only be a success if the participants make it one. This bunch of like-minded enthusists is the kindest, warmest, friendliest and generous group of people I have ever encountered.

Long live the SOC!

Lee and I made it home last night at 7:30.  What a great weekend.

Many thanks to all who worked to make this a great time - especially to Terry and Andie who opened up their beautiful home on Thursday evening.

I would also like to thank the whole group for their support and wisdom during my unannounced tour event during the last leg of our drive to Lake Tahoe. I was soon back on the road and had no problems the rest of the weekend.

It was nice meeting you all and we are looking forward to seeing you at the next event.

Les and Lee Munson

Look for another Pineapple Head Production to be posted on here soon.

 

As usual, I will put some names to faces so that the rest of the SOC gang will know who's who!

To all that came to South Tahoe and I met, I had a blast.

A big thank you goes out to Terry, Mitch and Noel for working on the plans for the event. Also thank you to all that attended and put your two cents in. You all are a great group and I look forward to the next get together.

Stephen

Oh. Keep the photos coming. I forgot to take any. Guess I was having too much fun meeting and talking.