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Re: [Nobbc] British Car Club Ride Tomorrow Valentine's Day

To: North Bay British Car Club <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] British Car Club Ride Tomorrow Valentine's Day
From: Ron Engelhardt <nobbc@sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:11:51 -0800
You mean I put my top up for nothing!!! Heh, let's hope the rain holds 
off until the ride is over.

Ron
58 MGA

Dawson Church wrote:
> Hi British Car Club Fans,
> 
> It looks like the weather Gods are smiling upon us for tomorrow's  ride. 
> The chance for rain was 80% on Tuesday and 40% on Thursday, so  
> extrapolating from there, the chance for tomorrow is 0% and the clear  
> skies above Mark West Springs tonight will hold through Saturday  
> afternoon!
> 
> I have several dozen freshly baked croissants with your names etched  
> upon them, and gourmet coffee, from 10:30 AM onwards. Again, if you're  
> driving solo, please expect a passenger as we have several guests and  
> newcomers coming to enjoy our glorious cars and scrumptious  personalities.
> 
> See you on the morrow!
> 
> Dawson
> 
> Hi NOBBC Friends,
> 
> We will have a spectacular North Bay British Car Club ride this coming  
> weekend. The ride falls on Saturday Feb 14th, and so we're having a  St. 
> Valentine's Day ride. I've just moved to a big new property on  Mark 
> West Springs Rd (directions below), with parking for 30 cars, so  I'd 
> like to make this a big ride and lots of fun in every way!
> 
> Because it's St. Valentine's Day, please bring friends, significant  
> others, and/or family members! And to tempt them, we'll be having two  
> fabulous stops. One is for strawberries, chocolate and wine at Kunde  
> winery:
> 
> http://www.kunde.com/visit_us/index.asp
> 
> After Kunde, we'll go to the square in Sonoma, and buy lunch at the  
> gourmet Sonoma Cheese Factory deli:
> 
> http://www.sonomacheesefactory.com/visit_sonoma.html
> 
> We'll meet at my house at 10:30 am for coffee and pastries. Also to  
> take a gander my work-in-endless-progress 1974 Lotus Elite. That  
> model's the concoction that resulted from some perverted engineer at  
> Lotus deciding to mate the torso of a Ferrari Dino 308 with the arse  of 
> an AMC Gremlin. We'll depart at 11 am, and take the scenic route up  
> Mark West, to Porter Creek, then south on Calistoga Rd to Route 12 to  
> Kunde.
> 
> The weather forecast says a 30% chance of showers, with temperatures  in 
> the 50s. So we'll make sure there's plenty of enclosed transport  for 
> newcomers who might not appreciate the bracing experience of a top- down 
> Triumph, Morgan or MG on a crisp winter's morning. We'll have my  
> minivan and Rolls Royce for those who favor plush seats and climate  
> control.
> 
> Also, I'd like to get a great photo of all the cars, so I'm going to  
> request that everyone park in a semi circle. My driveway ends in a big  
> circle where about 20 cars can park facing each other. Please park  that 
> way when you arrive. I'll hand out route maps.
> 
> Please print the attached certificate and bring it along so that we  can 
> have a private sit down tasting of ports and library wines in  their 
> Kinneybrook room:
> 
> http://www.kunde.com/Kunde_Certificate.pdf
> 
> So please forward this invitation to those with whom you'd like to  
> share the NOBBC experience. Let's have a big turnout, get a great  group 
> photo, and share our fabulous club and cars with many other  people!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dawson
> 
> Directions:
> 
> 1490 Mark West Springs Rd. 707 525 9292. 2.5 miles East of 101 on the  
> right. Redwood fence, house not visible from the road. White mailbox  
> with house number on the West side of the driveway, and a street sign  
> "Michelle Way" on the East side of the driveway.
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