Ok, I'll for sure be going on Sunday (12/02) with a friend.

If you live in the East Bay, there is a community center in San Leandro with a parking lot that's easy to find and always empty. Here is the address:
1550 San Leandro Blvd, San Leandro, CA 94577

If you plan to meet me there at 9am, PM me so we can exchange cell numbers.

I'll drive to Upper Crystal Spring Reservoir Vista Point from there.

Bay Area Z. I’ll meet u in 9am in San Leandro since we’re so close


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Cool. It'll be us and a friend of mine taking off from San Leandro. Forecast still says the sun will be out. Should be fun!

To recap:

Casher and I are starting from San Leandro at 9am (1550 San Leandro Blvd). We'll head to Upper Crystal Spring Reservoir and link up with xoxOnaisa.

From Upper Crystal Spring Reservoir, the three of us head to Alice's and meet with yaoxiao4. With traffic, delays, etc, we'll be at Alice's at 1030 am?

I had such a great time! You are all very cool and I can't wait for the next meet. Same route is fine by me, just pick the day and I'm there.

Count my in.


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Maybe next time I’ll join.. too much work stuff getting in the way.. haven’t been to Alice’s in awhile.. ����

anyone got pictures? i have a few that i can upload tmr :)

@Onegtalon join up!

Hi All,

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR COMING AND BRINGING FRIENDS! Such a pleasure meeting you all!:icon17:

I would say that was a very successful first meet and I am looking forward to more.:tup: I Am definitely down to that cruise again....only because I didn't even join in the actual Cruise part! haha

Let me know what day works best for everyone to do this cruise again.

or....

Someone on the other thread had mentioned a Mines Road Run from Livermore to SJ. I am not sure how that canyon is during the winter months, with fallen trees etc.

Let me know other cruise routes if you have any in mind.

:driving:

re: mines rd.

I recently ran it the week before thanksgiving. Granted it didn't rain yet so everything was dry. It was a great run starting from the Livermore side as coming down Hamilton you are on the inside road away from the cliff. Stopping by the Junction was great too. They had a great ghost pepper cheese burger haha. I actually enjoyed it more than 17. Overall it took me about 3 hours end to end not including lunch.

Pics? :)

https://imgur.com/r3GL1Sn.jpg
https://imgur.com/p3pLJjj.jpg

didnt get a chance to get more pics, also xoxOnaisa unfortunately had to go before i snapped pics

Onegtalon, let us know when you get time and where you wanna go we'll set one up so you can join.

Neek, that sounds awesome. Burger sounds bomb. let me know if you want to go again soon. Have you done Felter or Calaveras?

yaoxiao4, Thanks for the pics! I love Crystal's license plate btw. It was nice meeting her. (and the rest) Looking forward to joining you guys on the next one.

gr8-wrx, are you going to join us?

BayArea-Z, glad your friend joined us too! too bad he got rid of his z :[

Anyone been through Calaveras lately? I know it says closed since like 2016 or something. Its been a while since I've gone through, i wanna say a year since i last went but i could be wrong.

Sorry for the late pics
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Thank you for the pics!

I wish I had taken some at Alice’s.

Some pics. Casher and I ended the trip through a tunnel :)

Nice


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Thanks for the share. Those came out good!

What tunnel did y’all end up in? I see Casher took the lead in the tunnel haha

I think it’s the Tom Lantos Tunnel on Hwy 1 by Devils Slide


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Thanks for posting up the pics!

I'd love to have come, but have too many kids activities during the week as well as the weekends. My Z is actually on a battery tender in the garage right now as I haven't been able to drive it recently :(

It was nice meeting everyone! I just saw these pics, haha. We should do another cruise after the holidays :)

Just now seeing this thread, I'd be interested in joining the next cruise. Looks like a good time!

Hope Everyone had a very wonderful Christmas and the rest of the holiday season thus far.

Gadzoon, it was a lot of fun, definitely looking forward to seeing you on the next cruise. Please feel free to organize one as well, i'm looking for suggestions for future runs.

So glad there is still so much interest in more cruises. with that being said...

A z friend I met through the so.cal region thread is in the area (Salinas) for the holidays til Jan. 6th would like to meet up with more local z's.

Date: Jan 5th
Local Suggestion: Somewhere in Santa Cruz (or Monterey, but that maybe too far for some/most)
Time: ?

Let me know if anyone is interested in joining me. I know this is super last minute. So far the weather is sunny for the 5th.


gr8-wrx: whenever you see your self have time and get chance to take the z, we can definitely organize a cruise.

I'm 100% in. I may decide to stay in Santa Cruz for the night. The distance is fine either way.

BONFIRE ON THE BEACH WITH THE Z'S CIRCLING US MUST HAPPEN :icon17:

I'll be coming from San Leandro. The path I take will probably be like it's laid out in the attached image. I'm open to any meetup spots but will look at some options.

Hey, who else is planning to stay late. I’m of at 5pm. So if u guys aren’t planning on leaving early I’m down to smash down there.


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I'm contemplating staying in Santa Cruz Saturday night, but I may be the only one. I'm looking at hotels right now.

I may have found a spot for us to do a bonfire if anyone is interested. SeaBright Beach is open until 10pm and has fire pits. Check out the images on Yelp. I can bring the logs and stuff if there is interest.

Cruise #2 information updated. Sorry for the super long delay!!!

A friend of mine is going to join me.

Head count so far is:

Bay Area Z + 1 friend (Joins cruise at 3pm)
Casher1212 (Joins cruise at 6pm)
xoxOnaisa +1 friend (Joins cruise at 3pm)

Anyone else?

I will cover the logs. Bring s'mores if you wish.

I'll end up staying in Santa Cruz on that night. My plan after the bonfire is to smoke some cigars on the boardwalk, play some pool at Neptune's Kingdom, and grab some food after that.

It just occurred to me that it's scheduled to rain on the day of the cruise.

We know how reliable these forecasts are :rofl2: so anything can happen. I went backpacking last week and it said 0% chance of rain....as soon as I showed up, it rained the whole time I was there.

But in case you were considering rolling with us, keep that in mind. It may rain. If it does, it would be a different cruise (no bonfire).

Personally, I'll see what happens with the weather and keep my hotel reservation for now.

For those interested in something a little shorter/informal, I’m located in the South Bay (San Jose) and drive up to SF on Sunday's to visit family. As of lately I’ve been taking highway 9 —> Skyline 35 —> pit stop at Alice’s —> 92 then eventually taking 280 up to SF.

Been doing this once or twice a month if anyone wants to join in the mornings/afternoon (although traffic does pick up in the afternoon).

Emphasis on informal! Unfortunately, no BBQ’s or bonfires with this one. Just putting in some miles in the woods on Sunday’s.

I’m such a jynx. Every date I’ve suggested/chosen has been a rainy day lol

Will definitely take you up on that offer to the city trangalang

Hi Guys,

Due to the rain i'm going to cancel the cruise for the 5th and schedule for a future date. Let me know what dates/timings work for all.

Thanks!

I live my life a quarter mile at a time....

i need to find a better job if i wanna drive every day :[

Oh all the road trips i'd complete....

Dang I had no idea the Bay Area still had active Z car activities. I've been hanging out with too many Subie bros and it'd be cool to drive with my people!

My favorite route around Woodside area is Page Mill -> Alpine -> Pescadero -> Hwy 1 -> 84 -> Alice's

When the weather is better maybe we can all go on a nice drive.

We should plan something soon. Before you know it, the few CA members will have sold their Z's.

Stopped by yesterday.

I spent 4 days in the Santa Cruz area. I saw ONE 350z. Nothing else. We have rare cars :D

haha indeed, if only you guys are on facebook, we have quite a bit of cruises there

When's the next one?

we just finished one so havent planned the next one yet