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09-20-2016, 10:28 PM | #4328 | |
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09-21-2016, 01:04 AM | #4329 | |
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Yup, moving to Sac, so a little bit nicer than Stockton
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09-21-2016, 10:29 PM | #4331 | |
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09-26-2016, 12:28 PM | #4332 |
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It's my last weekend in the bay. Saturday, midnight, still undecided, I set my alarm. Let's see... 5:30am? that should do it. I turn off the lights, kiss my wife goodnight and close my eyes. Blink! Wide awake. I check the time, 5:20, f*ck it, let's go. I stop for gas, grab coffee and sit and think for a bit. Hmmm...Hwy1? La Honda? Mines? So many choices, so much possibilities, but I need to be back by 10. I stare into the dark sky outside, then it hits me... Redwood.
I check the time, 6am, I google the sunrise, 6:58am. I'm chasing the sun, time to boogie. I pass the xmas tree farm. I've always been weary of driving in the dark. Maybe at one point in time, when I was young, dumb and full of... great ideas. I'm no touge warrior. I flip on my high beams and set off with caution. Then it hits me, the curves come to me naturally, I hit the brakes without need for any markers, I blip the throttle and know exactly what gear to be in at any instant, the muscle memory is all there. I realize I am Takumi and this is my Mt. Akina (cheesy, I know). I've never known a road so intimately, each curve, bump and crest. I decide to push my comfort level, farther and farther, faster and faster. Then I catch a glimmer, WTF was that? DEEEEEER! I slam on the brakes, ABS kicks in, we both lock eyes, which way is it gonna be?! I fake left, then right. He stutters steps, jukes, then jumps toward the hill. We both need new pants. I get to the outlook on Grizzly peak, where I have had so many lunches by myself I've lost count. I stare into the distance. Clear skies, no fog, wind blowing over the hills behind me from the east, kicking up dust into my eyes, but I don't mind. I watch the sun slowly light up the city. I stare at the bay bridge and SF, I never liked the city, never saw the appeal. On this day, this time, this instant, I'm definitely on the "good" side of the bay. 7:15 am... now what? |
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09-26-2016, 05:14 PM | #4333 | |
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09-27-2016, 10:51 AM | #4334 | |
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Great story and photos... but are we missing a part 2? How did you go from Grizzly Peak to Pescadero by the coast... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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09-27-2016, 11:27 AM | #4335 |
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Yea... what are you hiding? What did you do?!
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09-27-2016, 11:32 PM | #4336 | |
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OK, it's been too long since I had a drive... I have a few hours free Saturday morning so let's hit up one of my favorites I haven't done in a while... Alice's to La Honda to Pescadero. Those who join me will earn an 86DRIVE STAR.
Saturday 10/1/2016 Alice's Restaurant 17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside, CA 94062, United States Breakfast: 8AM Roll out: 9AM End at Pescadero around 10-10:30AM maybe drive some more after that. who's in?
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I'm in.
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09-30-2016, 10:28 AM | #4339 | |
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09-30-2016, 01:43 PM | #4340 | |
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