Wonderful morning drive with @
leicaboss and @
cdo221. Started out at Fairfax at dawn. Few cyclists, but not too bad and all were courteous. Fairfax-Bolinas rd. was quite bumpy as usual, but this drive was not a "balls-out" high adrenaline drive, but more of a "brisk" sunday morning cruise to take in the views. Morning sunshine trickled through the trees as we wound through the coastal redwoods towards Alpine lake. Stopped to take in the view, when the cameras came out, David with his very cool vintage Leica and Chris with his impressive camera, filters and all (inception shot of David shooting Chris shooting my car
). Continued onto ridgecrest but was dismayed to see that the road was closed until 9am, so we hung out for a little while until a very nice park ranger lady came by (early) to unlock the gate. Ridgecrest was wonderful as usual, so we took in the view, while I relived my rally fantasies (complete with pacenotes in my head, "3 left into 3 right, keep right on the crest"). The East peak of Mt. Tam did not disappoint, the view of the bay was clear, with SF and the golden gate at the distance, with a nice blanket of fog over the ocean to the west. Worked our way back down and onto the panoramic highway, where the smooth curvy tarmac was well appreciated. Your hands start to feel the rhythm as you go through each corner, feeling like a downhill skier on a slalom course, with just enough camber to the road to boost your confidence that the tires will hold, egging you on. On the way down, we were greeted by a very nice turkey who was in no hurry to cross the road, made for a good wtf moment. Unfortunately, we ran into that same fog we were admiring as we finished down highway 1, but none the less, it was a pleasure gentlemen, let's do it again soon.
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Originally Posted by LV2CRNR
Just leaving work now. Got stuck with 3 broken aircraft by myself.
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bummer, no worries, there will be a next time
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Originally Posted by PMok
sorry I missed it... I went to bed late and just knew it wasn't going to be possible to drag myself out of bed that early to get out there in time...  |
Partying SO HARD eh? You and @
overlookedx haha, sorry to wake you up Chris, David swore you were coming
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Originally Posted by crouchingpinoy
Sounds like an awesome candidate for an epic DRIVE with picturesque background for photos! Let's do it!!!
Maybe we can brainstorm and plan a weekend this spring/summer to do it? We can have the central valley crew host it
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Do it! With enough heads up, I can definitely make it. Perhaps meeting/starting from Oakdale?
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Originally Posted by cdo221
Great drive, your car is very photogenic
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What an awesome pic! I'm not so sure its all my "photogenic" car, lol, I'm pretty sure its more 10% my dirty car, 90% your artistic eye/skill/impressive set-up