Hey folks -
You may have noticed in two other ongoing threads [
Ventura County (805) Car Meets? and
Any 805'ers here? ] that a few of us in the Ventura and Santa Barbara County areas are planning to get together for a group cruise this coming Sunday morning (5/18). We'd really like to have a few more BRZ/FR-S owners from our area -- or even from SFV, Santa Clarita and beyond -- join us for a casual swoosh through our local coastal hills. Details are as follows.
Where: Meet at Rincon Beach Park, just off Pacific Coast Highway (US-101 & CA-1) at Bates Road, between La Conchita and Carpinteria. Wayne and Kay will bring coffee and goodies for early arrivals to munch while we wait for everyone to show up.
Time: 8 to 8:30 AM if you want to cruise by
Santa Barbara Cars & Coffee in Montecito; later (10 to 10:30 AM) if not. The early group will swing back by the Rincon to pick up the late sleepers for the longer route to Santa Paula.
Route: Early birds will start with the optional loop to
Cars & Coffee, driving surface streets that parallel the freeway through Carpinteria, Summerland and Montecito. There'll be a few nice curves climbing Rincon and Ortega Hill as well as cruising past the megabucks beach estates on Padaro Lane, and 'posing' on the main drags of Carpinteria and Summerland. Returning via CA-192 (Valley and Foothill Roads), especially by the Toro Canyon area should be
FUN! After returning from C&C, we'll meet others who choose to come later back at Rincon Beach Park. Everyone will then drive up CA-150 past Lake Casitas, though Ojai, up the switchbacks of Dennison grade, and through downtown Santa Paula, ending with an optional lunch there.
Since there'll most likely be so few of us, please invite any of your other friends with sporty cars to join us. If you're likely to do this ride, please post to this thread ASAP.