Originally Posted by wolverine

I liked the drive. that was my first time driving a road with that many sharp turns and it was pretty fun. everything went pretty well until that crx went off the cliff. but he was ok so that was a plus. it might not have been as organized as it was during the napa valley cruise (this is my second meet) but overall i had a great drive.

Originally Posted by teeman3

Thanks everyone for coming out today. As you can see, unexpected things do happen. The non-CL cars were invited by another CL member to tag along on this winding cruise and this ok since they've been on these cruise meets before.

Unfortunately, the Honda CRX went off the embankment during the cruise and was ok.
I received notice later that his car was still operational other than a minor facial abrasion on the nose. The tow truck did show up 30 minutes later and the car was finally back on it's feet.

As far as social time alotted at the beginning of the meet, there wasn't enough time to get together and chat amongst the members. I tried to stick to the schedule to start the cruise because it was scheduled for 10-12. Given the 20 minutes at Starbucks, I felt we had to start the cruise in order to keep on schedule. I apologize if anyone did not have a chance to chat some more during this time.

With 15+ cars and 20+ people, it's hard to keep track of who's who in the crowd. I tried to introduce the first few people to other members as they showed up, but as more came I couldn't keep up w/ the names/faces of introducing everyone to everyone else. It's up to you to mingle and introduce yourselves amongst the others. But I did try, though.

As far as the photo shoot, since there were a few photopgraphers who snapped numerous photos of each individuals' rides and group photos, I thought that I put 2 SC430's in front of the group photo to mix it up. I was not trying to steal the show/spotlight or be in the way of anyone.
There were many snapped photos of the 2IS as a group and I'm sure that someone will be posting those pics soon. Again, I apologize if this offended anyone in the group.

During a cruise, there will be other cars trying to merge or exit and them getting in the way is common when we have a line of 15+ members cruising along the road. Common courtesy falls into play here and they have every right to cut into our line to exit or merge into another lane.

As I mentioned before, afterwards, if anyone who wishes to get together after the planned agenda, they may free to do so w/ other members to have lunch or get together somewhere else. That's why it's from 10-12 so that other folks have time to leave afterwards for other engagments later in the day. A few folks left early and that was ok. For the remaining folks, the schedule was open and flexible for you guys.

Thanks to Chubbymike and Imaputz for assisting w/ this cruise meet.
We had a good number of 2IS in one location (about 12?) and other models to join as well.

Again, I apologize for any mishaps or mis-communication on my part not explaining and organizing this meet to fit everyone's expectations when they attend a meet such as this one.

I tried my best to accomadate as many folks as I can and to encourage new members to join and attend meets as many as they can throughout the year. I guess I'll have to take a step back and let someone else organize a meet like this one or any future one.

I hope to see y'all at EOS.

Originally Posted by imaputz

nice meeting you Tim(?) ... i had a fun time drivng around those sharp turns .... exhilarating... but needs concentration.......... i dont get why those honda guys had to drive waving thier hands out the windows very dumb and dangerous.... which is what happen to the crx guy i bet

David