A touch late on posting this, but have tho share what a great time I had up in Marin recently! Last weekend, Jacquie Phelan (Alice B. Toeclips to many) invited a few of us from SoCal up to her 60th birthday party she was throwing for herself. It was being held at the West Point Inn <http://www.westpointinn.com/>. She's a member in good standing, and rented the entire facility out for Friday and Saturday night.
It ended up being myself, Hugh, and James W. that drove up on Friday. A little bit of rain just north of LA, and then clear sailing the rest of the way up. We arrived a bit late, but met up with Jacquie, a bunch of her long-term friends, and Philip W at the Inn. And WHAT a great time we had. An amazing facility for just hanging out, sleeping in, eating and drinking well (Jackquie went to school w/ Sierra Nevada people) and yeah, riding bikes. We hung out late that night talking by the fire. Met some real great people there. Jacquie's husband, Charlie Cunningham, was there earlier, but had left by the time we made it up. He is the man that was injured recently that has the gofundme site stickied on this list. At least 30 other people were there. Most from the immediate vicinity, four from Napa, and then the three of us from SoCal. Can't say enough how pleasant it was that evening, amongst 30 people you were pretty much best friends with already, but just didn't know it! After left-overs for breakfast, some more hanging out, we jumped on the Coastal Trail and headed out for a ride! Lunch at the Pelican Inn <http://www.pelicaninn.com/> at Muir Beach. Then a bit of a climb, back up and through Muir grove to Pantoll and the Inn. Philip pulled off to head to another birthday party (his!), leaving the three of us to enjoy a fantastic catered meal by yet another of Jacquie's friends! Fell asleep to an incoming storm, and wisps of clouds blowing through the open windows of the porch I was sleeping on! Another breakfast there with more delicious leftovers, packing up, saying good byes, and a fun ride in the rain back down to our cars at Pantoll. Eight hours later, it was all over! Even found an awesome back route bypassing the Altamont Pass (Patterson Pass Rd) on the way back! I hope Hugh and Jim will chime in with their impressions. Here are my photos from the weekend: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/albums/72157661872299170 I took a lot, as I really wanted to document the event, and convey my experiences there! Only thing I would have done differently is try to get some more of y'all to ride up there. Apparently JP knows everyone in Marin, so door-busters and party-crashers were all welcomed! Thanks to Hugh and Jim for jumping on board and doing this, and especially to Ms. Phelan for inviting us up! Maybe, just maybe, we could pull off something similar this summer!!!! Some conversations to that end are happening! -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
