WCR 2024 Options

[sb914]

Here's a place to stay with lots of parking and places to drink
https://youtu.be/qaY5gU0K4YY?si=JILfLBg3HAVH2vdN
We've hosted a few 914Rubber events here.

Grand Lodge would be an awesome place to stay! Would probably find myself there next summer one way or another. Doing it with a bunch of 914's would be icing on the cake.

It's also semi-close to some of the roads I was thinking of. Could do a run to Ft. Stevens as a drive instead. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Sounds great!

[siverson]

San Diego.

If San Diego is in the running I could host a BBQ at my place and could probably carefully arrange parking for 40-50 914s or so... Could be after a run through east county and the mountains.

-Steve

[worn]

WCR is on my bucket list, but I keep waiting to be held somewhere in the south. I can't do 3 days from here to Petaluma, and three days back, plus the event itself.

And Seattle is a definite "no way in hell" drive.

That's just one hell of a long trip, even if I trailer the car. Plus the price of gas in California is painful!

Then Forks WA isn’t in the cards? Great region but north coast CA or Petaluma are great ideas. I am too far away to organize but am bummed out by not getting to an event this year.

[second wind]

San Diego.

If San Diego is in the running I could host a BBQ at my place and could probably carefully arrange parking for 40-50 914s or so... Could be after a run through east county and the mountains.

-Steve

San Diego rings a loud bell for me vs. Oregon....no offense of course. East of the ocean are many driving options.....plus if we lose our minds we can dip into Mexico and really get our blood pressure going.....some ways better than others....maybe not a great idea to dip into Mexico....
gg

[sixnotfour]

San Diego.

If San Diego is in the running I could host a BBQ at my place and could probably carefully arrange parking for 40-50 914s or so... Could be after a run through east county and the mountains.

-Steve

Heck Yes..

[rhodyguy]

Forks? No. There’s only so many ways to get there. As remote as it gets in western WA.

[Mikey914]

I'd still be up for the northern event before with a rally down, and badges, I git your badges for the Trans Western Rally (both events).

[worn]

Forks? As remote as it gets in western WA.

And your point would be? Still, I understand that isn't for everyone.

[worn]

I'd still be up for the northern event before with a rally down, and badges, I git your badges for the Trans Western Rally (both events).

Humphrey Bogart is bound to show up with the badges. Do I understand this correctly? Event: 900 miles north or south: Event: 900 miles back? I am not complaining. That is pretty much my normal drive to these things. I hope to have a 914 in North Bend by then, so of course north has some appeal for me. I hear that the Port Orford region has great drives.

[Chris914n6]

Starting to sound like some folks want to do a split North & South Thursday gathering, then Fri an adventure drive to a central location. Sat the usual drives together and dinner awards. Sun we head home...

Petaluma is a 12 hour drive for me (Vegas) so I'd be open to that.

[Mikey914]

I was proposing a single event that includes both locations.
If we can get a day for the destination, the north meet wouls rally down to the south site. This is where the badges come in.
So if oir frieds to tge south can come up, we all could drive back together over a 2 -3 day period for the" main event"

Maybe too complex, but lets see if we can pull it together.

[Chris914n6]

I was proposing a single event that includes both locations.
If we can get a day for the destination, the north meet wouls rally down to the south site. This is where the badges come in.
So if oir frieds to tge south can come up, we all could drive back together over a 2 -3 day period for the" main event"

Maybe too complex, but lets see if we can pull it together.

That's alot of travel time. Petaluma to Medford to Forest Grove 6+6+6. Plus 6 for the Socal caravan, so that's now 24 hours back home. Maybe Forest Grove and San Diego as twin events or a week apart if Petaluma doesn't pan out?

[jim_hoyland]

Over the years many North meets South car clubs have met up on Cambria
The 356 club and back in the Renegade Hybrids met up there.

[ThinAir]

Over the years, I have attended 2 in Medford, 1 in Brookings, 1 in Tahoe and the 2009 event that included Willow Springs. I've never been to one that I didn't enjoy, but Willow Springs and the Medford one with the track are by far my favorites. Now that I'm retired and widowed, my schedule is my own so I will be there no matter where it is held as long as it does not conflict with Red Rocks Classic on 9/14. As far as I'm concerned Red Rocks "owns" the September time slot for western events. Route 66 is a spring event and WCR is a summer event. Events that are east are not part of the equation for western events. I'm not in a position to plan a WCR, but if you want to know who will attend and why, that's my input.

[Mikey914]

Ernie,
If you want to plan, I'd be happy to help. The key here is we pick a time and spot early so we can build drives / features into the event.

Mark

[tygaboy]

Re: Petaluma as a possible location:
I won't set any expectations but, tomorrow, I hope to start converstion with the key players who may be able to green light some special locations and experience opportunities for us. If these are a go, I'll outline what's planned.

Depending on timing that works for the event locations - and any potential costs- I'm likely moving forward.

If it works out that it can be "WCR 2024", great. If folks want to do something different as the official event, that's OK with me.

Again, this may go nowhere for any number of reasons. More as I learn what's possible.

[Ottomotion]

Mendocino is about the same latitude as Tahoe so similar drive distance for people coming from north or south.
Fantastic roads all around.
Pliny on tap and the best Reuben on the west coast at Patterson's Pub.
Patterson's
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[Cairo94507]

Knowing Chris, tygaboy, whatever he has up his sleeve is likely to result in an epic WCR; I stand with him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) . I realize it makes it difficult for the southern CA crowd as they have a 7-8 hour drive to get up to the area, but the roads are typically great driving roads without being relegated to stop and go freeway traffic a large part of the time.

We were down in LA 2 weeks ago and I do not know how you guys living down there put up with the non-stop, stop and go traffic on all of the freeways. It was murder and we actually timed our drives to be outside of the commute times. There were cars and trucks passing on the shoulders at speed, tailgating like one would see in Fast and Furious movies, stupid lane changes, etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[worn]

Knowing Chris, tygaboy, whatever he has up his sleeve is likely to result in an epic WCR; I stand with him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) . I realize it makes it difficult for the southern CA crowd as they have a 7-8 hour drive to get up to the area, but the roads are typically great driving roads without being relegated to stop and go freeway traffic a large part of the time.

We were down in LA 2 weeks ago and I do not know how you guys living down there put up with the non-stop, stop and go traffic on all of the freeways. It was murder and we actually timed our drives to be outside of the commute times. There were cars and trucks passing on the shoulders at speed, tailgating like one would see in Fast and Furious movies, stupid lane changes, etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

The LA area is pretty much out of range for me. Just that much too many days.

[jim_hoyland]

One of the more successful WCRs was held in LA ( actually Monica ) despite fear of crippling traffic. I think there were over 50 914s
There are a lot of great locations to meet up