SLO Run, by Mark Byer, pictures by Mike Christensen               News & Events 2015 

Arrival at The Peachtree

Another successful and very pleasurable joint roadster run with our friends in BAR.  This was the second year in a row that the CRs, lead by Pres. Tom, have planned and executed our joint SLO run over Memorial Day (May 21-23, 2015) weekend. They are busy throughout the year planning monthly runs, so CR has volunteered to take responsibility for this annual event.

May is a very busy month in the Central Coast, starting with the SLO Roadsters having their own show/run earlier in the month attending by several of the BAR members, and our very own Jim, Phill, Dick, Dennis, Greg and Jeff. We moved our run to later part of the month, so not to conflict with the SLO guys.

Pres. Tom, along with Max, Steve, Paul, Dick and Mark duplicated what has worked in prior runs, namely reserving all of the Peach Tree Inn, arranged for catered meals, planned out two runs for Friday and Saturday, and of course gave Bajajon an unlimited budget for our famous deck party, that was open every day from 4 PM on. We had about 80 people in attendance, split evenly between CR and BAR. Our club rolled in Thursday afternoon, and after Bajajon got the bar opened, we decided to stay in and order pizza for dinner.

The next morning (Friday) we kicked off the first of our planned runs, with Max and Steve leading us on a back road trip to the more remote The Hitching Post southerly in Guadalupe, for lunch. We have been here before, for a nice BBQ dinner, during a prior RR in Santa Maria. Tom knows the owner, so he was willing to put on a BBQ buffet lunch for us in their rear patio, with free time after lunch for exploring. Folks this is a one horse town, and to see over forty roadsters lining the their main street, is quite a sight. That night after our world famous deck party, back at The Peach Tree Inn, we had a very enjoyable catered Mexican dinner

Saturday morning (May 23rd) Max and Steve again planned another road trip, but this time is it was northerly along Highway 1, for a buffet lunch date at the Cambria Pines Inn. Free time after lunch for shopping in Cambria, or exploring the coast, wineries, etc. Again the deck opened about 4 PM, with dinner at about 6 PM being a very good tri-tip BBQ buffet (can't get enough BBQ when you're in the Central Coast) with DJ entertainment. We've added the DJ for the last couple of years with some of our favorite rock and roll tunes during dinner, and a little dancing music after, which everyone seems to enjoy.

As always, Sunday came too soon, with roadsters cranking up early, and leaving on solo and/or group runs both north and south along Highway 1, to meet up again in September for the 50th RR in nearby Pismo Beach. Tom has already planned next year's run, and he says it will be a good one.

 

 

Pres. Tom and Run Master 
All important drivers meeting 
We have arrived at the Hitching Post 
Another street scene in the opposite direction 
Pres. Tom knows the owner - Patio BBQ lunch 
Our famous deck party 
Friday night's Mexican buffet 
Outside dining 
Proper alignment in front of our rooms 
Saturday's run was northerly alone hwy 1 
Back at the Peachtree 
BAR Pres. 
Great Rock n Roll DJ