[Nobbc] Whew! Saturday's Drive...

[andy preston]

Greg, thanks so much to you and Trish for organizing a great drive on
Saturday, the deli was great.  I'm sorry that we messed up you schedule a
bit but wanted to give the Norm all possible time because he came up from
SF, but he got lost.  But as they say, "All's well that ends well" and we
all caught up and had a great time.  It was kind of fun being the sleuth
with Dawson's son Lionel and his friend Matthew.  Thank god Matthew took a
picture of your map which was kind of fuzzy but it worked.  Marla and I
really enjoyed hosting the start and I think we should do more of that in
the future.  I also for Dawson leading the February tour.  He was behind me
going up Trinity in his Roller and it took the bends very well, with only a
bit of tire squeal on the tight ones.  Great job.

Take care

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Greg Tatarian
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:39 PM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: [Nobbc] Whew! Saturday's Drive...

Wow!

Thanks so much to all who showed up for the drive. Trish and I weren't 
prepared for so many cars - let me tell you it is really difficult to 
keep that big of a group together! Of course, it didn't help that there 
was a miscommunication at the start when we were told prematurely to 
crank it up and start leading the group out of there. Turns out one 
member hadn't shown up yet, so Andy and Marla turned back to give him 
another few minutes, and yup, we lost Dawson and Sons at the first 
light. Trish has told me she won't serve as lead car navigator again 
until I put a side view mirror on the passenger door for her.

Deano - looks like you split off there about halfway - was that planned, 
or was the TR6 having troubles?

Fortunately, the secondary group pretty much created a similar route to 
end up at Genova's on Trancas in Napa where the first group was waiting 
in hopes of getting our full team back together. The next hiccup was 
the  l o n g  wait at the deli, so I know we all spent more time on this 
drive standing around than we normally do, but hopefully it was worth 
it. I know the in-town stuff isn't our typical scene, but we picked up a 
lot of admirers in the parking lot, which is usually a good thing.

Thanks go to Marla and Andy for hosting the surprisingly large group of 
folks at their house; nice work on the MGA, Andy. It's going to be too 
nice to drive on its own wheels! Also, thanks to Andy, Marla, Dawson, 
Lionel and (didn't get Dawson's other son's name) for persevering and 
meeting up with us in Napa.

Ron - we were all thinking of you, and hopefully you will be fit as a 
fiddle for the next one. I took some pictures, and several other folks 
did as well, so you can get some vicarious fun.

The collection of cars (anyone tell me if I missed someone) on the drive;

Sheryl and Dennis MGB x 2
Charlie and Patty TR8
John Lotus Elan S2
Dan (Jag XJ)
Sarto Elan S3 Coupe
Andy and Marla MGB roadster
Gerry Mercedes roadster
Wendell Morgan
Dawson Rolls Royce
Lionel and brother Lotus Eclat
Bill Birkin Lotus 7 type
Dean and Maria TR6
Greg and Trish  Lotus Elan S4

Cheers!

Greg and Trish Tatarian
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