End of Summer Run - 2007 - first announcement

[cobrasnake]

We are in the final stages of planning the Third Annual End of Summer Run to be held on Saturday September 15th. This year we are again cruising the highways and byways of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. All plans are subject to change (our lawyers made me say this ).

Back by polular demand, we will again be meeting for breakfast at Alice's Restaurant by 8:30 AM (East Bay folks may want to meet and depart from the Rock House by 7:30). You will recall that they have indoor and outdoor dining.

We will then head south along Highway 35 and after some twisting and turning end up in Scotts Valley at Canepa Design (www.canepa.com) where we will be given a tour of this outstanding facility. Please look at their website to see all that they do and a peek at their museum. The tour will last between 1.5 and 2 hours depending on questions asked and numbers in our group. If we have enough people, they will divide us into two groups. Canepa has hosted numerous similar events for other car clubs and they have always been a great success.

Upon completion of the tour, we will head down the street to a restaurant for lunch. This will be a simple lunch with a very limited menu, which we might be able to expand if our numbers increase. They will be open just for our group and we will need to achieve a minimum number of diners - which based on history, should not be a problem.

This will be the completion of the organized EOSR (around 2 PM), however there are many choices of roads home from Scotts Valley, including going to Santa Cruz or even down to Monterey/Carmel for dinner or overnight, or alternatively Highway 17 back to San Jose and points north and east or even Highway One north to Half Moon Bay.

This date was selected because it does not conflict with Labor Day or Mini-Nats and is still two weeks before Snakes. The EOSR is meant to be that enjoyable drive you wanted to take all Summer but never had the chance/time or opportunity to round up a bunch of Snakes to do it. Co-pilots are absolutely welcome and encouraged. It is a good low key, close-by alternative to Snakes or better yet, a warm up.

As we get closer, we will need a firm head count both for Canepa as well as the restaurant. In the meantime, please let us know if you really think you can make it. We understand that plans are always subject to change, but this will give us a good start.

The Tom's (B. & H.)