North Bay October Brunch & Cruise - Bodega Bay - Sunday Oct 4th

boblyon1 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 12:34 PM

All Northern Cal Cobra Owners and Co-Pilots Invited:

(Note: RSVP is needed for accurate head count)

The North Bay Cobra group (part of the BACC) have a very special breakfast planned for Sunday, October 4th. We will meet at the Duck Club Restaurant in Bodega Bay at 10:30 am for some fabulous food. They say they have plenty of parking for us. The Duck Club Restaurant is part of the Bodega Bay Lodge and Spa. Their prices seem fairly reasonable. Click this link and then click "breakfast menu" to have a look at their faire:

http://www.bodegabaylodge.com/hotel-dining.html

I'm sure various "caravans" can be arranged to the restaurant via this thread. After the meal we can take a drive north along the coast, past Salmon Creek and all the beaches, then up to Bridge Haven. From there we can angle eastward on Hwy 116 to Guerneville, then head south on Hwy 116 back towards Sebastopol. Some may want to take a side trip to beautiful Armstrong Grove, a most impressive redwood forest. However, I'm certainly not committed to this route and if anyone has another, more scenic drive in mind, we can certainly go that way instead.

DIRECTIONS: The easiest way for most is to take Hwy 101 to Santa Rosa and then take Hwy 12 west into Sebastopol. Hwy 12 ends in Sebastopol but just keep going west (don't take the 116 cutoff) and it becomes Bodega Highway. Continue west on Bodega Hwy until it joins up with Hwy 1. Turn right and it is about 5 miles into Bodega Bay. For those of you with GPS or who want to "mapquest" the restaurant, the Duck Club is at 103 Coast Highway One, Bodega Bay. Their phone number is 707 875-3525 and our host is the restaurant manager, Mike Robbins.

Mike would like to have an idea of the numbers to expect so please RSVP via a post here. Thanks.

boblyon1 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 10:47 PM

I'm posting this to provide more specific directions for our brunch (and cruise) at the Duck Club restaurant in Bodega Bay this Sunday at 10:30 am. We have about 22 people and 13 cars signed up. The food should be great, the views spectacular, and the "afterward" cruise along Hwy 1 fantastic.

FURTHER DIRECTIONS: The Duck Club is the restaurant attached to the Bodega Bay Lodge & Spa. There is no sign from Hwy 1 that mentions the Duck Club, but there is a turn off with signage for Bodega Bay Lodge which is actually one of the first places you hit in Bodega Bay proper and is just north (actually at that point west) of a road called South Harbor. (If you are heading north on Hwy 1 and get to North Harbor road, you've gone too far) Continue up the hill but stay to the left rather than turning into the lodge. The Duck Club restaurant is over the hill and down, about 80 yards to the west of the lodge. Turn right into the restaurant "loop" parking lot. They tell me they will set aside parking for 15 Cobras.

CARAVAN POINT ONE: For those heading west from Hwy 101 on Hwy 12, we will meet in the shopping center parking lot on the northwest corner of Hwy 12 and Stony Point in west Santa Rosa. We will leave this point at 9:40 am sharp, heading west on 12 into Sebastopol, continuing west on Bodega Bay Hwy.

CARAVAN POINT TWO: For those coming north or south on Hwy 116 into Sebastopol, the caravan will pause briefly at Park Side school in the circular drive in front of the school. Park Side school is on a hill on the north (right) side of Bodega Bay Hwy about 2 blocks west of the Hwy 116 junctions. We will leave this point about 9:50 am.

ADDITIONAL CARAVAN POINTS: Anyone who wishes to propose additional caravan points please organize them via this forum.

Paul F · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 08:37 AM

Caravan Point Three - For those of you coming from south 101 and passing through Petaluma, we will meet at the 101/116 park-n-ride lot and leave at 9:40 sharp.

See you there.

SF_SN888KE · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 05:38 PM

I plan to make it with my girl friend. I hear it will be windy and cool. Anyone else coming from SF?

SF_SN888KE · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 06:36 AM

can you post the proposed "drive" before/after brunch/lunch?

Paul F · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 09:27 AM

Ok Ron, see you there.

Bob is proposing this after we eat:

"After the meal we can take a drive up the coast, past Salmon Creek and all the beaches, up to Bridge Haven. From there we can angle eastward on Hwy 116 to Guerneville, then head south on Hwy 116 back towards Sebastopol. Some may want to take a side trip to beautiful Armstrong Grove, a most impressive redwood forest. "

boblyon1 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 10:49 AM

At brunch we can discuss the route(s) and perhaps even arrange for a beach stop, perhaps at goat rock, if people want that. We are open to suggestions.

We picked "after" the brunch because the beach area will have a high of about 68 degrees and it will probably be a little nippy before breakfast.

decooney · #8 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 11:09 AM

Wished I could have made this one.

How did it go?

Any pictures to share?

Maybe we can plan another joint Bay/NorCal group run there in the future. Keep us in mind again for the future. DC

jmarsey · #9 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 11:29 AM

I would have liked to join you guys as well but we were at Thunderhill. Glad to see North Bay Cobras out in force and maybe see you next month.

Yes, let's plan a NorCal/NorthBay-Something soon!

John

Paul F · #10 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 12:33 PM

Bob did a very nice job selecting the Duck Club for breakfast. They had us in a room to ourselves with beautiful big views of the bay and reserved parking. I felt like I was on vacation. The menu had very nice breakfast choices. Top notch.

The ride afterwards went up the coast to the Russian River and then along the river to Monti Rio and then south to Occidental. Redwoods, river, and winding roads; nice.

We are considering Occidental or Sebastopol as our next breakfast location for November. I don't know if Bob and the others settled on anything. Parking is always the issue.

We had a lot of new faces this time and it was good to see more people joining. We had our first real Cobra at this breakfast. Don has owned his Cobra since 1967.

SF_SN888KE · #11 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 08:14 PM

Nice venue, good breakfast, great drive afterwards. My girl friend also had a great time meeting the other women at the breakfast/cruise. This is a very different group from the other bay area breakfasts because of the inclusion of the women. Makes the guys drive slower!

They also meet a bit later - 10:30AM instead of 8AM which let's us sleep in and not disturb our neighbors as we fire up the Cobra!

Worth the drive up from SF.

I've been planning a drive up to the NorCal breakfast but it's always on a Sat that I have plans, or really far away from SF.

As a reminder, next month we will be back to Pacific standard time and it will get darker sooner. So maybe meet an hour earlier? Although Saturday is Oct 31 - Halloween! Hope to see you guys next month.