St. Paddy’s Day Run Through The Green Forest

On March 15th we celebrated St. Paddy’s Day with a drive from San Mateo to Santa Cruz via Alice’s, Pescadero and the Empire Grade Road. We had a larger group than normal for us. This present all kinds of challenges from enough Leads-Sweeps, meeting area size, location and keeping all on time.  With 53 cars and 10 passengers it went very smoothly!  With a couple of minor exceptions ~ One driver lost a crown and had to turn back to see his dentist.  Another driver got lost, which is pretty hard to do on one of our runs, and a beautiful Adventurine Green Turbo S had to pull over due to a very concerning noise in the left rear wheel area.  When the car was finally on the flatbed tow truck, it was discovered they had run over a windshield wiper blade assembly.  They pulled it out, took the car off the truck and drove home. As you may imagine, with 53 cars, we had a pretty eclectic group. With our capable Group 5 lead Subby Gnosh air-cooled leading this group which included a very well done Olive Green IROC tribute outlaw followed by the very capable 1976 912 ( all 90 HP of it ). The 912 was in capable hands and balanced perfect for this day’s routing. We ended with a fun lunch and social time at the Palomar Restaurant in Santa Cruz. They did a terrific job accommodating our group size and various arrival times.  With 5 groups I was expecting some challenges, yet due to the cooperation of the attendees, the competent Lead-Sweep Teams and some good pre-planning we pulled it off!  And our Safety Car went unused again.  Thanks again to the adept and experienced volunteer team who made this all possible.   

Please check out some of the day’s photos: