ChrisBennet XCountry Tour This week

[911 tweaks]

good morning Chris!! the less than optimal performance could possibly be the elevation you wer/are at or the 1/2 full gas tank hindering fuel flow??

You need to post a pic of the mt. bikes on the roof of the 930...charles said you were going to bring them...you know...just in case you need them ;-) ;-)

Chris, make sure you bring me back some momento from this cruise of all trips...h^ll, even an oil soiled rag used to check the dip stick can be framed.

I think Grady summarized this journey perfectly... everyone should do what ever they can to take a trip like this 3-4x in their lives...1 before kids/marriage...1 with the family...1 with wife AFTER kids moved out...1 with the buddies.

A perfect adventure in a 911...soo much potential for "fun" at the drop of a hat. What could be better.

Enjoy...be smart...take care of yourselves... you can catch a cold out there without heat ;-)

Look fwd to seeing the trip pics!!

Bob

[Seahawk]

Originally posted by HWgeek
74cookiecutter good to hear from you! Better friends? HAHAHAHA I am ready to string him up on a noose or drag him behind the 930.




We are somewhere between deathvalley and Trona (NO not Troma) and we haven't seen any nuclear radioactive zombies yet either!

The twisties here were narly along with the dips in the road and what not, you Prescott folks need to make a trip up here!

We are sitting in the car at the Shell gas station SOMEWHERE (still unknown, as we do not have a gps!!!) on some free wifi at 10pm, an it looks like 1am in the morning, its PITCH BLACK OUT!!! There were no lights.. just say wow!!

Onward to ridgecrest, ca!

Sorry I missed this...I have a lot of friends in Ridgecrest/NAS China Lake.

If you can spare the time, take a spin up Nine Mile Road

[HWgeek]

Weeeeellll..... we decided to take the scenic route!! That meant, going probably about 60 -70 miles out of our way.
The route we ended up taking is in green, the route we should have taken is the nice shorter blue line. In the pitch pitch black, and i mean pitch black, as the high beams looked like lows at best ( and once we turned of the lights we could see Chris' home world, which I think is Antares)

We stayed on 190 rather than taking a left on wildrose road

We finally ended up over at Olancha and by LUCK found gas at Coso Junction. At at point we had 3 gallons left (just checking to see if the fuel gauge was working, at it wasn't! we had a 1/4 tank on fuel gauge.. hahaha) which MIGHT have gotten us into Ridgecrest! Chris was mmmmm slightly concerned (or running around in circles and mumbling something about deliverance)

Well off to see the big trees

[HWgeek]

We are leaving in 10 min, with a planned 2hr stop in Sequoia (I expect it to take less than that... think National Lampoons Vacation ) and our current anticipated ETA will be 7:30 in San Jose/Bay Area.

Any folks up for dinner? I know we will be hungry

We could also do b-fast tomorrow morning, and if it makes sense lunch if we can get a bunch of folks together on thursday.

Then we are off to Yosemite, to beat the weekend crowds and go see the big bald rock thingy

Cheers!

[bigchillcar]

eff'n chuckie..

[HWgeek]

Oh yea http://www.deathvalley.com/reserve/reserve.shtml
This place is a gas station, one building on the side of the road... This is where we found our free internet! Resort would be a looong stretch

[bigchillcar]

you guys are heading to the bay area? did you miss the turn at tahoe? lol. seriously, aren't you going to nevada? is this another scenic route, charles? btw, how's the wife holdin' up? she feelin' better? (you know i luv ya chris..luv you man!)

[9dreizig]

Hey I just spoke with the guys, they someo of those big trees today. .will be in Freemont around 8:30.. They are thinking they might hang around the bay area tomorrow if there's anyone that wants to meet them for for a bite anytime..
T

[Grady Clay]

Chris & Charles,

Here is the link:
http://rmvr.com/events/school.html

If you guys want, I can find you (perhaps free) lodging and transportation to & from DIA. Possibly meals, etc at the event. On the other hand, be prepared for normal (cheap) prices.

This will take some organization on my part – let me know.

This will be a fun event.

Best,
Grady

[74cookiecutter]

Chas/Chris what are your plans for hanging around Cali? If you hang around California long enough I'll be in Laguna beach area on the 19th, through Sunday the 22nd. Maybe we could meet up in LA on Sat.

[HWgeek]

We are in Fremont (around the corner from San Jose/Sunnyvale. As they say the Dodo's have landed!! Wooof... now we take a slight break and head up to Tahoe for this weekend and get some girls and skiing

We may switch with Todd so we can swing over to Yosemite (which may still have some snow!) And the trip isn't completely over yet

[Joeaksa]

Well... did you guys get lucky in Vegas?

[ChrisBennet]

[ZOA NOM]

Will you be in the Bay Area long enough to head over to Sears Point Raceway for Porsches with Trackmasters this coming Monday? Many BAP's will be on hand.

[bigchillcar]

Well... did you guys get lucky in Vegas?

car didn't quit running there, so i'd say yes, they remained 'lucky' there..

[ChrisBennet]

Wed April 12th

Sierra Nevada mountains


Hugging a tree for Donny (75Carrera - not a fan of tree huggers)


Snow in Sequoia Nat'l park.


-Chris

[tahoe_snow]

Looks like 50's open, but we have some snow for you in Tahoe.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/us50

[yel911]

Chris, that's quite the wood your sportin there!! Charles, did Vegas treat you the same??? Todd's got his work cut out......

[ChrisBennet]

Looks like we're not going to Yosemite today. Instead we're going to Smart Racing so I can do some shopping and then to San Francisco via the scenic route. I want to get a seashell from the Pacific for a souvenir.

Wish we could have met up with some California Pelicans but it's mid week and everyone needs to do that work thing. Hmmm, I should be getting back to that too I guess.

This afternoon we'll be heading to Lake Tahoe.
We've got Todd's Audi so we'll be in stealth mode.

-Chris

[HWgeek]

We will be rolling through san francisco at roughly 5pm- ish
603-TOP-KATS call if people want to arrange to meet for dinner. we have streets and maps so anywhere works

Cheers! Charles