BlossomCA
Rock Warrior
Reged: 03/12/07
Posts: 570
Loc: Redwood City, CA
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President's Day Trip Feb. 13-16 Pismo, CA -- PHOTO THREAD
02/17/09 08:36 PM
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Preparing for this trip was a bit different than usual since when we left we were expecting up to 5" of rain!? I'm proud to say that we had an EXCEPTIONAL (near 100%) turnout even with this crushing weather report! It did rain a little for like 10 minutes Friday night, followed by 5 minutes of crazy heavy rain, but then the skies immediately cleared to reveal an amazing number of stars with no rain in sight. Saturday's weather was beautiful, all through to late evening. Not until about 2am did the wind pick up, and when it did it wreaked havoc!! Luckily the sand was still a bit wet or even more of it would have been flying, but believe me it was still flyin... the tent campers will also attest to that! After a deserving IHOP breakfast Sunday morning and then returning to crazy winds on the beach, everyone packed up to leave. And luckily so! It rained like mad on the beach Sunday night, and anyone without a camper would have hated life. The trip might have been cut a bit short, but it was still a blast. As always it was great to meet more people from the Wire!
Attendees:
-- BlossomCA / Joanna
-- ghostraider / Kris
-- Off-Roader / Ray
-- sewerrat / Bob
-- CAP510 / Carlos (and family)
-- KrzyDav / Dave
-- joestruck / Joe
-- Cronk / Joe
-- GrassCat / Michael
-- NickR / Nick (and family)
-- TyTy / Ty (and son "Yoda")
Total Count:
10 Monteros and 1 Isuzu Trooper
6 flat tires!
About to exit the freeway, dunes in the distance
Entrance
  
Water crossing was rather easy
Around camp
   
Water crossing became a bit more of a challenge Friday night
Photos from Saturday, a lovely day
          
Welcoming party at the water crossing for new arrivals
    
Coolness
In the dunes
   
Whoop-de-doos
Back on the beach
 
When 3 pirate flags isn't enough
Line up at the race track
 
Back in the dunes
    
Camp
 
Greeting party forms again, this time for Carlos' arrival
  
Tonka tow truck
Around camp
          
Night run!
        
Sunday morning, bright and early, very very very windy
       
On the way back from IHOP Sunday morning
      
THE END
But then Kris and I spontaneously decided to stay on for Sunday night even though we were expecting terrible weather. After all, we had the trailer!
 
Monday morning, in the rain
 
Exciting water crossing on the way out!
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Joanna
1992 Toyota 4Runner -- 3.0L V6, MT, 4.7 TC
Amateur Radio AE License
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