Thanks to Jim Russell for organizing the caravan up to Paul Barry annual open house and BBQ at Willys America in Cazadero, California. Cazadero is about 80 miles northwest of San Francisco near the Russian River and is worlds apart from the Bay Area. It's beautiful country - logging was once big here, in fact Willys America is located in a former lumber mill in downtown historic Cazadero.
Here's a shot of the caravan about five miles from Cazadero:
But let's not get too hasty. The group started off in the South Bay and drove up the San Francisco peninsula to meet the next group at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, notorious in the summer for its thick fog. Saturday proved no exception. Here's the arrival of the group from the South Bay:
If you squint you can see the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and San Francisco in the background.
Just kidding. As a bonus, a Cobra club from Washington state drove south across the Golden Gate Bridge. The sound of two dozen V8s was heavenly. The group then turned around and pulled into the vista point.
We then drove north for the next rendezvous in Petaluma, joined by Willys drivers from the North Bay and Sacramento Valley.
The temperature jumped 25F, and we set off on the freeway (briefly), before turning off on backroads for Cazadero...
(More to come)
Here's a shot of the caravan about five miles from Cazadero:
But let's not get too hasty. The group started off in the South Bay and drove up the San Francisco peninsula to meet the next group at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, notorious in the summer for its thick fog. Saturday proved no exception. Here's the arrival of the group from the South Bay:
If you squint you can see the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and San Francisco in the background.
Just kidding. As a bonus, a Cobra club from Washington state drove south across the Golden Gate Bridge. The sound of two dozen V8s was heavenly. The group then turned around and pulled into the vista point.
We then drove north for the next rendezvous in Petaluma, joined by Willys drivers from the North Bay and Sacramento Valley.
The temperature jumped 25F, and we set off on the freeway (briefly), before turning off on backroads for Cazadero...
(More to come)
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