El Capitan 2016

Karen & I are in for camping.

Rick you & Lisa are NOT camping, you have a small motel !!!

Beth and I are in, camping in a small, cramped tent.

I sure hope that small, cramped tent doesn’t have a leaky air mattress that took the LOUD air pump to fill it like two years ago. 😁

Secured my Safari tent for the weekend. Darn it. They’re already set up, electrical supply, and no air pumps required. Lol.

“Beth and I are in, camping in a small, cramped tent.”

You lucky dog you 🙂

I’ll be housed in our private tent. Tradition will continue … marinated meats cooked fresh and served hot on site with fine wine after the O’dourves.

Jan and I are making the short jaunt to El Capitan in our motorhome with bike attached. Jan’s idea of roughing it!!! Someone has to supply electricity to all of you to charge your cell phones!!!!

Trish and I plan to go.

Re-confirming that I will be “tenting” again for this most exciting venue.
I just hope it is not raining “meatballs” again this year!! 🙂

I hope I’m doing this right….. This is Jim Wade, aka “the newbie from Temecula”. I would like to join everyone on that ride and camp trip if possible. Please let me know if there is room and/or I need to attend a meeting since joining. Sounds like fun. I would be riding solo.

Thanks….Jim

HI, Jim—-you should be good to go! I saw that you are on the ride list. If you can, the next General Meeting is at 10:30 at Irv Seavers on Saturday, 2 April.

It sounds like you will be coming right by Chino Hills for El Cap. Maybe we can ride there if the timing works out.

For El Capitan weekend:

* Is there a ride leader?
* Meet-up time and location?
* Ride plan for Saturday?

I guess we can wait for the General meeting April 2nd for this information if unknown a this time.

I will be bringing lot’s of firewood so make sure you bring the s’mores!!

We will be going up Friday morning and should be there by 10:30. Only a 90 minute drive for us. If anyone else is going to be there early let me know as Jan and I would like to do a local ride Friday after we get there.

Steve you might check on the arrival time for the campsites, I think 10:30 is way to early. Just a heads up.

For all who want to ride up on Friday I have put together a route. The distance is 200 miles and about 4hrs & 45mins. we will stop for lunch at the Summit Burger Shack on 150 so this will add to the time but we should be in camp around 4pm give or take.

We LEAVE Spaghettini Grill, 3005 Old Ranch Pkwy, at 1000 am. Exit 405 at Seal Beach Blvd and go ACROSS The intersection just past the building on the right and into the parking lot. Please be early or let me know you’re coming and we will wait. breitz8552@gmail will get me.

Attached is the GPX file.

Rick & Lisa, we can meet you at the Moorpark MdDonalds about 11:30 or so if you want.

The Hoopers will be there but traveling separately

4 wheeler here will also come on my own when the bus is loaded

Hey Mark, you may catch us since we take a break at the Moorpark McDonald’s then have lunch at The Summit burger place on 150. If you blink you’ll miss The Summit so as you climb onto a plateau look for some trees and tables out front on the right. Both the above places are part of the GPS file I posted.

I added the route home from El Cap with a lunch stop at Flight 126 Cafe at Santa Paula Airport. Check above for the post with the route to El Capitan.

I put together a ride for Saturday, gpx attached. The route is only about 140 miles, 3:20 of riding, and includes:
Breakfast at Ellens in Buellton
A bit of a backtrack to Nisqualli Falls for a stroll to the Falls (Beth requested this, and there should be nice amount of water falling)
If requested, stops in Los Olivos, Fess Parker Winery, and Foxen Vineyard
Lunch at Woody’s Butcher Block in Santa Maria
Through Lompoc to 101 and El Cap

If we leave by 8:30 a.m., should be back to the campsite by 3-4 pm. This is a nice, leisurely ride.

Fabulous! Thank you John

Hey Bill,

I’ll be leaving from Irvine at 12noon and will try to connect with the group after the lunch break. Hopefully by the time that you’re in Santa Barbara, if not, we’ll see you at El Capitan.

OK Erasmo. Make that 800 fly like the wind and you might catch up to us “touring” riders.

While researching Ellen’s for Saturday breakfast on Google maps I found this place kinda across the street. It looks interesting and they host motorcycle club events. Maybe a visit at a later date ??

http://www.mendenhallmuseum.com/

Hey Rick, you and the words “small tent” don’t go together. 😁

Back home, after a great weekend! Kudos to Danny and Elaine and Steve and Jan for putting the meals, drinks, and appetizers!. Also kudos to all who attended and helped make this camping experience a top notch event! Last but not least, thanks to Bill Reitz for putting a great ride home and to John Crittenden for nice ride on Saturday.

Echo Erasmo on dinner last night! I ate too much, but that only testifies to the food, drink, dessert, and company!

Beth and I had a great time.

As a reminder, on behalf of Erasmo, would everyone who attended please contribute a para or so on the El Cap weekend for the next Newsletter! Send in to Erasmo with any photos you want to accompany.

Thanks!

Hello Everyone. What a fabulous weekend. Very special Thank You to Karl and Sharon and Mike Romo for waiting at the gas station for me to get my RT started after fueling up. Thank you!
This is what I believe happened: In my exuberance to complete the task and remount my tank bag and get going, I failed to properly seat the fuel filler cap. The bike will not start unless the cap is seated properly, and securing the bag partially lifted the opening tab, which tells the engine: do not start!. Of course, with the bag mounted, I could not see anything, but I randomly pushed the bag a bit, which must have released the opening tab so that the engine and computers agreed to allow me to start my bike. Whew – what a lesson!
Thank you Karl and Sharon and Mike for making sure I got started before heading on done the road.

Yes thanks to all the wonderful people that provided the Friday nite appetizers and making sure that all had a full glass, and s’mores.
The Saturday nite dinner was so delicious and satisfing, that after that meal many of us were ina food coma. Great job!
John C. and Bill R. thanks for the great routes that you guided us thru.
I enjoy the rides but my carpel tunnel issues with my hands makes the twisties difficult. Thats why I usually bail. I am enjoying the ride but my hands pain takes it toll.
I stopped in Ventura on my way home at the Great STEAK a d Hogie shop. Great cheese stak with mushroom hogie.
I had a great weekend ! Thank you Southcoasters!

Karen and I want to thank John & Beth also for the fun Saturday ride but most of all for getting us into breakfast with minimal waiting. They MUST have recognized John’s Presidential qualities and so ushered us right in.
To the crew that made Saturday night dinner let us also offer our thanks for a job well done.
Another South Coasters El Capitan is in the books and it was a great one.

Actually, I had little to do with the breakfast time. Beth was the jewel on that.
And, I apologize for the lack of water at Viagra Falls.
I probably should drop out of the race.

David, glad you found the source of the problem quickly, and had the support of other future presidents.

John: You cannot drop out of the “race” because there is no race!

You are the chosen one!! No com petition at all 🙂

Nice try John, I knew Beth was the ONLY reason we got to eat early, with that beautiful smile who could resist. I just didn’t want you to feel any worse after disappointing everyone with that dismal display of water in the “falls”.

You still did good by taking us over Harris Grade Road. 😎

To Everyone…..
I wish to thank each and every one of you for making me feel welcome with a smile. I had the BEST time. The food was fantastic and the group, the campsite and people are all first class. I loved the Sunday ride….well except for the heat on the 210. I’m looking forward to the next ride, get together or meeting, etc. (as not to be railroaded into a board position). My parole officer thinks this will be good for me. JK
Thank you all so much…sincerely,

Jim Wade

Jim,

Welcome aboard!! You will be a great addition to the group!!

Glad you were able to make it, even for the last of the Saturday ride, Jim! No worries about the Board—-we’ll give you some time to adjust to the idiosyncrasies before you’re railroaded! Lastly, you can check with Dale to see how he gets permission from his P.O. to travel outside of O.C.

I DID IT !!! I actually followed Rick’s instructions and uploaded 17 photos into the El Cap album. Now if only adding an event and linking to the calendar was that easy. I added more photos provided by David Omlor.

Good job on the instructions Rick !!

But, but….but I but..????? Huh ?

I’ll add some photos to the gallery also, in case Bill gets too overworked!