Morro Bay Ride 11/13——11/15

[Bill Reitz]

I’m just helping Tony get this info posted so everyone is up to date. All the motel and campground information has been posted on the CALENDAR for this event. Go there to see what research he has done.

Calendar Morro Bay

(I added link—jtc)

Topic

[John Crittenden]

Whoever will be camping, I suggest campground reservations to be done soon. (I will not be on this ride).

[Alan DeCarr]

I have this on the calendar and will wait to make hotel reservations to see if there is any general consensus on which hotel the group prefers. Either is fine with me.

[Alan DeCarr]

At Tony’s suggestion, I have booked at Bay View Inn. I believe that is the same place we stayed last year.

[Tony]

Hello South Coasters

Thank you Bill R. for helping this rookie, the information below is very much transparent to what posted on the calendar, except few additional small details

The information I have at this moment for lodging is

Bay View Inn
225 Harbor st., Morro Bay, CA. 93442
805 772 2771
For Nov 13 and 14
Queen Size Bedroom $79.00/Friday night and $99.00/Saturday night
2 Queen Beds bedroom $99.00/Friday night and $119.00/Saturday night
Contact Andy and refer to South Coast Riders

and

Fireside Inn
730 Morro Ave., Morro Bay, CA. 93442
805 772 2244
For Nov 13 and 14
King Size Bedroom $112.56/Friday night and $132.17/ Saturday
2 Queen Bed Bedroom ad $11.00 to existing price above per night
Contact Amish and refer to South Coast Riders

Since we stayed at Bay View Inn before I suggest you book your reservation/stay with Bay View Inn and use Fireside Inn back up.

For campers, they can make camping reservation thru Parks.CA.GOV or reservecalifornia.com, 800 444 7275 (PARK)
and there are two near by campgrounds that are limited camp sites available are

Morro Bay State Park
$35.00 per night plus $7.99 reservation fee
or
Isley Creek Campground in Montana de Oro State Park
$25.00 per night plus $7.99 reservation fee

First night dinner and Saturday night dinner TBD at this time.

I highly suggest that members decided to go on this trip to take a look at Hotels.com and Booking.com for reservation, I also would like to know how many riders are attending this ride so I can contact the above hotels to release rooms that are not needed, time frame is the beginning of October or 30 days before booking date.

On first day, first the meet up will be Spaghettini locate at 3005 Old Ranch Pkwy, Seal Beach, CA 90740, this for OC folks and kick stand up @ 08:00AM, the second meet up at Chevron gas station locate at 5221 Palo Comado Canyon Rd, Old Agoura, CA 91301, this stop is for folks that lives outside OC, ETA for this location is 09:30AM and kick stand up once everyone are accounted.

On second day, if we have time we will do a vineyard loop and possibly visit one or two.

For Friday lunch we will try Cold Spring Tavern
Friday night dinner will be The Libertine Pub
Saturday breakfast we all can do Hungry Fisherman or your choice
Saturday lunch either Nepenthe or Ragged Point depends time we have
Saturday dinner will be Dutchman’s Seafood House
Sunday breakfast will be Frankie and Lola’s Front Street Cafe or La Parisienne
Sunday Lunch we have Jim & Rob’s Fresh Grill in Ojai
We are disperse once we leave Ojai, you can take any routes home depends on your taste

The mileage will given to you starting and finish from Irv Seaver.

If you have any questions feel free to email me at [email protected] or 714 904 0068

Tony

Attachments:

1. Day-1.gpx
2. Day-2.gpx
3. Day-3.gpx

[Steve Leo]

I have also booked at the Bay View Inn. Will join the group at the Agoura stop.

[Ron Zablocki]

Thank you Tony for setting this up. Lorna and myself have also reserved a room at the Bay View Inn.

EDIT: Don’t know if it makes sense to drive down south for the first meetup location, so we might just do the Agoura stop.

[howard Bland]

Thanks Tony. Room booked! Howard Bland

[Eric Wolf]

Hi Tony,
Any updates on Morro Bay? Now that Kernville is behind me I’ve turned my brain to Morro Bay. My head only has capacity for one trip planning. thanks

[Ron Zablocki]

What questions did you have Eric? I believe Tony has already posted all the relevant info above, including GPX route files.

[Willis Ho]

Hi Tony,

Just likes to confirm the 8:00am meet up will be @ Spaghettini, Seal Beach, the GPX route shown day one route started at Irv Seaver BMW.

I have booked room at Fireside Inn.

Thanks, Willis

[Tony]

Hello Willis
You are correct about GPX starting point and time and KSU location, I am using Irv Seaver as starting point as reference and mileage credit but actual starting point is Spaghettini in Seal Beach.
For reservation have you try Bay View Inn? I spoke to Andy yesterday and he is aware of our trip, don’t forget to mention you are South Coaster and request the rates or book on line.
See you on the ride.

[Ron Zablocki]

Since I’m north of the OC, I’ll be meeting you all at the Chevron in Agoura Hills at 9:30am.

[Willis Ho]

Hi Tony,

I spoked with Andy and booked at Bay View Inn, the rate is $42 higher then Fireside Inn. They are almost sold out for 11/13 weekend.

Thanks, Willis

[Tony]

Wow! I have heard the same thing from different member and have you try the options I mentioned? just hoping.

[Willis Ho]

Andy offered room with king bed $129 for Friday, 11/13 and $149 on Saturday plus tax and fees (paid $330 total) for South Coast rider now. It is different then your earlier published rate. Let me know if you can help!

Thanks Willis

[Willis Ho]

Andy offered room with king bed $129 for Friday, 11/13 and $149 on Saturday plus tax and fees (paid $330 total) for South Coast rider now. It is different then your earlier published rate. Let me know if you can help!

Thanks Willis

[David Eastly]

On the last central coast ride I stayed at the Morro Crest Inn. Nice hotel, and prices starting at $95 per night.
http://www.morrocrestinn.us

[Steve Leo]

Rockview Inn is pretty good and is only 2 blocks from the Bayview Inn. $112.00 per night for Fri and Sat. Hotels.com

https://www.hotels.com/ho111716/?intlid=TP+Hotel+1+Homepage+%3A%3A+TP+Properties&q-check-in=2020-11-13&q-check-out=2020-11-15&q-room-0-adults=2&q-rooms=1

[Tony]

Hello every one

First, the Morro Bay’s Ride still on and I wanted to clarify few things. According to GPX file the starting point is at Irv Seaver and I use this as reference, but actual starting point is at Spaghettini at Seal Beach Blvd and Frwy 405. Kick stand up at 08:00AM, since it is Friday traffic will be heavy and ETA time to second location: Chevron Gas Station in Old Agoura, 5221 Palo Comado Canyon Rd, Old Agoura, CA 91301 and plan on leaving there between 09:30–09:45AM. With the two locations are available you can meet up at which location is convenience for you and the mileage credit will be the same as you started from Irv Seaver.

Now for the UPDATE

According to my planning we should have lunch at ColdSpring Tavern, I called to confirm the accommodation and due to situation we are in, not too many places will allow dine in and if they do with outdoor seating, capacity is limited. With this restriction it really makes the breakfast, lunch and dinner location difficult to find. Also Coldspring Tavern does not open till 11:30AM, this is not the issue but the manager there says base on our arrival time it could be difficult to find seats. With this in mind, I called different locations and set up options if these places can not accommodate our group and the revision is:

Friday November 13, 2020

Lunch: ColdSpring Tavern (possible) and back up option is Panino in Santa Ynez, I called and they accompany up to 35 people but need to call ahead for the kitchen to get ready

Dinner: Libertine Pub, First Come First Serve, no reservation due to pandemic. so I suggest we head over to the restaurant around 05:00PM to grap some table and seat or Rosie’s Bar & Grill as back up option. Again I called and 27 person is max and First Come First Serve

Saturday November 14, 2020

Breakfast: The Hungry Fisherman, it does not open till 08:00AM and this will push the departure time back which I do not mind, I called and it also needs to know in advance so the staffs can get the kitchen ready, or Top Dog Coffee & Bar as another option, it opens at 07:30AM and Patrick also needs to know in advance so he can reserve us the garden

Lunch: To be determine as we ride and find places that accommodate our group

Dinner: Dutchman Seafood House can not accommodate our group, their dining area in and out are 16 people max and First Come First Serve, I also called around and one place kept selling me the whole floor with prix fix menu or go to San Francisco for dinner and you know it will be on Google and Yelp review. The back up options are: if we are coming back early from Ragged Point we can stop by Taco Temple and give it a try, I have not call them to see how many they can accommodate or we all can give The Hungry Fisherman a chance for dinner

Sunday November 15, 2020

Breakfast: As I planned and hope the ease of restriction and most of you already know Frankie & Lola or La Parisienne both have small dining area. So, may I suggest we go back to Top Dog Coffee & Bar for our breakfast or you may choose your own.

Lunch: Jim’s & Rob also limited seating and First Come First Serve and the manager indicated the arrival time is very busy for them. I called Café Emporium and dealt with them for two days, Kelly Spencer was very nice and she offered the loft for our group with conditions: I have to let her know in advance so kitchen can get ready for us with some other options, Pay together in one bill with gratuity included so we can get special menu and discount or get individual bill, order off the regular menu and no discount, one request she had for us is gratuity, they will accept cash or put on card is fine but for paying for the meal she asked you to use your credit card, please bring your credit.

It is difficult to plan and accommodate a large group of friends, riders in this pandemic, I hope you all understand and I will listen to your suggestions and input other wise I will see you in November.

[Ron Zablocki]

Appreciate all the work you put into this weekend ride Tony! 👍

[howard Bland]

Tony, thanks for great planning! Always enjoy your rides!

[Rob Tripp]

I am planing on doing this ride. I’ll meet you all up in Moro Bay on Friday night. I suggest Taco Temple for dinner.

[Ed Taylor]

Looks like rain is predicted this Saturday in Morro Bay, But clear and in the 60’s next week. Perfect.. Hurray!
Tony, thanks for all your work on arranging this ride. Ed

[Tony]

Thank you Ed, I just try to do the best for every one

[Julito Antolin]

I’m booked at the Best Western really close to the Bay View inn (4 minute walk). See you all on the ride!

[Tony]

Hello South Coasters

Please read the calendar as it has updated, some of the information I had I could not fixed so I will list few changes here for you

Friday night dinner, we have to split the group into 2 and or you pick your place

Saturday breakfast I considered The Hungry Fisherman since it is on the out to the freeway, lunch is Subway in Fort Hunter Liggett and Dinner is Tacos Temple since is on the way back.

Sunday breakfast, let’s do Top Dog Caffe, it is on the way out to and lunch still Jim & Rob’s Grill in Ojai

See everyone next Friday.

Thank you

[Ron Zablocki]

Hi Tony – For your Sat route, it looks like the west half of Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd going to PCH is closed until further notice. Not sure if you want to do any re-routing because of this?
Big Sur Road Closures

[Vern Shrader]

Vern & Robin Shrader will be on the Morro Bay Trip. Were staying at the Bay View Inn. Note – Since were are coming from Murrieta, CA we will following our own route and NOT meeting up at the group departure point. See everyone in Morro Bay.

[Tony]

Thank you Ron Z for catching that road closure, I have send out the update and in case you did not get the info I will post the info here.

November 09, 2020

Hello South Coasters

I hope this will be the last update for Morro Bay Ride, 2020 surely is a heck of a year. Ron Z. monitored the road situation and pointed out Nacimiento Ferguson road is closed till further notice due to land slide, Ron Z., Steve Leo and I have been brainstorm for new route for Saturday and we came up with alternative route for all of us to enjoy, please the see the attachment of GPX file.

Would like to remind you all to return the lunch order’s form early so we can pre order your lunch and have your lunch ready at time of arrival, please do forward or reply to Steve Leo at [email protected]. Hope to see you all this Friday and looking forward to this ride.

Tony

Attachments:

1. Day-2-Morro-Bay-Revision-2.gpx
2. Lunch-Orders.xlsx

[Julito Antolin]

Tony – Routes look awesome. Thanks for the hard work in putting this together! Got them in basecamp already.
I’ll be meeting the group at Agoura Chevron. Since I’m coming from Torrance, I’m leaving just before 8am, taking 405, to 10W and up the coast. North up Malibu Canyon to the Chevron. I’ll adjust for traffic on the morning of…I should be there about 9am. Seems like that’s about ETA for the group route if they depart Spaghettini at 8am (on the dot).

Looks to be a bit chilly up North. Tony – hope you’re bringing a heated liner and NOT just your mesh jacket.

Cheers,
Julito

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[Tony]

Thank you

[Henry Salari]

I was hoping we could stop by AJ Spur’s either in Grover Beach or Templeton since they have a pretty good BBQ. Maybe next time. Looking forward to meeting you all and seeing the rest of the group on Friday.

Thank you,
Henry

You weren't born to pay bills and die

Goat Moto Tours - Henry Salari

[Tony]

Henry, you can stop by and have dinner there if you wanted, first night is kind of limbo no restaurants can accommodate our large group and they are not cooperative when I called.

Tony

[Jessie Vaca]

Tony, I will be at the Chevron with Ron Z, Thanks for setting everything up!

[Eric Wolf]

I’ll meet you at Chevron also.

[Henry Salari]

Would it be possible for someone at the Spaghettini spot to text me when the group is about to take off? 310-403-6962. That’ll give us at the Chevron a better idea on ETA. Thank you in advance.

310-403-6962
Henry

You weren't born to pay bills and die

Goat Moto Tours - Henry Salari

[Tony]

Hello South Coasters

Thank you for coming and did the Morro Bay ride, good weather for 3 days, good camaraderie, and a lot of laughs. Hope to see everyone on the next ride, till then be safe and stay healthy.

[Erasmo Brenes]

Many Thanks to Tony and Steve Leo for organizing this ride, it was a pleasure. Also many thanks to the ride leaders, Julito, and Henry, who did great managing the large groups.

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