Stephen and Carol had suggested a visit to the Blackhawk Museum in Danville a while back.
After the initial planning was done, we found out that the Nor Cal Club was hosting a huge
20 year anniversary event at the Blackhawk. We decided to piggy back on their event and
join in on the fun.
Maurice held the very first Viper meeting at the Blackhawk Museum 20 years ago and has been
President of the Nor Cal Club for an unprecedented 20 years ! We knew that this would be
a very well organized event and party with some great guests in attendance.
So Cal had 8 cars make the trip up. 6 of us drove up on Saturday morning together.
Dave and Debbie from Arizona met up with us and joined the caravan.
We had very little traffic as we headed north on the 5 Fwy
We made good time to our first gas stop about halfway up.
We made it to Anderson's Pea Soup in Santa Nella just in time for lunch
Hap-pea Steph and Pea-wee Glenn
We arrived at the Rose Hotel in Pleasanton just before 2:00. We got checked in and then
headed down to the parking garage for a special SRT Tech talk on the SRT TA.
Angie posing for pictures
Phil and Mark
Maurice greeted everyone and introduced Mark Trostle and Erich Heuschele
Mark started off by talking about the primary changes that were incorporated into the TA
Erich talked about how thosfde design changes helped improve the TA's performance on the track
Maurice always working
One of One SSG
One of one Gen 5
There were some very big bugs coming up the 5 fwy : )
On Saturday evening, we boarded a shuttle bus that took us up to Debbie and Denis' beautiful home for dinner.
Randy was the official greeter !
Alexis and Randy
John and Theresa
Stephanie, Glenn, Debbie, Dave, Debbie, Annie and Mike
Alexis and Randy
Sanjar, Todd and May
Lee, May and Todd
Randy, Alexis, Mark and Hana
Ann and Andy
Doug, Kathy and Roy
A very special THANK YOU to Our hosts....Denis and Debbie. Debbie went way out of her way
to plan a bunch of extra activities for all of us from So Cal to enjoy while we were up visiting.
Denis, Debbie and Roy
Don, June and Denis
The views were spectacular off the front porch
Terri and Maria
Daniel, Erich, John and Nikki
Maurice and Debbie
They even had some fun gambling entertainment
Dayton and Rich
Todd clowning around
Custom made bag to match the custom interior of D'Ann's viper
As all the cars came together on Sunday morning, you could just feel the energy and camaraderie
amongst all who came out.
Laura and Demoe
We headed for the canyon for an absolutely beautiful drive through one of the neatest
roads I had ever driven on our way to the Wente Winery.
Maurice making sure that everyone parked straight so that the photos would look perfect.
Nino - The Ladies Man
Maria
Phil and Maria with their brand new TA
Sheri, Sanjar and Angie
Mark, Daniel and Erich
Group shot at the Wente Winery
Checking to make sure all the cars are parked straight
Yup.....Looks perfect
Our tour guide
Touching a cork tree
Demoe and Laura
Sheri and Sanjar
Maria and Barbara
Charles, Aaron and Mary
Angie and Lloyd
Enjoying a little father son getaway in California.
Ann and Andy
Tony and Wayne
Hana and Maurice
John, Denis and Debbie
Lots of wine barrels
The Caves
Mary and Aaron
The 4 "M"'s Mike, Mark, Maurice and Me : )
May, Todd and D'Ann
Kathy, John and Aldina
Don, June and Maurice
Angie, Sheri, Sanjar, Cynthia, Lee and Jim
Denis, Debbie, Mary and Aaron
Annie, Dave, Debbie, Mike, Lori and Hana
Karen and Roy
Glenn and Stephanie
Daniel, Erich and Lloyd
Glenn, Stephanie and Maurice
Still working
Bill, Debbie and Maurice
Jamie and Mark
Maurice shot these hanging out the side of his RT while Erich was driving
Another cool shot as we were moving along at freeway speeds.
Cool old gas station in the center of town
The snake line into the Plaza parking
Brad with his orange TA
Phil and Randy
Annie, Debbie and Lori
Roy, Kathy, Karen and Chris
Rich, Mel, Dayton, Glenn and Janis
Elmer and Amy
Alexis and Lori
Absolutely beautiful centerpieces made by Rocky Angen
With all the beautiful Vipers parked out front, we were able to wander around and check out
some really incredible cars that were parked on the inside.
Mark and Ann
Roy and Kathy
Andy and Ann
Donita
Maria
Phil, Maria, Ralph and photo bomber Maurice
Busted !
So Cal Club
Ralph is taking a picture of her shoe......REALLY !
Ralph and Doris
Maurice officially retires on June 1 and hands the Nor Cal Club over to John
John and Nikki will have huge shoes to fill but I know with their passion, youth and enthusiasm,
they will do a great job ! Congratulations John and Nikki !
Glenn presenting Maurice a very special Viper motor coffee table as a special gift from all the
Nor Cal Club Members. VERY COOL !
Donita, Ralph and Robert
Rich, Dayton, Doris and Ralph closing out the night at the Blackhawk Museum.
Thank you to everyone in Nor Cal for putting this event together and making it a great trip
for all of us to attend !! We all look forward to seeing you folks again soon.
A special Welcome to John and Theresa. They are from Oklahoma, but also have a home in
Ojai....so we will hopefully be seeing more of them at our upcoming events.