Is anyone interested this summer in a meetup with local Insight owners?
It could be totally casual, but seeing if there is any interest. I know that Jeff and I are relatively close living in the San Francisco Bay Area, so let see interest and when you could be available.
I'm thinking sometime in July or August? Lets see the responses!!
That sounds great Jeff. I'm a part time photographer on the side of my day job so I can do the picture honors.
Hahaha, what's up with diamondlarry? Maybe he can give us pointers if he comes! I'd like to see how everyone drives so we can learn from each other.
There's a nice nice stretch of "almost" car free road in the mountains parallel to the pennisula on Skyline Boulevard (route 35) between Highway 92 and down to Saratoga Open reserves.
I think it's a good route as it's not the freeway, it's speed limit is in the 40s and we won't sweat too much if cars are tailing us. We can start from 92 and drive down to our endpoint at Saratago Open Reserves where we can have a hang out, grab lunch session.
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When? As to Skyline blvd(rte35) this is not agood location on summer(or any) weekend- to many road boulders, and bikes(both kinds)! A weekday getogether there woild be fine. I do not have another place in mind- but have been on many roads around there and know the weekend traffic.
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My wife will probably want the 1-2 hour time frame but she'll be a captive audiance at that point. In some ways the question of what time during the day is just as important since I'll be there with her site seeing. So make it a cool place that will keep her happy! haha
Also, we are looking at two different BestWesterns to stay for the 3 nights there, need some feedback please on these two areas:
1) 600 N Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
2) 5375 Owens Ct, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Prices are good but not having lived there need a little insight from you guys, I'm leaning towards Sunnyvale as I think there is more to do around that area and we can shoot straight up the peninsula to SF? Recommendations?
If I were you stay at the Sunnyvale location because you can be in SF in about 40 minutes. There's not much out there in Pleasanton.
Some of us live or work down there in the south bay so we can make a trip up north to SF and have a rendezvous point up there. Ideally is like to get as many insights to Treasure Island as possible since that would be a great backdrop and also a nice place to chill without feeling like we need to find parking.
Maybe we can have an informal MPG challenge can still happen just from the south bay up to SF ..
We are still undecided on time and duration and of course location.
For location: I vote for Treasure Island as a meet up place. For those from the southbay, we can have a meetup and head over to treasure island. Scenic location: check. Away from cars: check.
I have booked at the Sunnyvale hotel, address listed above. If you want to meet me there for a morning get together and then we'll all drive up together that would be cool. But if it is in the afternoon wife and I may already be down in SF site seeing, in that case we'd just meet everyone there.
While you are in SF, if you go downtown, go to Oasis Grill at 91 Drumm Street and get a spicy chicken Shawerma combo. I eat these things two to three times a week they are so good!!
BTW, I have those trunk clips after all. Which day are you coming to my house?
Need a day and time? Early Sat or Sun afternoon work best for me. Still need to try and get time in SF with the wife or I'll have a very unhappy drive back to AZ.
I will be there sometime from 2-5, not sure I can pin down an exact time since we'll be doing site seeing stuff but yes will be there at some point. Will shoot for two, three at latest.