SCLHSCG Carmel Trip



SCLHSCG Carmel Trip

May 2006

Trip Description

Day 1

We’ll leave Lincoln at 8:00am and drive toward Carmel via Hwys 80 & I-5. First stop will be for coffee at Starbucks in Stockton. We’ll continue to Hwy 152, over Pacheco Pass, then have lunch and do some browsing/shopping, etc. at Casa de Fruta. We’ll have some deli order forms available for those who would like to fill them out ahead of time or just get a preview of the available lunch fare.

After lunch, we’ll continue on to Carmel via Hwys 152, 156, and 1. We’ll have about three hours to relax and browse around Carmel in individual small groups. Of course there are other possible activities in the Carmel area -- walking on the beach, the “17 Mile Drive”, Carmel Valley, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, are all possibilities. This part of the trip will be left up to individual interest, but we’ll join up at the specified meeting place at 5:00pm for the ride up to Santa Cruz.

Dinner will be at about 6:30pm at the Shadowbrook in Santa Cruz.

After dinner we will drive a few minutes up to Scott’s Valley, where we will check into the Hilton hotel. . A block of 15 rooms has been reserved for our group at the rate of $169 for a single King bed. Make your reservations directly (and as soon as possible), mention that you are with the “Sports Car Group” and guarantee late arrival as we won’t go to the hotel until after dinner.

Day 2

Relax for a while, take a morning walk, have breakfast in the hotel restaurant, or whatever you prefer until 9:30am, when we’ll meet in front of the hotel for pictures.

We’ll depart from the hotel at 9:45, and travel to Livermore via Hwys 17, 280, 680, and 84. We have made tour/tasting arrangements at two Livermore wineries:

Concannon , and Murrieta’s Well . Each has special treatment for a group our size and a $5/person tasting charge.

We’ll have lunch at “The Grill” golf course restaurant adjacent to Wente’s Champagne Cellars. . If you haven’t yet had enough wine tasting, the Wente Champagne Cellars will entertain you at our lunch stop. We’ve not made group arrangements with Wente, but you’re free to walk in and taste on your own.

After lunch, we’ll head back towards Lincoln via Vasco Rd in Livermore to Hwy 4 in Brentwood, and then pick up Hwy 160 in Antioch for a nice drive along the delta levee roads back to Sacramento. We’ll make a stretch/comfort break in Isleton along the way. (It’s just a roadside facility, but probably a necessary stop).

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