Well guys.. I live in Yreka Calif.. No not Eureka.. I live on I-5 just south of Ashland Oregon... in a small old gold mining town.. About 350 or so miles north of SF.. SAC.. 350 or so miles South of Portland... 275 or so from Reno.. Get your maps out..

I can get us a good rate on an older motel.. Clean but older.. Park your car under cover in front of the room.. all rooms in a row.. Set in the room watch the car and talk to every one that drops by to see your ride.. Perhaps a BBQ... A great drive into the high country with no or very little traffic.. Lunch in the back country.. Will mark your maps for trips along the Salmon, Trinity, Klamath, Rouge, rivers.. Day trip to Crater Lake and Diamond lake..

I think it would be fun for some of us here in this area to get to meet and spend a little time looking at the cars and things..

So how you some of you like to make it here in the spring.. Perhaps April, May or June..


Ken

kdowning@snowcrest.net

I have family in Grants Pass, and might be interested if I am in the area.

I would be very interested.

Mark

Depending on my schedule, I'd be interested.

Interested - depending on schedule, of course!

Thats enough of us for a start.. We will keep it going for a while and see what we get.. We can start thinking about a date... Any one have a time that better than another.. Got lots of time to try to work one out..

Ken

I say get together and meet regardless of the number.

As you know, we've had many GTG's in So. Cal., and the number of people attending has ranged from more than 2 dozen to maybe 6 guys. They're all fun. With smaller numbers, you get to sit down and really talk to each other, like over lunch or even a cup of coffee.

I've even met one or two members separately for dinner, lunch, had them over to my house, went on a picnic with one guy and his wife and kids.

It's just a great way to spend some time with others who love to talk about their cars. And you know with me, I can talk and talk and talk for hours about only two things: my dog and my Mercedes!:eek: :cool: :D ;) :p

Paul - I've been wanting to join the SoCals for one of your meets, but the timing hasn't been right on the two I remember so far. I have been thinking it would be nice to meet up with you, John, David, Alon, Mike and the rest of the long-time SoCal regulars. The meets certainly sound like fun.

A NorCal/Oregon meet would also be fun - there are certainly some great spots for meeting places up here.

I would vote for a spring meet, or anytime when trout season is on. I haven't been trout fishing in years and that area of the country would seem like a great place to be doing some.

Ken: put me on your mailing list. We'll be in Nevada the week of May 12-19, '03. We're otherwise occupied on the weekend of May 17/18 though (www.silverstateclassic.com) ;)

We do have some good fishing around here.. With in two hours of here you can fish the..

Upper Sac.. Trinity.. Salmon..Scott.. Shasta..Klamath.. Rouge.. Smith and lots of others.. And lots of lakes..

Just took a ride over to the Scott.. Lots of Salmon..

Ken

A little OT, but this is one of the best areas in the country for trout fishing! I have spent many happy (and frustrating) hours flyfishing near Yreka. The Upper Sac has huge browns and rainbows, the Trinity can get monster steelhead, and Diamond Lake has great rainbows. The Shakespeare Festival in Ashland is also a DO NOT MISS. Climbing Mt. Shasta is an experience I shall never forget, highly recommended. Hours of playtime fun for all! Oh yeah, and miles of uncrowded highway to take the old Tommassini (or Colnago) out for a spin.

I'll throw my name into the pot also...
Someone has to represent Central Oregon and the high desert...;)
BTW - Maybe I should do a remedial fly fishing course while we're down... You know, help those that want it to sharpen their skills a little:)

I am also interested. Put me on your mailing list. I have trip to Texas sometime in April, but this sounds like a fun thing.

Depending on the timing, I'd be interested. I'd just have to give a "definate maybe" for now.
This is what I tried to pull together last spring/summer, but it didn't work out. Ended up with just a half dozen of us meeting up here in washington state. It was fun, but would have liked to go to a meet where more would be there.:)

Hey Fisherman, I'm from Central Oregon too!

This is going to happen... We are thinking April.. I need to talk to the people that run the motel.. Its older.. But clean.. Has a long cover in front of all the rooms.. so all cars will be parked under cover in front of your room..... It will happen rain or shine.. I will post a date just after the first of the year..

Ken

Where, exactly? In Yreka? Or where?

Maybe I just missed it...thanks!

We are planning a trip to the west coast and late
April or early May sound good for us. Bill & wife:)

We would be interested possibly, also. We just returned from a weekend meet with 2 SECs in Eureka, CA. We are from Seattle and the 2 SECs were from Portland. Had a great trip even though it rained. The drive is what makes it worth it. These cars are made to DRIVE.

Ok... Here is what we have come up with..

Date... April 26-27 Rain or shine..

Location.. Yreka Calif.. Thats on I-5 100 miles north of Redding Ca, and 50 miles south of Medford Ore..

Meeting at .... Wayside Inn 1235 South Main St.. Yreka, Ca..96097

Phone.. 530-842- 4412

Call about your rooms any time but sooner the better.. Talk to Sandy... This is an older but clean motel... Parking for most will be under cover with your car in front of your room.... There are 26 rooms with parking under cover and 15 with out cover..

This GTG is about cars and people... We want to meet and see cars.. Not worry about price.... So I have talked to Sandy and if you tell her its for the Mercedes GTG the price for two will be... $32 per night... That should be in the price range of every one so Price should not be a problem for any one... Call the motel as soon as you are sure you can make it..

Any one wanting to come sooner or stay longer is welcome.. Sandy said the price would be the same..

I really do not think any one can beat that for a weekend get away with Mercedes friends..

While we are together we will talk about doing it again..


Ken

Over the years my wife and I have had lots of meets here.. Cars and motorcycles... We take bets how long it will be until we hear from some one that they want to stay in a room that cost more..

Here are two places..

1. Amerihost Inn.. 530-841-1300 About 1 mile south of Wayside Inn.

2. Miners Inn & Convention Center.. 530-842-4355... About 1 mile north..

You are on your own at these places as far as price ect..

All 3 have places to eat a short walk from them..


My wife won the bet.. I said at least a day.. She said less than a day.. Guess I am buying dinner..

Ken

We've made reservations for the 25th, 26, and 27th. Looking forward to a good time!

We're looking at our work & vacation schedule to see if those dates works. Hope we can make it!:) Sounds great!

I already have plans for that weekend and the weekend after that, but things might change and able to make it :D

Glad to hear lots are trying to make it here.. We do under stand if you can not make it.. But be sure to talk it up on other parts of the board or with friends..

While we are together we can decide if we want to do it again in this area.. Yreka, Weed, or Mt. Shasta.. This is really a central spot for the West and easy to get to from 7 western states.. We have little traffic here and lots to see.. It is some thing that really takes little planing as we and our cars are the main reason we want to get to gether... And we can set a date for next year then... That will give every one a year or so to make plans next time..

Ken

Honda Gold Wing 1500 w/champion escort sidecar
Kawasaki 1500 Vulcan Classic FI
300TDT
300 CE

Two days of R+R I'm already booked. Hell I might even shovel out the trunk so I can put in some fishing gear.

Sounds good; I'd like to go...although it will be yet to be decided if I can afford the hotel rates and fuel; $$ is prety tight right now... :(

"You're out of your Vulkan Mind!"
Dr. McCoy to Spock, circa Stardate 2657.098

Jus' kidding! Nice Ride!

If we come would it be OK if I just put my bike under cover and leave my MB outside? I wouldn't want to spoil either one of them!

Keep us posted as to the viability of this gathering, please.

Regards,

Norm

This is happening as stated in the above post.. Some have already got rooms.. Hope you can make it..

Don't Like my Vulcan.. How about my 1500 Wing/Champion Escort sidecar..


Ken

Having owned a few Kaw's in my life...

Your sidecar setup looks like fun, too!

Even had a GoldWing 1100 Standard, once.

I'll check this thread for updates as the date approaches. I have a niece who lives in Ashland so I'm not too concerned about where I lay my weary head.

Regards,

Norm

Given that this has been moved to a new forum and the last post was old enough to not show up on my screen (until I re-set it to show all posts), I thought I'd bump this to the top. Still unsure if I'll be able to get there, but I definitely want to... :)

Thanks... I have been real busy and have not even had time to set and read post... Every thing is still on.. Hope you can make it..

Ken

i'm new to this forum, have read many posts and you all have been very informative. i am very interested in a get together. i live in grants pass with sun,mon,tues days off.

Nice to hear from you and welcome to the forum... We get to Grants Pass often.. the info. on the GTG is posted on about the 2nd page of this set.. However here it is again for those just reading the end stuff.. Hope you can make it..

Ken

Date... April 26-27 Rain or shine..

Location.. Yreka Calif.. Thats on I-5 100 miles north of Redding Ca, and 50 miles south of Medford Ore..

Meeting at .... Wayside Inn 1235 South Main St.. Yreka, Ca..96097

Phone.. 530-842- 4412

Call about your rooms any time but sooner the better.. Talk to Sandy... This is an older but clean motel... Parking for most will be under cover with your car in front of your room.... There are 26 rooms with parking under cover and 15 with out cover..

What's the deal? I heard that Sandy is no longer at the Wayside Inn and that they have nothing on the books for April 26th and 27th.

Well heck.. I have no idea what is going on.. I will stop by there tomorrow and see whats up.. Hate it when that happens..

Ken

Originally posted by Ken Downing
Well heck.. I have no idea what is going on.. I will stop by there tomorrow and see whats up.. Hate it when that happens..

Ken

Just wondering, were you able to find out what happened?

I'm still not sure if I'll be there; things are touch-and-go at the moment...

Sorry to be slow with the answer.. Storm came thu here.. lost phone service.. got it but server was down.. got tons of e-mail when server came back.. got 4 with virus and had to work thru that.. I am not a computer person so took some time.. Seems all is fine .. Very happy I keep the anti-virus protection updated..

I did stop by and talk to the new managers... Every thing is the same except for the price.. Price for one in a room is 33 and two is 41.. They seem like nice couple.. seems Sandy kind of left them a mess but they are working thru it..

So we are still on for April 26 - 27

Phone # for the Wayside Inn is. 1-800-795-7974
As I said before this is an older motel with parking under cover..

For those that want to stay at a newer place there is

Miners Inn 530-842-4355
Amerihost Inn 530-841-1300

Hope you can make it..

Ken

OK guys.. Two weeks to go.. Time to stop thinking about it and do some thing...

Date... April 26-27 Rain or shine..

Location.. Yreka Calif.. Thats on I-5 100 miles north of Redding Ca, and 50 miles south of Medford Ore..

Meeting at .... Wayside Inn 1235 South Main St.. Yreka, Ca..96097

Phone.. 530-842- 4412

Call about your rooms any time but sooner the better.. Talk to Sandy... This is an older but clean motel... Parking for most will be under cover with your car in front of your room.... There are 26 rooms with parking under cover and 15 with out cover..


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Snowdance

I made my reservation this am at the wayside. I will be there Sat. AM and plan to continue to Roseburg on Sunday.I am looking forward to this. See you folks in a couple of weeks

Great to hear you are comming.. I am looking forward to meeting some of you.. The office will have my Cell Phone # so give me a call when you get here and I will drop by and visit..

Ken

I am working out details to attend with my wife- - doing the planning and such!

Do we have activities planned/ choices for Sat? Sun?

I would ETA around 12 noon Sat.

tks-fad

'94 E500 (48.9k)
'94 E320 Coupe (106k)
'92 300E 2.6 (248k)

We have no firm plans.. But we have lots of plans depending on how many and when they show... There are lots of rides to take here in Siskiyou county.. If you are early we will mark one on your map.. and you can take it.. We do plan for all of us to get together for dinner some place on Sat. evening .. But we can talk about what we want.. Sunday morning we were planning a breakfast together and perhaps a ride for those that do not have to get going to fast..

This is really a first time for us to meet with some of the people we have on the board.. and we will talk about doing it again... And make more plans for next time..

The motel will have my Cell Phone # so call when you get here whitch ever day.. If any of you come on Fri. evening.. We will also plan a dinner out.. Just give us a call.. Also my land line # is listed in the phone book.. Ken and Letha Downing 842-7918.. However you have to leave a message on that line.. No Phones ring so we only know some one is calling if you start talking...


Ken

Greetings- I have made my reservations to attend.

Ken- I've eyed the map to Yreka from the SF Bay Area- - was wondering if the 5 takes up "over" a snow covered mountain or two eventually to Yreka....of does the 5 keep us down low between the mountains?

I ask since I may need to have chains- - just in case...

Thanks
-fad

Comming from the south on I-5 you will have to come over Black Butte pass at the town of Mt. Shasta.. its about 3900 or so feet..


Comming from the north on I-5 you will have to come over the Siskiyou Pass at just over 4000 ft..

Odds are you will not need chains.. However we never travel with out them.. Have not used them in 8 years but the weather we are having now is a little different.. The roads are warm so if there is snow.. It will be gone very fast and should last on the roads only a few hours.. So I would throw them in.. But odds are you will not use them.. There is little chance there will be snow in the Shasta Valley where Yreka is.. We are lower (about 2600 ft.) and the high mountians around us keep the storms from getting us..

Ken

Thanks Ken! See ya Sat early afternoon- we'll call you when we get settled into the hotel.

best regards
-fad

Get lot's of good pix guys! :) I was hoping I could make it, but it's not going to work out for me this year. Maybe next.

Just a couple days left... The weather is in fact great for our meeting of friends.. Days in the 50's and evenings near freezing, Kind of like I thought it might be.. We may have evening snow showers.. However odds are they will not stay on the ground as its warm... As I-5 is the main route in the west it will be open.. It snows every year at this time here.. I know because every year I have snow on the cherry trees in the back yard while they are in bloom..

Our parking at the motel is under cover in front of the rooms.. So we can look at the cars and talk with out getting wet.. (What this meeting is all about) We are planning to go to a local spot for dinner.. I will try to get a guess of how many from the motel this evening.. There is a coffee shop at the motel.. Quick stop across the street.. So every thing is just right for us with this weather.. Perhaps a little snow to look at on the hills..

We are really looking forward to seeing all of you that make the trip.. and some from here in the area..

Ken Downing (300 TD) , Letha Downing (300CE) and Melanie Jackson (Doing the camera work)

Thanks for the update Ken-

My wife and I are looking forward to visting and our GTG: rain/shine/snow!

We'll be starting our trip early Sat morning ~5am from San Jose, CA and ETA around the hotel 2pm /-.

I'll be in our 300e!

best regards
-fad
'92 300e 2.6
'94 E320 Coupe
'94 E500

Sounds great.. Looking forward to meeting you and your wife.. Call when you get into town.. Motel will have my Cell Number.. I will be at home or in town..

Unless you have other plans we can get together for dinner.. and If you do not know the area.. I can give you some great short rides to take and lots of stuff to see.. Even a million Dollars worth of gold nuggets and dust all in a show case.. Got to see it before 5 pm on week days only..

Ken

As rickg said, have fun and take lots of pictures!! I wish I could make it, but something urgent came up that I have to do this weekend... :(

sounds like fun. my wife and i will be there but not until sunday morning, have to work late. about 10-10:30 comming from grants pass. let me know where breakfast will be served, will definatly need coffee:: driving a 1985 300td in the dirty white color as it is my daily driver.:cool:

Ken and GTG folks-

My wife and I have no plans- - just to get there and relax and meet you all!

Sat- afternoon meet and greet, & then Sat dinner sounds great!

Sunday- Breakfast GTG sounds great.

We'll probably depart back to the SF Bay area close to noontime.

We'll be our '92 300E 2.6 (Smoke silver)

Best regards
-fad
'92 300E 2.6 (248k)
'94 E320 Coupe (110k)
'94 E500 (42.9k)

Ken and GTG folks-

My wife and I have no plans- - just to get there and relax, enjoy, and meet you all!

Sat- afternoon meet and greet- we'll call, & then Sat dinner sounds great!

Sunday- Breakfast GTG sounds great.

We'll probably depart back to the SF Bay area close to noontime sunday.

We'll be our '92 300E 2.6 (Smoke silver)

Best regards
-fad
'92 300E 2.6 (248k)
'94 E320 Coupe (110k)
'94 E500 (42.9k)

There are no real hard plans.. We will make it up as we go along..

When you get here you will see that the motel has a long cover over the parking in front of the rooms.. If you do not like your room or where you are, talk about getting one where you want.. There is a nice clean coffee shop at the east end of the cover..

Ken

We had 3 SEC's from Portland Or. show last night and 1 190 -16 valve from La Pine Or.. We are having breakfast at 9 am in the Cafe at the motel.. If any of you locals want to drop by and join us for the day.. Having a great time.. Great new friends :D We will talk over then what we are doing for the day..
Sorry to hear some of you have had to change your minds and miss this... We will miss you.. :(

I will post early morning tomorrow where we will be for those comming tomorrow..

Ken

A few more cars have come.. Having a great time..

We will have Breakfast at Grandma's House at 8:30 am.. For those that can join us.. That is the central exit Yreka.. West side of the freeway.. on the one way going the other way in the first block..

Hope to see some of you there..

Ken

We had a great time... 9 Cars.. We talked.. ate..Looked.. Drove... Ate.. Drove.. It rained.. Snowed.. Sun Shined.. About every thing to make a great weekend.. Wish we had more time..

Getting all the good Info..

Time to eat again...

Are you guys crazy.. The wind is blowing 50 mph.. Its Cold and snowing in the hills...

Parked in the middle of the road.. In Scott Bar.. (No guys.. Sand bar in the river.. Not the other kind..)

The only pic of our photographer .. She is the one in the blue sweat shirt...

Looks like you guys had loads of fun, I wish I could have made it. It almost looks like I could have gone to the GTG, and stayed with my Grandfather in Grants Pass...

The fellow in the center is our youngest Mercedes owner.. He is 16 and his car is a 190 16V.. A dream come true..

Wow... Got here just in time to eat.. Our last couple to arrive.. At breakfast this morning...

And we spent lots of time talking about high tech stuff...

Great pictures! I have to say that I am particularly fond of that burgundy 560 SEC... Whose is it?

For that matter, can you put some names to the faces in any of the pictures? :)

Very good eye... Its a real 500 AMG SEC from Euro.. Is the real thing.. Not a car made to look like the real thing... It is breath taking.. I really think it could eat most any 560SEC I have ever drove.. Owner can post who he is if he wishes..

Ken

kdowning@snowcrest.net

I know some of those guys. :) Sure sorry we missed it, but just couldn't. Looks like you had a great time. Hopefully will see you all next time.

If privacy is a concern, can someone maybe just post usernames so we can put a face to the name?

The only guy I recognize is Fad...

Greetings GTG folks- thanks so much for hosting and participating in a perfect GTG in a beautiful locale.

We enjoyed meeting everyone, viewing the cars, the great food, and our MB chat sessions.

Elena (pic posted of her staying warm inside the car looking out) and I had a wonderful roadtrip both ways.

No speed violations (thank you V1), no tech issues and the car drove and rode perfectly: '92 300e 2.6 (249k)- Smoke Silver/ Parchment.

Post more pics of the people and our car please!

I'm looking forward to a summer GTG!

Best regards
-fad

'92 300E 2.6
'94 E500
'94 E320 Coupe

Glad to hear you had a safe trip home... We are missing you already...

Ken, Letha and Melanie

Fad and Elana..

Ken
kdowning@snowcrest.net

Two of the three 123's .. missing is my 300TDT..

Ken the guy in the white sweater in the pics..

kdowning@snowcrest.net