Beacon Rocc: scirocco.org PNW cruise Cincy weekend?

[camron at worldaccessnet.com (Camron D. Crouse)]

Should we make this official?  Do we want to do this Cincy weekend or 
schedule later in the summer?  If we do it Cincy Weekend, I would only 
be available to host the cruise on Sunday, June 3.  My folks are cool 
with the idea of us Scirocco Nuts stopping there for a BBQ or such 
before turning around for the day.

Gas prices could just get higher and higher as the summer goes on, 
something to think about for road tripping later in the season.

- Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
   '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L





Camron D. Crouse wrote:
> Something I've always wanted to do is host a Scirocco cruise on WA State 
> Route 14 along the beautiful Columbia River Gorge bordering 
> Washington/Oregon. Since it isn't very practical for most of us on the 
> West Coast to make it to Cincy (I DO want to make that trip, maybe next 
> year) maybe this would be the next best thing.  So this is just putting 
> feelers out, definitely not intending to steal the thunder from Cincy.
> 
> I gotta tell ya, the drive on SR-14 (Lewis & Clark National Scenic 
> Highway) down the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge is 
> *absolutely incredible*.  Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Cape Horn Viewpoint, 
> Beacon Rock, Bonneville Dam, Wind Mountain, and of course the mighty 
> Columbia. Windy, twisty highway, with some good straightaways, 
> well-signed and striped, all on *nice* pavement. My dad retired a few 
> years ago from the Washington State DOT, and he was QC for a lot of 
> these highways outside of town. Now my parents live in their new house 
> outside of White Salmon, WA, so my wife and I make this drive every 
> month or two, about 150 miles round-trip from Portland Metro.
> 
> My pics taken from Cape Horn:
> <http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_5388.JPG>
> <http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/Camron/IMG_5393.JPG>
> 
> external links:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Rock>
> <http://www.crgva.org/>
> <http://www.soundrider.com/archive/rides/GORGEous.htm>
> <http://washougal.biz/cow/attractions/gorge.htm>
> 
> Input encouraged!
> 
> - Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
>   '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L