1969 Dart GT convertible cross country road trip 2012: Fun with friends and family

First let me say that once again i have 3 cameras as well as this ipad camera, several friends with pictures, hundreds of images. Its 11:03pm and im lying in a hotel room, tired as a dog, not wanting to consolidate ALL the pictures i have. For now ill just update and post a few.

We arrived to our destination last night about 7:30 after a run up highway the 9. ( thats for you keith). Clint met us there and beat us by a good 2 hours. The beer was cold, the company was great. There was a lot of story swapping, new friendships were made, and the 8 of us, Rick, Becky, Regina, Jeff, Tim, Marisa, Clint, and Keith, and for a short while Chris, had a great time. We stayed at a small inn, among the redwoods with a little stream onthe property. It was already dark when we arrived and i couldn't wait to see the place in the daytime....mother nature had other plans for us.

Sometime during the night, i heard the pitter patter of raindrops. Once the alarm sounded and i peeled back my eyelids reality set in. It was raining. We met up with our host Keith at a quaint spot in town for breakfast. The locals must have thought something was amiss as well all got to street park. Think small town USA, 100+year old town, and everyone knows your name. As we ate we planned how our day was going to go. My brother Jeff was headed back down to his place in Riverside area, Tim and Maria were headed back to LA, and Clint had decided to hang with us throughYosemite. It rained all through breakfast, with the sun poking through a few times for some cool pics of the cars on the street. The road out of Boulder creek, was just as fun, if not more fun, than the road into boulder creek. Twisty, sharp turns, elevations changes, and just keeping you on your best driving behavior.

Once we hit the highway, it was a mostly boring drive up northeast....in the rain with the sky ahead looking more ominous as time went on.