Join your fellow Mini enthusiasts for a Spirited drive through the mountains and woods from San Mateo to the coast.
Your Host(s) for the Event
Tasha Hudick
Route
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Register via MotorSport Registry
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/over-mountains-thru-woods-pumkin-run-norcal-minis-076566
Meet-up Time / Departure Time
9 am / 9:30 am
Meet-up Location
Jack's Restaurant & Bar
1750 S El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94402
Run Details
We'll drive up through San Mateo Creek and under the Doran Memorial Bridge, cruise world famous driving roads, towering redwoods and breathtaking coastal cliffs ending with a visit to a sprawling pumpkin and vegetable stand south of Half Moon Bay. Lots of places to get into high gear and a splash of the twisties on our way down to the coast.
We will meet in the Jack’s Restaurant parking lot in San Mateo, there is a Starbucks across the way! Following a popular bike route we'll make our way up a scenic back way to Highway 92. Sweeping ocean and bay views will be our guide as we shift to high gear and enjoy Skyline Boulevard to meet Highway 84.
The route will take us down Highway 84, taking a turn onto twisty Pescadero Creek Road where towering redwoods and Memorial Park will envelop us in a lush temperate rainforest.
Redwoods give way to rolling farmlands once we reach Pescadero.
We'll make a pit stop at Harley Farms Goat Dairy in Pescadero. It's a great place to visit with goats, get some cheese, and use the facilities.
We'll get back on the road and follow the stage road, past Mount Hope Cemetery into San Gregorio. We have a little detour onto Tunitas and Lobitos Creek Road where narrow roads and scenic farmlands will make for a fun drive.
A speedy jaunt along Highway 1 and the beautiful coastal cliffs, a view that never gets old, will bring us to Bob's Pumpkin Farm and Vegetable Stand, for that last minute pumpkin to fill your boot with!
An optional lunch at Cameron’s Pub and Restaurant will be a great gathering spot after our run and pumpkin collecting.
Lunch Details
Cameron's Pub and Restaurant
1410 Cabrillo Highway S
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Additional Run Details
These roads are popular with cyclists so although our run will be spirited, we will need to be mindful as we enjoy these roads. Check your brakes, too! Lots of twisty downhill fun! We will call out cyclists and oncoming traffic on the radios.
Make a pit stop before the drivers' briefing. We will have a long drive ahead, typically with some rest and gas stops planned in, but please have that gas tank on FULL to start our day.
Please bring your radio, fully charged, turned on, and tuned to Channel 7, Subchannel 21 CTCSS before you arrive at the start. If you don’t have a radio, ask for a loaner at the driver’s meeting. For radio recommendations, please see https://www.facebook.com/legacy/notes/728353274556164/. Be sure to turn the “VOX” voice-activated setting OFF, or we will hear the wind from your AC, your conversations, and any noise in your car broadcasting to everyone.
We ask that you turn on low-beam headlights - not Auto - to make us more visible to other vehicles either ahead or behind us, including your fellow MINI drivers!
