Grapevine reposting...

Kathy

Message for our riders - Barbara McCrary
Just so you know, we have limited the entry numbers because we wonder
WHERE all the vehicles are going to park at our three major vet
checks. Two of them are at parks and I have not mentioned the size of
the ride to the rangers.
Lud will announce this at the ride briefing, but I am also giving a
heads up to all who are riding. We will REQUIRE your crews to
carpool!!! I know that's not exactly convenient, but it must happen.
There simply is no place to put as many cars or trucks as you all
will be bringing to allow one per every rider or two. We cannot block
the driveway to the Redwood Glen Baptist Camp and we cannot block Wurr
Road (narrow country road that is also the outbound trail.) One year
that happened and the camp called the rangers and the sheriff out to
get control of the situation. Parking area is not huge, and we have
to have room for two rescue trailers. Parking cannot flow out onto
Pescadero Creek Road; it is too narrow and winding. Parking must be
perpendicular to the edge of the road, side by side as snuggly as
possible. We will have traffic control. If you think about it, this
is still a better deal than telling you there will be no crews allowed
at all.
Please also be advised that Pescadero Creek Road has become a favorite
racetrack for the bay area motorcyclists who love to scream around all
its many turns. The vet check starts earlier than most of the
cyclists come through, but it is still going to be dicey because the
vet check ends about the time most of them come through.
We have one volunteer who can take about 4 crew people and their bags
in her truck and is willing to stay with them and transport them from
Bloomquist VC to Cascade VC and beyond. It would work best for crews
whose riders will be traveling about the same pace, so she can take
crew people for several riders.
I know ridecamp doesn't reach everyone, but I'm sure the grapevine
will help. Thanks for your understanding.

Barbara McCrary
Ride Mgr., Swanton Pacific 75/100
"The Most Beautiful Trail in the World"