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Beacon Rocc: scirocco.org PNW cruise Cincy weekend?



I'll need more than a couple of weeks to plan for this.  If this happens
on Cincy weekend, I'll have to pass.

-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
95 Passat GLX
Second Owner


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.
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> 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
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> 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>
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>> 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
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