Remember folks! The chapter meets at Motorworld on the THIRD Saturday of every month at 8:30 AM. The meetings start promptly at 9:00 AM followed be the ride. Keep your eye on the "Upcoming Events" section of the forum for the ride destination announcements and the breakfast meeting place (for those that like to eat before the ride!)

STAR TOURING AND RIDING ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER 224 – EL CAJON, CA

November 2011 Ride Report

The November chapter ride started off with a breakfast meeting at the Highway 67 Café in Lakeside. We had seven members in attendance including the elusive Richard Woodward who hasn’t been able to make a meeting in quite some time due to his work hours. Everyone was glad to see he could make it this time.

The meeting at Motoworld kicked off right on time at 9:00 AM. Several more members showed to make a fairly good attendance. As of the start of the meeting the nominations for chapter offices were officially closed. Voting will take place in December and the results will be officially announced shortly thereafter.

The December meeting has been moved up to the SECOND Saturday of the month and will be held at the Denny’s just off Interstate 5 on the Ortega Highway at 8:00 AM. This is to accommodate the ride destination, which will be the Long Beach Bike Show.  Departure from the Denny’s will be at 9:30AM sharp, so plan accordingly. Please be sure and watch your e-mail for any additional details. You may also view details at the chapter web site’s calendar.

This month’s ride destination was originally intended to be Palm Springs to take the tram ride up to the summit of Mt. San Jacinto however upon receiving the weather report (LOTS of rain) from Ken and Kathy Moen who had just come down Highway 67 from Ramona it was decided to change the destination. Five bikes made up the small group that headed out from Motoworld to take a ride on Highway 94. Traffic was a little slow at first but once the group passed the Tecate turn-out it was smoothing sailing to the Chevron station at Cameron Corner. By that point the temperatures had dropped quite bit (as was expected) so the group turned North on Buckman Springs Rd. and then headed west on old Highway through Pine Valley, Guatay and Descanso.  We picked Japitual Valley and Dehesa Roads on our way back to El Cajon where pretty much everyone parted ways and headed on home. A somewhat short but much needed ride.

MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO RENEW THEIR STAR MEMBERSHIPS BY THE DUE DATE NOTED ON YOUR CARDS.  YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIGN THE 2012 CHARTER WITHOUT A VALID MEMBERSHIP CARD.

Ride SAFE everyone!

David Lee Whitehead
Chapter Secretary / Web Master