SUN. 10/19/14 2-L/M ~60 miles 10:00 a.m. PROGRESSIVE
DINNER
WHERE: Meet at the home of Pam and Steve
BRING: Salad----OR----Dessert----OR----2 loaves sliced,buttered French bread.
DRINKS: Will be provided.
MUST SIGN UP BY THURSDAY, 10/16/14
ORGANIZER: Bonnie Powers, 925-828-5299.
RSVP Bonnie!
Suggested Carpool: Park&Ride lot at I-680 and Bollinger
(SW corner of intersection) by 8:45 am. Valley Spokesmen Club members, families, and friends are
invited to this year’s Progressive dinner ride at Pam and Steve
Giffords circa 1854 farm home in the almond & walnut
orchards, cornfields and dairy farms of rural Escalon, right on
the way to Yosemite!
We have family-friendly intermediate ride loops planned on
mostly level terrain, totaling fifty (50) miles. Hammerheads
dont despair! Each loop has additional distance just for you,
giving you a total of 65 miles. The first ride skirts the limits of
Escalon, and turns back thru the center of town for the return
to our first course of delicious soup. The second ride crosses
the Stanislaus River into Riverbank. We will speed thru town
towards Modesto, but turn back across the river and return to
our second meal of cool salad. Then its off to the east on the
days long ride out thru Oakdale, and back thru Riverbank.
Returning to our home base, we get to feast on the
chef-prepared frozen dinner. For those who want more
exercise,, we have a quick six mile ride thru another quiet
country corner just down-the-road, and back to the Giffords
for dessert and socializing.
Plan on a 1 hour-15 minute drive from Dublin. Take I-580 east
over the Altamont Pass. Bear left on I-205 east thru Tracy.
Catch I-5 north for 2 miles to the Rte.120 east exit towards
Manteca. Bear left on Rte.120 east as it loops onto Rte.99
north for one mile before exiting to Yosemite Avenue in
Manteca. Turn right on Rte.120 east towards the National
Park. Start to relax and enjoy green orchards and fields. Go
ten miles and enter Escalon. Cross the railroad tracks after the
Valero and stay right. Turn right on McHenry Avenue, and
proceed thru town into the country for three miles to the
flashing red light at River Road. Youre close now! Turn left on
River Road, drive two miles, turn right on Burwood Lane,
which becomes Road at the sharp 90 degree left curve. A
couple hundred feet and we are on the left in the big white
house under the tall trees. Welcome!
The day’s activities will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Giffords -22549 Burwood Road, Escalon, CA, 95320.
STEVE’S CELL PHONE IS 925.487.9150.
Ride Hosts: The Giffords.
