Putting out a feeler...

Who in the San Francisco Bay Area is up for a December cruise/drive? I know December is tough with holidays and all (plus the unpredictable weather)...but would love to end the year with a casual meetup/cruise. It's dungeness crab season, so maybe something like a drive to Half Moon Bay along highway with a seafood lunch in HMB? I just want to see 5+ F-Types along the coast! Want to see an epic video of 5+ F-Types revving

yes/no/maybe?

 

Would be fun. I'm up for it.

 

Wifey and I have already spoke about lunching in HMB T-Man as we're looking for places further and further away to have lunch,lol...so we're in!

It looks like a 2 hour drive for us from here to there...

 

I lived in Palo Alto for 10 years and have many fond memories of cruises along the coastal highway, to Monterey/Carmel, lunch stops at HMB, and lovely drives to Napa and Sonoma. It's stunningly beautiful country.

However, even though I currently live in the Washington, DC metro area and work in downtown DC, I live "out in the middle of nowhere" just a mere 20 miles east of DC. We're blessed with beautiful scenery (horse farms and agricultural land), with relatively deserted, twisty roads, and plenty of undulating hills. It's hard to believe that such a rural area exists so close to the nation's capital, and it's been a great place to stretch out a number of fun cars.

 

I'm traveling several times in December but let me know what dates you guys are considering? Would be great to go for a drive!

 

Thinking Sat Dec 6 or Sat Dec 13 are the only 2 Sats doable...beyond that, it's too close to Christmas and New Years, which will be too hectic for most people I imagine. I would suggest the Sat after Thanksgiving (Nov 29 I believe) but my sister is visiting...

 

I would definitely be up for a cruise. I will be traveling Dec. 5th through the 13th though, but will be home the rest of December.

 

I'm interested. Would love to meet up with some fellow owners.

 

If I'm in town I'll go.

 

I'm in!

 

Wifey and I are headed to HMB for lunch today ahead of the coming rain later this week...beautiful day for a nice cruise...will report back later!

 

Spectacular day...a sunny crisp autumn day,and light traffic combined with some great food and an awesome view...it's no wonder Sam's is so highly rated,and justifiably so.

My wife had the lobster roll ($23) and it was pretty much lobster overload,no way really to eat it as a sandwich but super-yummy none-the-less. Just lobster and butter...simple and satisfying!

I had me some cherrystone clams on the half shell, Manhattan clam chowder and Oysters Rockefeller...which I must say were the best I have ever sampled, and I have had my fair share of Rockefeller's! Can't wait to go back!
My entrée was a crab & shrimp Louie salad with pear and my wife thought it was yummy as well....$185 lunch, but it's all quality and it's done well.

Exactly 200 miles door-to-door round trip for me and the computer says I'm averaging 22.9mpg which is shocking high to me.

 

 

World famous Lobster Roll...

 

Crab and Shrimp Louie...

 

Sam's was one of my favorite haunts. Thanks Buick, those pictures brought back great memories.

BTW, you must be "messing around" a little with that throttle. For a short period of 400 miles or so, I was able to do as well as 25.1 combined city/highway leaving it in eco mode and driving like grandma. It was just an experiment.

 

Count me in Shift.

 

I’ve eaten at Sam’s Chowder House several times…good stuff! After seeing your photos I am tempted to drive there for dinner.

 

Very well done food and a real smooth running staff that's well trained and can upsell if needed but still not pushy...fine line there...and you can tell upper management knows how to run the place smoothly.

Don't get me wrong, we have plenty of great fish joints here with fantastic views...but I'd still go back,certainly worth the cruise and my wife says she wouldn't mind staying at the Beach House Hotel right next door.

 

My wife and I stayed at the Beach House a few years ago and it was nice. If you want really nice, stay at the Ritz Carlton down a little further down Hwy 1. Barbara’s Fishtrap around the corner also has a good crab Louie salad.