June 23rd Bridal Falls Drive`

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   Ok we had probably twice the people and cars I was expecting which was really cool to see.

People in attendance

Lisa and I in my 88GT
Smurf in his newly assembled 87 SE
Nigel in his 86GT
Blair in his 87 Coupe
Austin in his 86GT
John and Melione in his 85GT
Graeme and Cidalia (I know I slaughtered her name) in his 88GT
Brian and Kirsten in his 86GT
Jay in his Gold 86SE
Jon Carlo in his 87GT Widebody
Dean and Krystlie in Deans Pontiac G5 

I hope I did not forget anyone.  If you were counting that makes 10 Fiero's and one Pontiac G5 Pursuit.

The trip started out meeting at Starbucks in Langley on 200th.  The group checked radio's and woke up with coffee until about 10:30.  Lisa and I had to make a stop in Langley before we left, so I put Brian in charge as the lead car for the beginning of the run leading people to Abbotsford to get fuel.   
 Lisa and I caught up with them in Abbotsford about 11:15.  We all left Abbotsford as a group and headed for Bridal Falls.  The group was making pretty good time.  Our next stop was Bridal Falls. While I was on the phone trying to explain to someone where we were going, I missed the exit and had to double back to catch the crowd.  We all pulled into Dino Town to regroup.  Blair went ahead and checked out the Bridal Falls parking lot to make sure there would be room for us all to park.

We got the OK from Blair so we all pilled into our cars and headed up.   It was even cooler up there than I expected.  The hike up to the falls was short but steep.  I know there were more than a few people that got about 1/2 way up and were looking for a shuttle.  (LOL)  Well the view of the falls was very worth it.  It was amazing how cool it was.  We hung out for about a half hour and decided it was time to get back to the driving part of our club run.  On the walk back down the cars it was decided that we would extend the run a bit.  We left Bridal Falls and headed for Harrison Hot Springs.  We made it out to Harrison in about 35mins with some Spirited driving.  We all got to Harrison took a bunch of pics and decided it was time to grab some food.  We found a 2nd storey patio restaurant overlooking the water and had lunch.  It turned out to be a bit of a mistake as everyone was complaining about the food and service by the time we were done.  Eh you win some you lose some.  The weather was great, the drive was fun and the company was awesome.    After lunch we grabbed some Italian Gelato on the boardwalk and relaxed.  We left Harrison and took the old Lougheed hwy from there to Mission.  While on route to Mission we had some great fun in the twisties following each other.  There was a huge motorcycle gathering at the Sasquatch Inn.  So we had lots of motorcycles around us for the drive back.    A few of us had an interesting time through the Twisties, doing a group pass where 5 of us all went around an Honda.  I would have loved to see the look on his face as 5 Fiero's go around him like he is standing still.  This run was reminiscent of our drives we had a few years ago.  Those of you that were around during the early years of our Hells Gate runs will know what I am talking about.  :)

We all made it back to Mission and a few of us parted ways towards Mission / Maple Ridge while others headed towards Langley.   We took another twistie road from Abbotsford to the 264th street area of Gloucester Estates.   Where we ducked in and hung out for a bit.  That was pretty much the end of the run, as most people went there own ways.  Lisa and I took off with Dean and Kristle to see some horses. 

All in all it was a great day, no rain, no break downs, no tickets and no accidents.  You can't ask for much better on a club drive.

The pics are here.  For some reason my computer is futzing and won't re-encode the videos from the drive.  I have some great footage and will post it as soon as I can.  I am looking forward to see the photo's and video's that other people have from the run  

http://www.captfiero.com/062207bridalfalls/gallery

Make sure you have June 30th on your Calendar for our our Fish and Chips Run. TO Pajo's in Delta.  This will be a great short relaxing run.

June 23rd Bridal Falls Drive`

West Coast Fiero's Bridal Falls / Harrison Hot Springs Run 2007