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ZForce

11-01-2009 02:37 AM

Mel’s Diner Breakfast Run – Sunday, Nov 8, 2009

Mel’s Diner Breakfast Run
Roseville / Rocklin

When: Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
7:45 am

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Where: Meet at The Fountains in Roseville (see map below)
Located at the corner of Roseville Parkway and Galleria Blvd, Roseville, CA

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The Run: maps will be given out at the meet up spot. This will be a short run with a stop off for a photo shoot.

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Finish: 10:00 am at Mel’s Dinner and have breakfast.
6708 Lone Tree Blvd
Rocklin, CA 95675

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Sign up list:

1) Curtis (ZForce aka ZeeForce)
2) Hal (TheBrosZee)
3) Charlene (Z Freak) +1
4) Steve (steverz32)
5) Alan (Inqui-Z-tor) - out
6) (freshnikez) - tentative
7) Mike (Nissan driver24)
8.) Eddie (norcal2006g35) – tentative
9) (Flyinion) - out
10) Matt (OTSB708)
11) Orrie (SillyPuppy)+1
12) John (finagle69)-tentative
13) Gillian (Grace)
14) (GuySmily)
15) ClassyZ
16) Louie
17) mozy – tentative
18) Patrick (patman530)
19) Eddie (norcal2006g35)
20)
21)

ZForce

11-02-2009 01:07 AM

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Sign up list:

1) Curtis (ZForce aka ZeeForce)
2) Hal (TheBrosZee)
3) Charlene (Z Freak) +1
4) Steve (steverz32)
5) Alan (Inqui-Z-tor) - tentative
6) (freshnikez) - tentative
7) Mike (Nissan driver24)
8.) Eddie (norcal2006g35) – tentative
9) (Flyinion)
10)

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ZForce

11-05-2009 01:11 AM

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Sign up list:

1) Curtis (ZForce aka ZeeForce)
2) Hal (TheBrosZee)
3) Charlene (Z Freak) +1
4) Steve (steverz32)
5) Alan (Inqui-Z-tor) - tentative
6) (freshnikez) - tentative
7) Mike (Nissan driver24)
8.) Eddie (norcal2006g35) – tentative
9) (Flyinion)
10) Matt (OTSB708)
11) Orrie(SillyPuppy)+1
12)
13)

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Here are a couple more shots of the meet up location - The Fountains in Roseville.

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GuySmily

11-05-2009 02:47 AM

If you guys don't mind, my uncle and I plan to swing by in my MR-S. He wants to buy a Z roadster and I thought this would be a good chance to see what people have done to their cars.

Also, Google Maps shows several results for the address posted by OP (which has a bad zip code btw). This destination is the one we want, right?

ZForce

11-05-2009 09:18 PM

Sure it's ok, I would like to see your MR-2. Would you be joining us on the run or at the final destination (breakfast at Mel’s) or just stop by at the meet up location?

Thanks for the catch on the zip code. It is the Mel’s off Blue Oaks and Lone Tree Blvd (the one from your google link). Corrected the first page.

GuySmily

11-05-2009 10:10 PM

I've been dying to go on a drive, so I'm gonna do my best to wake up on time for it.

For some reason I thought Mels was at The Fountains... Just realized it's not. Where's the morning meetup spot?

edit- nm, Googled it. Another spyder or two might join me, actually.

ZForce

11-05-2009 11:25 PM

Kewl, the more the merrier...The morning meet up location is at the The Fountains in Roseville. I will post up the exact spot within The Fountains tomorrow night. Debating on the spot I would like to have us park and the alternative spot. Still mulling it over.

ZForce

11-05-2009 11:43 PM

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Sign up list:

1) Curtis (ZForce aka ZeeForce)
2) Hal (TheBrosZee)
3) Charlene (Z Freak) +1
4) Steve (steverz32)
5) Alan (Inqui-Z-tor) - tentative
6) (freshnikez) - tentative
7) Mike (Nissan driver24)
8.) Eddie (norcal2006g35) – tentative
9) (Flyinion)
10) Matt (OTSB708)
11) Orrie(SillyPuppy)+1
12) John (finagle69)-tentative
13) Gillian (Grace)
14) (GuySmily)
15)
16)

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ZForce

11-06-2009 12:42 AM

Update: The location to park within The Fountains located at the corner of Roseville Parkway and Galleria Blvd, Roseville, CA.

The first page has been updated.

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ZForce

11-06-2009 01:30 AM

Set in an extraordinary, ambient streetscape, Fountains at Roseville is the first lifestyle center of its kind in the Sacramento region. The center’s namesake is a centerpiece fountain that performs with illuminated jets of water choreographed to music. (Excerpt from article: Fountains at Roseville Grand Opening and list of stores - Roseville California News including Rocklin and Placer County

Website: Fountains: Home

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ZForce

11-08-2009 01:06 AM

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Sign up list:

1) Curtis (ZForce aka ZeeForce)
2) Hal (TheBrosZee)
3) Charlene (Z Freak) +1
4) Steve (steverz32)
5) Alan (Inqui-Z-tor) - out
6) (freshnikez) - tentative
7) Mike (Nissan driver24)
8.) Eddie (norcal2006g35) – tentative
9) (Flyinion) - out
10) Matt (OTSB708)
11) Orrie (SillyPuppy)+1
12) John (finagle69)-tentative
13) Gillian (Grace)
14) (GuySmily)
15) ClassyZ
16) Louie
17) mozy – tentative
18) Patrick (patman530)
19) Eddie (norcal2006g35)
20)
21)

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ZForce

11-08-2009 01:08 AM

The Last Update

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Last update on the when and where before the breakfast run:

When: 7:30-7:45 am
Where: The Fountains in Roseville

Depart: 8:00 – 8:15 am

The Run: (map will be available at the meet up location)
East Roseville Parkway over to Douglas Blvd then to Auburn Folsom Rd heading towards Auburn.
A quick stop for a photo shoot at the entrance to Las Gatos in Granite Bay.
Onward to Auburn, thru old downtown to Hwy 49 and down the steep grade to the bottom of the river bed.
A quick turn off to Old Forest Hill Road and possibly a stop for a photo of the Forest Hill Bridge that was used in the opening scene of Vin Diesels XXX movie where he plows a corvette off the bridge to be destroyed at the bottom of the gorge (where we will be). It’s a beautiful road with the river and the gold country at the foothills of The Sierra’s and oh yeh the country side.
Onward to the Forest Hill Rd and heading over THE XXX Movie BRIDGE back towards I-80.
The only freeway portion on I-80 before getting off at Hwy 193 towards Newcastle and Lincoln. A beautiful road and oh yeh the country side.
Turn off towards Lincoln Hills golf course and back towards Rocklin which will bring us right to Mel’s Diner in Rocklin on Lone Tree Blvd.

It’s a pretty casual run with no high speed areas, but does have two spirited parts to the run which I will not disclose here online and oh yeh the country side.

Arrive: 10:15-10:30 am (for breakfast)
Mel’s Diner
6708 Lone Tree Blvd
Rocklin, CA 95765

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ZForce

11-08-2009 01:08 AM

A Quiz:

From the many pics of Mel’s Diner, which one is the Mel’s we are going to?

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ZForce

11-08-2009 01:08 AM

Oh…forgot these.

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GuySmily

11-08-2009 02:25 AM

Closing on 1am and I'm still up. Hope I wake up on time =p

My uncle can't make it though. He got called in to work. I'll be bringing my camera instead.

GuySmily

11-09-2009 02:17 AM

Had some trouble and couldn't even make it to the ending thing at Mels. How'd the meet go? Where are the pics?

ZForce

11-14-2009 01:47 AM

Ouch...Sorry I thought I posted them here. Will have em up in a few.

Hopefully see ya on the next run. I have another in mind before the weather gets ugly. I may also plan a second annual Black Friday Run out to Clear Lake.

ZForce

11-14-2009 01:48 AM

Hey guys, sry I have been under the radar since the breakfast run. I crashed and burned after breakfast during the afternoon football game. Must have been the biscuits n gravy. Been out of town since Monday so this is the first day to log on.

We had a good turnout for the run and a few more showed up afterwards for breakfast. John thanks for making it out this early and also to all that got up early for the run. We made it through the run before everyone and their boats got on the road. It was an early one and coffee was only a few steps away, thanks goodness for Peet’s Coffee. We had plenty of time to make introductions to the new folks that joined us on this run and it’s always a pleasure to see the familiar die hards.

New to the run was Matt and Cooper from V6performance, thanks guys it was great having you along and hope to see you soon on the next run. Mike has some history being a current G owner and previous Z owner. It’s good you have stuck with the family Z/G, not to mention it’s a small world with the peeps we both know. Orrie a newcomer to the Z community just picked up his Daytona Blue 350Z just eight days ago, coming over from the MR2 Spyder family and twisties is in his blood. He could not wait to open up his new Z and throw it into some twisties. I know we gave him a taste of the twisties and not sure he had any opportunities to open it up.

John and Steve were no newcomers to the run. I could not pull away from John on the straights nor the twisties in his G37. Steve just traded in his 300ZX for a vette and it sure does look pur-dee. Charlene’s 300ZX is down for the day and rode with me and took all of the shots except for The Fountains and Mel’s Diner photos. She did a good job.

Pat, moxy and Wes met us at Mel’s Diner for breakfast for a table of about 12, Matt, Cooper and Mike could not stay for breakfast or we would have had about 15. As it turned out the crew at Mel’s and manager got us seated reality quick (for a non reservation party) and we enjoyed the football game on T.V.

All in all I would like to thanks everyone for making it out; we made it with no mishaps and arrived on time at Mel’s Diner. My only reservation was that we did not have time to stop at the river bottom and view the Forest Hill Bridge and also take any motion shots through the 6 mile twisties of Old Forest Hill Road. I am glad that I did not run the bicyclists off the road going down Hwy 49 to the river bottom.

I will post up my pics in a few.

ZForce

11-14-2009 01:49 AM

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11-14-2009 01:50 AM

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11-14-2009 01:50 AM

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11-14-2009 01:51 AM

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11-14-2009 01:51 AM

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