Pebble Beach Classic Rally – August 2014 – Day 4

In yesterday’s instalment I was railing on about American showers. I also am experiencing a problem with the height of the ambient water level in American toilets. It is much higher than In Australia , or Europe come to think of it . So I’ll leave it to your imagination (or experience of American toilets) to complete the sentence.

Back to the Rally. We left the SunRiver Resort early so that we could arrive early at our lunch destination because that was the only way they would agree to handle our group. The lunch destination was Crater Lake lodge, another of the series of wonderful old Lodges we have visited on the Rally. It is built on the very edge of Crater Lake. Think the Mount Gambier Blue Lake by about one hundred. Absolutely breathtaking.

The drive to Crater Lake started chilly but rapidly warmed up. The drive was again mainly through fir forests on flowing , billiard table roads. It was among the best drives I have ever had.

As usual Reg got the calls spot on. After lunch a 90 mile drive To Grants Pass, a 200 mile day. Waiting for us was a special treat — a jetboat trip to a BBQ dinner . We did all the jetboat stuff– spins ,clipping the banks ,going through rapids. Everyone got soaked and loved it.

There have been a couple of casualties. The beautiful ambulance has retired . It just couldn’t handle the climbs over the passes. Today the German Speed Six Bentley has had magneto trouble, but they seem to have that sorted now. The Sunbeam is just singing. It loves these flowing traffic free smooth roads.

I am tremendously impressed by the way the American cars go. Most of the cars on our Rally are Concours standard with heavy bodywork but except on the severe climbs they really get along and have been very reliable.

Tomorrow we head for the Coast.
And more shower mechanisms!