Delorean World Tour - Travel Blog

Day 178

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02/29/2016 Arroyo Grande - Los Angeles (USA)

A.G. told us last night that Arroyo Grande has a beach drivable by car. We went there this morning and after payment of $5 fee we were allowed to drive with our Deloreans on the sandy beach and to take pictures directly at the Pacific.

Halfway to Los Angeles we visited Wolfgang’s friend Jill (Team Deloman driver), who is making a visiting semester at the University of Camarillo.

We continued the journey across the scenic impressive coastal Highway 1, past the celebrity locations Malibu and Santa Monica before we ended up in a traffic jam on the interstate 405. The 405 is one of the busiest streets in the United States and accordingly often crowded.

At half past four we arrived at our hotel, where already Delorean owner Skip Vaughan waited for us. A little later Ron Ferguson - President of Delorean Owners Association - arrived to welcomet the World Tour Team in Los Angeles. Together we drove to the house of Delorean veteran Don Steger, who provides us with his equipment for the technical check and oil change tomorrow. For adjusting the valves the engine has to be cold, therefore our cars are parking in front of Don's Garage tonight.

Once again our day ended with a dinner of all person involved, this time with burgers at the 5 Guys.

Day 177

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02/27/2016 San Francisco - Arroyo Grande (USA)

Our Delorean World Tour through the USA seems to arouse growing interest, for today's route from San Francisco to Arroyo Grande on half way to Los Angeles we had three requests from Delorean drivers, who would like to meet us.

Deliberately we didn't take the freeway today, but the scenic more beautiful and famous route over the California Highway 1 along the Pacific coast. Each curve offers new and breathtaking views on the steep coast with deep cliffs and long sandy beaches.

In Santa Cruz we met three Delorean owners at a short stop. Organizer Luigi Oppido had informed the local TV channel, that were on site with a reporter and Wolfgang had to answer questions in front of the camera.

Here’s the story online: http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/DeLoreans-land-in-Santa-Cruz/38248510

By chance there was Terry Hershner on the parking, known as 'Electric Terry' (Google!), he holds several records with rides on his electrically driven motorcycle.

A short side trip to the elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas.

Shortly before today's destination Arroyo Grande/Pismo Beach, A.G expected us with his time machine. We three from the team agree, that this is probably the best time machine we've seen on the tour so far, it was built by Bruce Coulombe (a well known name for insiders!).
A.G. accompanied us to the motel, where shortly later Lee Edmonson came as well, also a local Delorean owner. We all met for a common dinner and there we realized again, that between Delorean fans the conversations topic never runs dry.

Day 176

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02/27/2016 San Francisco (USA)

Sightseeing in the gorgeous sunny San Francisco, well organized by Richard Wipfler. Rich, thank you very much!

Around 9:30 am we meet at Marina Bay with Richard, Mark, Christian, Melissa, Eric and Brian at Marina Bay and started for today's tour.

We drove over the fog-free Golden Gate Bridge to some viewpoints with breathtaking views through the bay of San Francisco.

The parking lot from our lunch restaurant was located directly at the long sandy beach.

San Francisco from above.

San Francisco's second bridge, the Bay Bridge.

The streets of San Francisco.

We finished our tour with a ride down the winding and steep Lombard Street, well known from many movies.

Day 175

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02/26/2016 Eureka - San Francisco (USA)

Half hour after Eureka the 'Avenue of the Giants' starts, a 15 mile avenue through the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the street is lined with sequoias with a partial heights of more than 100 meters/330 feet. You can drive through some very big trees with a car.

The journey continued on Highway 101 toward San Francisco. In Petaluma, 60 km / 40 miles prior to our destination, we had a meeting with the actor Jeffrey Weissman in his 'Red Barn Ranch'. Jeffrey played George McFly ( Marty´s father in 2015) in “Back to the future Part II “ and he came up with a lot of stories and background informations from the movies.
Thanks a lot to him and his wife Kimbell for inviting us!

We were not lucky with the weather in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge was only seen dimly in dense fog.

In the evening we met with Richard Wipfler and his wife Kathy for dinner. He is a Delorean first owner from 1981 (!) and had already given us support in advance with hints for our stay and organized tomorrow's sightseeing tour together with other Delorean Owners of San Francisco.

Day 174

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02/25/2016 Eugene - Eureka (United States)

Our route today led from Eugene, Oregon to the Pacific coast and then along the legendary Coastal Highway 1. The first 60 miles we drove from the upcountry through densely wooded hills to the coast.

And there we understand why the Highway 1 is called one of the most beautiful routes in the world. The road leads in large parts alongside the sea and offers breathtaking views of fantastic coastal
sceneries and beaches. Here the pictures, they speak for themselves: