Events

The Airport to Africa Run

Saturday, August 14

Sonoma

Wayne Veatch invites the MGOC and the SSTS to join him for a visit to the Schellville Antique Aerodrome, also known as the Sonoma Valley Airport ("The Home of the Taildraggers"), followed by caravan run to historic Foster's Bighorn restaurant and bar in old town Rio Vista. We'll be there for the airport's monthly Open House, with many antique airplanes on display and the opportunity for "hangar talk" with their owners. Foster's Bighorn features an astounding collection of North American and African wildlife trophies, collected by hunter and taxidermist Bill Foster in the 1930s and ‘40s.

We will meet at the Sonoma Cheese Factory, on the north side of the town square, at 9:00 am. If you wish, you may also meet us at the airport, about one mile south of the intersection of highways 121 and 116, at 9:45 am. We will view airplanes, while airport locals and visitors view our cars, until about 11:30 am; then we'll caravan to Rio Vista.

It's about an hour and 45 minute drive to Foster's Bighorn (143 Main Street, Rio Vista) via Highway 12, Cordelia, and back roads. Lunch will commence about 1:30 pm. We have a choice of Chicken Caesar Salad (veggie option available), Chicken Breast Sandwich (with Swiss cheese and bacon - yum!), Half Order of Ribs or Bison Burger, each with a soft drink, for a fixed price of $17.50 (including tax and tip - cash only). They have a full bar with good draft beers.

Stay in Rio Vista as long as you wish, then choose your own route home. Some of us will return to the East Bay and San Francisco by the most expedient route: 160 to 4 to 242 to 24. Others will return via Kirker Pass from 4 to Walnut Creek, which will be more interesting, avoid some freeway travel, and take about 20 minutes longer.

So that he can advise Foster's, please let Wayne know if you are coming for lunch and your menu choice, by August 9.

Where and When: Meet at the Sonoma Cheese Factory, located at 2 E Spain St., Sonoma, at 9:00 am.

RSVP to Wayne Veatch at veatchlaw@gmail.com.