April 2024 Bakersfield Road Meet

[cl94]

Just got back home from the meet.  We managed to get the full tour route in minutes before the storm got to Tehachapi Pass.  I'll be sending meet photos to everyone who was in attendance today (thanks for coming, great to put some new faces to known names) and organizing an album. 

Thanks for hosting! That easily goes down as one of my favorite meet tours. Cool sites, great scenery, and a few names that I can finally put faces to.

[Max Rockatansky]

Finished my album from today:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/151828809@N08/v2c30HV2me

[Rothman]

I have a few Elkhorn photos. Road was so bad that I didn't feel comfortable taking many, but I have some. High clearance is necessary with how bad some of the erosion is, and some of those bumps sneak up on you, even at 10-15 MPH. Several places are little more than tire tracks, though I did see a few other vehicles.

And yes, bugs started showing up en masse in Reno this week. My car is covered. Shame my car wash doesn't have any locations in Bakersfield, else I'd have gotten a wash this evening.

What type of vehicle were you driving, again?

[cl94]

What type of vehicle were you driving, again?

Crosstrek. Or, in other words, the smallest vehicle on the market with decent ground clearance.

[Techknow]

What a day! As Max mentioned there was a rainstorm coming towards us but we finished the whole road tour before it started to rain. I managed to avoid the storm in the morning (I stayed in Hollister for the night) but had to drive back home in the storm. I made it back 2 hours ago. Like last year's road meet I enjoyed this one so much. I only took a few photos, so I appreciate looking thru the photo album.

Oh and me and cahwyguy had to wait for a freight train to pass the railroad crossing at the Caliente Post office,  We had to wait 3-5 minutes for countless train cars to pass

[SSOWorld]

much cheaper to change yourself

Actually, they didn't charge us anything.

nice. I probably did get shorted some $$$ but knowing the filter was dirty in mine I changed it anyway. 

[cahwyguy]

What a day! As Max mentioned there was a rainstorm coming towards us but we finished the whole road tour before it started to rain. I managed to avoid the storm in the morning (I stayed in Hollister for the night) but had to drive back home in the storm. I made it back 2 hours ago. Like last year's road meet I enjoyed this one so much. I only took a few photos, so I appreciate looking thru the photo album.

The rain started just after we left the loop, and we had pockets of heavy rain and wind as we went down Tehachapi-Willow Springs/90th St W, 110th St/Johnson, and San Francisquito Canyon Road. On the plus side, we got to go past where the St. Francis Dam collapse was. We got back to Northridge around 6:15 PM.

Oh and me and cahwyguy had to wait for a freight train to pass the railroad crossing at the Caliente Post office,  We had to wait 3-5 minutes for countless train cars to pass

The funny thing was that I was playing with the "Auto Shutoff Engine at Lights". Mostly I disabled the feature, finding it a pain (or controlled it via brake pressure). But at this point I had the feature enabled, and was pressing hard on the brake -- and for whatever reason, the one time I might have liked it to shutoff the engine -- it didn't.

[cahwyguy]

Finished my album from today:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/151828809@N08/v2c30HV2me

One thing I try to do on my pages is have pictures of the naming signs together with the picture of the person. @M3100 was trying to get them for me, but I know he didn't get them all. Looking at the pages, here's what I have for the naming signs I should have. ✔ indicates I have the naming sign. If you got pictures of other naming signs, or have ones not on the list, please send me links to the photos or post them. Thanks!

Route 58:
Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway
CHP Officer Gerald N. Harris Memorial Interchange
Rosa Parks Highway
✔ Kern County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway

Route 204:
Richard Alan Maxwell Memorial Interchange

Route 178:
✔ CHP Officer David W. Manning Memorial Freeway
✔ Kern County Deputy Sheriff William "Joe" Hudnall, Jr., Memorial Highway

[roadfro]

Just got back home from the meet.  We managed to get the full tour route in minutes before the storm got to Tehachapi Pass.  I'll be sending meet photos to everyone who was in attendance today (thanks for coming, great to put some new faces to known names) and organizing an album. 

Thanks for organizing a great itinerary for this meet. Lots of interesting roads, cool drives, and great scenery. I didn't take a whole lot of photos, so I'll definitely be looking through your album.

I was really glad we beat the storm and got the full tour in to Tehachape Loop. Pretty much my whole drive back towards northern California after that (I'm returning to Reno this morning) was in moderate-to-heavy rain.

A memorable first meet for me, and happy to finally put some faces to names I've seen here forever.

[ClassicHasClass]

Lots of neat landmarks. Glad y'all had a good time (the scheduling didn't work out for me).

[Max Rockatansky]

Finished my album from today:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/151828809@N08/v2c30HV2me

One thing I try to do on my pages is have pictures of the naming signs together with the picture of the person. @M3100 was trying to get them for me, but I know he didn't get them all. Looking at the pages, here's what I have for the naming signs I should have. ✔ indicates I have the naming sign. If you got pictures of other naming signs, or have ones not on the list, please send me links to the photos or post them. Thanks!

Route 58:
Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway
CHP Officer Gerald N. Harris Memorial Interchange
Rosa Parks Highway
✔ Kern County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway

Route 204:
Richard Alan Maxwell Memorial Interchange

Route 178:
✔ CHP Officer David W. Manning Memorial Freeway
✔ Kern County Deputy Sheriff William "Joe" Hudnall, Jr., Memorial Highway

Only grabbed a handful:

IMG_3404 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_3557 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr