10/21/06 SLK Meet/Drive-Monterey, Big Sur, San Simeon

Mercedes Benz SLK roadster owners are invited to meet rain or shine at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, October 21st in the parking lot at the Del Monte Shopping Center in Monterey for display of their cars and camaraderie (meet and greet, show and shine).  We will meet in parking lot in front of the Petco and Rite Aid.  Taking Exit 399C(Munras) from Hwy 1 and then 2 right turns to the shopping center works well:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=496+Del+Monte+Ctr,+Monterey,+CA&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=36.584623,-121.899962&spn=0.025673,0.053902&t=h&om=1&iwloc=A

We will leave around noon for a drive down the coast where we will lunch at Big Sur's Nepenthe.  You can get info and the menu at:
http://www.nepenthebigsur.com

After lunch, we continue our ride to San Simeon. For those interested, we will get together in the San Simeon area for a group dinner.  We are considering the San Simeon Beach Bar & Grill:
http://www.sansimeonrestaurant.com/

For planning purposes, it would be helpful to know if you are:
> lunching at nepenthe with the group
> having dinner in San Simeon with the group
Feel free to reply to this with your plans
 
The following link will give the current weather on our route and includes a great narration of the scenery along the drive:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/scenicdrives/?sd=cacoast.jsp¶m1=USCA0724¶m2=USCA0733