Canari-NAVY ToP News‏

We are now 9 weeks out and I wanted to bring everyone up to speed on a few items leading into our ride this year; and I’ll need to gather some information from each of you pertaining to your travel plans…



1) This year our traveling circus will have three vans and drivers supporting us; 2 of these vans will leave SoCal for Santa Barbara early on Sat. May 22nd; the 3rd will leave Sunday morning. Details on pre-transport bike drop-off will be forwarded in a future e-mail.

2) All hotel reservations (for the entire trip) have been made; I have blocks of rooms reserved @ all our stops. There is no need to contact any of the hotels – it’s been handled.

3) Once we arrive in Santa Barbara, we’ll be staying at the Best Western Pepper Tree Inn – the hotel is perfect for our needs as it meets our two main requirements: it’s large enough to accommodate our number, and it’s with-in walking distance to a Starbucks (Kevin demands this). Also for any of you driving to Santa Barbara at the start; the hotel has agreed to allow us to leave cars in their parking lot for the week.





Now for the information I need from each of you: your travel plans:



1) Which day you plan on arriving in Santa Barbara? I have rooms for all of us starting on Sunday, May 23rd; I also have some rooms set aside for those who’d like to roll in on Saturday.

2) Who will need rooms in San Diego? Before heading to Santa Barbara, or at the end of the trip. Remember we have a dinner planned for the evening of Friday the 28th (our final day)…so stay at least that night if you can. I do have a small block of rooms set aside at the Marriott Liberty Station / Pt Loma San Diego. Also, Margaret & Kevin will be hosting an informal pizza party in their back-yard on Saturday, 29th in the afternoon/evening…if you that have not yet experienced: Kevin’s pies are a thing of beauty!

3) For those of you flying in from outside the area; your flight itineraries.



This request is important; as the hotels are already pushing me to release any unneeded rooms – therefore I will work on the assumption that if I don’t hear from you by next Saturday that your plan is to arrive in Santa Barbara on the Sunday and will not need lodging in San Diego.



Thanks, and as always: reach out to either Kevin or I with any questions.