Spring Fling Mailbu Cruise starts today at 10:15 am
This event grows EVERY year. We had 40 cars last year!
*Meet at Woodley Park in Van Nuys at 930 AM. We will leave by 10:15am
*Proceed to 405 South Freeway, via Woodley Ave to Burbank Blvd. Make a left onto Burbank Blvd and proceed to I-405 South. Stay in the far right lane, as we will immediately transfer over to 101 North (signs say 101 North Ventura)
*Proceed est 7 miles on 101 N to Valley Circle/Muholland Dr. Take exit.
*Make a left and proceed over bridge onto Muholland Dr. We will continue south on Muholland Dr. until we reach Muholland Hwy.
*At Muholland Hwy, we will make a right at the signal an take Muholland HWY west, for roughly 6-7 miles. Once we eventually come to the intersection of Muholland HWY and Las Virgenes, we will cross it and continue on Muholland HWY. From this point, it is another 3-4 miles from our first of three stops.
*Continue down Muholland HWY for a brief time to our first destination, which is the historic Rock Store. We will stop here for 20-30 minutes tops to re-gather, use the restroom, take pictures, ect.
*Next we will continue up Muholland HWY to a vista spot at the top of the hill for excellent photo opportunity. We will only be here for a short time, due to the lack of shade. If temperatures are high on the day of the cruise, we may potentially bypass this stop in favor of spending a longer amount of time at a beach stop.
*From the vista point we will continue up Muholland HWY to Kanan-Dume Rd. We will make a left onto Kanan-Dume. This may take a few moments to get everyone gathered, since Kanan is a busy hwy. From there, we will continue down Kanan, through the tunnel, ultimately to PCH. This is different from previous years, when we have used Encinal Canyon to get to the PCH. Kanan is a long downhill after the tunnel, so it will give a chance for everyones cars to cool a bit after the uphill climb from the Rock Store.
*Once we get to PCH, we will make a left at the signal. We may or may not get all of the cars thru the intersection before the light changes, so I will try to wait up to re-gather us all back into a group. From here, we will continue down PCH to make one last stop a little further down on PCH.
*Our beach stop will be our last stop of the cruise. From there, we will continue south on PCH through Malibu to our lunch destination, the Reel Inn. From this point, if you plan to join for lunch, I would prefer that we all try to stick together as a group, as a few participants were left behind last cruise en route to the restaurant. We should be arriving by 1:30pm. Parking in the lot adjacent to the restaurant is owned by the state parks service, so they kindly charge an $8 cash fee for parking, although there is usually ample parking along PCH. A link to the restaurant website is shown below:
http://www.reelinnmalibu.com/
*After lunch, the easiest route back to the San Fernando Valley/Woodley Park area will be via Topanga Canyon Bl., which is just a few hundred yards south of the Reel Inn. There are several cruise nights on Friday evenings, including Bob's Big Boy in Northridge as well as Burbank. At 5pm, there will be a meet and great going on at the Picture Car Warehouse on Reseda Blvd. Here is a link to the warehouse for the facility, with address provided:
http://picturecarwarehouse.net/
