The 2020 Edition of the Sierra Nevada Region Wine Tour took place over the weekend of October 23-25, as club members travelled from Reno to the tiny metropolis of Murphys in Calaveras County, California. Originally scheduled for August, the California wild fires and falling ash forced a postponement of the tour to October, when blue […]
Club members Dick Bottom and Debbie and John Hertel organized a hike in the Mount Rose area just above Galena Forest, as something different the club could participate in, outdoors, while observing social distancing. The following is Dick’s description of that event. The smoke took a reprieve and the sun was brightly shining to warm […]
When COVID-19 restrictions made it impractical to hold the Sierra Nevada Region’s annual Concours d’ Elegance, usually scheduled for the last Sunday in July, we replaced it with a Show & Shine Picnic on August 2nd . Our current past president Steve Kent had worked for months to reserve a date for our 2020 Concours […]
In the midst of a Pandemic, we found an enjoyable alternative to safely replace our traditional monthly breakfast at Lili’s Restaurant, with two summer sunshine gatherings at Bartley Regional Ranch Plaza Pavilion. Adhering to the Washoe County guidelines for maximum allowable gatherings, 50 members gathered on July 11th and 25 met on September 5th. Everyone […]
Six vehicles showed up for the Sierra Nevada Region’s inaugural back roads off-pavement tour on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Two of them were actually Porsches, one Cayenne and one Macan. But all were welcome. After all, “It’s the people,” and there were ten of them. The group assembled at 8:30am at Fuji Park in Carson […]
As is the norm this year of the pandemic, our drive across the Sierra to Nevada City, CA on Saturday, July 25 was a sellout, less than 24 hours after opening registration. As also is the norm, the lunch we had scheduled at Lefty’s Grill on the Yuba River in Nevada City was torpedoed at […]
