4th Annual Mt. St. Helens Cruise, June 6th

[darkmoon87]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

I'm in Battleground. If we have a meeting point ip PDX I'll make it happen. There are plenty of points along the I-5 corridor to meet up. It WOULD be cool to take a "pre-cruise" picture at the Rose Garden...

...just planting the seed...

sounds good to me. im just trying to see if anyone from my area are going to the meet as well...if not i will drive by myself but i'd like to do a pre-meet along i-5. im pretty sure there are people leaving from everett, snohomish, etc?

[Astroman]

I'll be hitting I-5 from I-90 and going down, I believe there is a meet point/time for us. Don't have time to look it up right now but it is on the scionlife thread I believe.

I'm probably going to leave the 2nd yaris at home, and the GF is going to ride with me (possibly if she comes). I'm really excited, I think we'll have the best yaris turnout in the PNW to date!

[darkmoon87]

Originally Posted by Astroman

I'll be hitting I-5 from I-90 and going down, I believe there is a meet point/time for us. Don't have time to look it up right now but it is on the scionlife thread I believe.

I'm probably going to leave the 2nd yaris at home, and the GF is going to ride with me (possibly if she comes). I'm really excited, I think we'll have the best yaris turnout in the PNW to date!

im looking forward to check out your yaris with the new throttle body mod.
see ya there hopefully

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

I'm in Battleground. If we have a meeting point ip PDX I'll make it happen. There are plenty of points along the I-5 corridor to meet up. It WOULD be cool to take a "pre-cruise" picture at the Rose Garden...

...just planting the seed...

I can meet up in portland, but sense i'm not that familiar with the town it'd have to be an easy spot to find... plus, it'll take me 90mins to get there anyway (from Eugene).

Finalize it before saturday evening else i'll just be meeting up in castlerock or where-ever the washington meet point is.

[Thirty-Nine]

FYI, it looks like some of the Scion crew is meeting in Kelso at 9:30 and cruising up there. I'm hoping to be up there a bit before 10:00.

Anyone want to meet in the northern area of Portland or in Vancouver somewhere and caravan up? Or we could just meet in Kelso ... or just meet there. LOL

[Stove]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

FYI, it looks like some of the Scion crew is meeting in Kelso at 9:30 and cruising up there. I'm hoping to be up there a bit before 10:00.

Anyone want to meet in the northern area of Portland or in Vancouver somewhere and caravan up? Or we could just meet in Kelso ... or just meet there. LOL

I'm leaving from Tigard and can meet anybody along the way. I will probably leave the house a little before 8 as I want to be in Castle Rock well before 9:30. Time to have a cup of coffee and get a good parking spot. The headcount from the meetup.com page is 35, so parking will be at a premium.

[Astroman]

Would be sweet if us Yarri could park together @ castlerock, but with us rolling in at different times it's likely not gonna happen, but for sure lets try to roll up the mountain together. The parking for the castlerock meet has been in the gravel "tex oil" lot to the right of the shell station as there is ample parking for the group.

This weather has made it almost impossible to clean my car, only thing I can do is the interior. Going to clean my engine bay today but with all the rain the exterior has been impossible. The TB has been running like a dream, and I have at least 300 miles on it with zero problems so I will be leaving it on for sure for the cruise. Just wish I still had my TRD exhaust.

If everyone who says their going does (and I hope they do) were looking at 8 or 9 Yarii, or even more showing up. So no matter what before everyone takes off we need a group shot of just us.

[sqcomp]

Taln and TN...

Vancouver meeting place? RIGHT off I-5 before I-5 meets with I-205. When you're going North (obviously) you can see a small Fred Meyer store off to the right of the freeway. That's the Hazel Dell Fred Meyer store. It's technically three right hand turns off the freeway and two lefts and a right hand turn getting back onto I-5. There's a Starbucks right there or a BK and a McDs just down the street if anyone needs a recharge.

7700 Ne Highway 99 Ste B
Vancouver, WA 98665

^the Fred Meyer address. Notice it is like I said RIGHT off the freeway. It is a stone's throw away.

Thoughts?

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by Stove

I'm leaving from Tigard and can meet anybody along the way. I will probably leave the house a little before 8 as I want to be in Castle Rock well before 9:30. Time to have a cup of coffee and get a good parking spot. The headcount from the meetup.com page is 35, so parking will be at a premium.

There will actually be ample parking, as there's a fairly wide open gravel area just to the south west of your circle, which is where we've all parked before.

Originally Posted by sqcomp

Taln and TN...

Vancouver meeting place? RIGHT off I-5 before I-5 meets with I-205. When you're going North (obviously) you can see a small Fred Meyer store off to the right of the freeway. That's the Hazel Dell Fred Meyer store. It's technically three right hand turns off the freeway and two lefts and a right hand turn getting back onto I-5. There's a Starbucks right there or a BK and a McDs just down the street if anyone needs a recharge.

7700 Ne Highway 99 Ste B
Vancouver, WA 98665

^the Fred Meyer address. Notice it is like I said RIGHT off the freeway. It is a stone's throw away.

Thoughts?

I'm up for meeting there and caravaning up. My buddy with a Nissan Sentra will be headed up with my wife and me, too. Should we meet there at 8:30?

[sqcomp]

8:30 am at the Hazel Dell Freddy's? I'm down.

Akk! I don't have Taln's Cell number in my phone for some reason...

We need to let him know. I'll PM him.

[Thirty-Nine]

OK: 8:30 at the Hazel Dell Fred Meyer it is. I'll let others know, too.

[Stove]

If you think parking wont be a problem in Castle Rock, I'll meet you guys in Vancouver at 8:30 for the drive up.

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by Stove

If you think parking wont be a problem in Castle Rock, I'll meet you guys in Vancouver at 8:30 for the drive up.

It hasn't been the last three years. There's a big, open area right by the gas station where people park for a bout 20 min or so before we go up. I do, however, recommend we be there semi on time. If we leave at 8:45-ish we should be fine.

Must ... resist urge to ... install header before ... Sunday. LOL

[sqcomp]

Just to note on that Hazel Dell map...

The Freddy's shares the same parking lot as a Salvation Army outlet. The marker is right on the SA corner. The Freddy's is the slightly bigger building just above it (North). There is a "bigger" parking lot on the North Side by the Starbucks. That's where I'll be.

[Astroman]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

Must ... resist urge to ... install header before ... Sunday. LOL

You finally got a header? What kind? My mechanic had mine on in just over an hour. I did have to get a new O2 sensor though.

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by Astroman

You finally got a header? What kind? My mechanic had mine on in just over an hour. I did have to get a new O2 sensor though.

DC Sports. I'm sooooo tempted to put it on before the cruise, but knowing my luck, something will get hosed during the install and I won't be able to bring the Yaris up. I'm trying to squelch the urge.

Why'd you need a new 02 sensor?

[Astroman]

The old one was seized on the old header. Yeah, better not take the risk...

[Thirty-Nine]

Ah. Yeah, I'm going to restrain myself, although just barely. Anyway, back on topic:

Weather looks like it's gone a bit south; 70% chance of showers. Then again, we Pacific Northwesterners should be used to a bit of precipitation.