This last weekend was the first Miata Club event of the year. Members from Nanaimo and Courtenay joined for a run up to Campbell river and then west to the village of Gold River and then back to Campbell river. Stayed the night at Painters Lodge with a group dinner and then home.
The run from Campbell River to Gold River is on a twisty mountain road with little traffic. Perfect Miata type road with hundreds of turns. Corners that had warning signs of 30 km per hour or 40 km per hour you drive at 80. Exhilirating. There were 14 cars in the group and a good bunch of people.
At 11pm Pat and I left the party and went out on the dock to watch the cruise ships float by in the narrow channel coming and going from Alaska.
Great weekend
May 28, 2012
rbellis11
Views From Paradise 
2 responses to “Gold River Miata Run”
James Ellis
June 1st, 2012 at 10:57
“Corners that had warning signs of 30 km per hour or 40 km per hour you drive at 80. Exhilirating. ”
Until the day that the lead car loses it on a curve and the next half-dozen drivers follow him lemming-like over a cliff…
rbellis11
June 1st, 2012 at 19:57
We keep good separation so a collision is not a likely situation. The point is that the suggestions about 30 km on a curve is meant for the Big RV or the car pulling a big trailer. The exhiliration is to go into the turn, down shifting to slow slightly but allowing the revs to climb so half way through the curve you accelerate out. By then you can see ahead, but the g forces are as good as a roller coaster. The Miata is built with a balance on the weight and a low center of gravity. You cannot turn it over or spin it. Guaranteed that the driver gives up on a tight curve before the car can handle it. It is fun.
Pat just hangs on, and fortunately, does not scream at me to slow down.