<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Norcal caravan to Solvang today: Party of 1. </span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Like old times, today I made a blast down to the little Danish town on my way to a friend's. Saturday in Solvang is typically bustling, but not on this early morning: Somber was word with vacant hotel lots and closed signs on all bakery's. </span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Despite the lack of dozens of roadsters and people,   hazard tape all over Main St. Park and missing lunch with </span></span><span class="gmail-_247o" style="background-color:rgb(220,230,248);font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Ron Eastman</span></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">+SocalROC, I immediately pretended it was The Datsun Roadster Show day with some staged photos and places I've always wanted to park in front of but never had a chance...I even hopped over a gate like usual to get the shot. </span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">And just like that...I arrived back home this evening in San Jose, 612 miles later. </span></span><span start="84" class="gmail-_5zk7" style="background-color:rgba(88,144,255,0.15);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(88,144,255,0.3);font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">#WhenWillThisSR20Break</span></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">More on my adventurous roadtrip back from Solvang shortly, enjoy!</span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="color:rgb(29,33,41);direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" id="gmail-fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="outline:none;display:inline;width:auto;line-height:18px;white-space:normal"><span class="gmail-hasCaption" style="font-family:inherit"><font color="#1c1e21">1st Street</font><br><font color="#1c1e21">The site of the Datsun Roadster Show</font><font color="#90949c">:</font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" style="outline:none;display:inline;width:auto;line-height:18px;white-space:normal"><span class="gmail-hasCaption" style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_5623-scaled.jpg">http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_5623-scaled.jpg</a><font color="#90949c"><br></font></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" style="outline:none;display:inline;width:auto;line-height:18px;white-space:normal"><span class="gmail-hasCaption" style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_5625-scaled.jpg">http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_5625-scaled.jpg</a><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" style="outline:none;display:inline;width:auto;line-height:18px;white-space:normal"><span class="gmail-hasCaption" style="font-family:inhe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