Day 5, Wednesday July 2

Today was RALLY day. Bill S and Bill N entered Healey 100 for a wonderful day of Healey rallying 'round San Diego. We were joined by Bob Lee and Ross Kells in Bob's Healey 3000.

Sorry folks, it didn't work out too well. Bill S and Bill N practically ran over the first check point but did not see it. They spent about 20 minutes retracing steps to discover that they had already been there. No problem, they continued merrily towards the next checkpoint. Unfortunately, they reached an intersection that trapped us like a bad Soduku puzzle: every direction we took from this intersection led to a conflict with the next direction.

Bob and Ross apparently figured out the puzzle, but we wondered. We saw them here and there with a lost and confused look on their Healey.

Bill and I decided to kiss it off and had a nice drive north on San Diego -- taking in La Jolla and Torrey Pines golf course. This is beautiful country folks, we were impressed.

Still, I wondered for a day or two how to solve the rally problem. It had something to do with chinese diagrams, a cryptic tool handed out with the instructions that we could not figure out how to use. Oh well, next year.

Meanwhile, back at the hotel we noticed an angry crowd looking for Rally Master Udo Putze. Apparently he was lost on route and nowhere to be found.

The day ended on a much happier note: an evening dinner cruise around the harbor. Great food and lots to see from this large vessel. Passing by the naval yards south of the Coronado bridge was the best. This city has beautiful lights too, plus a few pre-July 4 fireworks....