I didn’t think the rain would ever stop that night. I could only imagine it pouring down rain today and me being the only person to show up for our Pyramid Brewery Drive. I mean who wants to take an extremely twisty road in the rain with the chance of driving your beloved BMW off the thousand foot cliff?

The gods must have been smiling on us, because when I woke up there was no rain. Tons of clouds and the roads were still wet but no rain coming down. After some time cleaning the car I made my way to the gas station. While pulling out I see the beautiful site of a black e34 540i Touring. I decided to give chase. As I pulled out, I noticed that behind the Touring was a black e46 M3 being chased down by a white e34 540 in sitting on a set of BBS RX’s.
Now my blood is pumping! I get on the gas trying my best to catch up, I slide in with the pack and pull between Keith in his black 540i and Curt in the Touring. We drop into the Canyon and the road is very wet, with all our tires spraying light mist in the air. As we pull into the Golf Course I am amazed that there are already about 20 cars waiting. The wait at the Golf Course is long for a good reason. A scout was sent up the road and ended up running into three cop cars that had apparently heard that a drive was planned. Everyone is given a warning about the road being extremely slippery and about the 3 cops, and we finally hit the road.

The lead group (apparently situationally deaf) heads out like a bat out of hell. I laugh and lead us slowpokes (I mean sane folks) in the second group. Once past all the cop hideouts I see the nose of Keith’s 540i all the way up my tail pipe. Ok it’s on! Keith and charge through the canyon and man I can not shake this black beast behind me. I get the rear end to slide out a few times watching my wife grab the oh-shit bar (this is a technical term). Keith and I put a good distance on the pack but the second we slow down they are on us. We take it a little slow the next few miles because we are now on the edge of a cliff and the road is a bit slippery.

At our halfway stop, it looks as though the lead group has been there for hours! These guys must have been flying! We stayed for a little while and continued on our route. Things got a bit hectic on the freeway with traffic and some directional issues. Once we arrived at Pyramid we learned that a few people did not make the exit and one of our members was a little hot exiting the freeway and had minor incident that left him with a broken wheel. After a few spilled drinks and some good food everything turned out great!