What happens when you feed your passenger a really good breakfast, and then you drive them on the twistiest roads that San Diego County has to offer?
They might…
PUKE!
 

That’s right! It is time to announce the 12th annual running of the .
"Puke-O-Rama"
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Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009
Meeting location: Dalton’s Roadhouse in San Marcos
at Nordahl and Hwy 78 in Wal-Mart Shopping Center
Buffet Breakfast at 9 am. Dalton’s opens early to host the Puke.
Drivers meeting: 10 am
Drivers meeting location: On the patio of Dalton’s Roadhouse (where breakfast is served)
Where the drivers meeting will NOT be held: The parking lot outside of Dalton’s

Contact: Steve and Laurie Waid swaid@cox.net (760) 432-0727

This will be the twelfth annual running of the infamous Puke (formerly the Puke-O-Rama). Multiple groups will depart in opposite directions just a few minutes apart on a looping course that returns to Dalton’s after about 150 miles of driving. Smaller groups are easier to keep together and more fun to be a part of. This year the San Diego Roadsters Club (Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky) will be joining us and be formed into its own group. You’ll also get to see fellow Pukers coming and going along the course. Commemorative barf bags will be provided for unlucky passengers.

The Puke is a driver’s event, in the sense that the roads are selected to give the greatest enjoyment to the driver. Unfortunately this has led to some uncomfortable stomach reactions and conditions for the passengers…hence the name.

At the 10 am drivers meeting the attendees will be split into 6 smaller run groups of about the same size. Experienced leaders and sweep drivers will be assigned to each of the run groups in advance. The six groups will leave at staggered times alternated in opposite directions What this creates is six separate groups which cross each other’s paths a few times during the day. Two pit stops are scheduled for each group at Dudley’s Bakery in Santa Ysabel. This commonly results in as many as three run groups being at Dudley’s at one time. The last group out is known as the Daffodil Group as this is the group that requests to spend some time actually enjoying the scenery as they drive the course. Typically the Daffodils are in evidence in the Julian area at this time of year.

At the end of the run in the late afternoon we arrive back at Dalton’s Roadhouse to enjoy an early dinner (order from the menu) and relish in the embellished stories that are told of the driving experiences just completed. We again will be treated by having the patio reserved for only us Pukers.