2026 Big Sur Tour 1 January 27, 2026 / February 3, 2026 by Vega Roecker Our annual tour to Big Sur began on an overcast day, January 25th, at the Crossroads shopping center, where we parked near the Starbucks to organize and get driving instructions. Al Munoz-Flores led the group, which he broke into two groups, the first with 9 cars and the second with 10 cars. Leaving the shopping […] Read more »
From the Archives January 21, 2026 / February 6, 2026 by Vega Roecker Monterey Bay Region started an annual visit to Big Sur in 1991 when six members went for breakfast at the Big Sur Inn, including Dave Terdy, Mickey Hammond, Vega Roecker, Mike Rogers, Bill Reichmuth and Bob Lawson. Read more »
2025 Christmas Soirée December 17, 2025 / December 31, 2025 by Vega Roecker Monterey Bay Region held its annual holiday party on December 13th at Porter’s Grill at Poppy Hills in Pebble Beach. The event started at 5:30PM with social hour, followed by dinner at 6:30PM. Live music was provided by Sargis Atanous on drums, his son Andrew on trumpet and bass guitar, and Professor Chuy on lead […] Read more »
From the Archives December 2, 2025 / December 2, 2025 by Vega Roecker Monterey Bay Region had a Livermore Valley winery tour in December 1994 that is written up in the January 1995 Montereyan. Participants were Bill and Stella Reichmuth, Gary and Ginger and Brian Mutoza, Dean Craig and Monica Nathan, and Mike Rogers and Vega Roecker (Gary is not in the photo since he was the photographer). […] Read more »
2025 Canepa Tour November 19, 2025 / November 25, 2025 by Vega Roecker We met starting at 8:30 am in the parking lot at Chili’s in Seaside, and at 9:00 it started to sprinkle, which continued throughout the day. Connie brought her Jeep so her car wouldn’t get wet, and Steve R. decided not to go forward, but the rest of us hit the road and headed north […] Read more »
2025 Oktoberfest October 20, 2025 / October 26, 2025 by Vega Roecker On Saturday, October 18, Monterey Bay Region members (and Ed Hunt of GGR) met at the Crossroads shopping center at the mouth of Carmel Valley in beautiful weather to go on a short tour ending at Lugano’s Swiss Bistro for an Oktoberfest luncheon. We gathered into three groups of 5 or 6 cars each, and […] Read more »
From the Archives October 12, 2025 / October 12, 2025 by Vega Roecker October is the time for Halloween-related activities and Monterey Bay Region used to have a Halloween Rally sometime during the month. This is a photo from 1997 of Jack Angel with the trophy from winning the Halloween Rally. Read more »
High-Altitude Adventures: A Porsche Club Journey to Yosemite October 7, 2025 / October 12, 2025 by Chris Larson The rumble of a dozen Porsche engines signaled the start of an unforgettable weekend, as members gathered at the Windmill market at the crisp hour of 7:30 a.m. Our first stop was the Castle Air Museum, where Air Force veteran John captivated the group with a two-hour tour. Surrounded by aviation history, we marveled at […] Read more »
2025 Rancho Cielo 2 September 29, 2025 / September 29, 2025 by Vega Roecker On Saturday, September 2, Monterey Bay Region went on a tour to Rancho Cielo vocational school, the second one this year, after the first tour on Thursday, February 7. The first tour was so popular that a second tour was set up. The group of 19 cars met at Chile’s in Seaside and checked in […] Read more »
PCA 70th Anniversary Celebration September 15, 2025 / September 29, 2025 by Vega Roecker Monterey Bay Region celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Porsche Club of America with a dinner event at Veloce Valuations in Monterey. Food was catered by Michael’s Grill & Taqueria in Pacific Grove and special 70th anniversary cookies were provided by Freedom Bakery in Monterey. Steve Kittrell of Veloce and Adam Mohr of Mohr Imports […] Read more »
