Hell's Kitchen on Ortega Hwy
Kelly & Tommy from San Diego
Sparky - Ready to Ride!
The Famous Condiment Coffin
Southern Cruisers Riding Club
Well, I finally got to ride with the club again. When BigSteve said he was going down to meet the guys on their way back from San Diego, I was all over it. We were making good time too, when suddenly an SUV did a "flip and roll" right in front of us, so we stopped to help. The lady and her baby were OK (amazingly enough), thanks to seatbelts and child-seats. We arrived at this out-of-the-way biker hangout as the other chapters started pouring in one by one. They had heard we were gonna be in town and so they decided to throw us a multi-chapter lunch. Riverside then Orange County, finally my own Ventura Chapter and San Diego, they all came out to enjoy a burger and visit for awhile. The S/W Coast Regional Officer and Calif. State Officer were both on hand and we all enjoyed being with our SCRC family again for a few hours.
Hell's Kitchen has a great menu and the prices aren't too bad. I had the pastrami and it was around $7.50. The place is very biker friendly (I didn't actually see a car there) and there were even venders. I got my jacket repaired by the lady who was sewing patches, and bought a new doo-rag for Monica. I really missed her on this trip and the cell wasn't working so I was content to flirt with the waitress who was very friendly. The real attraction, though, was the hydrolic "condiment coffin". This you had to see to believe! (Sorry no pic) So after another beautiful day on the backroad playgrounds of SoCal, I was ready to head home. One more trip around the parking lot and Mark snapped this final picture of that ol' Sparky smile. Thanks "roomie" for the pics on this trip. Wait . . . Here is the pic of the coffin from Rhoby (thanks sweety). There is a handle in the shape of a skull that operates the hydrolic motor. Push to open and up the lid goes slow and smooth. Pull again and down it comes like the crypt-keeper. Absolutely one of a kind! So the next time you are heading out Ortega Hwy toward Lake Elsinore stop by.