Saturday, October 30, 2004
Duane Allen had alerted the flyout group to the existence of
Matthews At The Airport,
a new restaurant at Paso Robles, that is run by Mathew Riley,
formerly of the famed REX IL RESTAURANTE (Los Angeles, California).
Duane called ahead to check the prices and they seemed quite reasonable
for a fly out luncheon. Duane had intended to take his wife and his partners
in his new Cessna 182 TR, but neither could make it, so Duane took Guy Jones
and Ron Robinson with him. Harvard and Sara went in their Mooney and also
took Fred and Vi Egli. Bob and Sally Belshe went in their Lancair.
The weather was generally good, except that Harvard and Sara were delayed
getting out of Oakland due to the bay fog/overcast. Duane and Bob graciously
waited for Harvard, so we were able to arrive more or less at the same time.
On the way down, Bob Belshe caught up with us and we got a picture of him
suspended over our wing.
Lunch was delicious, far above our ordinary fare, but not really more expensive. We all agreed that this was one airport restaurant that we would go out of our way to stop at, perhaps even if we were driving in the area. We have some photos of the group with the three planes in the background.
Duane also provided some photos of the entrees.
On the way home, Duane overtook (slowly) Harvard's Mooney and got a shot from the air. We then continued on as a flight of two all the way to CCR.
