International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians
     Americas, South West Section

warmly welcomes you to the

99th Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles
and
Golden West Fly Out
last updated: 5/25/2008
Download details & registration form (updated 2/13/2008) in WORD format or ACROBAT format.

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Los Angeles Hotels:
Please book your hotel accommodation direct with your RI Convention registration.  All the LA hotels below are served by RI Shuttles to and from the LA Convention Center.
Omni Hotel at California Plaza: A newer hotel atop Bunker Hill, in the better area of downtown LA.  It is adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art and a short walk to Disney Hall and the Music Center.  This will be the site of our Sunday Fellowship Banquet.
http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/LosAngelesCaliforniaPlaza.aspx
Hilton Checkers Hotel: A smaller classic boutique hotel in the financial district of downtown.
http://www.hiltoncheckers.com/
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza:  Next to the Century City Shopping Center and is five minutes from Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and 12 miles (25 minutes) from the Convention Center.
http://centuryplaza.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

Los Angeles Events:
Fellowship banquet on Sunday June 15 at the Omni Hotel at California Plaza.  Cocktails at 6PM, Dinner at 7PM.
Board and Annual General Meeting on Wednesday June 18, 1:30PM at the Omni Hotel.

Golden West Fly Out,  June 19 – 28, 2008
IFFR Members and guests are invited to join us on our tour of some of the most interesting places in the Western United States. We have included Yosemite, Columbia, Monterey, Hearst’s Castle, Big Sur, the Rogue River, a fly in to the San Francisco Bay Area, Reno, Lake Tahoe and lots more. This is a moderately priced family affair, you can even bring the kids. Fly or drive the entire route.

You can fly under the Class B airspace and have a gorgeous view of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Tiburon, Sausalito as well as a gorgeous coastline all the way to Oregon.

You may join, leave and rejoin us at anytime.  Drive if you wish.  The registration is designed to allow you complete flexibility.

Thursday June 19

Fly to Mariposa Yosemite Airport (MPI, 212 nm) Google Drive time 4h 30’
Optional fly to Chino Airport first (CNO, 45 nm) and tour Planes of Fame  Museum, then to Mariposa (242nm)
 

Friday June 20

Bus tour Yosemite National Park BBQ dinner with Mariposa Rotarians
 

Saturday June 21

Fly to Columbia Airport (O22), tour State Historical Town (36 nm)
Fly to Monterey (MRY, 110 nm)
Google drive time Mariposa – Monterey 3h 10’
 

Sunday June 22

Bus tour down spectacular Big Sur coastline to Hearst’s Castle
 

Monday June 23

Optional Fly Out to San Carlos (SQL), Hiller Air Museum (60 nm)
Or play golf, or 17 Mile Drive, or Monterey Bay Aquarium, etc. etc.
 

Tuesday June 24

Fly to Grants Pass, Oregon ( 3S8,  370 nm)
Google drive time 7 h 40’
BBQ dinner with Grants Pass area Rotarians (tentative 10-2007)
 

Wednesday June 25

Jet Boat trip on the wild Rogue River
 

Thursday June 26

Fly to Reno, Nevada (RNO, 275 nm) Google drive time 5h, 40'.
 

Friday June 27

Tour Lake Tahoe and lunch on MS Dixie II Paddleboat Farewell Dinner
 

Saturday June 28

Departures
 


Download details & registration form in WORD format or ACROBAT format.

Contact:
Sam Bishop, 831-728-5000, sambishop@totlcom.com
Peter More, 310-470-8998, peter@petermore.com

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