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Old Nov 4, 2023 | 05:30 PM
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No, not the ones that we all are terrified of for crapping on our cars, but the movie... remember? Anyway, took a short drive from my place to Bodega Bay CA and then up the coast to follow the Russian River back home. This is my C8 parked in front of the school house that was used in the film, The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. I remember seeing the movie when I was young but old enough to see it (I was 7 in 1963). Great drive and a nice lunch on the river. I saw one other C8 coming the other way on the way home, we both knew the "wave". Anyway this is what we bought the C8 for, to enjoy and cruise. Beautiful fall day.

A little history here...

A bunch of kids running here from the birds 61 years ago.
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Traveling South through Bodega Bay I wanted to put up for the night but wifey said no so we ended up in Petaluma, about 25 miles South.

On the same trip we did stay in Childress, TX (home of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
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The birds that terrorize Corvette owners:

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I’m closer to the East Bay but my gf lives in Santa Rosa. It’s beautiful and calming out there.
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Thanks for that bit of info about the movie and that particular house. I remember watching the movie as a kid - kind of at the time.
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That is a well-preserved beautiful building for sure
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