Starting from the wonderful St. Regis, we headed up Orange County’s favorite twisty route: Ortega Highway. From there, we proceeded on up Highway 74, through fantastic canyons, pine forests, and out into the desert. Eventually we ended up at the Palm Springs Air Museum, to a most incredible catered lunch under the wing of a B-52.

The cars were parked around an older Mustang aircraft … perfect in that we have a number of Mustang automobiles in the rally. Lots of pictures were taken, and then we made the short trip over to the Desert Springs Marriott. Here (where I write this), we took a boat to our restaurant. Somehow tonight devolved into a wonderful party of sake, beer, dancing and karaoke … one of the most fun, wild parties I’ve seen in a long time.

Here again are a few somewhat random photos from today. (After the rally is over, stay tuned to the blog … links to ALL the final photos will be posted here for you to see.) Again in chronological order, some photos from Day 3: