Glad you made the trip back down safe!
It's very technical and labor intensive to join the norcal group. You have to pm LilMatty and let him know you want to join. That's it. If you want to show your support for the club there is some stuff you can purchase from Cafe Press, it's one of the first threads in this section.
We've having a run at Frank Raines OHV park Sunday May 21st and you're more than welcome to join us and test out that CRD! Let me know if you ever feel like a Hollister run sometime too, since it's so close to us.
You totally found the likeminded people.
Enjoy the site.