Thanks to John Peterson (VegasRacer) for suggesting this event, taking care of the T-shirts, and driving the route West-East ahead of time to scope things out.

I really appreciate all the folks who came out for it, especially those who came all the way from S. CA just for a 1-day drive. I had an absolute blast! We'll definitely be talking about what can be done for 2006!

The latecomers get to park the farthest away! This is the Route 66 Diner in Ash Fork, AZ.

Left to Right -

Mike Ginter, Ron (Slits), Liz (TurtleGirl), Toast, Mike DeVries (Mike9142.0), Nick DeVries, Linda Horne, Joe Sharp, John Peterson

Breakfast! Renda & her crew really outdid themselves (Yes, it's Renda, not Brenda - one of her crew corrected me on the name)

Not exactly a LeMans start, but it's a lineup of sorts - the usual suspects.

Drivers, start your engines!

Off into the wide open spaces. My view for most of the day - John in the lead, then Mike DeVries, Slits/Toast.

Hangin' out in Seligman

Lots of old stuff to look at. I always loved those old milk trucks - I remember when my family got milk delivered to the house by one!

Downtown Seligman

John, Liz, Mike DeVries, Linda, Nick, Ron

John, Liz, Mike Ginter, Nick, Mike DeVries

Wide open spaces! Ron felt a few raindrops in his open roof.

Grand Canyon Caverns. We seemed to always end up in this order. By the end of the day I was getting pretty good at backing up the teener.

Grand Canyon Caverns was great fun - lota of corny jokes

Inside the caverns

More caverns

I think we were a little bit more to handle than our guide was used to

GCC is one of the largest dry caverns in the U.S.

Anyone want some emergency water, crackers & candy? It's only been here since the 60's!

Nick & Rex - no one explained why Rex was there

The view in my rear-view mirror (from Dr. Evil!)

Hackenberry AZ - quite a place!

Hackenberry has one of the most fascinating collections of stuff around.

Some of the cars were actually driveable!

Toast & Linda. Toast - I swear this is really the only picture I took of you rearranging your hair.

Burma Shave!

Hmmm... getting closer to some twisties!

Oatman Hwy - let the fun begin!

Twisties ahead

I wish there was a way to capture just how fun this road turned out to be!

Mike DeVries, running the twisties

He'll be comin' round the corner...

Oh boy, someone to chase!

The view toward uptown Oatman (it's uphill from where we are)

Ron, Nick & John - someone said that was Miles between Ron & Nick. He did bite!

It was interesting watching the tankers swoop in as we descended towards the Colorado River.

Nick, Mike DeVries, Mike Ginter, Toast and Ron after we found Joe Sharp by the side of the highway.

Just about to drive off into the sunset. What a great day!

Thanks to everyone for a great day! Thanks TurtleGirl for bringing the beer - I finally got to enjoy some of that wheat beer today - good stuff!

QUOTE (ThinAir914 @ Jun 13 2005, 07:49 PM)

The latecomers get to park the farthest away!  This is the Route 66 Diner in Ash Fork, AZ.

Hummmm........I wonder who was the last to show up?

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Toast - I swear this is really the only picture I took of you rearranging your hair.

Suuuurrrrrre. I was giving Ernie crap about pics of me being taken when I was doing something silly (like stuffing my hair back in my hat).