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Go West Day 8 - NV / AZ - Grand Canyon Day 8 started in Las Vegas where we had breakfast in a little lounge off the guest elevators that was only for guests only. It wasn't exactly hidden but the name of "No Where" was indicative of how few people there were in the lounge compared to most of...

Go West - Day 6 and 7 - UT / NV - Las Vegas I decided to combine the next two days. After the last week of winding through Colorado and Utah on smaller roads, Day 6 was a blast west on I70 and then southwest on I15. Then we relaxed in Vegas for a couple nights. There is not as much scenery...

Go West - Day 5 - CO / UT So, today was the day that was impacted the most from the "bridge is out" event. That, or you could say that I was being stubborn. From the early times that I was planning this trip, I wanted to hit the stretch of 92 that is near the Hermits Rest area. The roads...

I'm going to try this but I may have to delete. This is a short clip taken from my wife's dash cam. Low quality video, dirty windshield, sound turned off so you can't hear us jabbering at each other over the walkie-talkies.... Still, it gives an idea of the section of I-70 just before...

Go West - Day 4 - CO Our original plan was to go south from Colorado Springs and take 50 across Colorado and take the senic path up throught the Hermits Rest area. We had already booked a room for the night in Paonia at the historic Bross Hotel. With the bridge getting closed, the next pass...

@Bob Heine - That is a great photo! I knew we had to go up Pike's Peak. I actually got my desire to do it watching the races and some of the U-tube videos by Larry Chen. I still want to go back and get to the top but that will have to be another trip.

Go West - Day 3 - Pikes Peak The round trip up Pikes Peak is really only around 2.5-3 hours from Colorado Springs. It had been snowing up on the peak and expected to snow again the day after. So, the expectation was that we were not going to be able to drive all the way to the top. Given...

Go West Vacation 2024 - Day 1 and Day 2 - MO/KS/CO I'm going to combine Day 1 and Day 2. We have traveled across Missouri so many times that it did not hold too much in the way of excitement. The first day was a 7 hour drive west on I-70 to Hayes, Kansas. We stopped and visited our daughter...

Go West Vacation 2024 - T-minus 2?? I have always wanted to do a big driving vacation out west and in particular the southwest. I have driven from Seatle to St. Louis with stops at Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore and of course Wall Drug. I have visited many of the big ticket items up and down the...

The Miata arrived. It is a 2024 Club soft top with the Brembo brake, BBS wheels, and Recaro seat package in Aero Gray. (Or 2024 S/T BBR Aero Gray Club in Miata forum speak). We picked it up on Friday afternoon and drove it to The Place. It is still dirty as we did not even have the...

@TX4runner - I've saw that in my queue on YouTube but have not watched it yet. Might be something I have to do tonight...

Winter projects are slow and we are waiting on the new Miata... So another weird post. I've always tried to spec out our real world cars in the Gran Turismo and other video games over the years. When I ordered my TTS back in 2012, I bought the virtual version in Gran Turismo and exported...

After much deliberation, my wife decided to go with the Miata for her next vehicle. Mind you, the 997 is not going anywhere - this is just more of a daily as the Porsche is getting older and becoming more of her dedicated track and backroad fun car. She ordered a brand new manual 2024 Miata...

Since we are heading into the Vegas F1 race, It might be time for me to catch up on another fun event we did this year. For the COTA F1 race, Holman Motorcars held a F1 Race Watch Party. Through the Porsche club, we know one of the sponsors of the event and one of Nancy's track sisters works...

Ordered some metal prints of two of the pictures taken at OIR. Hung them up yesterday on the stairway leading up to the mezzanine. I wanted to put up the nice blurred side profile pics but I just could not immortalize the blue painter's tape numbers.

The morning started very early. The drivers meeting was set for 7:30am. We rented a single garage spot - mainly to get out of the sun and have a place to put chairs. Nancy got the garage and I parked just outside. OIR has a super professional set up with 20+ corner stations that have...

I think I wrote back in post 1199 that I thought it was weird to be done my track outings in September for the year. Well, about that.... We saw a posting on ClubReg about a one day event at Ozark International Raceway (OIR). It was on Monday October 9th. There was not a lot of information...

Next up on the cavalcade of activities was Treffen - St. Louis. The Porsche Club of America does a driving tour every spring and fall that they call a Treffen. St. Louis was selected to be the host for the Fall 2023 Treffen. For those in the Porsche sphere of influence, you know there was...

@MLRtime - Thanks, I think it sounds pretty awesome too. The car is my wife's decision. She has the 911 to go fast so even the Type S will be a slow car to her. We shall see....

Alas, I have sad news. My Audi TTS has left the building. I had been driving it less and less since I had gotten the Cayman. The Cayman had become my de facto Track and Autox car. When we went on Porsche drives or to Cars & Coffee, the Cayman was also the car selected. It was getting to...