Arizona Prowler cruise down Devil's
Highway
September 13-14, 2008
Jim and Janet went on the annual Prowler trip from Phoenix, to Springerville, and down to Safford.
On the road from Phoenix to Springerville.
The Salt River Canyon.
The cars stopped at the rest area at the bottom of the canyon. Several Prowlers, a C5 Vette, and an NSX (!)
We
stopped at the go kart track somewhere near Pinetop, and it looks like
I'm wearing the orange CJTV shirt. I didn't know Janet took any
pictures of me until just now. And I came in last place in the first
race, and near last in the second. I definitely need to do this more
often.
Driving
thru the mountains on the way down from Springerville. The road is a
stretch of the "Devil's Highway" which is now US 191, they changed the
number from 666 because of superstitious people, I suppose. It's about
a hundred miles of twisty hairpin turns and sweeping curves, with the
occasional almost straight run, from the high elevation forest (we
drove past the Sunrise ski area) to the dry desert at Safford.
It's chilly in Arizona in September, if you're in the right place. And beautiful!
The
fellow in the Vette had a little tire problem...seems the Prowler in
front of him hit a rock, which broke apart, and part of it made a
bigass hole in the Vette's right front tire! He was able to drive
slowly the rest of the way down the mountain (it's a runflat tire, so
no spare) but was still trying to figure out what to do to get back
home when we headed home from Morenci.
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