[John-Tucson]

Thank you Arizona Cobra owners / builders. Wow ! What a good time ! We had 17 Cobras, and 2 others, to start the cruise / poker run. At the party the following goods were consumed: 48 brats, 35 hamburgers, 28 bottles of beer, 2 bottles of wine, 35 cans of soda pop. And every thing that goes with all of that. The people count is not accurate because people kept coming and going all afternoon but it looks like there were about 39 in attendance. The long distance drivers were Duane Dickenson from Saffotd and Sean from Chandler. Thanks guys for coming down. The poker hand winner, best five cards out of seven, was Ken Paulin. Mike Mahaffey took second. Both winners enjoyed their prizes. The drive was 60 + miles through out the Tucson city area with seven stops for poker cards. For those of you that did not attend please do not listen to the guys who did not win a prize. They will tell you horror stories about how they became lost in the first four miles. Thanks Ken for the side trip, I didn't know that street was there. Some will say that Old Spanish Trail ends in Benson,AZ. three cars were last seen headed that way. Thanks Lora and Dave Johnson for the photos at the Cancer Survivors Memorial. Thanks to the seven leaders of the segments, you did a great job of finding the "under the railroad bridge" location and the quick thinking at the train depot which kept us in line and the unplanned closing of a downtown street which took everyone by surprise and Scott led us on an impromptu cruise of the downtown area. Bill Markley was last seen going north on I-10( fast) and south on LaCanada(fast). Bill, we missed you at the party, be honest and tell us where you went with the attractive 20 year old girl in your passenger seat ??? Quiet, unassuming, and gentle Tom Hastings was led astray by of course, Scott Collins, you Phoenix guys remember Scott - he enjoys working with the police. Scott took a corner at great speed and noise, the cop looked up and saw Tom going by. The nice officer gave Tom a warning. Scott, you have to start respecting your elders and quite picking on us. Duane, I wonder if you'll ever let your daughter ride along with one of us again. A few guys couldn't make the run but did attend the party, It was good to see Jerry and Vaughn and John and their Cobras. I don't understand it but some guys showed some hostility towards me for having so many cars in the event and allowing them to kinda', sorta' , get lost. After a few beers they seemed to lighten up. Three things were learned, 1) let everyone know where to go. 2) Leaders need to remember that they are leading an 18 car train and the lights will stop some of them. 3) those in the middle need to make an effort to keep up. AND, lastly, I promise that I will do better on the next one. John