CruiserMania

Anthem, AZ

We drove to Anthem on Friday night for the beginning of CruiserMania. We met all of the other PT'ers (even a few from our Colorado Club) at the Gavilan Peak Pizzeria for dinner. They was an impromtu light show in the parking lot after dark. Afterwards, we made the long drive back to Mesa and helped Bill & Jamie get their things packed.

On Saturday morning, we got up bright and early (very early) and dropped Bill & Jamie off at the airport. They flew back to Albuquerque while Emily, Julie & Shelby drove to Anthem where we parked with many other cool PT's on the grass at the park. We laughed because they actually had string to mark where each car parked. We parked with the other Colorado Club members

Unfortunately, Julie had come down with a horrible cold/sinus infection and was feeling miserable. Also, it was cold and drizzled rain all day and some of the planned activities were cancelled. Shelby was disappointed that the amusement park rides were not running. We walked around briefly and talked to the other PT owners but, for the most part, we spent the day sitting in the car. The event ended early and we went to Starbucks for hot Chai tea to warm our blood. We drove back to Mesa and Julie loaded up with cold medicine and crashed!



On Sunday, we packed all of our stuff and drove back to Anthem for the final CruiserMania event, a short cruise and a pancake breakfast at the Pioneer Living History Village Saloon. The sun was shining and things were a little bit drier. After breakfast, the coordinators held the door prize drawings (postponed from the evening before). Emily won an exhaust manifold thing and Tim said he'll install it for her if she'll come to Denver.



We said good-bye to everyone and headed from Pioneer toward New Mexico. We stopped in Winslow, AZ (on I-40) because we had heard that there was a cool monument thing to commemerate "standing on the corner in Winslow, AZ". There were 2 different displays and I'm glad it was on our way so that we could stop. It wouldn't have been worth it if we would've had to go out of our way.