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Join us for a six-day, five-night tour of beautiful IDAHO

September 1st through 6th 2025

REGISTER AT: msreg.com/IDAHOTOUR2025  

By Reid Smith
Beat the heat, hop in your Porsche and head to cool Idaho. If you have never been to the vistas overlooking the Snake River winding through Hells Canyon or driven Highway 12 along the scenic Clearwater River, now is your chance. A road sign that warns you of curves for the next 99 miles will put a smile on your face. 

Choose your own accommodations and restaurants. Once the signup is completed and we get a head count, we will coordinate some group meals. 

Basic Itinerary: 

DAY 1: Sept. 1 – 6:45am.  MEETUP at LOVE’S [...]

by Reid Smith

Our four-day tour in May explored three of Nevada’s storied highways. 

DAY 1 – Great Basin Highway: Our meetup location was originally set for the Petro Travel Center at the Speedway. After discovering that was the last morning of the EDC Festival and there would be 185,000 blurry-eyed concert goers trying to escape, we wisely switched to another location. Good move! Lunch in Caliente at the Knotty Pine Restaurant, and on to Ely. Absolutely gorgeous snowy mountains made this leg of the trip picturesque. Dinner at JT’s Steakhouse was mouth-watering with grass-fed beef from the owner’s own ranch.

Day 2 – Loneliest Highway in America: In 1986, Life Magazine labeled HWY 50 the “Loneliest Highway in America” and described it as a road with nothing to see. A rep from AAA stated “there are no points of interest. We don’t recommend it, unless they’re confident of their survival skills” We beg to [...]

By Reid Smith

April 12th was a special day for our Las Vegas Region. We made history by having a record turnout of 55 cars participating in a drive! It all started when Frank Grimmelmann from AZPCA let me know that they were planning a Fun Run weekend and wondered if we could organize a drive. They had 19 cars on the way and we supplied the rest! The Mt. Charleston area is beautiful this time of year and we were fortunate to have great weather and roads.