posted 10-03-2000 12:30 AM                  

The following people have confirmed for the “Grand Canyon Tour 2000”

Jerry and Marcia Scholten (MI) (DC Tech Advisor)(#2 thru #10) (paid)
Mike and Judy Krehel (TX) (#2 thru #9) (paid)
Gary Cleverley (CA)(Woodward Hat Smasher) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
David and Erika Nazem (TX) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Larry Lord and Julie Hartman (CA) (#1 thru #10) (paid)
C.J. and Bob Longstreth (MI) (#1 thru #10) (paid)
George and Charlotte Carter (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Phil and Jane Horvath (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Paul and Jody Rosenberg (TX) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Ed and Sandy Monahan (OH) (#3 thru #9) (paid)
Roger Freeman (WA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Larry Salzman (Hat Killer and accomplice) Sondra Lakner (AZ) (#5 thru #8) (paid)
Al and Pat Becker (AZ) (#5 thru #10)(paid)
Tony Bouno and Angelle Roussel (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Jim and Cathi Stallings (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Rick Beyes (MO) (SEMA Show only 11/2 & 11/3)
Don Douyotas (AZ) (#5 thru #10) (paid)
Randy and Arlene Hatfield (CA) (#1 thru #10) (paid)
Jim and Roselle Hergert (CA) (#1 thru #10) (paid)
John and Debbie Ross (AZ) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Ernie Lowe (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Ron and Joleen Jones (CA) (#3 thru #10) (paid)
Scott and Deb Muzzy (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
John Schulz (IL) (#1 thru #10) (paid)
Gary Empfield (CA) (Carlini Designs) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Mike Gatlin (MI) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Ed and Lynn Goetz (CA) (Real Rod) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Phil Genet (IN) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Paul and Peggy Hines (TX) (Bush/Cheney) (#2 thru #9) (paid)
David Sabel (CA) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Mike and Lori Rutherford (AZ) (#3 thru #9) (paid)
Debbie Angell (AZ) (#5 thru #10) (paid)
Andrew Howard and Brigitte Frantz (CO) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Bob and Sharon Beale (CA) (#2 thru #6) (paid)
George and Shelly Williams (CA) (#2 thru #6) (P.T. Cruiser) (paid)
Jeff and Yvonne Bloom (CA) (#2 thru #10) (P.T. Cruiser)
Jim and Doris Angle (AZ) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Ange Cabral (AZ) (#5 thru #10) (paid)
Dean Prodromides (CO) (ProwlerPro) (#3 thru #10)
Jerry and Marsha Carroll (AZ) (#2 thru #10) (paid)
Marc Scarbeary (CO) (tentative)
Jack and Kathy Teal (CA) (tentative)
Tim Garcia and Dianne (CA) (#3 thru #10)

1. Hospitality Suite in Room 999 at the Riverside Hotel in Laughlin opens Thursday at Noon and will be open until midnight.
2. Everly Brothers Concert 7:00 PM 11/2 ($37.50 per person) Try to reserve as close to Row 3, Tables B & C as possible.
3. Riverside Hotel and Casino Laughlin, Thursday 11/2, Reservations (800) 227-3849
4. Route 66 Tour 11/3, Depart at 8:00 AM
5. Dinner at Rod’s Steakhouse in Williams 11/3 at 6:00 PM
6. Little America Resort Hotel, Friday 11/3, Reservations (800) 352-4386 Ask for Prowler Owners Assoc. Rate of $65.00 per night.
7. Grand Canyon Tour Saturday 11/4, Depart at 8:00 AM
8. Black Bart's Steakhouse, Saloon and Musical Revue, Dinner at 6:00 PM ($25.00 per person) 11/4, Awards Ceremony at the Little America lounge begins at 8:00 PM
9. Little America Resort Hotel Saturday 11/4
10. Sedona, Jerome, Prescott Tour Sunday 11/5 Departs at 8:00 AM Lunch will be at the Golden Corral in Prescott. After lunch we will say our last goodbyes before heading home.

Don't forget that I need all Black Bart's Dinners and T-shirts paid for by October 15, 2000. Be sure to include t-shirt sizes and your dinner preference with your order. Please mail your checks for the dinner and T-shirts ASAP to help me get things going. Dinner is $25.00 per person and the "Grand Canyon Tour 2000" collectors T-shirts are $20.00 each.
Send checks to:
Larry Lord
2101 W. Key St.
Colton, CA 92324-6523

Arrive in Laughlin http://www.riversideresort.com/map/index.htmlanytime on Thursday 11/2 for a day of gambling, shopping, bowling, hiking, water sports, riverboat rides and a museum tour of the 70 cars in Don Laughlin's collection. Check into the Riverside Resort Hotel and Casino anytime after 1:00 PM. Be sure to stop at the POA Hospitality Suite in room 999 to meet new friends and pick up your POA Goodie Bag.

A room rate of $25.00 for river view rooms or a $19.00 rate for standard rooms or $35.00 for suites has been arranged. Don't forget to purchase your tickets for the Everly Brothers Concert in the Celebrity Showroom for Thursday evening at 7:00 PM. Ask for seating as close to row #3, table b & c when you reserve.

Friday 11/3 at 8:00 AM we will depart the Riverside Resort and head for the ghost town of Oatman, Arizona. http://www.route66usa.com/arizona.html Bring some goodies to feed the many tame burros that wander freely about the town. The burros were left over from the gold rush days and now are somewhat of a tourist attraction. Plan on taking comfortable shoes and if you wish, we will take a tour of a real working gold mine near Oatman.
Departing Oatman we will pass over the main tunnel of the gold mine which is 265 feet directly beneath Route 66 before following Route 66 to the Kingman area for lunch at Memory Lane Restaurant.
Departing Kingman we will again follow Route 66 making stops at Hackberry, Peach Springs and past Grand Canyon Caverns (maybe a visit?) http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/feb/stories/gccaverns.html into Seligman and on to Ash Fork and then to Williams for a 6:00 PM dinner at Rod's Steakhouse before traveling on to the Little America Resort in Flagstaff, Arizona for a social evening in the lounge before retiring for the evening.

Saturday 11/4 will again depart at 8:00 AM, this time from Flagstaff via Highway 89 north, about 100 miles to the Grand Canyon. http://www.nps.gov/grca/ Plan on spending quite some time at the Grand Canyon and having lunch before returning to your car for a trip back to Flagstaff via Highway 180. Dinner at 6:00 PM is planned at Black Bart’s Steakhouse in Flagstaff (just across the street from Little America) for Saturday evening. Black Bart’s has been highly recommended as the servers are mostly students at NSU and perform a musical revue every 30 minutes or so during your dinner. You will offered a choice of 4 different menu items (Prime Rib (12 oz), Broiled Salmon, Broiled Chicken or a 1/2 Rack of BBQ Ribs) the cost of this dinner is $25.00 per person and you must pre-pay. Be sure to give me your choice entrees when you send me your check. After dinner we will cross the street back to the Little America Resort for a Scavenger Hunt Awards Ceremony in the lounge.

Sunday 11/5 at 8:00 AM I am planning to return to California by way of Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome and Prescott and I hope to have many of the Arizona Gang follow us for this half day event before they head south on their way back to the Phoenix area. We will have lunch at the Golden Corral in Prescott at about Noon til 1:00 PM. For the people returning to Northern California and Nevada, it would make a nice beginning to your trip to also follow along to Prescott before turning north on Highway 89 to connect with Highway 40 near Williams for your westbound trip home. After departing Prescott I will continue on Highway 89 to Wickenburg and then on via Highway 60 to connect with westbound Highway 10 near Quartzsite.

The Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA Show) is in Las Vegas October 31 - November 3, 2000. http://www.aaiwshow.com/
If you are interested in attending. Please check out my post about the SEMA Show for more information.

There are NASCAR Races in Phoenix at PIR on 11/4 & 11/5 http://www.desertstarclassic.com/schedule.shtml if you are interested in attending. A few people will undoubtedly depart Flagstaff and make a quick run to PIR for the races. Let me know if you are interested and I will get you in touch and help you make the needed arrangements.

Please take some time off to join us for this once in a lifetime event. You can very easily make a long week of car events if you are a hardcore car addict.
I have 30 rooms on hold for Friday night and 30 rooms on hold for Saturday night at the Little America in Flagstaff. More rooms will be added as we need them.

The weather in Flagstaff is pretty cool at this time of year. Be sure to bring some warm clothes and jackets. http://weather.yahoo.com/almanac/Flagstaff_AZ_US_f_10.html

A few quick notes to make sure that everyone understands what is included and not included in this event.....
All lodging, meals, gas, park passes, SEMA Show passes, entries and misc. costs are to be paid by the participants.
The rate of the Little America Resort hotel is $65.00 per night. (including taxes it becomes $71.43) for either 2 queen beds or a king mini suite.
The price of dinner at Black Bart's Steakhouse is $25.00 per person with a choice of 4 entrees (ribs, chicken, prime rib or salmon) including all tips and taxes.
The collectors edition T-shirts will be embroidered with the ProwlerOnline logo over the left breast area. A small ProwlerOnline.com will be embroidered on the lower right sleave and the wording "Grand Canyon Tour 2000" will be embroidered under the breast logo. This shirt will be a collectors item intended only be sold to those who attend the event on Saturday for the tour to the Grand Canyon. There is no limit on the quantities that you may purchase. This will be a high quality T-shirt with contrasting embroidery. The cost of the shirt will be $20.00 each. Please note that the shirt is embroidered and not silkscreened. A little more money, a lot nicer shirt.
The Dinner Tickets and the T-shirts Must be purchased directly from me.
Please send a check to;
Larry Lord
2101 W. Key St.
Colton, CA 92324-6523

If you are ordering T-shirts, be sure to include the sizes.
The Hotel reservations and costs will be direct with the Little America Resort Hotel by calling the reservations desk at 1-800-352-4386 and requesting the Prowler Owners Association group rate. There will be a special, roped area to park in and some security will be provided by the hotel.
The Everley Brothers Concert will take place at the Riverside Resort and Casino in Laughlin on the evening of November 2, 2000 if you care to attend. The cost of the concert is $37.50 per person.
The Route 66 / Grand Canyon Tour 2000 is an “ala carte” event. I feel that making it "ala carte" will enable everyone to plan the type and length of event that best suits their needs and time frames.
This event will be run much like the Hot Rod Power Tours are run. You will be in charge of what and where you do and go. I will supply the general schedule and itineraries and will do everything that I can to make you time with us enjoyable. In this way I can make it much more fun for you because of the opportunities to do small side trips and stops as you wish. It also allows me to still have some fun buy not having to completely plan your every move.
I hope this helps to clarify some of the questions that have already been asked, and answer the many more that I'm sure are coming.

Julie is flying into Las Vegas on Thursday 11/2 at 2:35 PM on Southwest Airlines flight #1314. I will pick her up at the Las Vegas airport and then we will depart for our drive to Laughlin. The drive to Laughlin from Vegas is less than 2 hours. Add another couple of hours if you want to take a tour of Hoover Dam at Lake Mead. My visit to the SEMA Show will be a quick one beginning at the 10:00 AM opening time on Thursday morning before I pick Julie up. I am planning on departing Vegas at about 3:30 PM.
I will be towing my trailer with me. If anyone needs, feel free to ship anything that you would like to have at the Grand Canyon Tour 2000 and I will be happy to take it with me in the trailer to Laughlin. After Flagstaff, I will return ship anything that you sent or any items that you may have purchased while on your trip and don't have room for on your return trip.
In addition to the quoted $19.00 standard room or the $25.00 river view rooms, The Riverside Hotel in Laughlin is now also letting the Suites with a balcony, oversized rooms and upgraded furniture be reserved at a rate of $35.00 per night for our Thursday night stay on November 2, 2000.
Seating for the Everley Brothers Concert is going fast. If you are planning on being there you should call (800) 227-3849 soon for your concert reservations. If possible try to get in row 3, table b or c. They told me today that they plan on it being a sellout. We do not have a group rate or seating section for this concert.

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Larry (King of the Miles) Lord
Prowler Owners Association
Southern California Area
Larry@FMBbox.com

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posted 10-11-2000 12:22 AM                  

We now have a hospitality suite at the Riverside Hotel and Casino in Laughlin on Thursday 11/2. We will also have a reserved parking area for the Prowlers.

Friday 11/3 will now include a poker run while on our Route 66 Cruise. There is a $20.00 buy in and there will be a 100% payout. 60% to first place, 30% to second place, 10% to third place. The cash prizes will be awarded at Rod's Steakhouse in Williams at 6:00 PM.

Saturday 11/4 now also includes a scavenger hunt to help keep you thinking while on our Grand Canyon Cruise. Prizes will be awarded in the lounge of the Little America Hotel at 8:00 PM.

Many people are planning on taking the Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome and Prescott tour on Sunday also.

This is going to be one GREAT EVENT! 27 Prowlers at this time and more to come.

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Larry (King of the Miles) Lord
Prowler Owners Association
Southern California Area
Larry@FMBbox.com

posted 10-11-2000 10:27 PM                  

The Bush/Cheney Prowler of Paul and Peggy Hines was added today.

More everyday!

posted 10-12-2000 11:55 PM                  

Just added today;

posted 10-14-2000 02:53 PM                  

Todays sign-up were:

Jim and Doris Angle
Bob and Sharon Beale
George and Shelly Williams
Jeff and Yvonne Bloom

posted 10-19-2000 12:46 AM                  

During our Route 66 Tour we will be touring a working gold mine near Oatman Arizona that is temporaroly idle until the price of gold once again rises above $300.00 per ounce. Word has it that if the price of gold heads north, as the stockmarket heads south, they just may start mining the yellow metal as soon as the last hardhat is returned by the last Prowler Owner to leave the mine on Friday, Nov. 3, 2000.

The Gold Road Mine was discovered in 1900 by a Mexican prospector and has been in operation off and on for the last 100 years. As recently as the end of 1998 it was producing gold at a rate of 40,000 ounces per year.

We will park our Prowlers in the lot of the Gold Road Gold Mine which is adjacent to Route 66. We will then board the mining rigs for our ride to the mouth of the mine. This exciting and informative tour directly UNDER Route 66 will last one hour.
Shorts are OK but no sandals or open toe shoes please.

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Larry (Cruise Control) Lord
Prowler Owners Association
Southern California Area
Larry@FMBbox.com

posted 10-19-2000 07:30 PM                  

Our Prowler Technical Advisor Jerry Scholten and his wife Marcia will be driving the NEW Orange Pearl Coat Prowler while attending the Grand Canyon Tour 2000 with us.

There will be a technical question and answer session for both mornings of 11/3 and 11/4 in the Prowler parking area from 7:00 until 8:00 AM before we start our planned events for the day. We will also have a tech talk session at the Scavenger Hunt awards ceremony on Saturday night from 8:00 until 10:00 PM in the lounge of the Little America Hotel.

Start making a list of any questions or problems that you wish to discuss. It's not very often that you get the chance to actually talk to an engineer face to face.

Many thanks to Jerry's boss Herb Helbig for making this possible. It's nice to know that Prowler Owners and the Prowler Owners Association are important enough in the eyes of Daimler/Chrysler that they will commit the time and dollars needed to make this happen for us. Thank you again DC and especially Herb Helbig for your help.

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Larry (Cruise Control) Lord
Prowler Owners Association
Southern California Area
Larry@FMBbox.com

posted 10-20-2000 10:06 PM                  

I'll try to have a little special fun just for you.

posted 10-22-2000 11:03 PM                  

I have just finished the Scavenger Hunt list and am almost positive that nobody will be able compltete the full list. At least not without going to jail.

The prizes are very expensive ones so don't expect this to be easy.

First Prize: Carlini Chrome Trans Cooler Cover
Second Prize: Zaino Wax Kit
Third Prize: Dashglove Dash Cover

posted 10-24-2000 12:56 AM                  

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Larry (Cruise Control) Lord
Prowler Owners Association
Southern California Area
Larry@FMBbox.com