Some of my favorite Ferrari Club events are really Viper Club events… That we crash.

I love driving, and the Viper guys drive pretty hard. When I heard they were making a run to Hoover Dam, I called my friends and told them when and where to invade the Viper drive. To my amazement, LOTS of folks showed up.

The drive turned out to be pretty uneventful as it is often one lane (each way), and construction further slowed our pace. But it was still fun to eat breakfast with fellow drivers, make a few friends, and see the dam.

Despite our recollection of constantly driving BELOW the speed limit, one of our gang still managed to get pulled over. Correction: I originally thought her ticket was for speeding, but it turns out there are no speeding tickets in the National Park; she got a “wasting a finite resource” fine.

Wasting a finite resource? Anyone that knows my Pantera knows I should get that ticket when I pull out of the driveway every morning. 8.5 mpg my friends! But I was practically “going green” that day by driving my wife’s car. It is the silver Porsche in the pictures, and it probably gets twice the mileage my car does. And it is pretty.

BTW: Hoover Dam is a must-do morning or afternoon road trip when you come to Vegas. Beware in the summer. If your car no likey the heat, then you may want to check with the weatherman; temperatures break 120 degrees in the canyon during the summer, and you’re going to spend a lot of time idling. Aside from the heat, it’s a spectacle even if you’re not into non-automobile engineering wonders. Put on your favorite T-shirt and enjoy your dam drive.