Placed 1st, in distance!  Arrived at the final destination, within .8 miles of the official mileage.  After the awards, found out we were also runner up on the scavenger hunt.  Got 35 out of 39 questions.  The scavenger hunt winner got 36.  Another driver turned in the exact mileage.  The tie breaker was the the number of questions answered right.

 

 

Arrived at the starting location, just south of Tomball, TX., around 11:30 am.  It's already getting hot, but the top stays down......  Quite a few cars are already here. Ultimately, about 30 Porsches, 3 Ferraris, and 1 Infinity pull in.  Porsches of all models participate - 911's (pretty much all years - classic to new, a 914, 993s, a 968, Boxsters, etc....)

After registering, picking up the obligatory hat, and signing the insurance waiver, we're ready to go.  We are queued up in line, about 10 back    At our turn to leave (12:05 pm), we pick up the driving directions, and after a quick review, we are off.  Being the first rally sine high school, I wasn't really expecting more than a nice driving day.

Following the directions, we head North, take a quick right, a quick left, then start looking for clues:  "How many days to sell your house", "How many lakes go East"?.  Cross over the Cajun, follow some more clues, to the first stop - Big Daddy's Ice House (a "biker friendly bar"!)  Head North again, looking for more clues:  "Where does royalty live", "When was this historic town established"?.  Then, some tricky directional clues: Right where you can "Trust the man who wears the star", "If you remember October '97, it's time to turn right" (this one a bunch missed, a right turn on FM 1097).  More clues: "What Rock Star will drill your teeth"?  (Rod Stewart, of course - ala Rod Stewart dentistry in Willis).  Avoid the Blair witch, and go through Podunk (really!).  Look for some sheep on a mailbox, and search for the motto of the "Soldiers of Jesus Motorcycle Club ("Let's Ride", BTW).  Do a loop, and head for the Pumpkin Patch.  Wow, that's a big bull!!!!   (This is screaming for a funny caption!  Check out the bulls eye, checking out the Boxster)  Off to look for 2+2=4 (FM 224).  The clues say Go for It!  We did!!!!  Some pretty good twisties to open up on.  Now time to find the Governor's monument, and the Blythe spirits.  Located the monument, and graveyard where former TX governor Wood (1795 - 1858) rests.  Gov. Wood was governor of TX from 1847 - 1849 .  Almost done.....  Time to find Miss Jean's, to pick our BBQ for the evening.  Just past the "Dirty Business", hang a right, hang another right, but "Don't run into the Big Lake!"  Pulled in to the final checkpoint at 3:30: Bud and Amy Walters lake house on Lake Livingston, with a total of 117.2 miles for the run.  We were the second to arrive (started 10), behind a beautiful red Ferrari 355, then another 355 pulls in right behind us..

 

 

 

Over the next hour or so, most everyone else pulled in.  What a site, a killer lineup of exotics, lining the bulkhead.

A few more pics of the day.

And finally, here I am, nice and sunburned !!!!