not a single violation yet and i was the road cut for the broad plains you felt the tremendous space all around the country rolling out to the horizon and you rolling with  it was beautiful you sort of sense the real meaning behind the word freedom the road like a river water was running under you and all the time you kept thinking what a strange run this was always seems to come upon you suddenly like a stubborn needle pointed joshua tree is fighting the heat of the desert all of a sudden they were there and they weren't the only ones fighting the heat but boys were too and they fought it all the way into vegas they came into the station some of the boys were talking about the dam hydro electric set up power power in this part of the country frankly they knew more about it than i did i realized there were many more valuable things happening on this run than even we it took a lot of driving for mass to get away smooth without wasting gas stop it was like a dragon you had to move by a dun cat's feet and the password was slow and easy jack no showman could have designed the approach to the dam any better first suspense was terrific but torturous road dropped down like a roller coaster i got out of my car here ashok the road takes out of my legs and watch the tortoise like machines circling around the atmosphere of the dam was inspiring it kind of to cold of you know for a few moments and but desert air felt good to close off and drop i close my eyes for a second i could hear the sound of the tires moving over the loose gravel for a moment and my  could see the wide eyes of a boy you know a strange thought occurred to me these were in merely individual cars turning air but each car seemed to me to belong to a long line each car was like a new generation coming up the slope making their contribution to society and the party progress the word came upon me suddenly progress in the american tradition of this great here to the boys from the las vegas car club had come down to play host and to hear all about the youth from after i got a firsthand report from jim the drivers got their briefing no drinking well i've been to a few fancy parties and social events in my time but i can't ever remember enjoying myself as much as i did having dinner that evening with these boys  itself was all there in our face night officer and boy it hit the real jackpot no violation on the road no unfortunate incidents  an early the next morning we were off on the run again against the background splendor of the desert a huge shadow stretched over the broad plain as we settled down to the long run this time we were running all the way home with only a quick refueling and barstow as i checked the cars on the road the excitement began to sneak up on in the face of phil shifting back or listening to the approaching train in the face of the cutouts gary simpson heading for the busto br still refueling station was practically empty this time there was no respite here the boys were in and out again in a matter of minutes on the last leg of a two day run no rest to barstow and now we were running and in the face of the wise man's frank human a there wouldn't be any decision as to the winner until the official tabulation toward him and the winner would be announced at a special awards presentation meeting of the peace officers car club association later but the boys in the car clubs were