Note: All AMR events are in CAPS.
Pueblo Farmer market tour, Sunday, July 17th2022.
60+ miles from Colorado Springs to final lunch stop
Lunch prices are from $7.69 to $16.80
We’ll attend five farmer markets east of Pueblo. Di Santi Farms, DiTomaso farms, Mauro farms, Milberger farms and Musso farms, Each has their own unique taste & style. Well ensure enough time at each location to check over the produce, make your sections, purchase and move on to the next farm, all within a three mile radius of each other.
Who knew an ear of corn or fresh tomato could improve your health, your community and the environment, all at the same time? Buying local farm foods is a simple way to do all three. Local food doesn’t suffer the “jet lag” of produce trucked across the country. It puts more money back into the local economy and saves a whole lot of gas.
Lunch will be at Milberger farms, a country Restaurant Featuring delicious homemade recipes and foods made with love and harvested from their fields.
My personal favorite? The ITALIAN SLOPPER! Homemade Italian Sausage on a freshly baked and toasted hoagie smothered in homemade green chile topped with two kinds of cheese. YUMMY!
Bring Cash (to avoid the credit card markup (3%)) and your own bags to transport the TONs of yummy & fresh produce you’ll be bring home. Gudrun & Raimond have made this “run” about ten times a year, for the past six years.
We will depart at 8:30 am from Bear Creek Park Pavilions (west side of 21st Street) on Argus Blvd.
Plan to arrive at 8:00 am for event check-in and a mandatory driver’s meeting.
For any questions, please contact the Event Tour and AMR Tour Chair Raimond Melkers at Tour@AMRPorsche.com
For any information on upcoming AMR driving tours, tour destination suggestions, comments and volunteering for tour support, please contact,
Raimond Melkers “tours@amrporsche.com” (719)-271-3297
PCA-RMR Grand Loop Tour Information
DATE: July 27, 2022 – July 30, 2022
START LOCATION: Starbucks/King Soopers Marketplace, 1850 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 7 AM !!! Those of you traveling more than 50 miles to Fort Collins are encouraged to stay overnight.
COST: Registration is $450.00 per person
(Total cost for this tour per couple, double occupancy, is estimated to be approximately $2000. This estimate includes registration, accommodations, and fuel cost. On your own meals (1 lunch and 2 dinners) are not included. Single registration participants’ estimate would be $1575. Travel back home is not included in estimate.
Registration Closes on July 3, 2022
The RMR Grand Loop Tour is a unique opportunity to visit some of the Rocky Mountain West’s most scenic places. In an epic 4 day tour, drivers and their companions will travel with like-minded Porsche enthusiasts starting from Ft. Collins. This extensively planned, 700 mile driving tour bypasses dull interstate highways in favor of more exciting two-lane highways. These roads are often marked in blue on road maps. Travelers may encounter antelope, bison, elk, deer, and even a moose or a bear, so stay on the lookout for wildlife and bring your best camera! The tour officially ends in Durango, Colorado. Adventurers may consider taking the opportunity to use Durango as a pivot point for a Utah or Arizona Parks adventure before heading home.
The tour begins on WEDNESDAY morning, July 27th leaving Fort Collins, CO heading north to Laramie, WY. The drive crosses the Snowy Range with a private lunch in the small town of Encampment, WY. Tour leaves the Divide Restaurant continuing west across Wyoming before turning south at Baggs, WY, and then back into Colorado. The route ends in Palisade, CO for two nights at our favorite Wine Country Inn. Here we will enjoy a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception on Wednesday evening.
THURSDAY we will enjoy a bus tour around Palisade to visit wineries, a distillery, and a fruit farm/stand. We may possibly even go to an Alpaca farm! Lunch will be included. Since the tour begins at 10am and returns around 3pm, you would have time to visit another business close by or drive to Enstrom Candies in Grand Junction.
The day concludes with a wonderful buffet dinner at the Wine Country Inn.
On FRIDAY we regroup for a short drive to Gateway, CO, for admission to the Gateway Canyons Auto Museum. This grand location houses the privately-owned Hendricks Collection that displays 100 years of American automotive history. Lunch at the Gateway Canyon Resort is included. Driving resumes south through the fabulous Gateway Canyon on the way to the final destination, Durango, CO, for two nights.
SATURDAY in Durango gives participants 2 choices. One choice is to be on your own to explore Durango and vicinity. Another choice is our optional ride on the Durango & Silverton narrow gauge railroad to Silverton.
This Optional Activity ($143 per person)includes a step back in time as we enjoy a leisurely trip to yesteryear riding 3 1/2 hours on the Durango & Silverton train. With 2 hours in the historic mining town of Silverton we are able to enjoy the sights, shopping, food, and libations. Return to Durango is via the deluxe motor coach bus.
Saturday: Final banquet dinner at the Strater Hotel.
Overall Tour Inclusions Registration Package $450 per person includes:
- Tour credentials, participation in drives and activities and goodie bag
- Lunch in Encampment on Wednesday
- Evening Reception at Wine Country Inn on Wednesday
- Private tours of Palisade wineries, distillery and farmers market Thursday
- Banquet at WCI on Thursday evening
- Admission to Auto Museum on Friday
- Lunch in Gateway on Friday
- Discount lodging rates
- Event ending banquet at the Strater Hotel
- PCA insurance coverage of tour liability
- * Tickets on the historic RR (optional additional $138 per person)
The registration package does not include:
- Dinners on your own Wednesday and Friday
- Lunch on your own on Saturday
- Lodging costs arranged by participants
- Personal activities on Saturday, if not on RR tour and Sunday when the tour ends
Registrants from other PCA Regions are most welcome! Depending on interest limited single-day driving tours may be added as a supplemental registration. Please contact an Event Chair with questions.
Accommodations: RMR has a special block of rooms reserved for 2 nights in Palisade for $160 a night plus taxes. Two nights in Durango are $279 per night plus taxes. After you register for the tour, you will receive the group codes and contact numbers to call for your hotel reservations These rooms will go fast! Hotel reservations must be made by July 4th in order to get the group rates! After July 10th the registration fee will not be refunded upon cancellation. The special block of rooms is at the lowest rates available.
- Wine Country Inn, Palisade CO: $160.00 + taxes and fees per night.
- Residence Inn by Marriott Durango: $279.00 + taxes and fees per night.
- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Durango: $279.00 + taxes and fees per night.
EVENT CHAIRS: Holly Jackson at hobars911@hotmail.com, John Donahue at jdogden@aol.com
Registrar: John Donahue at jdogden@aol.com
7th ANNUAL SNOWMASS TOUR AND HERITAGE FIRE EVENT
Friday July 29th and Saturday July 30th
Attention Porsche Enthusiasts and Foodies- Registration is now open!
This scenic driving tour will depart from Porsche Colorado Springs after a light breakfast. We will head to Buena Vista for Lunch followed by a breath-taking drive over Independence Pass arriving in Snowmass early in the afternoon. There will be plenty of time to enjoy the Crestwood Condominium’s amenities before their Welcome Wine reception. Friday dinner will also be included at a local restaurant. On Saturday morning, join us for a half day tour up to Paonia with lunch included. We will be back early afternoon, so everyone has time to relax before heading across the street to the Heritage Fire Event (participants have option of purchasing Heritage Fire Tickets or Dining on their own). This wonderful multiple hour dining event will conclude the amazing weekend.
For those who have not heard of the Heritage Fire Snowmass Event – here is a short description: Presented by Cochon555, Heritage Fire is a premiere, whole-animal, nationwide food and wine tour celebrating heritage breed livestock and heirloom produce. The afternoon feast offers an endless array of sustainably sourced food from the region’s top family farms and local purveyors, prepared by some of the region’s best chefs.
Registration will offer the base tour (all meals on Friday, Breakfast & Lunch on Saturday) and lodging on Friday and Saturday night in beautiful one bedroom condominiums.
Base Registration for Couple or Two Singles sharing a Condo – $975.00
Base Registration for Single – $875.00
Heritage Fire Tickets can be purchased directly at: Heritagefiretour.com/snowmass/
Buy your Heritage Fire Tickets ASAP as Early Bird pricing is currently in effect! Both VIP Admission Tickets $150 (4:00 entry) and General Admission Tickets $99 (4:45 entry) are offered with the early bird discount. (Prices increase to $175 and $125 if purchased later).
If you would like to share a Condo with another registrant, just contact us and we can verify pricing and availability of larger units. We are also happy to modify registrations for anyone coming from an area other than Colorado Springs that would like to meet up with us in Snowmass (such as our Western Slope Friends).
Looking forward to those who can join us!
Join us August 6th for the Dancing with Cones Autocross at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Autocrosses are one of the most fun activities you can do with your Porsche! You can experience the thrill of skilled driving in a safe environment. PPIR offers 13 acres of open asphalt, where we’ll set up a fun and challenging course using rubber cones.
The course will open at 7:30am with a mandatory driver’s meeting at 8:30. Then, we’ll start the first runs at 9am. We’ll break into two groups, one monitoring the course while other group is driving. Each river will get 6 timed runs through the course. Then we’ll switch run groups. We plan to have instructors onsite to help you achieve maximum performance.
All Porsche makes are welcome. Non-Porsches are also welcome, but no SUV’s or trucks.
When: Saturday, August 6th, arrive 7:30am to walk the course, mandatory driver’s meeting at 8:30am
Where: Pike’s Peak International Raceway
What: AMR Autocross
How much: $60 for PCA members, $70 for non-PCA members
No autocross experience required!
All Porsche makes are welcome. Non-Porsches are also welcome, but no SUV’s or trucks!
Cost: $60 for PCA members, $70 for non-PCA members
Helmets: You must be 16 or older to participate in this event and have 2015 Snell Rated M or newer helmet.
If you are 16 or 17 years old, you will need to have both parents or guardians fill out a junior participation form at the event. At least one of the parents or guardians must be present at the event. No exceptions.
Please use the following link to register: http://msreg.com/AMRAX2022
This will be an off-road tour of the Gold-Belt Byway. Phantom Canyon, lunch in Victor, continue along Shelf Road, ending in Cañon City. This could be considered a group training drive, for club members to go out on their own later in the year for leaf peeping season.
(Leaf peeping is an informal term in the United States and Canada for the activity in which people travel to view and photograph the fall foliage in areas where leaves change colors in autumn. An organized excursion for leaf peeping is known as a foliage tour or color tour.)
Phantom Canyon Road
This road is one of the most scenic and historic drives in Colorado. The route increases in elevation from 5,500 to 9,500 feet and offers the chance to see a wide range of plants and wildlife in their natural setting. The gravel road follows the route of the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad built in 1894 as a connection from Florence to the goldfields of Cripple Creek and Victor.
The unique bridges and tunnels offer a visual link to the area’s historic past. The road condition and narrow bridges encourage people to slow down and view the scenery. Twelve stations were established along the F&CC Railroad grade to service the trains hauling coal and supplies upgrade and gold ore downgrade to Florence’s smelters. As you drive the route, interpretive displays and signs designate the historic sites along the Gold Belt Line.
EARLY LUNCH STOP Gold Camp Bakery
They offer a wide selection of German and American items. Their German menu selection is not as sweet as the typical American pastries. For lunch they offer sandwiches on their freshly baked breads, salads, soups, chicken pot pies, miner’s pasties. They have a wide selection of cakes, pies and cookies, etc. For the soup of the day, the staff stated that if we let them know ahead of time, they’ll prepare OUR choice. (Will need to get a list of available choices for us to vote on).
We can call ahead to order pies and desserts for take home.
Address: 112 S 3rd St, Victor, CO 80860
Shelf Road
Shelf Road transformed an untraveled wilderness into a major route for the stagecoaches and freight wagons traveling between the Arkansas Valley and the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. The rugged route’s name is ‘THE SHELF’, a five-mile stretch of road that hugs the sheer rock walls of above Fourmile Creek.
Originally called the Cañon City and Cripple Creek Toll Road, Cañon City’s business leaders financed the road. The toll collectors lived in small cabins nestled at either end of the Shelf and collected tolls every time a horse, wagon or stagecoach passed.
The toll varied from 30 cents to $1.75 for single riders, wagons, and stagecoaches. Ranchers driving cattle along the road paid for each head. Eventually, competition from railroads put the toll road out of business. Fremont County purchased the road and opened it as a free road. This road has made for a memorable trip since its construction in 1892 so be prepared for a driving adventure.
Back to home
Pueblo Farmer market tour, Sunday, July 17th2022.
60+ miles from Colorado Springs to final lunch stop
Lunch prices are from $7.69 to $16.80
We’ll attend five farmer markets east of Pueblo. Di Santi Farms, DiTomaso farms, Mauro farms, Milberger farms and Musso farms, Each has their own unique taste & style. Well ensure enough time at each location to check over the produce, make your sections, purchase and move on to the next farm, all within a three mile radius of each other.
Who knew an ear of corn or fresh tomato could improve your health, your community and the environment, all at the same time? Buying local farm foods is a simple way to do all three. Local food doesn’t suffer the “jet lag” of produce trucked across the country. It puts more money back into the local economy and saves a whole lot of gas.
Lunch will be at Milberger farms, a country Restaurant Featuring delicious homemade recipes and foods made with love and harvested from their fields.
My personal favorite? The ITALIAN SLOPPER! Homemade Italian Sausage on a freshly baked and toasted hoagie smothered in homemade green chile topped with two kinds of cheese. YUMMY!
Bring Cash (to avoid the credit card markup (3%)) and your own bags to transport the TONs of yummy & fresh produce you’ll be bring home. Gudrun & Raimond have made this “run” about ten times a year, for the past six years.
We will depart at 8:30 am from Bear Creek Park Pavilions (west side of 21st Street) on Argus Blvd.
Plan to arrive at 8:00 am for event check-in and a mandatory driver’s meeting.
For any questions, please contact the Event Tour and AMR Tour Chair Raimond Melkers at Tour@AMRPorsche.com
For any information on upcoming AMR driving tours, tour destination suggestions, comments and volunteering for tour support, please contact,
Raimond Melkers “tours@amrporsche.com” (719)-271-3297
PCA-RMR Grand Loop Tour Information
DATE: July 27, 2022 – July 30, 2022
START LOCATION: Starbucks/King Soopers Marketplace, 1850 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 7 AM !!! Those of you traveling more than 50 miles to Fort Collins are encouraged to stay overnight.
COST: Registration is $450.00 per person
(Total cost for this tour per couple, double occupancy, is estimated to be approximately $2000. This estimate includes registration, accommodations, and fuel cost. On your own meals (1 lunch and 2 dinners) are not included. Single registration participants’ estimate would be $1575. Travel back home is not included in estimate.
Registration Closes on July 3, 2022
The RMR Grand Loop Tour is a unique opportunity to visit some of the Rocky Mountain West’s most scenic places. In an epic 4 day tour, drivers and their companions will travel with like-minded Porsche enthusiasts starting from Ft. Collins. This extensively planned, 700 mile driving tour bypasses dull interstate highways in favor of more exciting two-lane highways. These roads are often marked in blue on road maps. Travelers may encounter antelope, bison, elk, deer, and even a moose or a bear, so stay on the lookout for wildlife and bring your best camera! The tour officially ends in Durango, Colorado. Adventurers may consider taking the opportunity to use Durango as a pivot point for a Utah or Arizona Parks adventure before heading home.
The tour begins on WEDNESDAY morning, July 27th leaving Fort Collins, CO heading north to Laramie, WY. The drive crosses the Snowy Range with a private lunch in the small town of Encampment, WY. Tour leaves the Divide Restaurant continuing west across Wyoming before turning south at Baggs, WY, and then back into Colorado. The route ends in Palisade, CO for two nights at our favorite Wine Country Inn. Here we will enjoy a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception on Wednesday evening.
THURSDAY we will enjoy a bus tour around Palisade to visit wineries, a distillery, and a fruit farm/stand. We may possibly even go to an Alpaca farm! Lunch will be included. Since the tour begins at 10am and returns around 3pm, you would have time to visit another business close by or drive to Enstrom Candies in Grand Junction.
The day concludes with a wonderful buffet dinner at the Wine Country Inn.
On FRIDAY we regroup for a short drive to Gateway, CO, for admission to the Gateway Canyons Auto Museum. This grand location houses the privately-owned Hendricks Collection that displays 100 years of American automotive history. Lunch at the Gateway Canyon Resort is included. Driving resumes south through the fabulous Gateway Canyon on the way to the final destination, Durango, CO, for two nights.
SATURDAY in Durango gives participants 2 choices. One choice is to be on your own to explore Durango and vicinity. Another choice is our optional ride on the Durango & Silverton narrow gauge railroad to Silverton.
This Optional Activity ($143 per person)includes a step back in time as we enjoy a leisurely trip to yesteryear riding 3 1/2 hours on the Durango & Silverton train. With 2 hours in the historic mining town of Silverton we are able to enjoy the sights, shopping, food, and libations. Return to Durango is via the deluxe motor coach bus.
Saturday: Final banquet dinner at the Strater Hotel.
Overall Tour Inclusions Registration Package $450 per person includes:
- Tour credentials, participation in drives and activities and goodie bag
- Lunch in Encampment on Wednesday
- Evening Reception at Wine Country Inn on Wednesday
- Private tours of Palisade wineries, distillery and farmers market Thursday
- Banquet at WCI on Thursday evening
- Admission to Auto Museum on Friday
- Lunch in Gateway on Friday
- Discount lodging rates
- Event ending banquet at the Strater Hotel
- PCA insurance coverage of tour liability
- * Tickets on the historic RR (optional additional $138 per person)
The registration package does not include:
- Dinners on your own Wednesday and Friday
- Lunch on your own on Saturday
- Lodging costs arranged by participants
- Personal activities on Saturday, if not on RR tour and Sunday when the tour ends
Registrants from other PCA Regions are most welcome! Depending on interest limited single-day driving tours may be added as a supplemental registration. Please contact an Event Chair with questions.
Accommodations: RMR has a special block of rooms reserved for 2 nights in Palisade for $160 a night plus taxes. Two nights in Durango are $279 per night plus taxes. After you register for the tour, you will receive the group codes and contact numbers to call for your hotel reservations These rooms will go fast! Hotel reservations must be made by July 4th in order to get the group rates! After July 10th the registration fee will not be refunded upon cancellation. The special block of rooms is at the lowest rates available.
- Wine Country Inn, Palisade CO: $160.00 + taxes and fees per night.
- Residence Inn by Marriott Durango: $279.00 + taxes and fees per night.
- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Durango: $279.00 + taxes and fees per night.
EVENT CHAIRS: Holly Jackson at hobars911@hotmail.com, John Donahue at jdogden@aol.com
Registrar: John Donahue at jdogden@aol.com
7th ANNUAL SNOWMASS TOUR AND HERITAGE FIRE EVENT
Friday July 29th and Saturday July 30th
Attention Porsche Enthusiasts and Foodies- Registration is now open!
This scenic driving tour will depart from Porsche Colorado Springs after a light breakfast. We will head to Buena Vista for Lunch followed by a breath-taking drive over Independence Pass arriving in Snowmass early in the afternoon. There will be plenty of time to enjoy the Crestwood Condominium’s amenities before their Welcome Wine reception. Friday dinner will also be included at a local restaurant. On Saturday morning, join us for a half day tour up to Paonia with lunch included. We will be back early afternoon, so everyone has time to relax before heading across the street to the Heritage Fire Event (participants have option of purchasing Heritage Fire Tickets or Dining on their own). This wonderful multiple hour dining event will conclude the amazing weekend.
For those who have not heard of the Heritage Fire Snowmass Event – here is a short description: Presented by Cochon555, Heritage Fire is a premiere, whole-animal, nationwide food and wine tour celebrating heritage breed livestock and heirloom produce. The afternoon feast offers an endless array of sustainably sourced food from the region’s top family farms and local purveyors, prepared by some of the region’s best chefs.
Registration will offer the base tour (all meals on Friday, Breakfast & Lunch on Saturday) and lodging on Friday and Saturday night in beautiful one bedroom condominiums.
Base Registration for Couple or Two Singles sharing a Condo – $975.00
Base Registration for Single – $875.00
Heritage Fire Tickets can be purchased directly at: Heritagefiretour.com/snowmass/
Buy your Heritage Fire Tickets ASAP as Early Bird pricing is currently in effect! Both VIP Admission Tickets $150 (4:00 entry) and General Admission Tickets $99 (4:45 entry) are offered with the early bird discount. (Prices increase to $175 and $125 if purchased later).
If you would like to share a Condo with another registrant, just contact us and we can verify pricing and availability of larger units. We are also happy to modify registrations for anyone coming from an area other than Colorado Springs that would like to meet up with us in Snowmass (such as our Western Slope Friends).
Looking forward to those who can join us!
Join us August 6th for the Dancing with Cones Autocross at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Autocrosses are one of the most fun activities you can do with your Porsche! You can experience the thrill of skilled driving in a safe environment. PPIR offers 13 acres of open asphalt, where we’ll set up a fun and challenging course using rubber cones.
The course will open at 7:30am with a mandatory driver’s meeting at 8:30. Then, we’ll start the first runs at 9am. We’ll break into two groups, one monitoring the course while other group is driving. Each river will get 6 timed runs through the course. Then we’ll switch run groups. We plan to have instructors onsite to help you achieve maximum performance.
All Porsche makes are welcome. Non-Porsches are also welcome, but no SUV’s or trucks.
When: Saturday, August 6th, arrive 7:30am to walk the course, mandatory driver’s meeting at 8:30am
Where: Pike’s Peak International Raceway
What: AMR Autocross
How much: $60 for PCA members, $70 for non-PCA members
No autocross experience required!
All Porsche makes are welcome. Non-Porsches are also welcome, but no SUV’s or trucks!
Cost: $60 for PCA members, $70 for non-PCA members
Helmets: You must be 16 or older to participate in this event and have 2015 Snell Rated M or newer helmet.
If you are 16 or 17 years old, you will need to have both parents or guardians fill out a junior participation form at the event. At least one of the parents or guardians must be present at the event. No exceptions.
Please use the following link to register: http://msreg.com/AMRAX2022
This will be an off-road tour of the Gold-Belt Byway. Phantom Canyon, lunch in Victor, continue along Shelf Road, ending in Cañon City. This could be considered a group training drive, for club members to go out on their own later in the year for leaf peeping season.
(Leaf peeping is an informal term in the United States and Canada for the activity in which people travel to view and photograph the fall foliage in areas where leaves change colors in autumn. An organized excursion for leaf peeping is known as a foliage tour or color tour.)
Phantom Canyon Road
This road is one of the most scenic and historic drives in Colorado. The route increases in elevation from 5,500 to 9,500 feet and offers the chance to see a wide range of plants and wildlife in their natural setting. The gravel road follows the route of the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad built in 1894 as a connection from Florence to the goldfields of Cripple Creek and Victor.
The unique bridges and tunnels offer a visual link to the area’s historic past. The road condition and narrow bridges encourage people to slow down and view the scenery. Twelve stations were established along the F&CC Railroad grade to service the trains hauling coal and supplies upgrade and gold ore downgrade to Florence’s smelters. As you drive the route, interpretive displays and signs designate the historic sites along the Gold Belt Line.
EARLY LUNCH STOP Gold Camp Bakery
They offer a wide selection of German and American items. Their German menu selection is not as sweet as the typical American pastries. For lunch they offer sandwiches on their freshly baked breads, salads, soups, chicken pot pies, miner’s pasties. They have a wide selection of cakes, pies and cookies, etc. For the soup of the day, the staff stated that if we let them know ahead of time, they’ll prepare OUR choice. (Will need to get a list of available choices for us to vote on).
We can call ahead to order pies and desserts for take home.
Address: 112 S 3rd St, Victor, CO 80860
Shelf Road
Shelf Road transformed an untraveled wilderness into a major route for the stagecoaches and freight wagons traveling between the Arkansas Valley and the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. The rugged route’s name is ‘THE SHELF’, a five-mile stretch of road that hugs the sheer rock walls of above Fourmile Creek.
Originally called the Cañon City and Cripple Creek Toll Road, Cañon City’s business leaders financed the road. The toll collectors lived in small cabins nestled at either end of the Shelf and collected tolls every time a horse, wagon or stagecoach passed.
The toll varied from 30 cents to $1.75 for single riders, wagons, and stagecoaches. Ranchers driving cattle along the road paid for each head. Eventually, competition from railroads put the toll road out of business. Fremont County purchased the road and opened it as a free road. This road has made for a memorable trip since its construction in 1892 so be prepared for a driving adventure.