TGGRRR (Ali)

I hope that Minnie can handle all the toys they have at Passport, that cabrio is full!!!!

You Alexandria people get to sleep in a little. Catalina and I are meeting at 9:00 to head out to the wilds of Annapolis. I'm so excited that the dealers got so many toys. Get pictures!!!!!

I never even think to check my spark plugs. But you and Chris have both had one pop. Tigger is an '06 like yours but hitting 92k in miles

that happened to Chris on the Pumpkin Run

I'm very excited as all 3 dealerships have replied and they all have a fair amount of toys. Alexandria has almost two full boxes, MoCo has a full box and Annapolis has almost a full box. Catalina noticed on FB that Alexandria filled a Cabrio with toys!!!! I also asked Nick what he thought of the weather and he said that we should be fine if we stick to the main roads. He was mostly worried about the MoCo run that Ray is doing as they might get 3", but I'm hoping that we're starting early enough that we'll be out before there is a lot of accumulation.

The National Harbor area is so new that I can't find the Sunoco on Google Maps. They don't recognize National Harbor as a city so you have to put in Oxon Hill as the town. The satellite doesn't show the gas station yet. But I know it's right near the beltway and it's the only gas station that I can find for National Harbor

The gas station address is 111 North Cove Terrace National Harbor, MD 20745 it's a Sunoco Here's their website http://www.nationalharborsunoco.com/

I just heard from Mo Co that they have an almost full box!!! Ray - I believe you said you would take that one. Looks like the MINI will be full. I wrote Alexandria and Annapolis last night and will call later today if I don't get a reply. Ali

That's great Al I'll leave us at 20 with the restaurant

It looks like we have a smaller group so I'm going to drop the reservations to 15. If the maybes could RSVP that would help thanks!

We had our work party today and I wound up with a possible candidate for the grab

Hopefully it's just rain. I'll have to call near the end of the week to see if they have toys

Jason!!! It will be great to see you :itsme: In a sense a part of your MINI will be there as Tigger has your old carbon fiber stick shift knob and Mark's MINI Max has your old Cold Air Intake, so whichever MINI we bring will have a bit of your old one

The pot calling the kettle black!!!! :rofl:

I liked the stripes too

I heard back from Sterling and they aren't participating this year, but said they may next year.

Thanks Haemish!!

Happy Holidays everyone!!! I can't figure out how to embed the image

Flaming tower of onion! Yummy!

Here is the current plan Each team will meet at their dealership and then we will all meet at the gas station in National Harbor at 11:00. The station is right as you enter National Harbor. We will then caravan to the base. We have a carpool plan that will get everyone on to the base. IF you are feeling extra ambitious after we drop off toys you can help assemble bikes. I may get some of this wrong since Catalina has the notes. So here's what I remember. Annapolis - Catalina and Ali (Catalina will get us onto the base) Mo Co - Ray (Sara will get them onto the base, back up plan in the works) Alexandria - Laura and Tyler (Tyler will get them onto the base) If Sterling gets back to us we'll figure out how to get there. If others want to join in please RSVP and let us know which dealership you want to help with. If you can't help out but want to donate toys, please bring an unwrapped gift to Annapolis, MoCo or Alexandria before Saturday.

Thank you Melissa and Matthew

I haven't heard back from Sterling and I did ping them a few days ago. At this point I will assume we have 3 dealers. I'll call them all around Thurs to see if they have toys to pick up. I know Tyler and Catalina will be at the board meeting on Sat, so I was hoping that we could iron out the final details then. My thought is a midday run to a dealer, meet up somewhere, caravan to the Marine's and deliver. Should take no more then 2 hours. I figure I'll be going to Annapolis, I think we need a volunteer for MoCo

I pinged Sterling to see if they are doing this but haven't heard back yet. So it may only be 3 dealerships. Ali

I saw her on Facebook and she's beautiful. But your links didn't work in your post. I wish you the very best with her. Congrats :top:

Hey Tyler Thanks for that great suggestion in your RSVP. I'll be sure to railroad that through