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Still working on the logistics of getting my MINI to Portland, but since I have some non-refundable hotels on the West route, guess that means I'm committed. Regardless of which direction you are heading "from" we'll all be going back to the same general east destination. On MTTS 2016 I split from the group in Cheyenne, headed south and spent a couple of days in CO with family, friends, and other MINI people and then made it back to MD in 2 days. Yes, two. Started early each day and since it says light til late I wasn't ready to stop driving til about 9-10pm that first night. All that to say that if anyone has interest in the speed run back east from Keystone (leaving out right after breakfast and the AM "good bye") let me know. We had a caravan of 3 on the return in 2016 and it would be great to have a couple of others this year, too .. (Tiger's Mom, obviously not you since you're going by way of Amarillo .. and yes, that is definitely cool that your Mom is joining up!!!)

Event Title: MINI invades the Carlisle Import Show Event Date: 05/19/2018 07:30 AM to 05/19/2018 05:00 PM Event Address: Carlisle , PA What: MINI invades the Carlisle Import Show When: Saturday, May 19 7:30A - 5P Where: Carlisle Fairgrounds Gate 3, K Street · Carlisle, PA Where to Park: Carlisle MINI is organizing the MINIs; will be on the Infield in the British Car Area RSVP on Carlisle MINI Meetup: Carlisle MINI Meetup More Details: Carlisle Import and Performance (when signing up here, please reference Carlisle MINI to help with the headcount!) Join the Carlisle MINI sister club for another great year at this event! They'll have a few tents and maybe some nourishment, too! As of the posting of this event on DCMetro there are already 10 MINIs RSVP'd Yes - the event has been posted less than a day! Come hang out and show off your MINI at a great show! For questions and updated details, please visit the Carlisle MINI Meetup site: Carlisle MINI Meetup home RSVP on the event here: MINI invades the Carlisle Import Show

Event Title: Great Ice Cream Jog with Skyline Drive Event Date: 06/14/2018 09:30 AM to 06/14/2018 08:00 PM Event Address: Great Ice Cream Jog with Skyline Drive (4th Annual - Now Ice Cream in FOUR States in one day!) Thursday, June 14, 2018 Note: There are no designated free Skyline Drive days this summer, this event will be running to co-ordinate with the Tar Heel MINI Motoring Club's Blue Ridge Parkway Tour. Feel free to participate on the Ice Cream Jog only, though if you have never done the Blue Ridge Parkway Tour, this would be a great opportunity. More details about that event here: Blue Ridge Parkway Tour What: Great Ice Cream Jog with Skyline Drive (4th Annual) Where: Meeting at Trickling Springs Creamery, 2330 Molly Pitcher Hwy, Chambersburg, PA (Too far for you? See the stops below and join up at any one!)When: Thursday, June 14, 2018 Meet: 9:30am Leave: 10:00amThis route will include:Ice Cream Stop # 1: Trickling Springs Creamery, 2330 Molly Pitcher Hwy, Chambersburg, PA Ice Cream Stop # 2: Misty Meadow Farm Creamery, 14325 Misty Farm Road, Smithsburg, MD Ice Cream Stop # 3: Cone Zone, 58 Somerset Blvd, Charles Town, WVIce Cream Stop # 4: Spelunkers Frozen Custard and Cavern Burgers, 116 South St, Front Royal VAAfter lunch and Custard at Spelunkers, we will then take Skyline Drive toIce Cream Stop # 5: Klines Dairy Bar - 1235 W Main St, Waynesboro VAFeel free to join us for all or part of this event!* The date/timing of the 2018 TriState Ice Cream Jog is to allow us to finish up in Waynesboro, VA in time for dinner -- joining the Tar Heel MINI participants of The Blue Ridge Parkway Tour -- who will depart on Friday, June 15 to spend 3 days driving the Blue Ridge Parkway from End to End! RSVP on the event here: Great Ice Cream Jog with Skyline Drive

Event Title: ​Blue Ridge Parkway Tour Event Date: 06/14/2018 09:00 AM to 06/17/2018 01:00 PM Event Address: 27 W Beverley St, Staunton, VA, 24401 Blue Ridge Parkway Tour If you have never traversed the Blue Ridge Parkway, especially in your MINI, this is a fantastic opportunity to do so. The Tar Heel MINI Motoring Club has organized this event annually for 10 years! Dates: Thursday, June 14 - Sunday, June 17, 2018 Please Note: See details for the Great Ice Cream Jog event to get "to" Waynesboro, VA on Thursday, June 14th Link: Great Ice Cream Jog with Skyline Drive Details (from the Tar Heel site - which also has specifics about driving groups, hotels, what to bring, etc.) Link:Tar Heel MINI Motoring Club Blue Ridge Parkway This year's Blue Ridge Parkway Tour, the 10th annual running (WOW, 10 years and still twisting!), will start at the northern terminus of the BRP, near Waynesboro, VA. The Tour will kick off with a Welcome get-together meal on Thursday evening. Early Friday morning, we'll break up into our three groups, heading south stopping at various overlooks and points of interest along the way. Our first overnight stop will be Friday evening in Jefferson, NC. The second overnight stop will be in Hendersonville, NC (south of Asheville) on Saturday evening. Sunday morning we'll hit the BRP for the final leg to the southern terminus of the BRP in the Cherokee, NC area. That should be about lunch time and everyone will go their separate ways with a ton of memories and stories!! More on FaceBook here: Blue Ridge Parkway Facebook Note: the Facebook event is to help members connect with other's planning to do the Blue Ridge Parkway Tour. Registration is through Motorsport Reg (check the link below). !!REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!! ($15 / MINI) Link: Blue Ridge Parkway Registration RSVP on the event here: ​Blue Ridge Parkway Tour

As an FYI, in the description this still says "Have your Sunday free" so I had to scroll through the messages to figure out whether the date was wrong or the day was. Would love to go some year but this year doesn't work ... have fun and be safe!

Just as an FYI in the event anyone was intending to go to this event -- due to the weather, it has been postponed until April 15th (both parts, the breakfast and the vineyard run); hopefully if you were planning to go you checked out the updates on one of the FB pages, but just in case ..

Anybody from DC Metro going this Sunday? My MINI is currently in Hampton Roads getting spruced up and I would love to be able to catch a ride to Crown MINI in Richmond (or Yorktown) to pick her up and then head to this event. Crown MINI in Richmond is sponsoring breakfast and then at 10:45 the Hampton Roads and RVA (Richmond) MINIs are headed to Saude Creek for lunch. If anyone is going from the area please do two things 1) RSPV on the Hampton Roads site - (they need a head count) and PM me and let me know if I can catch a ride one way. (I will need to confirm a ride for Sunday by this Wednesday, otherwise I'll need to make alternate pick up arrangements and likely won't be able to make this event! Link to event on Hampton Roads FB: HR MINI Saude Vineyards link Link to event on RVA MINIs FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/155325488545329/?ti=icl&hc_location=ufi

Enjoyed meeting up with everyone today! Especially the post lunch drive, when the weather was a little more co-operative, the roads were great. Enjoyed my "free" wine-tasting at the vineyard, too! Thanks for all the efforts put into organizing and pre-running and making sure it all went smoothly .. see y'all again soon!

Thanks for the clarification .. see you tomorrow!

Maybe it's just me .. but in the first thread one place indicates 9:30 .. the other 10am .. please clarify which it is. (I did see the note that the schedule was "pushed back" 30 minutes, but pushed back can mean pushed back (back on the clock) from 10a to 9:30 or it can mean pushed back as in later from 9:30 to 10 .. ) I've got an hour+ drive to the meet up spot and though I'm still leaning toward meeting at the lunch spot, if it's not raining in the AM (fingers crossed) I don't want to miss you by 30 minutes .. sorry for the confusion and thanks in advance for the clarification!

Do not wait for me at Starbucks ... depending on the weather I may plan to meet up at the lunch spot instead.

I can't help but laugh at this one. It could otherwise imply that poorly behaved children *do not* need to be accompanied by an adult (a la let 'em run amok!) See ya Sunday!!

I've got it penciled in .. and thanks Erica for cross-posting .. I had seen it in a mass email a few weeks ago but had forgotten. I'm not 100% certain yet, but should know in the next week. Somebody point me to a link to RSVP on this? Thanks!

As an update to the Ship to Portland idea, there is a sign up list from Facebook here: Transport to Portland interest on Facebook There is sufficient interest to get a truck out of Atlanta, still hoping we can get one closer than that. Put your name on the google doc link or PM me directly; if I get a half dozen other MINIs I'll start making some phone calls. The individual heading up the Atlanta transport is also in contact with the drop off MINI dealer in Portland so that part of the process should be but a formality.

Since being in Orlando / Tallahassee / New Orleans in the middle of the summer holds no appeal to me, I'd consider shipping my MINI to Portland and doing that route .. anybody else? (and if anyone hears of anyone organizing a transport truck to the PNW from the east coast, please post details / contact info. Can't consider the ship & fly without the details. Thanks!

How appropriate .. a MINI for each MILE ... And glad to see that we got enough shirt orders for a 2nd run .. thanks, y'all! And thanks to Craig and Lona for the photos! I had a great time acknowledging the heros of our country on their special day ..

What's the status on the 2nd run? I hope people interested were contacting you direct, Laura, so that there's enough (which it wouldn't look like based on thread replies!) .. if not enough not sure if the deadline can be extended another week - 10 days so that anybody too busy with Thanksgiving and Black Friday might now start thinking about that MINI person they just need one more stocking stuffer for .. (I'm tryin'!) Thanks! PS If you are able to extend the deadline, maybe Edit Post # 1 that indicates the deadline has past and note the new deadline .. ?