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We did a pre-run yesterday and the roads are looking great. The two new added roads make the route more fun. This run will lean more towards a casual drive. The run will last about an hour, but we are going to stop in Gathland State Park at the Civil War correspondents memorial arch. There are bathrooms there; we found this to be a popular stop when we did the run the first time. Last, and most important, the meet up point directions: Urbana District Park 3805 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704 Make sure you go to the SECOND PARKING LOT, 2nd right hand turn after entering the park-see map below. We want to line up where there are bathrooms, so once in the park follow the signs for the "Restroom" Harpers Ferry Brewing is a dog friendly brewery-outside only

My fall plans changed this year and I will now be able to attend the NY MTTS, I am no longer doing the FL event. I would be interested in a caravan to NY. When we go to Buffalo we usually drive straight there, but I'd be up for an overnight if others wanted to stop at interest points along the way. Or if anyone would like to get to Buffalo a day early to go to Niagara Falls I'd be up for that as well!

Event Title: Country Roads Run Event Date: 07/19/2026 10:45 AM Event Address: Urbana District Park 3805 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704 Come for a drive in the countryside of Maryland. We'll drive down twisty country lanes, motor through an infamous village, make a historic pit stop, skim across a mountain top, and end with a stunning view of the Shenandoah river, so beautiful someone even wrote a song about it. (*This run hasn't been done since MINI Takes The States in 2022 and shouldn't have any roads that are on the Maryland Creamy run that Brandy is doing in August) START: 10:45 Urbana District Park 3805 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704 WHEELS UP: 11:00 END: 12:30 Harpers Ferry Brewing 37412 Adventure Center Ln Purcellville VA 20132 RSVP on the event here:

Mike and I can do an open run July 19th to make up for our missed run in May-run route TBD. (I checked the Autocross schedule and it looks to be clear).

Hi friends-As some of already know my father passed away recently. As executor of his estate I find myself a bit overwhelmed at the moment. I thought that I'd be able to proceed with our run on May 16th but I will need to postpone at this time. So sorry!!

Sorry you're not going to make it this year Scotty. We had the same problem with finding a place, especially since we didn't want to stay at Fontana again. Our rental is a good 25 min drive from the events at Fontana because we booked so late, but we figured, hey, we're there to drive those back roads anyway!

-Mike and I will be there, but we're in a VRBO off of White Oak Rd near Robbinsville. It'll be DCMM MOTD Eastern Headquarters because @Laura H and @evantyler will be our roomies, and of course little Minni dog will be there too! -We're signed up for the Welcome dinner, Cabin Crawl & Bingo-save us 4 seats! -We're arriving on Tuesday leaving on Saturday -Let us know if there's a DCMM family dinner again this year, and count us in please

How funny was it that you were there when I called them today?

Of course I'm going to love this because I have the same car in the "S" version!

Welcome back! Look forward to seeing pic of the new MINI. Always love seeing a JCW F60

We take our MINI to Premier Autowerks. They are certified BMW mechanics and are in Frederick

WTTS looks like an awesome summer contingency plan! -NY: Normally we wouldn't miss a chance to head to Mike's hometown of Buffalo (Although late October is a huge roll of the dice weather wise) but we'll have just returned from our two week, 60th birthday celebration vacation in Italy the weekend before, and we really don't want to head right back out the door the next week. -CA: Having been to all of the places in CA, I think the CA event will be the best, but I'm not going out west again! -FL: My Pops live near Ft Myers, so even though Florida is a weird choice, we may do that portion if only to see him before the event. Still on the fence, but booked hotels rooms just in case

Not sure if I created the event correctly, but I wanted to start the conversation here in DCMM. -The only state that works for our fall schedule is Florida. But for just 3 days? With the prime season cost of hotels? And places I've been to many times before? I'm just not sure it's worth it But, if a MINI gang of DCMM-ers are going to FLorida, I could be talked into going

Event Title: MINI Takes The States 2026 Event Date: 10/02/2026 12:00 AM to 11/15/2026 12:00 AM Event Address: You may have heard by now from the uproar that MTTS 2026 details were released yesterday Instead of one 9 day long road trip through multiple states in July, there will be 3 host states, doing 3 day rallies, in October and November California: October 2-4 New York: October 23-25 Florida: November 13-15 Click here for all of the details: MTTS 2026 RSVP on the event here: