1975_mini Posted January 13, 2022 Report Posted January 13, 2022 Event Title: The Mistress Run Event Date: 02/19/2022 10:00 AM to 02/19/2022 02:30 PM Event Address: 6003 Burke Centre Pkwy, Burke, VA, 20180 Join us the Saturday after Valentine’s Day for some quality time with our MINIs (Mistress). We will be meeting in the Giant Parking lot in Burke, we will be heading southwest exploring many of the great twisties around Manassas and Warrenton as we wind our way for about an hour with a lunch stop in the Bealeton, VA area. Lunch Stop: We will be doing a picnic lunch, pack your own, this year at Monroe Park (14421 Gold Dust Parkway Goldvein, VA 22720). The park has restrooms, picnic tables and plenty of parking. The current weather forecast is 52 degrees and sunny, so please plan accordingly. After lunch we will continue west and north through Culpeper and into wine country, the route is nearly two hours of continuous country roads that are a great combination of sweeping turns, rolling roads, technical twisties while enjoying countryside views. We will be ending this year at the Three Fox Vineyards. End Point: Three Fox Vineyards, 10100 Three Fox Ln. Delaplane, VA 20144 check them out at threefoxvineyards.com Schedule of events: 10:00AM: Driver’s meeting 10:30AM: Run Starts 11:30AM: Lunch stop 12:30PM: Start afternoon leg 2:25PM: Three Fox Vineyard RSVP on the event here: 1975 Mini 1000, 998cc A+ w/ K&N air filter, 10" Mamba wheels
MASchultz13 Posted January 13, 2022 Report Posted January 13, 2022 Grrr...I was super excited about this, until I realized that I won't be in town that weekend! 1
1975_mini Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Posted January 14, 2022 10 hours ago, MASchultz13 said: Grrr...I was super excited about this, until I realized that I won't be in town that weekend! Maybe you will get lucky and some ice or snow slides it a week. That has been the case the last two years 1 1975 Mini 1000, 998cc A+ w/ K&N air filter, 10" Mamba wheels
DavidJCW Posted February 9, 2022 Report Posted February 9, 2022 Looking forward to this as the run is in my backyard! 1
STXMINI Posted February 9, 2022 Report Posted February 9, 2022 12 hours ago, DavidJCW said: Looking forward to this as the run is in my backyard! Looking forward to it too, we're ready to run, WHOOP!
Brandy_Brown Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 Reservation made today, They are excited for us to visit. http://www.dcmetrominis.org/forums/image.php?u=1132&type=sigpic&dateline=1367319111
STXMINI Posted February 15, 2022 Report Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) @1975_mini I just realized that because of MOTD day drive registration opening up at 9:00 am on Saturday, and it being a little over an hour to Burke for us. We may have to catch up with you all along the route. I'm going to register immediately after MOTD opens the gates but we still would not be able to make the 10:00 wheels up in time. No worries though, shouldn't be to hard to find 17 MINIs driving down the road!! Edited February 15, 2022 by STXMINI added 1
DavidJCW Posted February 15, 2022 Report Posted February 15, 2022 Finding us should be pretty easy (You will hear us before you see us - pop pop pop, bang! bang!); CATCHING us..... Good luck! 1 1
STXMINI Posted February 15, 2022 Report Posted February 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, DavidJCW said: Finding us should be pretty easy (You will hear us before you see us - pop pop pop, bang! bang!); CATCHING us..... Good luck! I may not have a JCW but my S will get up and go well enough to catch up with ya! 1
twakefield Posted February 17, 2022 Report Posted February 17, 2022 See everyone Saturday. I can probably sweep. Tiny chance I have to bail at some point, on call that day
DavidJCW Posted February 17, 2022 Report Posted February 17, 2022 I have more goodies coming on Saturday so I will likely not be hanging out at Three Fox; Got to get home to get the box off my front porch before any pirates try their hand commandeering a HUGE box (it is about the length of the car itself!) Any guesses??? (hint: pop....pop...bang bang bang!) 2 1
1975_mini Posted February 18, 2022 Author Report Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 12:36 PM, DavidJCW said: I have more goodies coming on Saturday so I will likely not be hanging out at Three Fox; Got to get home to get the box off my front porch before any pirates try their hand commandeering a HUGE box (it is about the length of the car itself!) Any guesses??? (hint: pop....pop...bang bang bang!) Goodie always take priority, we never take it personal if someone bails at the end point. Coming out and driving is the important part. 1975 Mini 1000, 998cc A+ w/ K&N air filter, 10" Mamba wheels
scottt Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 If it's as windy and cold tomorrow as it was today, is there an alternative lunch spot? Thx! 1
MCFox Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 Are the leaders and sweeps going to be on FRS radio? If so, what channel/sub-channel. I'm bringing a Midland FRS 36 channel radio with 121 privacy codes for channels 1-22 (83 DCS mode and 38 CTCSS). 1
twakefield Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 Yup, Corey (lead) and I (Tom, sweeper) both have nice radios. 7 sub 21 CTCSS See everyone tomorrow. And I think the park is the only spot that we have for lunch. 2
MINIFIED Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 Ugh - last time I looked the lunch spot was TBD .. just now realized it's BYOPL .. might have to find some place to stop before we get to the park ..
STXMINI Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 8 hours ago, MINIFIED said: Ugh - last time I looked the lunch spot was TBD .. just now realized it's BYOPL .. might have to find some place to stop before we get to the park .. Yes, we did remind everyone on our SM platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) on Thursday that this was a picnic lunch. The wind seems to have died down and it should be around 48° by lunch. We recommend bringing a blanket to sit on, it will keep your bum toasty!
1975_mini Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Posted February 19, 2022 Here are the GXP files for the route this year. 12 hours ago, scottt said: If it's as windy and cold tomorrow as it was today, is there an alternative lunch spot? Thx! There is not, unfortunately 9 hours ago, MINIFIED said: Ugh - last time I looked the lunch spot was TBD .. just now realized it's BYOPL .. might have to find some place to stop before we get to the park .. there are few stops just up the road, I can let you know at the drivers meeting 1975 Mini 1000, 998cc A+ w/ K&N air filter, 10" Mamba wheels
MINIFIED Posted February 20, 2022 Report Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 7:15 AM, STXMINI said: Yes, we did remind everyone on our SM platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) on Thursday that this was a picnic lunch. The wind seems to have died down and it should be around 48° by lunch. We recommend bringing a blanket to sit on, it will keep your bum toasty! Oooops, ya caught me,. not on social media . But I also hadn't checked "follow topic" on this forum, so if an update was posted about the lunch plan, my bad, I wouldn't get it. It all worked out ...
STXMINI Posted February 21, 2022 Report Posted February 21, 2022 20 hours ago, MINIFIED said: Oooops, ya caught me,. not on social media . But I also hadn't checked "follow topic" on this forum, so if an update was posted about the lunch plan, my bad, I wouldn't get it. It all worked out ... I'm glad it did, it was nice to see you on Saturday Susan. For thought, Are there other ways we could be updating members on run details, and important info for those not on social media?
MINIFIED Posted February 22, 2022 Report Posted February 22, 2022 13 hours ago, STXMINI said: I'm glad it did, it was nice to see you on Saturday Susan. For thought, Are there other ways we could be updating members on run details, and important info for those not on social media? I think posting updates here is fine, I had just forgotten to turn on Follow Topic. Maybe if the forum could be set up to have the Follow Topic default to Yes if a member has posted a message?
MINIFIED Posted February 22, 2022 Report Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) For those who are new to the group that I was talking with on Sunday about other MINI events worthy of interest .. I had mentioned the events at Watkins Glen several times .. as soon as I got home, this arrived in my mailbox. Please note, this is a MINI USA sponsored event which generally translates into it being well attended, well organized, lots of corporate 'perks' (free food, door prizes from dealerships) .. it's definitely a "don't miss" .. if you need some other excuses to make a long weekend of it ... Corning Glass Museum 30 minutes away (trust me, 5 out of 5 starts with 3000 reviews or something like that) and it's Finger Lakes wine country. Now let me get my hotel booked before I hit Post on this one (there will be a group caravanning on Friday from Carlisle PA and there is usually a contingent that caravans from Frederick to meet up with the Carlisle group) .. if any of that is of interest, don't post here, this is just an FYI, find Carlisle MINI on Meetup. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1574069059577905/ Edited February 22, 2022 by MINIFIED 1
STXMINI Posted February 22, 2022 Report Posted February 22, 2022 10 hours ago, MINIFIED said: I think posting updates here is fine, I had just forgotten to turn on Follow Topic. Maybe if the forum could be set up to have the Follow Topic default to Yes if a member has posted a message? That's a great suggestion. Maybe, @SneakyBaron can weigh in if that's doable? Also, thanks for the info on MOTG, another one this MINI newbie has never heard of. I will post something about it on SM later this week about that event as an alternative to MTTS.
