Furthest to travel to the dragon to closest. Just a suggestion.

Paul

 

Hey - that makes sense! Being in NC's northwestern Appalachians, I guess that poor Frieda and I will just be topless in the back rows!

Don't really care where we are placed - just think a great shot of all the MINIs (I heard that it might be 300 this year!) would be really worth having!! - -

 

i think the one to drive the furthest to the Dragon is Clo,
i don't think anyone has come from any farther (by MINI)
& if you count her side trip to Fla. before the Dragon
i think she has the longest milage to travel to the Dragon

 

WOW i have been busy - too busy in fact to check this thread!

This is my cousin, George Pearl, and he wanted me to get in touch with you guys about doing this. He told me a few months back that he was asked about doing this, and I told him I would look into this for him, but I've been real busy with work and school.

Anyways, he's a great guy, he loves to talk and harass my dad about not being able to fix the kitchen sink during Thanksgiving 2003, and would love to take a trip up to the mountains to do any photography for us. His background involves criminal forensic photography, but has seen a need for beautiful panoramic photography in recent years, and makes a living of it. If you could see how awesome the picture he took with my father in front of the White House before the secret service approached him and told him to take down the camera, you'd flip!

So yeah, I guess that pretty much sums it up. Any questions?

 

I may be the one driving the furthest (from Los Angeles, meandering through the Southwest and the Southeast before-hand), but a new NAM member from Australia (Snoopy) is hoping to travel 9,000+ miles to attend! Now THAT is impressive!


Clover

 

Very impressive indeed. But until someone else can prove it Clo, you remain the Road Queen.

 

Excuse me, but I think I own the prize for longest commute to the Dragon.

You see, I travelled from Birmingham Alabama to Los Angeles and back so that I could escort MINIclo across the country. I also drove Wanda most of the way across the country, so I am quite positive that the prize belongs to me.

The title of Road Queen belongs to me!!!!!

I will happily pass the torch to Snoopy when he arrives at the Dragon this year from Australia. . . .

 

you mean crown

 

Well, actually, it is more of a tiara!

 

^^^^^^

 

Well it looks like I might need to make some room in my luggage for my prize

I am interested in the photo too, Can you please confirm the S&H is to my door aswell.:smile:

 

I would love to have a framed print of all the minis

 

I would like an unframed copy of this year's picture, please.

 

Just to clarify this thread is to gauge interest ONLY in the photos. Not to take orders for them.

There are two challenges with this photo:
1) We need to make sure there is enough interest in getting one to make it worthwhile for the photographer to come.

2) We need to make sure that there is a large enough area that will meet the photographer's needs to take the picture AND get all the cars into that area.

A final decision will be made this weekend regarding this, and then we will contact the photographer to make sure that this is logistically feasible. As of today based on the hotel reservations (not the event registrations) it looks like there will be 200+ MINIs there. With that in mind we need to find out what exactly the photographer needs spacewise in order to make this work. There are not a lot of options for gathering 200+ cars in the same space down there and we need ensure that the one of those options will meet the photographers needs.

 

I woild be interested in an unframed one!

I hope that it's feasible. Our garage needs some more art to go on the MINI wall where my posters are

 

if you move all the kars farther away, i'll have move time/space on the playground for myself friday morning vroooom
btw: i still think the dam parking lot is the best place to meet/greet/& pics before the Drag-on parade

 

True, and the plan is to still do that there. But I don't know if there is a way to get the cars there so that the panaromic photo can be taken there.

 

panaromic, shamaromic.....don't care
if ya want a pic, go to the top of the dam and take a dam pic

 

But Andrew do you look good in chiffon?

 

Koolmini will be racking up some miles to get there this year also.

NY to Tampa to NC to Tampa to NY. Add it up David and see.

 

Is there anyone here affliated with DIA, or some other agency who can arrange for a satellite photo...?

 

Well I'm not with DIA, and don't like to get as high as the Sats, but I've got at least one shot of Fontana in my portfolio:

 

hey smokey,
kool pic
btw: when do they usually open the dam spill gates?

 

I'm not sure about the DIA, but if you **** off the local cops I'm sure they can provide mug shots.

 

I'll have to check that one... Don't think they have a set schedule or anything just whenever the lake levels get too high or the river levels get too low for the whitewater folks.

See you there