Brian,
I will see what I can do to answer your questions.
What time in St. Louis. If I remeber correctly we got there around 6PM last year and should make that or SOONER this year.
Reservations in Columbus I am sure is just for lodging. Most of the places we will be eating are casual as we will be in traveling clothes. No suits on this trip.
Communication on the road is by 2-way radios (with subchannel) frequency to be determined. And cell phone when you get really lost.
see you in St. Louis.
Jim Petersen

 

• 6 pm is the ETA in StLouis but it could easily be 7 pm. Allow time for cocktails. If someone is still coming, we will wait dinner.
• Reservations in Columbus, IN are indeed for lodging. I just posted choices. Dinner reservations, if any, will be covered based on the size of the group
• However you wish to join / stay with / join the group is fine. We will exchange cell #s and email addresses before the trip, but handheld as Jim says while we are all together.
• And we will add a few little cool destinations before we leave, anyway

Thanks for joining us. If your pops is Intercoolest, are you not JrCooler or something. You need a cool handle....

Thanks,

Jonathan

 

Thanks for the info guys.

Jsouz: I am sure we can come up with a good name!

 

Mike Gleason, (Brian's Dad).
aka: Intercoolest
Colo. Springs, CO.

'05 MCS, B/B, Sport Package, Htd vnl Seats, Chrome Lined Interior
Adopted Labor Day-'06
Mods: Dinan Exhaust, Alta Cold Air, 18" Enkei Whls w/ BFG G-Force Tires - Summer / 16" Borbet Whls w/ Mich. Tires - Winter
Future Mods: BG-Laminova-A/W-MCS Intercooler, xx% Pulley, ProEcm-Chip

 

Yes, BigFun04 will be joining the Denver to Dragon III Caravan this year. Dan will join us (it looks like) on Monday AM on the Illinois side of StLouis, after a big hangover of Italian food from the night before.

See the early posts in this thread as we will be posting lodging information for Omaha and StLouis in the next day or two.

See you all there. Intercoolest (Colorado Springs) will be joining us for sure in St Louis, Sunday night, for dinner.

Monday route now includes the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum on the way to Brown County, IN (dinner) and Columbus, IN (overnight).

Jonathan

 

a Dragon License Plate the other night at Randy's. My bad, I forgot. I will still find a way to see you this month so you can have one for the drive out...

Jonathan

 

Hello, Anyone need a room mate to share costs for Apr 30th and May 1st for the STL to Dragon trip? Dan

 

and either he or I will offer you room on all the nights we have going down there. Not to worry - we have you covered.

I snore more than he does, tho. Or so I am told.

JPS

 

Updated April 3rd....

 

Jonathan and Rick, thanks. The list is growing. Getting anxious. Dan 3rd yr.

 

As of April 9th. Thanks to Jim Petersen, our host in Omaha and owner / dragger of the Dragon Wagon.

 

Our destination is Alcoa, TN just soth of Knoxville and west of the Dragon. We will have a nice route into and around NC on Tuesday, including the Blue Ridge Parkway. Stay tuned.

 

Day 1 overnight Holiday Inn (near Markel MINI) contact info and address correction:

Holiday Inn Omaha
11515 Miracle Hill Dr
Omaha, NE 68154
Nat'l Reservations 1-800-315-2621
Front Desk 402-496-7500

 

Sorry about that Rick. Blame it on Microsoft. Streets and trips gave me those #'s so I blame Bill Gates.

 

No problemo. I'm using Google Maps. I will post more details soon, including key towns along the way, so that navigation systems can be pre-programmed to take OUR route instead of the Interstate route that most seem to favor.
Rick

 

for the Denver to Dragon Caravan and Roadfood Tour:

Noon-fifteen at the memorable Arthur Bryant's BBQ, 18th and Brooklyn, near downtown KC.

Join us if you can...

JPS

 

Updated April 24th...

 

Yes, the Denver to Dragon Caravan III and Roadfood Tour leaves Denver @ 6 am Saturday, MTN time. (8 am Eastern). Our agenda:

• Saturday 28th - Denver to Omaha - Reception at the new Markel MINI dealership
• Sunday, 29th - Omaha to KC (Arthur Bryant's for lunch with KC MINIacs) then to StL for dinner (on the Hill) with StL MINIs
• Monday, 30th - StL to Columbus, IN via Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
• Tuesday, 1st - Columbus, IN to Alcoa, TN via Corbin, KY.
• Wednesday, 2nd - Tour of the Smokies, Blue Ridge Parkway, arrive at Fontana late afternoon.
• Thursday, Friday, and Saturday - Dragon, Dragon and more Dragon. Hellbender 28, Hellbender, Hellbender.
• Sunday, 6th - Head home. This time, the Interstate.

Call us if you wish to meet or join up.

Jonathan
MINI5280.org
303-807-9483

JPS

 

6 am MTN, arrived Markel MINI in Omaha 5:45 pm Central. All is well...Nebraska is flat and boring, but the backroads are, well, just that.

Not a single mile of Interstate today. 570 miles total, leg 1.

Tomorrow...Omaha to KC (Lunch at Bryant's) to StL (dinner on the Hill) with the StL MINIs....

JPS

 

The D2DCARFT arrived in St. Louis via KC (and Bryant's BBQ) met Doug Travis and the StL MINI group for dinner Sunday at Gino's on the Hill. Great wine, great times - and great FroYo at Ted Drewes afterwards. Thanks to Doug and Donna for the host!!

Off to bed and more on Monday...

JPS

 

the following:

• Left StL early with a stop by the Gateway Arch
• The to pick up Dan Huebener in ILL
• A nice breakfast stop
• Then the Corvette musuem at MidAmerica Motor Works in Effingham
• Then on to the Indy 500 Speedway Museum at the track
• and on thru Brown County, IN to homemade dinner in Columbus

Off to dreamland now...tomorrow?

Yes, the Corvette Factory in Bowlilng Green, Ky!

See you there!

JPS

 

Good luck gang!!

We leave Denver tomorrow at 1300 and hope to hit Columbi MO then get up early Wed for the last half. Hope to make our final approach into Fontana by dinner time!! Woo hooo....GP 1292 is ready for the FIRST road trip and FIRST MOTD!!!

Peace!

 

Call us...we are going to Lexington today - Corvette museum tour - following the Indy 500 museum yesterday.

Be save, watch the coppers in KS...

JPS

303-807-9483

 

Today, totals 1936 miles in 4 days. The Corvette Museum in Bowling Green was nice, a bit small, but fun. Would do it again. Met some real sweet ladies in eastern KY who hosted us, then dinner at the Colonel Sanders Cafe. Not such a big deal but Americana nonetheless. Into Alcoa, TN ( S of Knoxville) by 10 pm...a bit late and tired.

Wednesday...sleep in,then on to Fontana and either a trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway or to Clemson S.C. to see the fighting Tigers.

Will post more later...

JPS

 

GP 1292 left Denver at 2pm yesterday. We made it to Columbia Missouri at 12:30am and crashed hard.

We will be leaving here in about an hour for the last half and plan to be at Fontana by dinner time !

Got pulled over outside of Limon by CSP....got a warning only! I asked the NICE officer how fast I was going; he smiled and said if I told you that I would have to give you a ticket! I said never mind....

Thank God for good Karma.

By the way; this was my first road trip with Valentine 1. Needless to say it save my @$$ more than once. As for the pull over in Limon I had only about 3 seconds warning but managed to dump some mph. It seemed many of the bogeys were popping their radar on and off. I learned if V1 get's a hit get off the gas!

I seem to have a weird noise from my dash when I reach (a certain mph that I can not post here but think more than a C note ). Sounds bad and like a bearing I need to talk to some motorheads at the Dragon about this one. I captured it on video (sound).

Otherwise this GP hugs the road and rides smooth as a baby's butt !!!!