I have no idea. The way it's set up, it will only tell us the number of cars, not the number of people. I'd imagine a fair estimate would be two people per car registered. Some cars will only have one person, while some might have three or four. The ratio for people/MINIs registered for the Dragon is less than 2 people per MINI. The ICR will probably come close to that, don't you think?

 

Just to let you know, my wife (Catterfly) and I are both registered for the event but will only have one MINI. (In fact, I'm registered twice due to a computer issue, but I promise only one of me will be there.)

 

Registered. I just hope the ice cream shop has enough to feed us all..

 

Registered (again). Sue and I will meet the group there as we will already be in Bryson City from doing the morning Segway tour.

Paul

 

Yay Paul!!

 

My wife and I will be joining you all for the ice cream. I could only register myself since my wife does not have a NAM userid.

 

Yeah! Welcome Matt and wife.

 

May I present the official Ice Cream Map. This will be a BYOM (bring your own map) event.

Click here for a larger version suitable for printing.

 

Love the Spaceballs reference on the bottom.

 

My wife just didn't get it, but I knew the MINI crowd wouldn't disappoint.

 

Put a huge grin on my face. I love that movie and the merchandising bit is just awesome.

 

Bumpety bump bump. Need more ice cream lovers.

 

On Saturday morning I will run back to Chattanooga to return my new amazing dragon beer swap selection safely to the house. My girlfriend will then hop in the car and join me for an overnight at Fontana. We should be back at Fontana just in time for the Ice Cream social departure, so pencil me in +1.



Come to think of it, maybe I leave the beer at Fontana and run the car empty back to Chattanooga on Saturday so I can goose it a bit harder on the way home. Plus my girlfriend most likely will make me drive slower and thus the bottles will be safer with her in the car on the return home on Sunday.

 

Im one of the last minute slackers joining the fun. I wonder if they have bubble gum or coffee ice cream....

 

I'm in for sure. Sounds like fun!

 

Welcome aboard, gang. Make sure to check out post #4 for all the details and the offical map.

 

how many more of us do you want to inflict on these poor people?

 

MINIClo has suggested to me that those on the run have their radios with them to stay connected and also that there should be groups instead of trying to keep 91 cars together. Sounds reasonable to me. Some folks will be going from the Pan photo site as well as the official meet up place. It will be fun and tasty. Don't forget to sign the shirt while there.

 

Oh yeah, radios. Do we want to choose a channel just for the ice cream run?

 

That's a very good idea, Kamo. Select something other than the "official" channels the various clubs have designated. Maybe 7:12 instead of 7:21, which is the usual MINI channel? Just a serving suggestion.

 

The Pano photo is supposed to last around 90 minutes, give or take. So say us first batchers leave at 11:30am. You can stagger the rest at 12:30 and 1:30 or every half hour in even smaller groups.

Anyone doing the lighting clinic should probably be on their way to soda pops by 12:30.

 

Final bump. See ya all down there. Safe travels.