Thanks, that will be great! Hadn't even thought about radio contact! I think this trip will takes me out of my break-in period!

 

I'm in for the Run after MoT and BBQ sounds good after the Run. I just picked-up some Midland radios at "Dicks", on sale and a re-bate, which comes to $70. Has FRS/GMRS, and many other bells and whistles including waterproof in case of flash flood and the top is down.
In the charger now, so hope I made a good choice/purchase!

 

Hey everybody,

Just got home from Andy Nelson's ( I took a scenic route ).

I wanted to thank those fo you that went on the run today. I know many of you came long distances to attend. I hope that I made it worth your while.

I especially wanted to thank Ed (Hypnohealer) for volunteering to be sweeper and Katie who acted as my shepherd and helped to keep the flock together.

Bill

 

Thanks for a great run. We had a good time. Just got home about a half hour ago.

Byron/Sue

 

Glad you had fun.
It was fun standing with you at the ice tea thruway!

 

Great turn out at Towson today (at one point I counted 32 members!) and sounds like you had a lot of fun on the run!

 

Thanks for a terrific run

Cool bridges, one lane roads, tons of scenery, great food, and a nice twisty route. Well done. Let's Do it again soon

 

What roads! What foliage! What BBQ!

Good job, Bill! Hope you didn't mind my being shepherd...just trying to help out a newbie leader.
Ed, great job as sweeper!

 

Good food...., BBQ..... I missed that part, I wish I could stay until the end.

But other than that, the run was a blast. Everything from colorful foliage, twisties, bridges (covered and un-covered). Thanks to Bill for making this awesome event happened, thanks to Ed and Katie for helping Bill make this run real smooth.
And thanks to all MINI lovers friend for joining the great run.

You all are awesome.

 

Katie, thanks for being the good shepherd and keeping us all together. And thanks for letting me know you didn't hear some of my radio posts. Made me re-read the manual and I discovered something a bit embarrassing...

I didn't know that there were two (count them, two) power choices on our channel, and I was using the lower of the two. it's no wonder you had trouble hearing me in the hills and at greater distances. My apologies. Won't happen again

Does anybody have a good suggestion for a headset with a boom mike? I discovered today that my little radio LOVES to FLY Several times it sailed off the seat during hard braking or cornering, and when I failed to catch it, there was much cursing and groaning as I tried to reach it in the farthest corner of the passenger footwell. Conspiring against my retrieval attempts was the seatbelt tensioner which was reluctant to release its death grip on my fat a$$, especially when I tried to get the radio while I was making a turn, merging into traffic and accelerating while shifting gears. It wasn't pretty or as safe as I like to be I think a headset would be the best solution.

Of course, a nice co-pilot would be a better choice, but I hear they're MUCH more expensive

 

What a wonderful day ! The run was fantastic, excellent roads, not too much traffic or intruders.....plenty of smiling public and waves !

Great pace too, though Wensleydale took over a couple of times, showing me that I'm not fast enough especially that "touch and go" over that hill

The BBQ was a perfect match for this chilly fall day - Hats off (almost literally) to you Cabrio motorers We did have the moon roof open though !

Here's some ok shots, tough when you're drivin'






Thanks Bill, Ed and Katie !

Cheers,

Mike

 

+1,
Great run indeed.

Thanks for the pictures.

 

Nice shots Mike!
I wondered what it looked like from behind.
There were two times when I could see the line: right after the dam and curving around after the Franklinville Rd. steel bridge when I wish I could have somehow taken a shot.

That's a nice shot at the skeet range too. I think I should send them a thank you card for accomodating us for our group pit stop.

 

A thank you card would be good, nice folks !

I would plan the next time we do the same run to have a photo shot down by the lake, very nice scenery !

Mike

 

Thanks Bill & everyone for a great day! That was an excellent route for a first run, lots of fun and in my own backyard too! Great to meet everybody. Looking forward to the next one!

 

That steel bridge was beautiful..problem is, I didn't see any where for 15(?) cars to pull over safely to take pics. Same with the reservoir...

 

For the record, we be 13 cars.

Before the next run, I'll find some "will work for food" guys, arm them with cheap digital cameras and post them at especially photographically appealing spots. After the run, I'll pick up the cameras and pay the lensmen with BBQ sandwiches; ribs if their work is really good.

I think it might be bedtime.

 

For the next run, if we can set the exact location for the photo-op, I can arrange someone to wait there to take the group picture.

 

Would you prefer ribs or BBQ?

 

Bill, thanks for putting this together. It was a great run. Beautiful scenery, brilliant foliage, good friends, and good food. Also, perfect timing on the rest stop.

 

As long as it is not too far from our location, the photo-op will be on me.
For your record, I love prime rib roasted though.

The card will work, and we can also go visit them sometimes for some shooting session.

 

Good news,

I just found another road!
This one is another of the narrow, rolling by the stream roads.It also has a steel bridge.

Now I just have to link it up with some other roads and think of an excuse to have y'all back out for another run!

 

Could someone send me a copy of the route from this run?

 

Wow, this is great. Could we do that again next month?
This time I won't miss the BBQ.

You should have join us yesterday, it's in your back yard.
Also, its been a while, you haven't joint any of the runs.

 

I'm really sorry I couldn't make this run, it sounds like it was a great time! I made the right decision, though, today was a long day of motoring. We made it to Fremont OH. If you ever pass through, the Comfort Inn is pretty nice and there's a self service car wash across the street!

See everyone next month at Sterling!