Shaun and I will be there with Penny. Maybe Shaun will bring Decker out of the garage for a doublemint-type experience. (We both drive HOs.) We'll see...

 

Twins HOs, yeah....

Excellent photo op, especially for this month photo contest.

See you then.

 

Bump.


Anyone else?

 

I'm out. Too many other things going on

 

See you all tomorrow morning.

 

It's official! There will, indeed, be two HOs at today's event! Woo hoo! See everyone soon!

 

Nothing like waiting 'til the last minute to make a decision, but I'll be there!

 

Great job, Claymore! Super roads, good spots for coffee and lunch, and you even made the sun come out this afternoon. Let's do it again soon!

 

Thanks to Claymore for organizing an amazing event.
I love the route, the run was great, coffee and all..... perfect.

Also, many thanks to everyone who's shown up. Great companies.

We have a great turned out, 12 MINIs. Included a twins, HO convertibles.
And welcome to our new members who joint the run today.
I'm sure you all had a great time.

Can't wait to see some of the pictures.

I wish I could stay all the way through the end.
Duty called.

 

I have a couple cool pix, but I'm not sure how to shrink them to 800 x 800 size. Can anyone share some advice? (I'm on Vista.) Thanks.

I had a great time today. Thanks to all who helped put the run together. It was nice meeting new people and saying "hi" to those I already knew. I can't wait for the next run! Hope to see you then!

 

You can email me the full-res version, I can re-size them for you.

 

Agreed, thumbs up to Claymore.

And if you all liked these roads then stay tuned for a possible summer event being put together by ccc777, Maxicooper, GreenCactus and myself. We'll include some of these same road (in the opposite direction) with some local hidden treasures that the Mrs. and I have been searching out.

It was great seeing everyone in addition to meeting new people.

Glenn

 

Ahhhhh ...... a little hint.

 

Oh, sorry that Christine and Eric couldn't make it. We'll get together soon.

Here are some low quality photos from Bev's mobile.

 

It was fun today. Tho' I've been on some of those roads before, it's always pretty up there.
Thanks, Tom..

 

Penny and Decker showing off their hindparts.

A trail of MINIs thru the sideview mirror.

Parking with Penny's peeps.

 

My favorite... rainbow MINIs! Check it out! We look like a bunch of skittles!

Thanks to everyone for going along with my silly idea of parking in quazi-ROYGBV fashion. That was my all-time favorite photo op! Guess who has a new desktop image tonight?

Special thanks to Maxi for resizing each picture posted tonight.

 

Awesome ......

 

/\ Brunswick?

 

yup

 

Oh, Claymore. It's nice having someone local to swap good roads with. Can you recommend anything around Gaithersburg? South of 27 and east of 270?

We've been driving the heck out of the Upcounty (Sugarloaf, Poolesville, Damascus and north) area and we've just recently started branching out in all directions. We've hit Burkittsville, Middletown, etc. but we really haven't explored Gaithersburg or areas south and east of that.

We really didn't think there'd be anything good in that vicinity but a couple weeks ago we stumbled upon Davis Mill Road, Wildcat Road and Blunt Road. Great roads...some of the best we've been on!...but it's only about 15 minutes worth of driving.

Any suggestions for other roads like those?

Glenn

 

There are some nice twisties, like the ones you mention, but they're all fairly short. You don't get nice long ones until you get up around the Hyattstown/Damascus area.

Try Rt 75 out of Hyattstown up towards Monrovia, or Clarksburg Rd. There's a whole bunch of nice (but short) back roads in a triangular area between Clarksburg, Damascus and Hyattstown.

 

Yes, 75! That's the road I was thinking about yesterday when we were talking, not 27. My future route ends by taking 75 to Browningsville to Clarksburg. Too bad Clarksburg is 30mph! Agh!

And it's too bad that Davis Mill and such are in high traffic areas. They're tight roads and I can't believe the amount of SUVs that always seem to be on there. Don't they know these roads are reserved for MINIs?!

 

We wished we could have made it but I had a demonstration flight to do.

I did get to wash Wensleydale Unfortunately, I also had to get the Scratch X out again MOT scratched a 10" x 10" section of the right rear 1/4 panel. I just cannot understand how this can happen......ugh. Almost looked like someone was leaning against her and swaying back and forth. Anyway, I buffed it out and you would never know it happened......

I've picked my way through some of the roads mentioned before, some good ones !

Cheers,

Mike

 

Actually, Bev and I have been meaning to hit VA at Point of Rock. After seeing the roads yesterday, maybe we'll target that area for exploration instead. Looks promising.

Okay, Spitfire. At this point, I'd say it's personal between you and MoT. Did you tick someone off there? Oh, I know. I heard that if you didn't buy your MINI from Sterling, that you can't get a loaner. Maybe at MoT, if you didn't buy your MINI there, they scratch your car. Hmmm, food for thought.

g.