EIM Cassville Ferry Non-Crossing and Drive -- July 24th
 

Just how many MINIs can you put on a 9-car capacity river ferry? :confused:

Join us for our Cassville Ferry Crossing and Drive on Saturday, July 24th and find out! :grin:

Thanks to the planning efforts of Smokin' Jo we have a really fun day mapped out. Here are just the highlights:

- Rendezvous at the Port of Dubuque Star Brewery at 9:15 am
- Motor north on scenic Iowa C-9Y
- Cross the Mississippi River on the Cassville Ferry
- Lunch at the Potosi Brewing Company in Potosi, WI (along with the museum and art gallery)
- A bushel basket full of fun twisties in the vicinity of Potosi and Beetown
- Shops and galleries in and around Cable Car Square in Dubuque
- Dinner at 5:00 pm at the Town Clock Inn in Dubuque

**Please click on the attached PDF file below to access a detailed itinerary with times, routes, links to route maps, and links to the key establishments** :thumbsup:

P.S. Additionally, we always like to have a headcount :nod: so feel free to click on the link in our EIM Event Calendar (<--link)

Hope you can join us!

A big round of applause to Gary for the fabulous presentation!! :thumbsup:
I couldn't have done it better myself. :no:
It'll be me +2 this time round. See ya soon! :nod:

I have a nice run planned out for the drive to Dubuque. If interested PM me for details.

The 1st stop on the way is the American Pickers shop in LeClaire, IA. Quick photo op in the early morning. Who knows..maybe they might be there and decide to tag along...if they're not picking anything.

I think that the Bricktown and the Blackwater Grill are closed. But it sounds like a good time. I can finally meet the peaple that I have been lurking around. Faith and I will be there.

Yeah, you're absolutely right...Smokin' Jo is deciding on an alternative establishment and once he does I'll make sure it gets advertised. 05MINI PM'ed us with a really good suggestion, so stay tuned for more info. Appreciate your keeping us honest. :nod:

It will be wonderful to see you there!

The revised 5:00 pm dinner location is the Town Clock Inn at 799 Main Street. Here's a link to the restaurant site:

http://www.townclockinn.com/

Updated PDF route map with this new info is now available on Post #1. :)

"IF" I ever get REDMINI back from repairs...:impatient: So far all the body work is done. Now waiting for a new passenger seat because the air bag sensor is throwing a fault.

Our condolences to "Leo" and his accident. Daryl, we hope all goes well getting him fixed.

Larry, we enjoy your and Pam's company so much that we'll even let you bring the Impala on the ferry with us :eek2: -- if it actually ends up coming to that. :wink:
Not sure how it will do in the twisties though... http://www.motoringalliance.com/foru...ilies/idea.gif

I guess the Impala would be better than bringing Pam's Dodge Caravan. :lol:

Or, would it? :confused::sad:

Let's just hope REDMINI is back before then!

Hey all,
I just wanted an actual head count for the people enrolled in this event.
Please chime in with your # so I can give a heads up to the eateries we'll be visiting. My total is 4.
Thanks,
D.

We hope REDMINI recovers in time to make an appearance :nod:



David, put us down for 2 :thumbsup:

Just one here. You know how differently Jan and I enjoy the twisties... http://www.gangsterbb.net/emoticons/clap.gifhttp://www.gangsterbb.net/emoticons/barf.gif

I suspect that more sign-ups and head counts will trickle in as we get closer to the date (some won't know if they're free until the week prior). At least we're getting close to the point of performing some innovative taxing of the ferry capacity. :thumbsup:

We are planning to be there. That's 2 more.

2 for us!

Put us down for 2. We're counting on REDMINI being done. :thumbsup:

Two for Faith and I.
Tom

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

you can use our red one Larry

You guys are the greatest!! :thumbsup:

Thanks for all the concern, condolences, offers of a Red MINI... REDMINI is finally home as of 4:30 PM today. It was a "tearful" reunion. :lol::thumbsup:

Hurrah! And there is great joy throughout all of MINI land!

:nod:
:cool:

Tom, glad to see you're planning on the trip over from Ames to join us. :thumbsup:

Hey peeps! Just a few more days 'til motoring fun. It's looks like we're having a good turnout. I see some new names on the sign up sheet. Looking forward to meeting the new and seeing the old.

2 for us - Pat and Al and our mini Mia

Smokin Joe whats you game plan for Saturday morin we might join up with you

Mike, I PM'd you on that.

Hey everyone be sure to print out the itinerary and maps at the start of this thread. I'd do it for you but I have printer issues. :roll:
BTW would someone make me a copy?

Consider it done. I will use my work printer-don't tell the boss:lol:

The CASSVILLE FERRY BOAT IS CLOSED
for the entire weekend due to high water and weather conditions :mad: :cry:

Please stay tuned for futher details and information. :popcorn:

Oh no!

We can always keep going north till we get to a bridge then back track back to that area and find all the closed roads:confused:

We could follow the Great River Road to Marquette and cross the bridge to Prairie Du Chien. I never looked at our planned route but would guess we could reconnect to it from there. (I don't need no maps-I just follow the boot in front of me.:))

Hell yah just need some driveing time makes me happy:thumbsup:

DITTO!!!
I need to get out and drive!

is that the bridge that just got hit by the barge?

The bridge that got hit is at Lansing, the next bridge up.

We could cross at Dubuque too, then GPS to Cassville and pick up the route from there. Bummer on the Ferry, we'll have to try that again. :mad::sad::confused::razz:

Hey all, just got off the phone with Smokin' Jo. Unless anyone has strong objections we're proposing a morning route up C-9Y (a fun road) to Marquette and down WI-133 (another fun road) on the Wisconsin side for the morning portion of the route. Here's a link to the proposed route:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en...,1.223602&z=10

The whole enchilada is about 30 minutes longer than previously planned, so if we're all in Dubuque by 9:45 am we will probably try to depart a bit early. That will get us into Potosi for lunch about 12:15 pm. We'll probably want to work in a potty stop in the Marquette/PDC area too.

The afternoon remains as per the previously advertised route.

Of course, this is contingent upon US-52 being open north of Dubuque tomorrow. We'll know for sure in the morning (as that's the way I'm planning on coming into town). If it's not, we'll adjust accordingly.

Give us a holler if you'd rather see something different.

Faith and I will have to bow out as we have some basement water problems. I hate to do this as this is the second time that I have done this. Have a good time and we will make it next time.