Yep, it's still a ways off; however, we're trying to organize interest in attending the High Plains Motoring Society's MINIs Occupy Branson event. The designated HPMS hotel for this event is the Chatateau on the Lake ($119 + tax at the group rate; call the hotel for reservations and tell them you're with the MINI group).

Please reply in this thread if you have a any sort of moderate to strong interest in joining your EIM motoring mates at this annual motoring event. Thanks!

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General Event Info: "MINIs Occupy Branson" will be the 4th annual road trip by the High Plains Motoring Society (HPMS) which is composed of MINI club members and enthusiasts from Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and others Midwestern and Mountain states.

All official event information is provided though the private HPMS blog and web site (supplemented by EIM-specific planning info in this thread). If you have participated on a previous HPMS trip, you probably still have access to the site. If anyone is interested and needs access to the HPMS site, feel free to send a PM to me (Gil-galad) and I'll arrange for an email invitation. HPMS does not ask for any dues or registration fees. While there are a few centralized events planned by the organizers and preplanned drive maps available, most of the arrangements, activities, and events are do-it-yourself. The EIM participants have historically stayed together as a group for drives, dinners, etc. -- mostly because we enjoy each other's company!

Ask anyone who has attended any of the past three HPMS events and they'll tell you it's probably the most fun you can have in a MINI.

I'm about 30min away from Branson...I'll have to swing down there and check out all the Mini's

I have a strong interesting in attending and a strong interest in paying less than $100 a nite. Let's have some fun!!

I'm also planning on attending. I have a major work commitment sometime during the month of May but the likelihood of it conflicting with this event is small. Plus, I like the idea of our own friendly group at the Steig's time share. More fun and less $.

Work or no work, count me in.

Gary

We have been talking about getting down to the Branson area, and we are interested in this year's HPMS Event.

We'll see you all at the Wig and Pen.

Yes! See you there for good food, good friends, and some serious MINI event planning!

I"m lookiing forward to my first *big* MINI event! Does anyone know when registration starts?

One of the many nice things about this BIG MINI event is that there is no registration!!

That makes it easy! One less thing for me to forget!

Yes! You just come and go as you please. It's all wonderful MINI fun. You will of course travel in the EIM caravan of MINIs won't you? Those details will be posted here when they are arranged. And don't forget the kickoff to the 2012 motoring season with the Border Skirmish in April.

Yes, I'd love to caravan down with some other EIM's...that's part of the fun!

More general info about this event added to Post #1.

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Here's a link to an informative post over in the MINI5280 forum:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...announces.html

Be thinking about whether or not you'd be interested in joining the “Moonlight MINI Dinner Cruise” on Table Rock Lake.

I'd be in on a boat ride if anyone else was interested!

I might be interested, if enough of our EMI friends sign up. I hope we can see a show while we're there. If anyone with Branson experience can advise us on that, we should be thinking of all the fun stuff we want to do! What fun!!

+2 It's all about having FUN!!

shall we see how many Mini's we can get on a pontoon boat?

Jot us down as a tentative yes for the pontoon.

dean and Meenie, how many souls do you expect to bring along to Branson? Going solo or spouses/offspring too?

My wife is not sure about the trip, yet, so I won't know for a few weeks. I would venture a guess that I will be alone.

Alone?! Tsk, tsk, tsk. You are never alone when you are with us!!!

Does that mean you and Tom are coming too?

(Seems like I remember you jumping on the time share bandwagon at Bill and Alyce's, but I didn't see a post in this thread and started to get worried...)

Yes,we are going! And looking forward to it very much!