Great event in NW IL

http://chicagominiclub.com/2007/07/3...alena-929-930/

Hope to see you there.

 

 

New here but I hope to make it and see all the mini's

From the Iowa City area

 

bump, you Iowa MINI's coming?

 

Greatly appreciate the invite. Still unpacking and working off the honey-do list after our recent move to the area, so no MINI liberty card for me just yet. Hope you have a great turnout.

 

Oh, but your Honey will love Galena, total chick place. But great roads.

Where did you move from?

Hope you and the Honey can make it.

 

My wife is down her parents live in Dubuque so well get to visit them as well. Well just have to meet you all At Galena though for lunch since we wont be meeting up in Winnebago

 

We're IA ex-pats coming home after 27 years of Navy service and follow-on with a beltway bandit near DC. Most recently, last 12 years living in northern VA (Fairfax County), every year thinking that we'd get used to living our lives around rush hour traffic but it never seemed to happen. :impatient

No such problems in beautiful Decorah (although I fly frequently out of MSP -- and Hwy 52 between Preston and Rochester is so rough I'm certain to lose a motor mount at some point. If MN maintains their bridges like they do their roads... )

It would be fun to make at least one of the Galena days...

 

Iowa MINI’s if you want to enjoy the last and best 30 miles of the AM Sat Drive, please jump in line while we pass by. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Loran+il&ie=UTF8&ll=42.2 35969,-89.910092&spn=0.006974,0.014462&z=16&iwloc=addr&om =1 Loran IL. We will be coming in from the North on the main road headed south. Target time to be in Loran is 11:15 AM. Hope to see some of you there, trust me, you’ll love the last 30 miles.

 

Are you guy going through elizabeth? That might be a closer meeting point since Loran is an hour out and then back, but in any case, is there a map of the route available?

 

We are not going through Elizabeth. Meeting in Loran is totally up to each Iowa MINI. In the link above you will find the link to all the info about the drive and events for the weekend. Route Maps will be handed out at the start of each run. I offer the Loran start for your enjoyment since that will be the longest drive of Sat with the longer routes on Sunday.

 

Thanks for the info! See you guys out there in just a week or so!

Last meet I forgot my camera, wont happen this time

 

9-23-07 UPDATE
Three Important updates, Call the B&B's this week and ASK for one night deals. We will have the Sunday Route Sheets for anyone that wants to drive them on Sat. On Sun we will have 5 group escort's, drivers of different style's that have driven the routes, yes you will have a route map. We think this will help you enjoy the area more with less reading, just follow the MINI in front of you. We found that this worked well in past events.
Looks like nice weather too.
If you have not yet signed up please do so at this link, http://chicagominiclub.com/2007/07/3...alena-929-930/

 

I went to the site ,posted a comment, is that "signing up"?

 

Yes, a visit to CMMC site and fill out the posting fields, if it's your 1st time with the site, your posting may not show up for a few hours, but we will get it posted ASAP.

 

Hi, We're not going all the way east to Rockford ,so we need a hook up somewhere east of Galena Sat afternoon.

 

Please see posting #9, if that does not help, please IM me with the time you think you are going to get to Galena and I'll let you know whats going on.

 

Here are some pictures from the event. Nothing spectacular. My camera doesn't like me anymore, so it's about time to send it to the shop.

http://www.megapixelphotos.com/galleries/cmmc

 

Great pics, thanks for posting them.

 

Does anybody have a photo of the group at the tower?

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2209365...7602210017807/