MINIFunDrives Blue Bonnet / Wild Flower chase through the hill country on Saturday, March 7th and will end at 5:30 PM at the Drive In Movies there in Hockley, Texas.

Will depart from the McDonalds on US 90 in Katy, TX at 12 PM sharp.

McDonalds
5701 Highway Blvd (US-90)
Katy, TX 77494

We will go through back FM and side roads to Round Top, then hop over to scenic FM 390 to SR 36. Then on back to Hwy 290.

This drive is an estimated 150 miles long. The driving time is about 3 hours long. We will stop at the halfway mark in Round Top TX. It's the smallest incorporated Texas town! There are a few shops, and a couple of places to grab a bite to eat or have desert. We should arrive in Round Top around 1:45.

We will make another pit stop at the Starbucks in Brenham, TX.

Once we depart Starbucks we're be making a straight shot back to Hockley, TX for another MINIs at the Drive In Movies.

The Showboat Drive In Theater
22422 FM 2920
Hockley, TX 77447

The MINIFunDrives Website and this thread will be updated on March 3rd with the movie selection.

There will be a quick "drivers" briefing at 11:50 prior to leaving McDonalds!

The route has been posted to the MINIFunDrives.com site. Click here for the route.

A poll has been added on the thread hosted on MetroplexMINI.org's website. Click here to access that thread / discussion.

www.minifundrives.com

 

I'm glad to see that the flowers survived the cooler temps we've had the last few days.

As promised here are the movie selections:

Double Feature on the Back Movie Screen (98.1 FM)

First Movie: Madea Goes to Jail (Comedy)
Second Movie: Grand Torino (Drama)

The drive temperature for the drive should be in the 80s and will cool off for the movies to around the mid to upper 60's.

Perfect driving and movie weather!

Please remember to bring your FRS radios, if you don't have one, please try to run by Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or Frys to pick one up. They are fairly inexpensive and are very helpful during the drive.

Please plan to join us this Saturday for a terrific adventure in your MINI!

 

I'm getting a really good response from people who are going! If you haven't decided please keep in mind that the weather is looking really good for this event!

Also, those that live down in the clear lake area and wanna hang out Friday night after work washing your MINI, having a few drinks let me know. I'm going home after work and planning to wash and wax mine. PM me for info to get to my home.

 

Any idea how many may be attending? I just picked up my Zuggy last weekend.

Tentatively planning on joining y'all!

 

atleast 20 if I had to guess from initial responses. I wouldn't be shocked if we had 25 or more. The weather is looking good. The event has been pushed by several avenues in the last week, NAM, Metroplex MINI, My website, mass e-mails, MASSIVE postcard mail out, AggieMINIs, and the MINI Owners lounge.

Come on, it'll be fun motoring!!!!!!