This 4th annual ride is a family event. Bring your favorite Mini People along.
Join us for an all day ride to 3 totally different Castles, drive through the awesome Garden of the Gods Park, thrilling twisties, picnic and more!

I.) Glen Eyrie Castle is an English style Castle built by the Founder of Colorado Springs, General William J. Palmer. http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/gleneyri.htm

II.) Bishop Castle is a work-in-progress by one man: Jim Bishop. Since 1969, Mr. Bishop has been working on his mountainside masterpiece one stone at a time and it is still growing! His castle is dedicated to hard working poor people and all hard working Americans working for a better nation. http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/bishop.htm See also MINI5280 members' photos from the 2005, 2007, 2008 & 2009 trips (links to albums).

III.) Burg Mary Castle, our last Castle visit of the day, now 100% complete, built by Herman Beeh. You will have the opportunity to dress little ones in Knight costumes for photos! Herman owns his own Mini Cooper & welcomes all Mini5280.org members to an Open Castle at the "Burge Mary Castle". http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/burgmary.htm

Date:

Saturday, July 17 (all day, pack a light picnic lunch). Trip plan: Glen Eyrie Castle, Garden of the Gods Park, Bishop Castle, picnic, Twisty drive, Burg Mary Castle, food provided & hours of royal fun.

Bring:

Walkie-talkie radio (Chan 7, Sub 21), light picnic lunch, sunscreen, full tank of gas, etc.

Itinerary:

7:00A (Suggested) Denver Group Meeting Location: Jenny’s Market & Conoco Gas Station (previously B/P Station)
NW corner of E. Castle Pines Pkwy & I-25, between South Denver (I-25 / C-470) & Castle Rock. (restrooms***)

7:30A (Suggested) Denver Mini’s leave for the Colorado Springs Meeting Location (see below).

8:00A Colorado Springs Meeting Location: Starbucks, 4465 Centennial Blvd. I-25 & Garden of the
Gods Rd., West to Centennial Blvd. w/ Starbucks on the SE corner. (restrooms****)

8:40A Trip begins. Leave for Glen Eyrie Castle (5 minutes away), only a "Drive By" however, we will not be stopping.

9:00A Tour ends, we will drive through the Garden of the Gods Park (near by) into Manitou, CO. then on to Bishop’s Castle (Near Rye, CO., not shown on maps). Taking Hwy 24 E. to I-25 S.

10:30A Arrive Rest Area, NW corner of junction I-25 Exit 74 & Hwy 165 at Colorado City, CO. (restrooms*** / “last chance”)

11:00A Leave for Bishop’s Castle. (25 minutes)

11:30A Arrive at Bishop’s Castle to picnic & explore. Parking along both sides of Hwy 165 after mile marker 13 & the Castle. Six picnic tables available or byo chairs.
(yucky out-house -*-*-*-* or behind a tree-*-*-*-*)

12:45P Leave for decent twisties. Continue Hwy 165 N. to Hwy 96. Turn Right towards Wetmore, CO.
Take Hwy 67 N for straight driving (past SUPER MAX prison) to Florence, CO.
Right at junction Hwy 115.

1:25P Arrive at Shell Station & Food Store on left, possible ice cream break. (restrooms***)

1:50P Leave for Burg Mary Castle, via Canon City, Guffey, Cripple Creek & Woodland Park.


3:50P Arrive Burg Mary Castle, go to end of pavement & park left side facing up hill, taking up last 2 home fronts on Left (okay to use up their 4 driveways, additional Mini’s can also park on Right
side, but not in or in front of driveways). (bathrooms****)
Our hosts, Herman & Mary Beeh will provide food & refreshments (compliments of mini5280.org) at their “Open Castle” for Mini5280. (Chairs will be handy to carry into the Castle to sit on.)

6:20P Trip Ends.

 

Well poo.

RMVR Pikes Peak vintage race weekend. I imagine I will be out on Corner 4 again.

But then, maybe I will only work the race on Sunday.

 

Always a favorite Mike! Thanks for doing it again this year.

 

The return of a classic I see. Thanks for putting it all together Mike.

 

Whoo Hoo! My husband was asking about this drive the other day. He's super excited to join me on this one. Thanks for providing an opportunity for us to do a Mini drive together.

 

Funny ... these guys were just asking me about the very same thing.

 

Looking forward to this!

 

My parents are flying out from DC for this. They can't wait to go on a Castle tour in BLU-BY-U and RUDEBOX in Colorado!

 

This 4th annual ride is a family event. Bring your favorite Mini People along.
Join us for an all day ride to 3 totally different Castles, drive through the awesome Garden of the Gods Park, thrilling twisties, picnic and more!

I.) Glen Eyrie Castle is an English style Castle built by the Founder of Colorado Springs, General William J. Palmer. http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/gleneyri.htm

II.) Bishop Castle is a work-in-progress by one man: Jim Bishop. Since 1969, Mr. Bishop has been working on his mountainside masterpiece one stone at a time and it is still growing! His castle is dedicated to hard working poor people and all hard working Americans working for a better nation. http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/bishop.htm See also MINI5280 members' photos from the 2005, 2007, 2008 & 2009 trips (links to albums).

III.) Burg Mary Castle, our last Castle visit of the day, now 100% complete, built by Herman Beeh. You will have the opportunity to dress little ones in Knight costumes for photos! Herman owns his own Mini Cooper & welcomes all Mini5280.org members to an Open Castle at the "Burge Mary Castle". http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/burgmary.htm

Date:

Saturday, July 17 (all day, pack a light picnic lunch). Trip plan: Glen Eyrie Castle, Garden of the Gods Park, Bishop Castle, picnic, Twisty drive, Burg Mary Castle, food provided & hours of royal fun.

Bring:

Walkie-talkie radio (Chan 7, Sub 21), light picnic lunch, sunscreen, full tank of gas, etc.

Itinerary:

7:00A (Suggested) Denver Group Meeting Location: Jenny’s Market & Conoco Gas Station (previously B/P Station)
NW corner of E. Castle Pines Pkwy & I-25, between South Denver (I-25 / C-470) & Castle Rock. (restrooms***)

7:30A (Suggested) Denver Mini’s leave for the Colorado Springs Meeting Location (see below).

8:00A Colorado Springs Meeting Location: Starbucks, 4465 Centennial Blvd. I-25 & Garden of the
Gods Rd., West to Centennial Blvd. w/ Starbucks on the SE corner. (restrooms****)

8:40A Trip begins. Leave for Glen Eyrie Castle (5 minutes away), only a "Drive By" however, we will not be stopping.

9:00A Tour ends, we will drive through the Garden of the Gods Park (near by) into Manitou, CO. then on to Bishop’s Castle (Near Rye, CO., not shown on maps). Taking Hwy 24 E. to I-25 S.

10:30A Arrive Rest Area, NW corner of junction I-25 Exit 74 & Hwy 165 at Colorado City, CO. (restrooms*** / “last chance”)

11:00A Leave for Bishop’s Castle. (25 minutes)

11:30A Arrive at Bishop’s Castle to picnic & explore. Parking along both sides of Hwy 165 after mile marker 13 & the Castle. Six picnic tables available or byo chairs.
(yucky out-house -*-*-*-* or behind a tree-*-*-*-*)

12:45P Leave for decent twisties. Continue Hwy 165 N. to Hwy 96. Turn Right towards Wetmore, CO.
Take Hwy 67 N for straight driving (past SUPER MAX prison) to Florence, CO.
Right at junction Hwy 115.

1:25P Arrive at Shell Station & Food Store on left, possible ice cream break. (restrooms***)

1:50P Leave for Burg Mary Castle, via Canon City, Guffey, Cripple Creek & Woodland Park.

3:50P Arrive Burg Mary Castle, go to end of pavement & park left side facing up hill, taking up last 2 home fronts on Left (okay to use up their 4 driveways, additional Mini’s can also park on Right
side, but not in or in front of driveways). (bathrooms****)
Our hosts, Herman & Mary Beeh will provide food & refreshments (compliments of mini5280.org) at their “Open Castle” for Mini5280. (Chairs will be handy to carry into the Castle to sit on.)

6:20P Trip Ends.

 

Updated the calendar Mike so people can sign up.

Here is the link: Castle

 

Castle to Castle is only one week away

Please sign up so we can get an accurate count in order to provide mini5280.org funded food & refreshments at our last Castle visit at Hermann's Burg Mary Castle.

Two (2.5) people per Mini will be calculated to account for any Mini Guests. Contact me if you have more than .5 Mini Guest.

 

2- for BLU-BY-U
2- for RUDEBOX

 

1 MINI
1 Mini
4 People

 

I have a potential new member who would like to come.

1 MINI
1 Person

This is not a definite but she would be a great addition to the group.

 

2 for Scooter, Don and Pat. Should be fun!

 

We've had a situation come up and instead of a nice twisty drive and tons of castles on Saturday, I'm going to Nebraska.
Nothing dramatic but our youngest has caught a bad case of homesickness and needs us to come get her.
Pictures please and someone write a short article for the newsletter please.

 

Well, still counting 2 for the BBQ, but it appears we will be joining you sometime on the route in the afternoon.

Still using radios with 7/21?

Also, need the absolute address for the Beeh's.

Mike, can you send it via a PM for my GPS?

Thanks,
Don

 

Youngest won't ride on a bus, huh?

 

This one is not in the cards for me and Susan to attend.

Turns out I was "volunteered" to volunteer at a charity event Susan is
a part of (Alex Hoag Run for Sunshine).

I do plan on being at the Springs Group meet-up, got something for Kristina and Joe,
Don, Umberto, and Seth.

Bryan

 

I just looked at the map and realized how much driving is involved in this event and have decided that the classic is out. I don't feel like dealing with potential issues during the drive.

 

1 MINI
1 giant
1 shorty

 

ps, is there a map of this? so many towns who's names i've never heard of...

 

Conflicts Conflicts, looks like we will not even make the afternoon portion of the ride or BBQ.

Someone take some great pictures.

Next year....I hope.

Don

 

Hey Mike,

Tim and I are still planning on attending for the majority of the drive. Thanks for planning this one. We look forward to it every year.

 

Mike,

We won't be able to make the drive but we will be able to link up at the burg castle in the afternoon