My wife and I were visiting my brother in Boone NC last week. One morning we got up early to take a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

We pulled off at various outlooks to take in the beautiful mountain scenery. At one of these outlooks we happened on this sign. I was delighted to see that the Tar Heel MINI Motoring club was largely responsible for replacing the platform decking to provide safe access to the granite outcrop previously closed to visitors. (their names are the long column of names the 2nd from the right).

It really made my day to see that MINI people are being good citizens and helping preserve these national treasures.

Thanks guys!

 

Oh! Margaret and I are on that list - from the fabulous 2009 drive I guess

Now we need to drive it again ...

 

Thanks for sharing. I always say MINI people are great people (except we don't share our cars very well). Thanks for doing your part!

 

Though I wasn't aware of any of this, that is really cool.

Kudos to you guys...

Mark

 

Hey signcarver no pictures? With all that scenery you must have shot a few. How about putting up a couple?

 

Hey BensMini - i only had my cell phone camera so the pics weren't very good - tweaking in Photoshop now - will post if i can get them decent.

Unfortunately, no picture can do nature justice.

 

Go ahead with the pics, just the camera phone discaimer will do. I have only driven that road once 20 years ago, so a little reminder would be appreciated

 

Not the same as signcarver, but my 2009 BRP pics are in this gallery:
http://gbmini.net/G2/v/2009/FLtoNH/?g2_page=4

Or go through the blog entries starting here:

 

Thanks GBMINI, kind of like I remember.