I completely understand, Joe. Did your Countryman come in?

 

Not yet, but it's close...I can feel it!

 

Driving up rte 3 from merrimack to Bedford, there are 3 ice cream joints.

The Big 1
King Kone
Axel's

All with nice open parking.

 

It was brought up that we could do a brewery tour... Portsmouth / Boston / Portland

 

Mmmmm beer. Mustn't forget the Budweiser plant in Merrimack.

I get it, MiniDriver like Minnie Driver the actress. Well done.

 

To be honest I have no idea who Minnie Driver is... had to google it. I'm a guy . That is a good idea though meeting at Budweiser. I'm sure they have plenty of parking... just not a fan of Bud. Prefer the Micro stuff.

 

Updated the OP.

 

Ha, just a coincidence. She's not too bad though, ey?

I'm with you, I avoid Bud...but they do offer some of their better dark beers at the end of the tour. I'm a fan of micro brews myself.

 

I talked to alot of Mini customers yesterday while at work and everyone of them was interested. So I told them to look up both this thread and Minis of New Hampshire.

I'm trying to come up with places between the Seacoast and Manchester.

The Beach Plum either in North Hampton or Portsmouth Seafood and Ice Cream.

http://www.thebeachplum.net/

What about doing a tour of the USS Albacore Submarine?

http://www.ussalbacore.org/

 

Joe - Updates? And where do we want to meet this week? Thursday works for me again.

 

Got it this evening! Hard to believe it is really here!

 

She's a beauty!

 

Looks awesome Joe! Congrats!

Nick Thursday works for me too. What about airport diner?

 

Congrats on your new MINI Joe!

My vote - Airport Diner.

 

Airport Diner sounds good for this week. Next week will be Minis on Top weekend, so we'll take a break unless you guys still want to meet Thursday night.

I can't make it to the Irving Station by 5, as I work till between 5 - 5:30. We could aim for 6 one night, but I think that throws Mike off. We'll get there, I promise.

 

Thanks everyone. So fun to drive!

So Airport Diner. How does this work? Do we go in and get some tables, or do they have a take-out option so we enjoy the company of the MINIs?

Also, what time? I too work until 5:30 usually. Also I'd like to get the fam in on these when possible as well, but that would mean going into Goffstown to get them, putting me at a Manchester area location around 6-6:15.

Logistics, logistics...

 

Just updated the Facebook page. 7:30 worked really well last week, as that gives folks time to head home (eat at home if they don't want to eat out), and then head on over for the meet. If you're the first person there, try to find a spot on a back row with some spaces that are close to one another. Airport Diner has a bunch of parking, so we should be good.

Depending on how many people we get, we can get a couple tables, or we can do the takeout option and sit in our boots to eat (The hoods are hot, and Joe, your's will be tall. LOL) It's a casual experience thus far. No need to ruin a good time with logistics just yet. HAHAHA

 

Airport Diner will work. Do they have take out?

Edit: Just answered my own question.

http://www.thecman.com/restaurants/airport-diner/

I get out of work at 6 usually and have a 45 min to an hour drive home from the Seacoast.

 

How about having a gtg on a Saturday or Sunday morning at Parker's Maple Barn in Mason,NH at some point?

http://www.parkersmaplebarn.com/

 

I've been out there. It's not a technical drive by any means, but there are some fun parts. The drive is a different kind of nice than driving 1A, but nice all the same. I'm in.

 

My fam and I are in, we love a good breakfast out on the weekends!

 

So that everyone knows, we've moved out of the MassMotoring Forum, and we're now in the NY/New England Forum (where we should be). I've asked to blow up the consolidation, but I'm not sure that can happen. We'll be happy here, I think.

 

I see our thread has been moved to NEW YORK/NEW England...

 

I had them move it, Mike. Ideal situation is that NE would have it's own forum, but I doubt that would happen. I was also trying to get our own sub-forum, but I think we'd need a substantial increase in members for that to happen. LOL

 

So, this morning I pulled out onto the Back Road behind a Cooper S.

Then when we got to the Grasmire rotary, a Justa pulled in front of the MCS. For a split second, by chance, there were 3 MINIs in a row in Goffstown!

The Justa ended up going in towards town center while the MCS and I continued on to Manchester.