By 9:15am we had a good group of people show up


Drove down highway 101 and stopped at highway 129 to pick up two more runners.


We drove down the backroads behind Hollister for a very spirited drive down Cienega Rd. Go Tim Go! Here we stopeed before heading down highway 25.


The end of highway 25 came too soon! What a great drive down a great road!!


Lunch in King City. Can we be more disorganized next time?? :impatient


Talking war stories before lunch


The ride home up highway 101. Here's a picture of Jim taking pictures.


The 12 car Mini procession make their way north, back to the bay area


and we ran into the "biggest car wash I've ever seen"


It was a great run! Tons of fun.
See you all at #6

 

Man, I can't believe I missed another awesome run I'll try for Nikki Run #10 Glad it was a good run, hello to those I haven't seen in awhile.

 

Great pix Brian! Had a great time today. Can you imagine if the sun has been out?!?

Props to Dave for the swag, Brian for the route, Nikki for getting us (somewhat) organized, and all the first-timers for experiencing the Nikki Run for what it is. . .good motoring, good people, and good times!

 

Looks like I'm trying to stay awake!!
Or singing along to "Bohemian Rhapsody". Should have photos up tomorrow.
Jim

 

Of all the runs that I've been on since '02 I have to say that was the best! It's something about getting a bunch of people together that not only share the same interest but function the same. Either leading the pack or following there are no surprises. It was a great day. The clouds just kept the 'bears' out of the air.
Thanks again,

Tim

 

We had a blast and the weather held out for us until the traffic decided to join in.

Thank you so very much for the gear (Dave and Concord MINI)

A big smile goes to Nikki for organizing and for being a very good sport for modeling her MINI next to the MINI wannabe.

See you at the next one and in AMVIV III

Rick & Heather

 

And she was singing to herself on the way back home. Even though my wife couldn't come, I did stop at a garlic stand and got her some garlic, and some organic juices for the girl, and a few other things...

Before you all rag on me for getting my wife Garlic, I called her and asked her what she wanted from that far south, and she specifically asked for some! She has Italian blood, and uses a lot in cooking.

On the drive back home, I just kept looking at the rain ahead..... it's been non-stop at my house since mid yesterday. At least we only got sprinkles for the spirited driving....

Matt

 

And the youngest memeber of Nikki's Ralley Crew.... ALISON JANE!

 

then I don't know if I could tell them apart!

Matt

 

Terrie and I had a great time as well. Thanks for the cool stuff from Dave and MINI of Concord. We took the back way to San Juan Batista. The Old Stage Road was "ok" except for the "county mountie" we had to follow for most of it. He turned off just as we got on San Juan Grade Road......I think to hide for unsuspecting speeders ... but he was behind me and stopped so off we went. The road was pretty narrow, bumpy, rainy and lots 'n lots of traffic ( not sure where they were coming from ) but in all very scenic but not a road that I would drive again. Thanks to everyone for a great day....and see some you in Vegas.

 

Hi All,
Here's a link to my stuff from Sunday.
http://groups.msn.com/JimzPhotoPage/...n5.msnw?Page=1
You can also see some of my older stuff there,too.
See Ya'!
Jim

Oh... Too bad that diner served such skimpy portions!

 

Hey I think this is a start of a photo contest. I missed getting the vehicle owner wearing her yellow fleece to make a perfect picture. Don't know where she went? Hope that vehicle wasn't left unattended for too long.

It was a fun drive. Everyone really Motored. Enjoyed the route and had a good lunch. Four of us went out Bittercreek and back up Highway 25. It was quite fun going the other way too. Didn't get much rain until after Gilroy. As we got to San Juan Batista we heard the crackle on the radios from the rest of the group.

 

Even out of focus, Alison's the cutest! But I'm biased....

Matt

 

I think that "crackle" was me - I saw you guys going west on 156 and tried to tell you that you were about 10min behind the rest of the pack. We got held up in traffic from just north of Salinas to, at least, 156 (where I turned off). Next time we'll have to remember about the weekend traffic and go back the way we came.

Tim

 

Hey thanks for looking out for us. I couldn't make out the words but I figured you guys were close by. It sounds like the freeway was doing it's job of keeping the traffic off of the back roads. I think we encountered about four vehicles between King City and SJB. We saw Dr. O. coming out of the garlic store.

 

Next time let us "city folk" in on the back-road secrets!
That backup on 101 was soooooo sucky!

 

To think we all could have driven back up 25 instead of sitting in that awful traffic/car wash.

Hey, is it time to start a new club in the south bay?

 

BAM! - Bay Area Minis! But Emeril will sue us and some other people's egos might get bent

 

wouldn't have gotten her garlic!

When I got back onto 101, Kat and another Mini were just going by....

Matt

 

LOOOOOOVE IT!

 

That would make us all BAMMERS
Bay Area Minis Motoring Every Random Sunday

 

I found out why my car was handling like crap. I had new tires installed last Thursday. I guess the kid at work who put them on for me has yet to learn how to use a tire pressure guage. I had less than 30 psi in the fronts, 25psi on the left rear and 15 psi in the right rear.
Jim

 

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Yeah we hung out in San Juan B talking about the drive and deciding where to go for coffee. Then we went to a place in Gilroy and saw you coming out of the garlic place. I tried you on the radio.

 

umm... so which "door" did Nikki come out of?