I think I've set some kind of record. I just finished my long long trip across the country and back, I should probably add more pictures to my gallery. I crossed 10k miles today driving somewhere in Maryland, only about 2 months after getting my MCS.

Oh, and you might remember how I posted about driving the dragon a few weeks ago. Well, I've found a road that I think is better than the Dragon. California 1, 22 miles from where it ends in N Cali, where it heads from the coast across some hills to meet up with 101. 22 miles of switchbacks and tight corners. Its not as well paved as the dragon, but I found it much more intense, and its twice as long. So if for some crazy reason you're in Northern California or want to drive up California 1, hit the northern most 22 miles, its lots of fun.

 

Have you got numb bum

 

Haha, no, but my MINI smells of beef jerky and mcdonalds :D The new car smell is definitely gone.

 

:smile: :smile: Well, W....I drove Wanda more than 10K (through 21 states) in less than two months, when she was brand-new last year, on my first solo cross-country roadtrip. The centerpiece of my trip was the first MINI Dragon Meet. I've been on CA Highway 1, the stretch you're talking about, and the problem with it, besides the paving, is dang POKEY-A$$ drivers, as well as a bit of side-traffic. The Dragon has ZERO side traffic, which makes it EXTREMELY intense! I still think the Dragon is the BEST MINI road in the U.S!

I just returned home to SoCal around Memorial Day from Cross-Country Roadtrip #2 (although I did have companions this time--didn't go solo). Also went to the MINIs on the Dragon (co-hosted the Dragon's Breath Chili Cook-Off), and now have 33.2K miles on the clock! FUN!!!!!!

Motor on!

Clo/Wanda

 

GO theWrkncacnter GO!

 

I LOVE that section of road--hit it on my own X-country trip last summer!

Never ran the dragon, though... can't imagine a more intense road (kind of frightens me in that "fight or flight" tingly sort of way) but would love to try it!

 

Yeah, pokey drivers can be a problem, I got stuck behind this one truck going well under the speed limit that wouldn't pull over for me. I finally had to just park it on the side of the road for a few minutes and then go and catch him. A ways before this part, down near Sea Ranch I got stuck behind this red 80s Accord with a handicap plate, doing about 40 in a 55. I finally passed her on the inside of a corner (don't worry, I could see a long stretch of the oncoming lane), you should have seen the look on her face! :D