Amber, Phoebe, and I will all be there!

 

Deb and I will have to check our schedules for that date

 

There are some curvy roads around Pere Marquette Park area and I will have some maps available for those who want to go exploring. Let's have a maximum "MINI Picnic." Reply with a head count to Lois. Motor On, Dan & Becky

 

Is the park high enough that we can still have this if the river floods????

 

Is flooding predicted? Our shelter is close to the river. We can take the back roads into the park to high ground if needed.

 

May 20th is approaching so be sure and send Lois your headcount or post it here for the MINI club picnic. Bring the family and dust off some games for a fun day. Motor On, Dan

 

I found this river stage prediction:

The Flood Warning continues for
the Mississippi River at Grafton
* at 8 PM Wednesday the stage was 18.5 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* The river is expected to crest near 19.0 feet Tuesday afternoon

 

But its the Illinois River up there

 

I'll be there.

 

Lois,
Jan, myself and possibly Angela will be there for lunch.

Dennis

 

Donna and I are looking forward to seeing everyone.
Is there a rain date for the event???? Or is it rain or shine.
Better get busy cleaning the car from The Dragon.

 

Chances are if one is high then all three will be high. Since the Missouri is the bottom river of the three then it is very likely the Illinois River will be up along with the Mississippi.

This link updates the Alton Pool every 20 minutes:

http://www.riverbills.com/


Hope this helps and we are going to try and make it.....but I am on call this coming weekend.

 

No rain date!! But the weather forecast looks great. 70's & sunny

Lois

 

The Mississippi is up because of the Missouri. The Illinois is upriver from both. I have not heard of any flooding along the Illinois. Besides the levels will be dropping in the next day or 2. So I don't think our MINIs will be going for a swim

Lois

 

I'm camping at Pere Marquette this week before the picnic. I talked to them, shouldn't be a problem. See ya'all Sunday!

 

not having ever been to Grafton, if we're coming from West county (near enough to st. charles) is it the only route to come 270 east to 367 north, then all the way up 100? That gotta be the most scenic, but for coming back maybe it's possible to cut down that illinois river road and get a different scenery or is that really roundabout?

See ya there!

edit:
Well we took the brussels ferry back and then another over to the St. Charles area, scenic drive either way, it was a beautiful day to be out. We need more twisties though..when's the next rallye?

Thanks all for organizing the fun!

Mike

 

Great time today! Sorry we showed up late but thanks for saving us some pork....it was great. Hope to see everyone again real soon.

Rick and Debbie

 

Thanks Dan & Becky for organizing a great day The weather was gorgeous, the food was yummy & the MINIs were shining brightly in the sun!

For those of you who RSVP"d & then decided not to come, you missed a good one

Lois

 

Great picnic! It was good to see lots of new faces! Also good for membership. We had two new members join and two renewals. Welcome to the club newbies!

Amanda

 

As always, a great time with great people and great cars! The weather was fantastic, the food was wonderful (I'm still full! ), and a great time was had by all. Thanks to Matt for all of the R56 test drives.

But, most of all, thanks for Dan and Becky for all of their hard work putting together a GREAT event!!!

 

Sorry I missed you all...got lost :( Second event I missed due to stupidity...

 

That would be me

Sorry, I was out of town for a week and had too much to catch up on ...

Glad to hear you guys had a great day though!