2008 Drive the Mile
Heading North
Our fearless leader leads the way into Wisconsin
Meetup
Meeting with the Wisconsin club to drive to the Track
Meetup
Leapord MINI
Little mini
Meetup
Entrance
Entrance where they took our food donation, and had us sign a waiver
The Milwaukee Mile
The circle shows the track workers I have 3 laps
Lining Up
On pit row, waiting to take laps
Corvette
Me at the Mile
MINI on the Mile
Another MINI on the Mile
Pickup on the Mile
Unfortunately I couldn't get this good of a picture with a MINI!
Anything drives the mile...
... even a fleet of six dumptrucks
Historic race cars
Historic race cars
Le Car
The MINI on the infield
Campbell
TerryO even let Joe take a turn!
Clubman
A new clubman
Campbell & Buzz
Grill Badges
me taking a picture of grill badges
mini meets MINI
Nash Rambler
MGs
More MGs
and another MG
Nash Metropolitan
Mystery Machine
Even Scooby Doo and the gang showed up
Shelby
Road Runner
Hot Rod
Hot Rod
mini
Old Vette
Lots of Muscle
Replica #8
A street legal replica of Ernhart Jr.'s #8 ... owned by a real, uh, dedicated, NASCAR fan...
1950 Ford
Spotted on the drive home
CMMC Superdawg Cruise
Meetup
Meetup
Meetup
Meetup
A non-MINI flees the scene...
Clubman
A brand new, 2 week old Hot Chocolate/Silver Clubman
Clubman
And the interior of the clubman
Drivers Meeting
Drivers Meeting
Our fearless leader giving directions
Setting off
On the way!
Blurry MINIs
Slightly Blurry MINIs
That's odd...
An attempt to take a picture out the window goes slightly wrong
Superdawgs!
Superdawgs!
Parked next to the clubman
Superdawgs
How many MINIs can you cram in the parkinglot?
Superdawgs
Superdawgs!
The parking director in motion ... he was making sure the parking lot didn't get too crammed
Superdawgs
And we managed to get him to stand still long enough to take a picture
Little mini!
Little mini
Superdawgs
CMMC members eating Hot Dawgs
Awwww
Poor MINIs that couldn't fit in the Superdawg's parking lot
August Weekend in Chicago
Big House
One of the giant houses in Glencoe
Lake Michigan
Glencoe Boardwalk
Shoreline
Looking south from the glencoe boardwalk
Glencoe Boardwalk
Shallow Water
Shoreline
Glencoe shoreline
I spy Hermes
I spy Hermes
MINIs in Glencoe
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MINIs in Glencoe
MINIs in Glencoe
Walker
Skyline
Miniacs in Chicago
Sears Tower
Sears Tower
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
MINIs downtown
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Flaming Saganaki Cheese!
MINIs downtown
MINIs in Wisconsin
At Dunn Brothers in Oak Creek
MINIs in Wisconsin
On the Road
MINIs on the Road
Lunch Break
At the elusive Machine Shed restaraunt
MINIacs
TerryO, ndale, and Chaos
Backwards ndale
Wisconsin
View from the front of Holy Hill
Holy Hill
To Wind Point we go!
On the way to wind point
On the road
Interesting House
House with the cadillac in the yard.
Interesting House
Interesting House
Wind Point
Driveway full o' MINIs
Houdini
Cliffy
Cliffy decides to accesorize
tr
trbasil with his new MINI
Crammed
speed in the back with two suitcases, a duffle, a backpack, and 1der's walker.
Autocross 5-20-07
MINIs
Chicago MINIs lined up for event.
Number 210
My number for the day
MINIs lined up
What the?
Oldsmobile
Z06
Olds Diving into the Slalom
Cliffy
Me
Me again
comin' around the bend
MOTD 2007
Chicago Traffic
Traffic leaving Chicago
Traffic
Indiana Traffic
What the?
Is this a new Ford performance option?
Kentucky
Kentucky
Rainy scenery in Kentucky
Gray Rain
Rocks
Rocky hillsides in Kentucky
Florence Y'all!!
Half way stop
Travelodge
Overnight stop in Florance
1933 Ford
Hermes meets an old classic
Kentucky
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
KFC Birthplace
Location of Sander's Cafe
KFC Birthplace 1
KFC Birthplace 2
Kentucky
More of I-75
Tree of Shame
Tree of shame at the Deals Gap Motorcycle lodge
Tree of Shame
Looks like the Big-Wheel didn't make it
Mean Mr. Bean
The new Mean Mr. Bean
The Tardis
Dragon
Dusk on the Dragon
Hermes as night falls
Dusk on the Dragon
Dusk on the Dragon
Dragon Parade
Dragon Parade
Dragon Parade
Texas Dragonslayers
jj & Sister
Dragon Parade
MINIs arriving for the parade
Dragon Parade
Dragon Parade
MINIs as far as the eye can see
Pepto Bismol
A Dragon Co-Pilot's best friend
Dragon Parade
MINIs at the end of the parade
NC Border
Dragon Parade
MINIs on Parade
Train
Scenic train from the back porch of the Riverside cafe in Bryson City
Smokey Mountain National Park
With mascots Jack and Bandit
Blue Ridge Parkway
Almost to the parkway
Farmstead
Not where i stayed, but an old 1800s farmhouse at the entrance to the GSMNP
Farmstead
Some of the outbuildings, it was thundering at this point
Farmstead
Hermes waiting paitently
Scenery
Some scenery from an overlook on the Parkway
Blue Ridge parkway
Cherokee Reservation
Drove through the Reservation on the way back from the Parkway
~aday~ in motion
Camera caught ~aday~ ... barely
Miniacs
From front to rear: ~aday~, Will God of War, and Jolly
Lunch
MINIs lined up for lunch
Dragon
Wet day on the dragon
Ground Kit
Hope this guy doesn't hit any speedbumps any time soon!
Classic mini S
Found this little beauty at the Motorcycle lodge on Saturday
Waterfall
Small waterfall on 129 just south of the motorcycle lodge on the way to Tapoco
Lucky Shot
Was taking a pic of Hermes when these MINIs happened along
MINI Blur
Route 129
Route 129 south of the Motorcycle lodge
Mist on the Water
Route 28 almost to Fontana. This section was foggy for several hours.
Calm water
Beautiful scenery on Saturday despite rain almost all day.
Lake
Lake along 28 near Fontana Village
Corner
Dragon Mist
Amongst the Fog
Alongside the lake near Fontana Dam
Lake
Waterfall
Slightly hidden waterfall along 28 near Fontana Dam
Waterfall
Slightly hidden waterfall along 129 near Fontana Dam
Texas MINIacs
MINI Motorer
Motored with this MINI for 60 miles or so on the way home .. top down at 80mph!
New Sticker
Get in & Hold on!!
Stickers
New Great Smokey Mountain Sticker
Stickers
Motoring buddy
New motoring buddy from ~aday~
Armrest I won...
... with a $2 raffle ticket
Armrest
In the best position, e-brake accessible
Armrest
Full forward, e-brake blocked a bit much, hard to pull
Hot Rods
Hot Rod Nationals was in Knoxville, here's a bunch of pictures of Hot Rods on 75
Hot Rod
'47/'48 Mercury or Ford
Hot Rod
'33/'34 Ford 3 window hiboy
Hot Rod
'46-'48 Buick, chopped top
Hot Rod
'32 Ford 5 window hiboy
Hot Rod
'37 Plymouth coupe
Hot Rod
'34/'35 Chevy sedan delivery
Hot Rod
Orange '33/'34 Ford cabriolet followed by unknown yellow hot rod
Hot Rod
'33/'34 Ford cabriolet
Hot Rod
'33/'34 Ford 5 window
Hot Rod
'36 Ford cabriolet
Hot Rod
'37 or '38 Chevy coupe
Hot Rod
'37 or '38 Chevy or Pontiac
2007-03-29
Must be Vegas...
you know you're in Vegas when you find slot machines in the airport
MINIs
MINIs at the top of the parking garage
More MINIs
MINIs
MINIs with Vegas in the background
MINIs!!!
Pink MINI
Future Queen of Nebraska's MINI. Suede interior and everything.
Honey i shrunk the car!
Classic MINI
Yar!!
Pirates in Vegas
Bellagio Fountain
Bellagio Fountain
Hermes!!
Hermes at the Bellagio
M&Ms World
Chocolate
World's tallest and largest volume chocolate fountain
Strip Cruise
Some MINIs on the strip cruise passing the Bellagio
Strip Cruise
Some MINIs on the strip cruise
Kitty!
Lion at the MGM
Lion
Big Lion at the MGM
New York!
Paris!
Paris!
The Luxor's Main Entrance
CMMC Spring Forward Drive
Meet Up at Knauz
Meeting up at Knauz MINI, amongst all the new '07s
Meet Up at Knauz
Meeting up at Knauz MINI, amongst all the new '07s
Meet Up at Knauz
Meeting up at Knauz MINI, amongst all the new '07s
Meet Up at Knauz
Meeting up at Knauz MINI, amongst all the new '07s
Even More MINIs...
Meeting up at Knauz MINI, amongst all the new '07s
Buzz look alike...
The lady that owned this Cooper actually got the idea for her stripes from Buzz
Driver's Briefing
1st Driver's Briefing
On the Road
And off we go...
Many MINIs
On the Road
MINI Behind
On the Road
A MINI makes the turn ahead of Buzz...
On the Road
A MINI makes the ... wait, that's not a MINI!! how'd that get in there??
Jelly Belly!!
Many MINIs!!
About 40-50 MINIs at the Jelly Belly plant
Traveler
Right Hand drive MINI Traveler
MINIs
Shiiiiinnnnnneeeeyyyyyyyy
Lot's o' MINIs
Jelly Belly VW
One of these does not belong ...
Lots and lots of MINIs
Flock of MINIs
Lake Michigan
MINIs motoring by the lake
GP
GP along for the trip today
Final Stop
At the last stop, ready to go eat
MINI Friends
Hermes, Buzz, and Campbell
MINI Friends
Hermes, Buzz, and Campbell
CMMC 2007 Autoshow
Meeting up
Meeting up in the 10 degree cold ... brrr
Meeting up
According to Steve, he parked right and everyone else is backwards
Meeting up
About to go
On Sheridan Road
Driving Down Sheridan Road
On Lakeshore Drive
Getting close to downtown
Skyline
On Lakeshore Drive, near downtown.
Navy Pier
On LSD near Navy Pier
MINI!!!
Aproaching the MINI booth
MINI Booth
MINI Booth
MINI Booth
New MINI
New '07. A lot rounder than before
Key Fob
Not huge, but not too small
The Center Console
Hmm ... looks a little bleh, and the toggles don't feel right.
New '07
The headlights don't go up any more :(
New '07
Tail Light
Nifty touch in the tail light, almost didn't see it!!
Boxster
Next to the MINI booth
Porche
Interesting color
Nifty!
Transformer VW - roof coming out of the trunk
Nifty!
Transformer VW - Setting in place
Nifty!
Transformer VW - Rear Glass settling in
Nifty!
Transformer VW - All done! It's a hardtop!
Lotus
Zap Car!
www.zapworld.com
Acura Race Car
Big Truck
And you thought the Hummer was big
Maserati
My Maserati does 185...
Harvard Cow Hunt
Moo!!
The Big Cow of Harvard
Off we go!
A short drive to Millie's Pancake House in Delavan, WI
At Millies
Lined up at Millie's, hard to see, but all the MINIs were well caked with salt.
WI '06 Fall Foliage Run
Lake Forrest Oasis
Meeting up at the Lake Forrest Oasis
MINI Motorers
On I-94 heading North
Climbing
Climbing the compactor to get the best shot
Meetup
MINI Tattoo
Lola
Writestuff's Lola
Francis
CMMC Motorer Francis
TerryO!
TerryO arriving to pick up the first playing card
Dragonslayers
First Playing Card
Briefing
On the Road
On the Road
On the Road
Turn around
had to make a U-turn
Approaching Holy Hills
Stop #2
Bright Eye
Apples!
Apples at the 3rd stop
Hermes
Farmer's Stand
Holy Hills in the background
Roundabout
Stop #4
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Final Stop
Lined up for the final stop and lunch
Chicago 2006
The U505
Drive Carefully!
They had to move the 505 accross Lake Shore drive from Lake Michigan
Enigma
The Enigma machine
Enigma
The Enigma machine
Enigma
The Enigma machine
of course!
Parked off in the corner and a SUV had to park next to Hermes... of course!
WTC
Piece of WTC steel on the WGN building
River
Chicago River
Skyline
Buzz & Hermes
Boat Tour
We took an architectural boat tour on the Chicago River/Lakefront
River
Pic from the boat
Merchandise Mart
So big it has its own zip code!!
Moon
It was a perfect night for a boat tour!
Watertower
The old watertower that marks the northern boundary of the Great chicago fire.
Water Tower
Pumping Station
Lowden Street
The old lowden street house that i lived in from 1976 to 1983
Tree
I remember this only being as high as the house
Mastadon
Reflection
Denver 2006
speed racer
speed racer picked me up at the airport
Race
Race
Bronco Stadium
Downtown Denver
Race
Poor, sad Race :(
Kit in a bag
Sunset
Denver Sunset
Nightlife
On the Road
On the Road
In the park
MINIs take in the view
Boots
Bonnets
Pie!!!
fuzzy has pie!!!
Playmate
Zaphod chasing wildlife
Visitor
Lunchtime Visitor
MINI Jeep
Dirt Road
Mr & Mrs JJ
1DERs
Mr. & Mrs 1DER
Mr & Mrs. fuzzy
Waterfall!
Downriver
Waterfall A
Couldn't figure out which looked better...
Waterfall B
Couldn't figure out which looked better...
Critters
Dirt Road
Zaphod
Dirt Road
MINIs on dirt
Mountains
it ain't this hilly back home!
Carmila
Bumper Sticker
Interesting bumper sticker on a hummer at the alpine lodge
Little critter
You've got to be kidding...
Yup, we climbed that. At 12,000 feet no less...
fuzzy & the fragile tundra
Near the top
We got sooooo high
All work and no play...
uh....
I think aday beheading fuzzy's self portrait came up at one point over dinner...
What's *is* this????
The B&B
View
Building
Some old building on Highway 7 going back to Estes Park
Hermes Finds A Friend
Boot to Boot
Side by Side
sooo cute!
Another Angle
Another Angle
The MG
Side by Side
Hermes
Boots
Bonnets
Bonnets
Bonnets
Awwwwwwwww
Side by Side
Obligatory Boot shot
Nose to Nose
Soooo kewwt!!
Red, White, & Blue
The Owners
My Sister's Mother in Las & myself posing with our cars
Indiana Drive
Freaking Early
Had to get up and leave really early to get to Tinley Park by eight
Reflections
Strange the things that facinate you at 6am, check out the EB & CR reflections.
Caravan
Northside caravan to the southside
Group Shot
All the MINIs lined up, LY was well represented today
Cupcakes!
Cupcakes for Lori on her birthday
Buzz!
cliffyb's Buzz
Eye See You
Buzz staring down the paparazzi
Eyes
Hermes and another MINI trade looks
LY
It was LY day!
Buzz
Followed by buzz
Driving
Somewhere in rural Illinois
LY Swarm!!
Pit Stop
Interesting spot for a pit stop...
Driving
Driving
Brunch
Brunch after the drive
Lake Michigan
Exactly!
Not 13'9", not 13'11", 13'10" exactly
Buckingham Fountain
LSD
Spotted a Texan on LSD
Texan
MINIac from Texas on the LSD, caravaned from a bit after i lost the CMMC caravan
Hit & Run Drivers Suck
Damage
You can hardly see the gouge from the garage door with all the new damage
Damage
More Damage
Damage
Thought rubbing plastic was problem, but something is effed up in the back wheel
Bent Heat Shield
Doesn't look good!!
Tow Truck
Two hours later...
Tow Truck
Tow Truck
Bye-bye Hermes...
Donna
Hermes wasn't quite ready on 6/9, so they gave me a loaner for the weekend
Big Boys
Donna likes to hang out with the big boys
Drive in with the 'Sota MINIs
Woof-Da!!
Saw this on the way there, found it humurous
Lined up
waiting to get in
In line
In line to get in
Waiting for Sunset
Light Show
Obligatory Bonnet-up Light show
Randy Webb Pulley Party
MINIs & Not So Mini Lake
Hermes & Water
Hermes w/ Lake Michigan in the background
Fast Bits & Fun Bits
Tech Talk
Randy Explains how things work and how the Fast Bits make things work better.
Disassembly
Randy Takes Hermes Apart
Disassembly
Disassembly
Stock Airbox Gone
Dissassembly
Randy had to take the wheel/wheelwell liner off to get to the motor mount.
So, to answer your question...
Motor Lifted
Taking the motor mount out (no leak, thank goodness!!)
Motor Lifted
Motor all disconnected, ready to start adding the Fast Bits
Old Pulley
Side by Side
Old on left, new on Right
New Pulley
New Pulley going in
New Airbox
New Airbox ready to go in
Reassembly
Putting Hermes Back together
All Done
New Airbox in the back corner
All Done
New Pulley Installed
DIY Ken installs a Pulley
w/ Randy's help, Randy installed a Miltek, a pulley, and an intake in same time
MOTD 2006
Navigator
Roger the llama llama motoring duck
Packing
Stuff that needs to go in the MINI
Packing
stuffed MINI
Graphic
Chicago Dragon Slayer boot graphic
CMMC MINIs
CMMC MINIs arriving
CMMC MINIs
CMMC MINIs arriving
CMMC MINIs
CMMC Caravan ready to go
CMMC MINIs
CMMC Caravan ready to go
Chicago
Driving Thru Chicago
LSD
MINIs on LSD
Museum
Museum of Science and Industry
Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium
Convention
McCormick Convention Center
Caravan
CMMC Caravan
Dragon Bound
CMMC motorer Steve
Gas
Filling up thirsty MINIs. We took up all but two gas tanks!!
Dominatrix MINI
Nice Bra. Note the leather on the mirrors. Would those be gloves?
Scenery
Beautiful country
Roadster
Must have been a Hot Rod convention somewhere, these were all over I-75
Caravan
MINI Caravan
Dragon Bound
CMMC Motorer Francis
Scenery
Rocks and cliffs
Scenery
More beautiful countryside
I see Tennessee!!
Roger & Hermes enter Tennessee for the first time... almost there!!!
Scenery
More beautiful countryside
The Gap
Coming up through the Cumberland Gap
The Gap
2000+ ft going through the gap
Scenery
On top of the cumberland gap
Scenery
More Rocks
Scenery
Roger takes in the beautiful countryside
Scenery
More beautiful countryside
Knoxville
The Sunsphere (or wigsphere) from the World's fair.
Rt 129
On Rt 129, almost there
Oh Yeah!!!!
A small taste of what's to come...
Rt. 129
Caravan on Rt 129
Rt. 129
Easy part of the drive, slight curves
Rt. 129
More gentle curves
Rt. 129
More of Rt. 129 on the Maryville side of the dragon.
Rt. 129
Even more of Rt. 129
Caravan
Almost to the dragon
Scenery
Roger takes in the scenery
Dam!!!
Fontana Dam
Rocks
Large cliff
Cabin
Home away from Home
aday!!
aday arrives at the cabin
More MINIacs arriving
minimoni and moonlit greeting each other for the first time, aday unpacks Sydney
Passengers
aday's passengers: fuzzy, the girl, wdnne, fido, S1, and S2
Surfboard MINI
I think they did more asphalt surfing than water surfing over the weekend...
MINI Swarm
A small sample of the 300-400 MINIs present over the weekend
Odd
One of these does not belong...
Pictures
aday taking a picture of MINIs and me taking a picture of MINIs and aday...
MINIacs
TerryO, Joe, and aday
MINIacs
Moonlitseaweed and Chi-boy
Pink!!!
Moonlitseaweed and the bubble-gum pink MINI
MINIacs
Hanging out in Jolly's cabin
MINI Flashlight
Yomamali lights the way for us, motoring at a walking pace... what a nice guy!
50 Ounces
Raising 50 oz. for tx_jbird
Cowboy hats
Hydro & MINI_Mark sporting new hats from HumbleHarper
Grillbadge
New Carnut's Garage Grill badge installed
Parade time!!
Humbleharper decorating Mabs for the Parade
JJ
JJ decorates Mackey Moe for the parade
Fringe
Mackey Moe puts on fringe
Parade time!!
Decorating Mackey Moe for the parade
Parade time!!
Mabs, all horny & topless, ready to go
Texas MINIs
The texas MINIs attracted a lot of attention.
Passengers
Humbleharper's passengers
Passengers
If JJ is riding shotgun with wdnne, who's driving Mackey Moe????
Dam MINIs
Lining up at Fontana dam for the parade
Aday & MINIs
Taking a picture of each other taking a picture of the MINIs
MINIs
MINIs ready to go for the parade
Hermes
Hermes waiting for the start of the parade
Hermes & I
At the dam, ready to go on the parade
Many MINIs
MINIs lining up for the parade
Parade
aday and a whole heck of a lot of MINIs waiting for the parade to start
Parade
Mackey Moe and a lot of other MINIs starting on the parade
Parade
On the parade route
MINIs on Parade
MINIs on Parade
MINIs on Parade
MINIs on Parade
Front of the line has turned around by now
MINIs on Parade
Coming to the end of the route
End of the Parade
Parked and MINIs still coming
More MINIs
Even more coming through
Even More MINIs
After being parked for a while, even more MINIs showing up
End of the parade
chaotic parking at the end of the parade
Close call
Fortunately Moonlit was not wearing red...
Texas
Don't mess with Texas!!!
MINIacs
aday, MINI_Mark, JJ, HH, Moonlit, and Chi-boy
Caravan
Motored to Maryville with Moonlit, aday, humbleharper, jj, and minimoni
Caravan
Caravan out to Maryville
MINIac Caravan
At the general store after buying souveniers
Dragon
MINI on the dragon
MINIac Caravan
Heading back to Fontana
Caravan
Group shot at a scenic overlook
Madeleine
Madeleine before slaying the dragon
Beautiful Scenery
Bonnets
Fresh air
fuzzy, the girl, and wdnne take in some fresh air after being in Sydney all day
MINIacs Caravan
Scenic pit-stop
Tree of Shame
Hank
Found Hank (and Capi) at the general store while buying souveniers
ET
Trying to put on the Dragonslayer... rain-x caused problems though
MINIs in the forest
View of our driveway through the trees
Hermes & Michael
aday
ready to slay the dragon on the way to the chili cookoff
Dragon
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
Dragon
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
Dragon
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
Dragon
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
Curve
Tight curve
More curves
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
MINI Behind
MINI ahead
Mist on the Dragon
MINIs on the Dragon
Dragon
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
Dragon
Riding in Sydney on the way to the Chili cookoff
TVA building
Mean Mr. Bean
Mean Mr. Bean
Mean Mr. Bean
Mean Mr. Bean's "Craptastic" graphics theme
Mean Mr. Bean
Mean Mr. Bean's "Craptastic" graphics theme
Mean Mr. Bean
Mean Mr. Bean's "Craptastic" graphics theme
Texas Double Consonants
HH, JJ, and ZZ at the Chili Cookoff
Night Dragon
Night Dragon
Capitana
Capitana at her Birthday party
Hydro & Carnut
Carnut is really, really tall
Carnut with aday and capitana
Same height!!
Jolly verifies Capitana and aday are in fact the same height
Capi's Birthday Party
Hydro with Capi and Jolly at the birthday party
Capi's Birthday Party
Capi and Hydro
Capi's Birthday Party
Capi, Hydro, and MINI_Mark
Excited!!!
Jolly demonstrating the Excited emoticon
Presents
Capitana with some birthday presents
Capi's birthday party
Balloons are fun!!
MINIs in the Mist
Garage Breakfast
MINIs arriving for the Garager's Breakfast
Stuck!!!
SUVs tend to take it slow on the dragon for some reason...
James
Motoring out to Robbinsville for lunch with James & Hydro
Blue MINI Run
Up front leaving for the Blue MINI Run followed by Hydro & James (Pic by Aday)
Lotus
Purple Lotus in front while leading the Blue MINI run
Lotus
Purple Lotus in front while leading the Blue MINI run
Lotus
Purple Lotus in front while leading the Blue MINI run
Micheal
Micheal at the end of the Blue MINI run
Rocks
Hydro inspects the rocks at the bottom of the dragon
Blue MINI Run
Hermes, Micheal, and Trevor at the bottom of the dragon
Blue MINI Run
Hermes, Micheal, and Trevor at the bottom of the dragon
Blue MINI Run
Hermes, Micheal, and Trevor at the bottom of the dragon
Blue MINI run
Hermes, Micheal, and Trevor at the bottom of the dragon
Blue MINI run
Hermes, Micheal, and Trevor at the bottom of the dragon
Blue MINI run
MINI_Mark, Hydro, and James with their Blue MINIs
Hydro, Michael, and James
The amount of waves you get while standing up in your sunroof is amazing...
Scenery
From the scenic overlook near the bottom of the dragon
Scenery
From the scenic overlook near the bottom of the dragon
Hermes and Micheal
At the scenic overlook
Bear Slayer
This MINI hit a bear. The bear just wandered off.
Roger takes in the Scenery
MINIs
Hermes with Texas MINIs, Mackey Moe and Ziggity
Ziggity and Ziggity Zoo
MR2
One MR2, was not fast enough to get a pic of the 6 car caravan
Farewell Dinner
Yar!
Hermes flies the Jolly Roger
TerryO
Passed TerryO near the cumberland gap
Scenery
Hot Rod
One of the many, many hot rods on I-75 that weekend
Hot Rod
Roger spies another Hot Rod
Hot Rod
Another Hod rRod
MINI
Another MINI on I-75
MINI
Another MINI on I-75
Cincinnatti
Getting closer to home
Indianapolis
Even closer to home
Chicago!!!
I-65, last leg of the trip
Chicago!!!
Finally home, 10 hours of driving is a long time!!!
Chicago...
Yup, definately home, where did this traffic come from on a Sunday evening?
Chicago
Skyline
Another MINI!
Stopped at the grocery store on the way home, and found another MINI
New Grill Badges
New Grill Badges
Dragon Decal
Dragonslayer
New Dragon Slayer Graphic
MINI Mod Weekend
First New Wheel
Putting Herme's New Sneakers on
New Wheels!
Herme's New Sneakers
New Wheels!
Herme's New Sneakers
New Wheels!
Hermes has a new footprint
Reflection
At the dealer to get Hermes ready to pull more G's
Old Bar
Old Sway Bar
Old Bar
Old Sway Bar
Old Bar
Old Sway Bar
New vs Old
New Bar (top) and Old Bar (bottom)
New vs. Old
Old Bar (top) and New Bar (bottom)
New Bar
New Sway Bar
New Bar
New Sway Bar
New Bar
New Sway Bar
New Hermes
Hermes with new Sneakers
New Hermes
Hermes with the new wheels and tires
New Hermes
New Rim!
Forest
Picture taken a la Eeyore...
Lake Arlington
Hermes at Lake Arlington
Grandpa's 100th
Chapel
Chapel Built by Creston Church in the 50s
Gravesite
At the Grandparent's gravesite
Grandparents
Grandma & Grandma
Ida
Grandpa's Sister. Grandpa's parents may be buried nearby (requested no markers)
School
Dad's Gradeschool, since rebuilt
Barbershop
The old Barbershop
Corner
Emerald & Spencer
Emerald Street
The House on Emerald street, Dad moved here when 3 yrs old. House was white.
Emerald Street
Dad's Uncle Bill & Aunt Fran's old house, just down the street.
Hill
Grand Rapids is Hilly
Creston CRC
Creston Church, family been going here for generations.
Ames Street
Aunt Martha out front, Dad's Grandparents/parents lived here. Dad until 3 yrs.
Ames Street Garage
Built in the depression by Dad's Grandfather, no lumber left over when finished!
Speed Hump
Grand Rapids Speed Hump
Lookout Hill
Lookout Hill, unfortunately the parking lot was closed.
Lookout Hill
View of Grand Rapids and the Grand River from Lookout Hill
Grocery Store
The site of Uncle Bill's (Grandpa's Brother) Grocery Store
Street
Cobblestone street, not fun with a sport suspension!
Breen Brothers
Stone work on the Breen Brother's building
Breen Brothers
Grandpa & brothers bought Breen Brothers, was a mill shop.
Ada
Visited Ada, MI for Aday
Ada
Ada Covered Bridge
Ada
Ada Covered Bridge
Gravesite
Grandma's Parents
Gravesite
Grandma's Father
Gravesite
Grandma's Mother
Gravesite
Grandma's Siblings
Gravesite
Uncle Clare, Grandma's Brother
Gravesite
Aunt Ethel, Grandma's Sister
Gravesite
Aunt Fannie, Grandma's Sister
GM
The GM stamping plant where Grandpa worked for many years
Russ'
Outside Russ' Alpine Street location
Dinner at Russ'
Dinner after the adventure, a landmark Grand Rapids Dutch restaraunt.
Sunday Dinner
Sunday Dinner on Grandma's China
Sunday Dinner
DSunday Dinner just the way Grandma made it
Sunday Dinner
Gathered around for Sunday Dinner just like we used to
Grandpa & Cousins
Painting done by my Aunt based on a photograph from 1982
MINI!!
MC I found on the way home.
CMMC Spring Drive
Meeting up
Meeting up at the IKEA
IKEA!!!
Meeting up at the IKEA
mini mini
Little 1978 mini, with upgrades to make it almost a '98 mini, airbags and all
Mr Rich
Mr Rich tries out the mini drivers seat.
Driver Meeting
Meeting up and getting directions
SCRAMBLE!!!!
chaos heading out of the parking lot
Golf Road
35 MINIs+3 Lanes+traffic=Crazy
On your marks...
Lined up at a red light...
Stop #1
Stopped at an Aquatic Park for the second playing card
Stop #1
Almost everybody here
Another meeting
Getting the playing card and directions to the next stop
MINIs!
MINIs in front, MINIs behind
Cooper Ave
Turning onto Cooper Ave in Elgin
Cooper Ave.
Cooper Ave. in Elgin
River
Along the fox river in Elgin
Stop #2
Second Stop
Stop #2
Second Stip
Where to?
Lori Handing out directions
Stop #2
MINIs at the second stip
Time to go
Getting ready to head out to the next stop
On the Road
On the road again
Stop #3
Little mini at the third stop
Stop #3
Swarming the parking lot
Stop #3
MINIs everywhere!!
Stop #4
Stopping at the Dog & Suds for the fourth card
Stop #4
Stopped at the Dog & Suds
Stop #4
Lots and lots and lots of MINIs
Stop #4
Hermes meets a brand new '06 dealer MINI
Stop #4
All crammed into the parking lot
Lake Geneva
Almost there, Lake Geneva on the Left
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva, WI
Lake Geneva
Coming into Lake Geneva
Lunch!!
Lunch at Popeye's in Lake Geneva
Snake Road
Lining up to head out on Snake Road
Snake Road MINIs
MINIs lining up for Snake Road
Hermes ready to go
Hermes stretches and gets ready to hit Snake Road
Snake Road
Small straight shot
Snake Road
More Snake Road
Snake Road
Towards the end of Snake Road
What the?
Moonie, do you know where Norris is??
OKC Birthday Party
MINI Prep
Cleaning Hermes before leaving
Greenville
Leaving on a foggy Friday morning
The Arch
Driving through St. Louis
Missouri
Missouri is hilly
Pit Stop
Hermes at a Missouri pit stop
Oklahoma!
Welcome to Oklahoma, now cough up your $3.50
Arrivals
fuzzy shows up, jj is getting Mackey Moe's horns out.
MINIs
MINIs in the parking lot
MINIacs!
Three MINI owners with their MINIs
Bonnets
(notice the horns?)
Friday Dinner
Dinner with wdnne and jjsmackeymoe on Friday
Decorating
jj and fuzzy decorating Hermes
Happy Birthday!!
Made it all the way back to chicago, except for one butterfly
Cruising
Heading for the Norman Chocolate Festival
Heyload!
Heyload heads up the rear
Lined up
At the Chocolate festival
Lined up
At the Chocolate festival
Odd...
Wait, am i in the wrong seat?
what the?
If i'm over here, who's driving Hermes?
Oh my!
wdnne is driving Hermes!
Wine tasting
wdnne, heyload, and jj sample some wine
Longhorn under Sooner Skies
Mackey Moe's antenna topper
Loose in OKC
Hermes and wdnne loose in OKC
Buffalo!!
Herd of Buffalo in OKC
jjsmackeymoe
jj demonstrated driving topless for me, what an experiance!
MINI eyes
Hermes and Mackey Moe show off their contacts
Birthday Cake
The Birthday Cake
Group Shot
heyload, jj, me, wdnne, and fuzzy
CMMC Go-Karting
The Track
The track from the bar/skybox upstairs
The Track
The track from the skybox/bar upstairs.
MINI_Mark
Future NASCAR driver?
Pitstop
Making a pit-stop
Go-Karting
MINIacs on the track
Go-Karting
more MINIacs on the track
Go-Karting
MINI_Mark ready to Go
Telling the pit marshal to send #38 in, just to his right.
MINI_Mark on the Loose
Getting in the go kart
2005 CMMC Christmas Party
Steve's MINI Cake
The mini MINI cake, parked out front of the Gingerbread House
Totaled!
The cake got into a wreck, towed it to the Garage, but sadly it was totaled.
Announcements
Pully Give away
Taylor gets ready to give the pully away
The drawing
Steve picks a name
Pully Winner
Lori wins the pully
Out front
MINI parties are so easy to find!
Christmas in LA
MINI Driver
My MINI driver for the day
MINI Ride
My MINI ride for the day
On the Freeway
Pictures sister took from the rental car when they passed us on the freeway.
Santa Monica
Walking down to Santa Monica Beach
On the Beach
MINI_Mark on the beach
On the Beach
wdnne on the beach
On the Pier
wdnne pondering the meaning of life at the end of the pier
The Pier
Santa Monica Pier
The Drive
Heading down to the Pacific Coast Highway
Highway 1
The Pacific Coast Highway
Highway 1
The Pacific Coast Highway
Twin
The Little Yellow School Bus' twin
MINI
One of almost 20 MINIs we saw in just an hour and a half
Highway 1
The drive along the Pacific Coast Highway
Meetup
Meeting up with the 'sters and Mike from SCMC
Lexster05
Lexster tags wdnne's MINI
The Group
Meeting up
Locklear MINI
Mike drove the MINI he bought from Heather Locklear
Harbor
Boats on the harbor
Hopester06
The Hopester works on Dinner
Dinner
mmmm, ham
Dinner Guests
Fun MINIacs after a great dinner
Floobie and the LYSKLBS
2 MINIs in a garage
Bonnets
The obligatory Bonnet shot
MINI_Mark and wdnne
MINI_Mark and wdnne at the end of the night
Meeting MINIacs
Moonlit & James
Met in Minnesota for a drive around Lake Minnetonka, Oct 2005
Heyload, jj, wdnne, & fuzzy
Met in OKC for a birthday dinner, 02-04-2006
Batgirl
Hermes meets Batgirl on a layover in Chicago, 02-28-2005
Random MINI
First Meeting
Picking up Hermes at the dealership
First MINI
First MINI Spotted after the pickup
Inside
Was threatening to hail, so brought the MINI inside
Hmmmmm
Which one of these does not belong
Cat Toy
Gabriel thought i brought home a new cat toy
Night Shot
Night Shot taken at a local target
Random
Random pic taken at my High School Alma Mater
Sideways
Almost fits, sideways
Old & New
The MINI with the old Sentra
Bus!
Menacing Bus
Sheep Shirt
My Black Sheep Shirt
Storm1
First major storm
Storm2
First major storm
Welcome!
MINI's Welcome package
He fits!
John Christopher sits in the MINI for the first time
I see you!
Eyeballs for the MINI
Oh, yes
Twisties
Tint
Home after getting the windows tinted
Bug's eye
Bug's eye view
Scavenger Hunt
Pic taken for the OL scavenger hunt
Cooper Street
Cooper Street in Greenville.
Field
Taken in a field
Scavenger Hunt2
Another pic taken for the scavenger hunt
Golf cart
So it is bigger... just a little
Wet
wet MINI
Autumn
Autumn shot taken in Wheeling
Bright Eyes
Another Night Shot
Night Lights
Yet another Night Shot
Snow!
First snow for the MINI, not much
SNOW!!!
This time, much more snow!
MINI Snow Plow
Driving up my street in 9" of snow resulted in the MINI plow effect
MINI Snow Plow
Plowed snow from the side
Snow tire
Snow packed V-spoke rims
Snow Bumper
Snow packed front bumper
MINI in the Mist
And there is a freight locomotive in the background...
Sydney's Cousin!
A 2006 that looks just like Aday's Sydney!
Fun with Contrasts
Hermes with a stretched Caddilac Escalade
Fun with Contrasts
On the other side of the parking lot, a Porche Cayene
Ovaltine Factory
The old main smoke stack
Ovaltine Factory
The main building, beige building is new construction
Ovaltine Factory
Main Entrance looking out
Ovaltine Factory
Main Entrance looking in
First New Wheel
Putting Herme's New Sneakers on
New Wheels!
Herme's New Sneakers
New Wheels!
Herme's New Sneakers
New Wheels!
Hermes has a new footprint
Big Wing
Cabrio with a gigantic wing
Photomobile
Hermes chils with the Photomobile
Dragonslayer
New Dragon Slayer Graphic
Dragonslayer
New Dragon Slayer Graphic
Dragon
There be dragons here
Toilet
Strangest thing i've had yet in my MINI