GBMINI#3 – Page 12 – M&I / GBMINI

Wind-sculpted snow

Posted on February 12, 2006February 7, 2017 by Ian C.

Todays “blizzard” is so far causing no issues – although I admit that if I had to drive somewhere today, I would not enjoy it at all! There is some snow around but it’s really hard to judge how much because of all the wind and its effects – while walking outside, I had snow above my knees, but in other places there is clear ground! One major effect of the wind though was to curtail my photo trip after only a minute or two (it’s FREEZING out there!)

Anyway, a few pics of GBMINI and the surrounding snow, and how it’s been sculpted by the wind:

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15K at last

Posted on February 8, 2006February 7, 2017 by Ian C.

My goal for GBMINI#3 was to reach 15,000 miles within my first year of ownership – a faster rate than GBMINI#2 – and with about three weeks to go, I broke through today!

GBMINI#3 reaches 15K miles

IKEA & BBQ with MAMA

Posted on February 4, 2006February 12, 2017 by Ian C.

After cleaning GBMINI I headed south to meet up to 20 other MINIs at the services on I95/128 just south of I90:

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From there we took a very circuitous route first south, then north, then south again, back past where we began, before finally heading properly south towards IKEA!

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We did successfully arrive at IKEA and after admiring their IKEA zipcar MINI we headed into the store to do some shopping!

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After IKEA we headed to Smokey Bones restaurant for lunch, where they coped admirably with being invaded by 20-30 MINI folk!

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We ended the day with some of us heading back north through Boston and the Big Dig tunnels, sadly too busy with traffic to be as much fun as the run back in 2004

It was a great day to see MINI folks, chat, shop, eat, drive and just have fun! Thanks to everyone that came 🙂