MTTS un-organized

Posted on by Ian C.

Sadly, tonight at Grand Junction seems to be un-organized (or de-organized) by MINI Takes The States; before we left, MINI sent out a link to print travel details – for Grand Junction this includes “The City of Grand Junction has been awaiting our arrival and has reserved Main Street just for us. Only MINIs allowed!”; that sounds like fun – but it’s apparently not true!
The online document today has that description removed, and I found some organizers putting up flags that said “nothing planned tonight”.
If we’d known that ahead of time, we would have skipped Grand Junction and gone straight to Winter Park and MINIs in the Mountains for an extra day.
Oh well … at least the hotel next door is expecting us (though curiously not the host Hampton Inn that we are at!):

MTTS 2010 swag

Posted on by Ian C.

It’s a curious collection of stuff being handed out at MTTS this year – starting with the bag itself which is supposed to be made from recycled MINI posters!

In addition to the large pin above, MINI are giving out a small pin at each overnight stop – I bet there will be some eBay selling for folks trying to collect the full set!

There’s also some nice purchasable stuff, including a metal plaque like the MTTS’06 one, and some better quality shirts (pics some other time!)

Today, we drove to Grand Junction … many MINIs have already left Salt Lake City for the Bonneville Salt Flats, but when it emerged that it will be a parade, led at a limited speed, and not a “free for all” – along with the issue of salt all over and under the car, and the fact that it’s a three hour detour, we chose not to go! Maybe they will let the MINIs get to 70mph, but I can legally go faster than that in Utah!
So instead we’re heading straight to Grand Junction, and more scenery!