What MINIsOnTop is all about

Did you register for MINIsOnTop? You have to mail your registration by tomorrow! It’s too late now to sign up for the drive to the top of Mount Washington at the end of the day – but there’s loads of other fun to be had with over 200 MINIs and their enthusiastic owners / partners / families …

Josh Wardell has just put up a wonderful gallery of pictures from MOT2006; if you’re unsure just what MINIsOnTop is all about, head over to his gallery and get the full flavour 🙂

Some of my favourite pics:
Many MINIs at Loon
The little Minis
Red Bull
Climbing Mount Washington
On Top

And a whole heap of great pics from the Observatory Tour (MOT registrants will receive an announcement about this in the next couple of weeks)

Thanks, Josh – even if they are a little late 😉

EXCLUSIVE: Second Amazing MINIsOnTop Raffle Prize

This just in, and still being finalized – MINI of Peabody officially announced to me tonight their plans for a wonderful MINIsOnTop raffle prize:
Mini trip to England
We’ll put together a really nice package that will include the following:
* Round trip air for two from Boston to London
* 3 nights accommodations at a first-class London Hotel
* Private chauffeured car transfer to and from Oxford England and the Mini Manufacturing Facility (Oxford is approximately 60 miles from London)
[for more details of the factory tour, see: Pats write-up, MotoringFile write-up, or my trip in 2003)
* 1/2 day city tour of London
* Theatre tickets to a West End Show

More details to follow; the dates for this trip are not yet set but are expected to be Fall 2007 … and don’t forget, you’ll need a passport!

Remembering Dan

A group of about 10 MINIs (and a Honda Civic!) headed up to Raymond, NH today to remember Dan, and “visit” with his family – I think we were appreciated, and it helped us to be together at this sad time …

Today I realized a picture that I’d had from the 2003 MINI meander had Dan smiling in his car as the second in line; I took this picture and with Steve’s help presented it to his family.

We finished our day at one of Dans favourite restaurants, KCs Ribs in Manchester NH; good food, great company!