Eric Zwirnmann recently emailed me a HUGE panorama image of (almost) all the MINIs parked at the base of Mount Washington during the wet afternoon of MINIsOnTop 2005:
Click on the pic to get the full size image, which is over 18000 pixels long, and about 1.7MB! Dial-up users beware …
But it is a great picture, and clear enough to spot me standing in front of my MINI, and count a total of 182 MINIs – you can even read a couple of license plates!
Today Robert (known as “RB” with his regular comments here and on MotoringFile) flew in from Southern California to pick up a MINI at MINI Peabody – I happily collected him from the airport & took him to the dealership (we also enjoyed dinner at Legal Seafoods).
Robert & Joel (Sales Advisor for Robert and previously for me) sat down to check out the paperwork on the (pre-owned) MINI Robert was picking up (for his daughter).
Then outside the MINI was checked over one final time … after some last minute “hiccups” were sorted, Robert took the keys and prepared for his long drive back to the other coast:
I have “chatted” with Robert by email multiple times – it was great to enjoy some real chat time with him. I Hope his “coast to coast” journey is easy and uneventful …
UPDATE: Here’s the MINI, along with Robert’s own, in California:
This morning there were a lot of dirty MINIs, caused by the wet weather yesterday, and the slippery auto road! Some people were chatting, some were washing their car (even Steve washed GOMINI – and washing for him is a distant second to motoring)
On the way home, after catching up & passing John and Maureen, and visiting Pollys Pancakes, I caught a Hot Orange Convertible heading south on 93; we had fun playing “follow the leader” for a while & snapping pics (hopefully the owner will make contact so I can see his pics):
Phew! A great weekend, requiring three hours to sort and post all the pics & write-ups … now I have to go online and see what everyone else has to say!
