This evening, Margaret & I fly south and “meet up” with GPMINI, ready for a drive north to bring her up for MINIsOnTop – on the way we will join other MINIs on two organized events: The Blue Ridge Parkway Tour and The Great Ice Cream Run II:
(click here to see the route in Google Maps)
A (June 12th) – Kissimmee, FL (where GPMINI “lives”)
then 571 miles to
B (June 18th) – Cherokee, NC (the start of the Blue Ridge Parkway Tour)
then 186 miles of Blue Ridge Parkway with MINIs to
C (June 19th) – Banner Elk, NC
then 180 miles of Blue Ridge Parkway with MINIs to
D (June 20th) – Roanoke, VA
then 94 miles of Blue Ridge Parkway with MINIs to
E (June 21st) – Waynesboro, VA (the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway Tour)
then a quick 11 mile hope to
F (June 21st) – Staunton, VA (the start of The Great Ice Cream Run II)
then 266 miles of Great Ice Cream Run with MINIs to
G (June 22nd) – Frackville, PA and a visit to Heisler’s Dairy Bar
then 266 miles of Great Ice Cream Run with MINIs, and maybe some deep fried ice-cream, to
H (June 23rd) – Sturbridge, MA and a visit to Howard’s Drive-In
then 84 miles of Great Ice Cream Run with MINIs to
I (June 24th) – Haverhill, MA and a visit to England’s Microcreamery, after which Margaret & I leave the MINIs and head instead to
J (June 24th/25th) – Gloucester, MA back home, while The Great Ice Cream Run II continues north to Freeport and Bar Harbor in Maine
and finally 150 miles to
K (June 26th/27th) – Bartlett, NH (for MINIsOnTop 2009 at the Attitash Grand Summit hotel)
Maybe I’ll see some of you on the way – or at MINIsOnTop 🙂
M&I / GBMINI 
