GPMINI “flies” south

Posted on by Ian C.

First stage of my The Great Ice Cream Run trip – GPMINI heads south a week before me! I couldn’t take more time off work to drive GPMINI down to Florida, with TGICR and MINI United – so GPMINI gets to ride south in the HUGE trailer of friends who have a horse transportation business, Potomac Horse Carriers.

With clearance so low on the GP, the trailer was fully lowered on it’s air suspension – and the front end was raised on blocks … even so, there was only a hairs breadth of clearance (but that’s all we needed!)

All went well, and GPMINI finished safe and secure inside the trailer with the final touch, a “guard duck” (courtesy of Steve) …

 

 

GPMINI should arrive this weekend, to be cared for by a MINI owner near Orlando, till I fly down next Friday!

After packing comes unpacking!

Posted on by Ian C.

Of course since I was at the MINIsOnTop packing day yesterday, I don’t need to wait for the mail to bring my MINIsOnTop registration package! What’s more, when I got home yesterday, my TGICR package had been delivered too – so it’s unpacking galore 🙂

First, the MINIsOnTop registration package, including, for the first time, MINIsOnTop themed lanyards (sponsored by MINI USA):

And here’s my The Great Ice Cream Run registration pack, including a couple of trees (!) worth of daily route directions: