Another October, another OctoberFast! Thankfully the overnight rain stopped before the event, and everyone enjoyed dry, if cool, weather … much more enjoyable though was the auto-cross track which was popular all day long! When I wasn’t chatting with my MINI friends, or eating lunch, I was busy taking pictures of all the MINIs and Minis present, so here’s loads of them:
As is my habit, I got hold of a few nice press pack releases about the MINI clubman … a curious feature of the latest pack is that the clubman pictures are “hidden” (till you peel back the black vinyl):
Also in the booklet, a two page spread of available exterior color combinations (no idea if these same will be available in USA!), and a page of interior colors:
A lack of rain and, I’ve heard, poor water management in the town, results once again in our local Goose Cove reservoid being empty! But it makes for some good photos …
You can see a line with brown below on the big rock; that is the normal water level in the reservoir! It’s down perhaps 15 feet (it’s so low that no more water can be drawn out of it; what’s left is evaporating).
Back nearly a century local resident Roger Babson had various boulders carved with messages to inspire the public and to assist unemployed stone-cutters (see this website for more information); in addition to carving positive messages, Babson marked various “cellar holes” with a numbered boulder – cellar holes locate where a house once was, when Dogtown was a thriving community!
Since that time, the Goose Cove reservoir has been developed and normally submerges some cellar marker stones – but with the low water, we can see stones “29” and “30 easily (the huge boulder in the picture above has “29” on it):
On the way from our house to the reservoir, two more stones are passed – “28” is in the brush near the water, while “27” is partly buried on the side of the road!
There are many more boulders in the area; Margaret & I toured some lots of years ago – before this website (or my digital camera) existed! Maybe it’s time to tour again (although there are many websites out there already …)
