We looked everywhere for one. They wanted to do up some MINI donuts for the folks coming down Saturday. Do you remember where you got them?
Well you know how worthless I am behind a wrench :lol:. And I just don't have the time like I used to.
Maps, should make for an interesting drive. I love maps. Not 100% sure I'll be there. :fingerscrossed:
Thanks for giving me permission. Wasn't sure I wanted to ruin your experience by bringing my non-MINI. :smilewinkgrin:
I'm with Carol. Can't miss new donuts but I can't be gone too long. Have to get PittMini out for a drive though. He's tired of being in the garage.
It was nice meeting everyone (Hope and Chester included!) I hope you all had a nice drive today! Gypsy Joe's appreciates you guys coming down as well and they're looking forward to the next get together!
The girls and the k-9s went on our own, modified, and somewhat muddy and twisty route .... so I was just saying that we had a good time. I can't say how the guys did.
First a really big thanks to Zach and the great folks at Gypsy Joe's. They made customer MINI donuts for us and they were the best donuts I've even eaten. Mark the folks at Richy Cream have to step up. Check out the pics Carol put up. The run was great. Some of the roads were rough but they were clean-ish. Better than last spring. We saw the Miata guys. They had at least 25 cars. Which brings me to the next point. MoMers used to go on drives. We had 5 MINIs at Gypsy Joe's including Zach's. Only 2 MINIs on the drive and 1 BRZ. It's not like it was a last minute thing. I'm disappointed in our group. :frown2: Maybe the other central Ohio MINI group wants to go on drives.
HAHAHAHAHAHA... great road! Photo Op before we got dirty. Donut and treat coma. "Why are we here?" "Because you have to pee every 2 hours." Maple bacon! Standard Dude will have to tell us how it was. Oh and we (the girls and K-9s) stopped at the Ale House in Lancaster for lunch. That also was fantastic. I'm all about re-claiming the FUN in this group even if I can't do some of the long drives right now.
Always thought this was a major point of a car club besides socializing. Granted, there is no membership fee and a ton of free reign for people to slap together a good route anytime. We just need to be more active. Fees typically make people more active within a club because they feel obligated to participate... Kinda like a gym membership and we don't want that. It kinda makes it business like and we are a more relaxed set of gentlemen and gentleladies. Just really need to find a way for people to participate more and I don't have an answer for that except coming up with more drives more frequently and more predictably. When people realize how fun they are then more will join in. Sorry I couldn't make it. Car is still being worked on because my mechanic just couldn't get to it in time. Should be done by this weekend.
A different demographic today than in the past (not bad, just different). I hope that activities continue to be planned and those that can attend do so and have fun. I'll get my fill of driving the coupe going to MOTD in a couple of weeks and then MINI's on the MAC. I've settled into more of a freestyle auto hobby without the rigors of organization. Other than the Donut Run at MOTD, I suspect my schedule will be free while down there to explore areas I haven't yet seen. I really want someone else to step up and lead the Donut Run this year as well. This past Saturday I enjoyed working in the yard and hanging out with my wife.