Ok Folks we’re going to mix things up a bit for the June WNC m2c2 meet and greet!

We are in the planning stages of a little get together scheduled for Saturday June 5th. It will involve a short (1 hour to 1+30) drive in the hill country North and East of Asheville, ending up at our place. I will be posting the route soon (translation: Still need to figure it out and test drive it!). Start time is going to be around 1:30, figure 30 minutes to ogle cars and let the late comers arrive, the drive and maybe a rest stop along the way, which will put us back to our place around 3:00 /3:30 with light refreshments and maybe a little BBQ action. It will be BYOB and I'm going to need RSVP’s by the 23rd of May.

So………….
Who’s interested?????

Post here or email chris@m2c2.org

Thanks and hope to see you there
BTW, in case you're concerned with getting back to a major highway and travel time. Our place is located less then 10 miles from I-40 exit 64. Those 10 miles involve some great MINI roads!

***********UPDATE*******************
Here’s the list as of June 1st, by my count that's 12 cars for the run and 21 people for the Q! Looks like it’s going to be a great weather for a drive!

LJinNC + 1
Kevin & Sierra
20cooper04
moorlockx
George + 1
Trainman + 1
Michelle + 1
Melindalou (BBQ only)
VAmini
Audioman (?)
queenB (BBQ only)
Hotelcalif (BBQ only)
A C
Eric + 1
ShiftyJr + 1

Directions to the start point:
Once on I-40 head towards Asheville exit 53A (Hwy 74A - Bat Cave, Lake Lure)
For those traveling East on I- 40, turn Right at bottom of exit ramp
For those traveling West on I-40, the ramp will spit you out heading the correct direction.
The Kounty Line Gas Station should be about a mile on the Right

See everyone on Saturday around 1:30

I'll be there!

The road from the Interstate to Smokey's house is a great MINI tour all by itself; I can't wait to see what route he has planned for us in addition to that.

Phew, Good thing we're getting a better response on the NAM thread or it would be just you and I, LJ!

Come on folks, here is a chance to hit the roads less traveled in the mountains!

Phew, Good thing we're getting a better response on the NAM thread or it would be just you and I, LJ!
There's just not much NC activity here on Mini2.

I know and that's a bit surprising, but all is good.

I spotted and waved to 2 more MINIs here in Asheville today, both within a 5 minute period!

Maybe as more move into the area things will pick up.

So DSS, are you coming??

:) Thanks for the personalized invitation! Actually, I haven't decided yet (overly complicated situation here).

Here are a few screen captures from the route we have planned for the run-

It has some curves:
http://members.roadfly.org/Smokey4/hwy+80.jpg

and it has some straights and curves:
http://members.roadfly.org/Smokey4/Bat+Cave+road.jpg

And from what I've read it has lovely mountain vistas from the Blue Ridge Parkway, although we didn't see any during our drive today. What with all the rain and hail, thunder and lightning.

We did see what looked like a BRG/W mini parked waiting out the storm, in one of the many cool tunnels on the BRP. :D

Hope to see you there!

If we sneak over the mountains from TN you won't run us off will you?? :)

Smokey - I'm thinking I'll be able to schwing this! :D

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you guys. For some reason I'm not getting email updates to this thread and I was on the road for the last few days.

And a big COME ON DOWN or over or up which ever the case might be.

Look forward to getting the "bunch" together.

Post Deleated

Info can now be found in original post :)

Oops. Coop has reminded me of a boy scout trip to see the inner workings of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel early Sat AM. We may still drive over from there to the BBQ though.

That would work too!

I'll PM some directions as we get closer

Sorry Guys,

I cant make it. We still have school and have amake-up day on Saturday. Ill be thinking of yall!

Wave :cool:

That's too bad Wave :~(
We were looking forward to seeing you again, maybe in July!

Sorry to have to do this folks but I've got to delay the get together. Work has once again screwed up play. I'll be out of town this weekend and don't know when I'll be back, but I can say for sure that it wouldn't be by Saturday.

How does the following Saturday, June 12th, look for everyone?


Once again sorry if this has caused anyone any difficulties.

Don't change any plans yet...

I might be able to keep this on the schedule. I'll know for sure tonight!

Bear with me, work is in flux :~(

It's a go, as originally planned.

For this Saturday June 5th, see ya there!

Hey Smokey, heads up - regretfully I won't be attending this one. :( I'll keep a watch for the next one!

Have fun, be safe, Happy Motoring!

Hey Smokey, heads up - regretfully I won't be attending this one. :( I'll keep a watch for the next one!

Have fun, be safe, Happy Motoring!

Sorry you can't make it A C. I'll be sure to let you know about the next one :D

The weather is looking fantastic, so it's bound to be a great drive and I'll post some shots for those that missed out.

Thanks Chris and Barbara for being such wonderful hosts. We really enjoyed coming over and meeting some new folks. Thanks for having us.

D&D

You're very welcome and we were very happy that your guys could make it. Hope I didn't cause you too much grief by letting Cooper spend the day with my collection :p

Oh and here is one of the reasons we were late getting back to the house, waiting for the train (15 minutes :eek: ):
http://members.roadfly.org/Smokey4/web+train.jpg


Later that day we had one of these show up in the driveway: Lovely car, but it's a bit pricy
http://members.roadfly.org/Smokey4/web+MC40.jpg

Sorry we missed some folks, but we’ll do another rather soon.

Chris,

Just let me know when the next one is! I wanna see more country kids peel out in mustangs! :D

Michelle

That was a bit bizzare wasn't it. :rolleyes:

It wasn't like we were all rev'd up and chomping at the bit to pull out onto the road or anything. We were standing outside our cars just talking :p

Wonder what will happen next time :eek: