MINI Peabody Spring Rally (April 23)

[rfinprc]

First post rally post!

Great to see everyone, and thanks to Paul and Gary and everyone at MoP for hosting. Good route, good catering, a few too many local constabularies, but I think that's because Ivan was along.

[harveyjoseph]

Thanks to Paul, Gary and MoP for an enjoyable event. It was great seeing everyone again and Ian, great to see that the cards were stacked in your favor today!!!!

[holdenontoit]

I can't quite believe that close to 30% of registered participants bailed, but hey, the forecast was quite dismal even though the rain held off nicely. I had a great time and met lots of old and new friends for the first time. .......I love the forums but they can be a tad impersonal. Kudos to Paul Taylor who splashed down with a top notch first event as the new GM and to the rest of the MoP staff who pulled this thing off without a hitch (The Ipswich police notwithstanding ). We raised $600 bucks for the Jimmy fund too, very cool. My christmas walkie talkies got their first outing and for any on the fence about owning these, I think the banter on them is one of the best parts. Happy birthday to Joe R's wife , and sorry your new convertible couldn't have made it in time.Back to reality and now to set our sights quite naturally towards MINISONTOP!
Jock

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Hey Everyone.. sorry I couldn't make it... I've been really sick the past few days ("walking pneumonia") and just about went to the hospital last night.. Anyways, I hope everyone ha a good time and I'll catch you at MoT...

Derek

[jwardell]

Hey...it just started raining now that I got in the door! Hardly a drop all morning...I guess I should hold off on washing my car more often.

It was so good to see everyone and talk so much, it feels like I haven't seen many people for a while.

Big thanks to Paul and MOP, hopefully we can do this or even smaller events more often.

[RenaultF1]

I'd like to echo all the thanks to Paul, Gary, Keith and everyone at MoP for organizing & putting on such a fun event. It was great to meet so many people and to catch up with others I've met before...it is such a welcoming group of people this MINI community.

Oh and special thanks to Ian for leading the way.

[Oldpaint]

Lots of fun before, during, after.

[GBMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by holdenontoit

We raised $600 bucks for the Jimmy fund too, very cool
Jock

We also sold almost $500 of tickets for the two MINIsOnTop raffles - mostly for the JCW upgrade (predictably I guess, since most MoP rally attendees already owned a MINI )


My many thanks too to Paul, Gary, and all the MoP workers that came in and made the event so successful - and hooray that so many MINIs did come out but as Jock said, where were all the others?

[NHRef]

Many thanks to everyone at MOP, Ian and whoever else helped out for such a great time! (except the dealers who gave me such a #$%^&* poker hand - - - Oh! Wait a minute . . . I picked the cards . . . )

Good to see folks again and to meet more MINI enthusiasts ~ including a father/son who had such a good time they wanted to sign up for Tour du Nord III !

[GBMINI]

My weblog write-up is ready for your entertainment

The gallery is also ready and here's a few sample pictures:













And this one, in hi-res (click the pic) is 2046x1536 and hopefully big enough to be printable or a screen background if anyone wants it:

[NoNo]

Looks like you guys had a good time (and were relatively dry). Great job raising money for some worthy causes, too.

[yellowmininy]

I'm home again, and had a great time. Thanks to MOP for putting together a fun event for all who were there! Thanks to Jock & Hannah for putting me up, and to Rick & Laurie for offering to! It was great to see all of you. Terry, did you put in your Mini order? Whatever you decide to get, you'll love it!

[snid]

Sorry I couldn't make it. I didn't sign up, so I'm not one of those people who were signed up but didn't show.

Getting my car ready for the track driving season has pu a serious dent in my budget. I'm not looking forward to paying for gas in a few weeks when I have a track day at Lime Rock. Over 200 miles down, then get ~10 mpg at the track, then over 200 miles home...

Off to look at Ian's pictures...

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by GBMINI

- and hooray that so many MINIs did come out but as Jock said, where were all the others?

read back a bit... sorry, I'm wikked sick... I wasn't registered though, so I'm not sure it counted anyways..

[Guliver]

Ditto on the Thanks to the MoP folks...

That was indeed fun!!! We are looking forward to the Fall.

And to the those that didn't show... Well lets just say, that we did the whole affair with the top down and glad we did.

I think the adage goes, "...There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing."

Well, afterwards we hiked back to coast at Salem and did the entire run up the coast to Ipswich again - with the top down!!!!

Cheers,

Ric