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Old Jan 14th, 2008, 10:09 PM
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Yankee Candle, Boston & Area51 Caravan to MOT 2008

Yankee Candle, Boston & Area 51 Caravan to MOT 2008

Well, with a short time to go before MOT 2008, it's time to start-up interest for the Yankee Candle, Boston & Area 51 Caravans to MOT 2008 on Friday, June 27th, 2008.

Please sign up by posting to this thread with your alias, the number of passengers in your MINI/Mini, and your desired meeting point (YC, Boston or A51). Please note that there are again four different mapped routes from Area 51 to Gorham!

I will update the first page of this thread with peoples' information as they post their interest.


Basic Information:

This year we are again inviting all Minis and MINIs to join the Yankee Candle, Boston, and Area 51 Caravans on Friday, June 27th, 2008 to MINIs on Top in New Hampshire. There are three meeting points at which people can join the caravan to Gorham, NH and the headquarters for MOT 2008, the Town & Country Inn: Yankee Candle in South Deerfield (MA), Commerce Ave at Exit 37C on I-93 in the greater Boston area, and Area 51 located about 15 miles north of Concord, NH.

The Yankee Candle Factory Flagship Store is located just off Exit 24 of Interstate 91 North in Western Massachusetts, and offers plenty of shopping, socializing and dining options. It is about 4 hours from New York City, about 1 hour from Hartford, CT and about 30 minutes from the intersection of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Exit 4) and Interstate 91 North. The YC location is a logical meeting point for MOT attendees coming from western MA, western CT, NY, NJ, and all other locations in the mid-atlantic, southeast and midwest areas of the US. The caravan will leave Yankee Candle at 11:00 am and will arrive at Area 51 between 1:00-1:30 pm.

For those of you in the Boston area who wish to caravan to Area 51, MOT 2008 will, again, feature a Boston Caravan! Boston area MINIs are invited once again to meet up for the drive up to Area 51 to merge with the Yankee Candle Caravan. The Boston Caravan will meet up at Commerce Ave., Exit 37C on I-93. It's a bit over an hour from there to Area 51, so typical timing is to meet and leave by 12:00 pm so that we can arrive at Area 51 about the same time as the YC Caravan.

Area 51 is a rest area at about Mile 51 on I-93, 15 miles north of Concord, NH. It is about 1 hour, 15 minutes from Boston (MA), 2 hours, 10 minutes from Providence (RI) and 1 hour, 40 minutes from Worcester (MA).There you will find plenty of parking, grassy picnic areas, vending machines, and restrooms. This is an excellent meeting point for MOT attendees coming from central and eastern MA, RI, and eastern CT. The merged MOT 2008 Caravan will leave Area 51 at 2:00 pm

Once we have all arrived at Area 51, you may choose one of four different routes to be taken to Gorham, or discover your own motoring adventure! The merged MOT 2008 Caravan at A51 will break into four sub-caravans; one for each route. Travel time from A51 to Gorham will vary by route, and will range from approximately 2 hours for the Direct Route, to 3.5+ hours for the Polar Caves Route. Please go to the soon to be released Yankee Candle, Boston & Area 51 Caravan website for descriptions, maps, and driving directions for each of the four routes.


Detailed Information:

Soon, the updated YC, Boston & A51 Caravan website for 2008 will be available. It will contain detailed information for both meeting points. You will also find complete route mapping and detailed driving directions which can be downloaded and brought along to the events. Also, late-breaking event updates will be posted on the website's News page.

Please post your questions about the Yankee Candle, Boston & Area 51 Caravans to this topic and we will answer them as soon as possible.

Folks Signed-up for the YC, Boston & A51 Caravans:


Below are the aliases, and number of people (organized by meeting point) showing those folks who have signed up. Obviously, if you sign-up for the Yankee Candle or Boston Caravans, you are automatically signed up for Area 51.

Yankee Candle Meeting Point
1. Theo & Carol - Meeting Point co-coordinator
2. hwy61 (Jeff) - Meeting Point co-coordinator
3. Venno
4. Brewmeister & co-pilot
5. jpavlo & Cathy
6. Halifax (Harry & Anna)
7. yellowmininy (Cathleen)
8. blu jcw & Spouse
9. SPDinNY & Friends
10. shillpa & co-pilot
11. susannah4 (Susannah & Danny) - Car 1
12. susannah4 (Susannah & Danny) - Car 2
13. AstroBlackS
14. tcant (Tony & JoAnn)
15. tsbjoe (Joe & Debbie)
16. jonnieoh
17. DrM Thombs
18. TrixieinNY
19. jrlpking (Jeff)
20. hfs3 (Henry & Marnie)
21. WriteStuff (John & Linda)
22. inimini2007 (Lorin & JOS)
23. TheKidsToy
24. Sideways (Dan & Justin) [joining en route]
25. Fisch (Michael Fischer - from New Country)

Boston Caravan Meeting Point
1. rfinprc (Richard & Lynn) - Meeting Point coordinator
2. jwardell (Josh & Sam)
3. snek (Ivan)
4. MINIRANDOLPH (Eliot & Donna)
5. mendioro (Matt & Bonnie)
6. walkerjay2


Area 51 Meeting Point
1. senorsock3 (Kevin) - Meeting Point coordinator
2. scho06 (Dave & Nancy)
3. dleavy (Dan & Elisha)
4. Cape Cod MINI (Steve & Evan) and other CC MINIs in tow...
5. 1der (Sandy & Joe)
6. Leorph (Leo & Khristine)
7. dwsjcw (Dave & Sally)
8. Sheenabea (Sheena)
9. Kriation (Armen)
10. The1KenC (Ken & Barbara)
11. LePew (David & Chris)
12. gegalle (Gillian & Bill)
13. Resa (Theresa and Brian)
14. chs4 (Chip)

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I'm in!

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I'll be at Area 51. I feel like we are getting started really early this year..

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Nice! Are you back in-country for good at that point?
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Nice! Are you back in-country for good at that point?

Unfortinatly I'll have to be using some time from my 5 weeks of aloted vacation time and then I'll have to return to the Czech Republic

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Count us in for meeting at Yankee Candle!

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jpavlo + Cathy......We're in for meeting at Yankee Candle
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Cool! See you all there!

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[quote=yellowmininy;3305844]Cool! See you all there! [/quote

Can you point us to a GOOD place to stay?

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We've been staying at the Red Roof Inn in South Deerfield, right next door to the Yankee Candle site.

Red Roof Inn South Deerfield Massachusetts Hotel

I'm sure we'll have another WNY to Western MA caravan, too.

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We've been staying at the Red Roof Inn in South Deerfield, right next door to the Yankee Candle site.

Red Roof Inn South Deerfield Massachusetts Hotel

I'm sure we'll have another WNY to Western MA caravan, too.

Thanks,,keep us posted on the WNY caravan. Will you have a thread on MINI Club of WNY?
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I'm sure we will. Looks like we'll have a good crowd this year!

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Nancy and I (Dave) will be at Area 51 again this year!!

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Caravan to the Caravan

Boston area MINIs are invited once again to meet up for the drive up to Area 51 to join the group from Yankee Candle.

The past two years we've met up at Commerce Ave., Exit 37C on I-93. It's a bit over an hour from there to Area 51, so typical timing is to meet around noon (give or take).

Theo, Can you add a Boston area meet list to post #1, and put me at the top? See you at 51 -- you can borrow the bullhorn.

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I of course plan to join in on the boston area caravan too.
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