Purgatory Chasm Rally & Picnic - RI - 8/14

[bungle77]

Purgatory Chasm Rally and Picnic

When: August 14
Meet Time: 10:00am
Meeting Where: Famous Pizza
Intersection of 116 and RT6
92 Hartford Pk
North Scituate, RI 02857
Driving Directions:
From 295N take exit 6c, at the end of the off ramp turn right onto RT 6 West, continue on RT 6 West, the road will split so stay right, Famous Pizza is now on your left about a .25 miles from the split.

From 295S take exit 6b, at the end of the off ramp turn right onto RT 6 West, continue on RT 6 West, the road will split so stay right, Famous Pizza is now on your left about a .25 miles from the split.


Join Ocean State MINI Club for a drive though Rhode Island and picnic at Purgatory Chasm in Mass.

Great drive there and back! This run has twisty roads and mello roads so there is something for
everyone. We will be stopping at Pearls Cnady on the drive up a magical candy shop that will bring you back to your childhood. Hard candy, chewy candy, chocolate or hot roasted peanuts pearls has it! The drive up to Pearls is about 40 min. and from Pearls to the Chasm is another 40 minutes. A deli will be incorporated into this run in case anyone would like fresh sandwiches for there picnic.

"Purgatory Chasm runs for a quarter of a mile between granite walls rising as high as 70 feet. Popular with picnickers and rock-climbers alike, the Chasm is believed to have its origin in the sudden release of dammed-up glacial meltwater near the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 14,000 years ago."





For more info on Pugatory Chasm:
http://www.mass.gov/dem/parks/purg.htm


If you have not confirmed your attendance for this event please contact
me. If you have expressed interest in this event please contact me again
to confirm. I would like to have an exact number of MINIs for Saturday.


Interested so far:

Crystal Goodwin (osmc)
Gary Costello (osmc
redspidermini (osmc)
Sarah Borque (osmc)
Jay Pineirho (osmc)
bwroofchex (mini2)
jwardell (mini2)
bakerjc (mini2)
Bob + Sonya Hoffman(osmc)
Linda + Calvin Pardee (osmc)
bungle77 (osmc)

11 MINIs

Things you might want to bring:

You
Your MINI
Bug Spray
Beverages
Food (option: We will be stopping at a deli on the way up)
Chairs (there are picnic tables)
Camera
2 Way Radios (makes the ride up a bit more fun if we can all talk)

Thanks

[GMINI]

Ahhhhh, purgatory. on the way to worcester mass on 295 or something. RISD folks used to hang there from time to time. Nature. you know. My first feeble attempt at an oil landscape in those woods somewhere, while friends bouldered. Considering I may have a MINI, I may have a loaner, I may have a rental, a may have a brand new Saab 92x, and I may have to go to the phillymini meet the next day anyway...

I heartily recommend a visit to Purgatory Chasm!

[Cape Cod MINI]

I grew up not far from Purgatory. Now I live in Hell.

Seriously, we used to hike and climb there. My brother's pocket knife was used to perform a tracheotomy on a guy who had fallen off the cliffs.
Close by in Uxbridge are some great streams where I still catch native trout. It's a nice area.

[jwardell]

Sounds good to me. I'll add it to the calendar. In my head.

[nomonstersinme]

damn! i wish i was gonna be here! that sounds like fun!

john, a risd film student died up there two years ago.

[GMINI]

Hi NoMo. did you notice my photograph of your car posted somewhere? I took it this weekend. Didn't ya get my note? How did the student die in purgatory?

[bakerjc]

Any updates on this? I'm thinking of putting together the Massachusetts MINI Ruffian Mob to intercept the contingent from the lower states. I figure a nice MINI rumble may get us in the papers......

[m2smith]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakerjc

I figure a nice MINI rumble may get us in the papers......

Maybe Diane Williamson could write this up - After all, I'm from Holden... :

[bungle77]

Bakerjc - That sounds good to me... we will be meeting at 10am... Leaving about 10:30am... stopping at Pearls Candy shop on the way up.

PM me for more info.

[bungle77]

I will be making a pre-run up to the chasm this weekend. I will then have a better idea of start time and travel time. I picked some nice roads on the way way up including a Cooper Rd. .

[nomonstersinme]

Quote: Originally Posted by GMINI

Hi NoMo. did you notice my photograph of your car posted somewhere? I took it this weekend. Didn't ya get my note? How did the student die in purgatory?

no where is this photo!?
it was a girl in FAV and she was setting up a shot and accidentally fell off a cliff. sad.

[GMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by nomonstersinme

no where is this photo!?
it was a girl in FAV and she was setting up a shot and accidentally fell off a cliff. sad.

that is indeed very sad

herte are photos

[nomonstersinme]

ooh nice pics! thank you!

[bungle77]

I have completed the first Prerun to this event. Great drive there and
back! This run has twisty roads and mello roads so there is something for
everyone. The drive up to Pearls is about 40 min. and from Pearls to the
Chasm is another 40 minutes. A deli will be incorporated into this run in
case anyone would like fresh sandwiches for there picnic.

[snek]

Maybe yous guys want to check out the next event: The Charles River Ice Cream Run (CRICR)