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MINIs in the Mountains - Route Planning

MINIs in the Mountain  is only 11 days away so I figured I would start routing my trip from Dallas to Copper Mountain, Colorado.   If I do a straight run I am looking at about a 13 hour drive but having never been to Colorado I am figuring on leaving a few days earlier and try to catch some touristy stuff that Nigel, the Bears and I are interested in.  Here is what we have so far and not even thinking about the return trip which most likely will be a straight one day shot back to Dallas on Sunday. 

August 7th - Dallas to Amarillo 351 Miles 5 hours 18 minutes

• Will need to leave for Amarillo after work and stay overnight in Amarillo in order to get a headstart on the 8th.

August 8th - Amarillo to Canon City, CO 441 Miles

• Capulin Volcano National Monument stop for 60 min
• Highway of Legends  
  • Coke Ovens, Cokedale
  • House on the Bridge
  • Old Storz Ranch
  • Picketwire Store
  • Monument Lake
  • CucharesPass
  • Cuchara - old western town with hitching post and Dog bar Saloon
  • La Veta
  • Walsenbur
• Buckskin Joe Frontier and Railway stop for 120 min
• Royal Gorge Bridge and Park stop for 120 min
• Stay overnight in Canon City, CO

August 9th - Canon City to Copper Mountain 222 Miles

• Seven Falls  stop for 60 min
• Manitou Cliff Dwellings stop for 90 min
• North Pole Santa’s Workshop stop for 90 min
• Miramont Castle stop for 30 min
• GhostTown Wild West Museum stop for 90 min
• United States Air Force Academy stop for 30 min
• Arrive @ Copper Mountain Resort about 7’sh

It is a pretty packed calendar with lots of stops and activities but everything is rather fluid.  May spend more time at some and less on others.   GP has fresh oil, is washed, waxed and will be getting new front paws this week.

Achtung… German Invasion!

GP came home this evening to find her three adjacent spots occupied by these Germans ladies.  As she was pulling back into her #1 spot she overheard them making some remark about her red ears.  They did not realize that lil GP is trilingual and we all know how sensitive she is about her red ears.  She spewed something in German and then went into a tear in Italian.  Not sure what she said but it sure shut them up.  Pretty sure that the little time she spent in Italy she did not learn the nice words. Hopefully I won’t have to go down there and break them up tonight. 

MITM, Summer Splash & British Invasion

Just finished registering for some upcoming events.

In August, will be taking GP0154 from Dallas and heading to Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado to attend MINIs in the Mountains 2007 on August 9th - 12th.   This will be my first visit to Colorado and what better way to enjoy it then in my GP. 

Also in August, GP1717 will be attending Summer Splash 2007 hosted by Peter Braun and MINI of Fairfield, CT.

In September, will be taking GP1717  and heading up to Stowe, VT to attend British Invasion 2007 on September 14th - 16th where Mini is the featured Marque.   Who knows maybe I will find a Classic to join the family.