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MINIsOnTop Day 3 - Nigel and the Bears

Well last night I was entrusted with Nigel  who is the Sunshine MINIs mascot.  The idea is for Nigel to travel around the United States (and abroad?) by being handed off from one Mini or MINI owner to another.  Nigel should attend meets and have his photo taken at interesting landmarks.   Well last week Nigel and Brandy participated in the Great Ice Cream Run where I hear he consumed more then his share of ice cream.   Nigel while in my care will be attending MINI United  next week along with Quack Quack Jack.  

Hopefully the two of them won’t get into tooo much trouble.

Nigel, Blue Bear, GP Bear and GQ Bear hit it off from the start.  Here they are at Six Gun City

Next stop Santa’s Village as Nigel and the bears wanted to see Santa and put there wish list together

I think Nigel and Blue Bear have created the strongest bond.  Blue bear wanted to go down the slide but he’s too little so Nigel volunteerED to go down while blue bear held onto him.  Blue Bear looked a little scared.

Nigel and Blue Bear building a bright future together and here is Nigel and Blue Bear on top of Poets Seat Tower.

We stopped at the Bridge of Flowers to smell the flowers

And the final stop of the day was at the Trolley Museum where we got to ride this trolley and get a bit of it’s history.

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MINIsOnTop Day 3 - GP and the Moose!

Well on Day 3, got up early and hit the road back home to NY and tried to stop at various spots and capture some pictures.  Here GP meets a Moose Meadow who is in charge of the MINI Golf.   (GP is such a hottie)

Well it seems that there was a great deal of ‘intelligence chatter’ amongst the Moose community over the weekend that several GP’s had infiltrated the area that a baby Moose snuck away from it’s mum and grabbed a rare peak at the sought after GP. 

I almost pee’d my pants as I could not believe what just popped out of the woods.  GP quickly came to stop well ahead of where he stood and then he ran across the street but I quickly opened my window and yeld out at him that he had nothing to fear.  He turned around and he and GP admired each other for a bit amazed that such an incredible created existed and stood before him in awe.  GP waved goodbye and wished him safe travels.  Baby Moose promised to spread the word all MINI’s are friends of all Moose.

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MINIsOnTop Day 2 - Top of Mt Washinton

To end a spectacular day, we all met at the base of Mt. Washington where we had dinner, awards presented and raffles drawn for some fantastic prizes including MINI of Peabody Trip To England and Herb Chambers MINI Cooper Lease as the top prizes.  We were blessed with picture perfect weather for the entire weekend that made the drive up the mountain even more enjoyable.

Once on the top, watching all the MINI’s drive up seemed comical.  They looked like little toy cars.

In total I think 175 of the 257 MINI’s in attendance where allow to climb Mt. Washington filling all the lots. This being a picture of two of the four lots.

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MINIsOnTop Day 2 - Lunch at Polly’s

After a great morning meeting and greeting other MINI enthusiasts, old friends and getting a little shopping in on the boot sale where I picked up a few items.  We followed Ian and Margaret over to Polly’s Pancakes for the most amazing pancakes and bacon I have ever had.  It was well worth the hour wait and If you’re ever in the area you have to stop by.

Here is one way to work off lunch

MINIsOnTop Day 2 - Concours & Awards

This year marked the first MOTs Concourse De Elegance where attendings could participate in many categories.  Cleanest, Dirtiest, Best Sounds, Best Customization, Best Plate, Best display of ducks, Peoples Choice… all in all I think there was close to a dozen categories.

Luis and Elsa who we met earlier this year at the Hammer & Coop Movie premier where in attendance with ‘FastMINI’  They did an incredible presentation all decked out in checkers, outfits included.  They where rewarded for their outstanding Motoring by winning four awards including People’s Choice and Overall.

This was the first opportunity I have had to listen to Ian’s sound system and it was amazing.  He took the DPSM I installed in GP0154 to the next level with an incredibly custom enclosure and addition of additional amp and speakers.  Ian and GP0203 won for best sound system.   Ian was also presented with an Appreciation award presented by MINI USA Gerry Mathews, Paul Macerone and Jim McDowell for his oustanding and continued efforts in the MINI Community.  Well deserved Ian!

 Brandy who drove up from Florida with Amy and Nigel and participated in the Great Ice Cream Run prior to coming to MOTs. She won for dirtiest MINI

MINIsOnTop Day 2 - Memories of MTTS

Day 2 brought back many great memories of MTTS and following Ian in GP0203 this time in GP1717.   Even with owning three GP’s I can never get enough of watching a GP drive along.  Boy she’s a beauty.  GP0154 although stuck in Dallas was there in spirit with GP0154 R/C trying to sneak in line and get in on the action.

Once we arrived at Loon Park, we parked and cleaned GP1717 to get ready for the Concourse De Elegance. GP Bear focused on prepping GP0154 R/C.

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MINIsOnTop Day 1 - GP1717 @ 1717 miles

On the way up to MINIs On Top GP1717 reaches her first milestone of 1717 miles, at the end of the weekend she had driven over 960 miles and exceeded 2300 miles.  To celebrate her climbing to the top of Mt. Washington she will be getting an early oil change and window tinting.  The mountain views where incredible as the weather could not have been more perfect.

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Here was a rather awaking sign. “Brake for MOOSE!” Yeah like I really need a sign to tell me to brake for a Moose.