R4TC Run for the Corners 2009

[Road Trip Specialist]

Save the Dates!

NMM New Mexico MINIs and MINI5280 have now set the dates for R4TC 2009! Many of you have joined us in the past for our bi-annual event, and this again is the year!

This years dates will be September 25, 26 and 27 2009 to the Four Corners area (where NM, CO, UT and AZ meet).

As of this writing, the host hotel and location has NOT been chosen, but it is likely that the Saturday motoring will take us to Gateway, CO and the Gateway Auto Museum ( www.gatewayautomuseum.com ) ( www.gatewaycanyons.com ) to see the fantastic collection of cars.

Mark the dates and plan to join your Motoring friends from Utah, Colorado and New Mexico...

Jonathan

[danjmcs]

Thanks Jonathan, glad to see that event is alive for 2009 with some new plans in the works! I'm sure we'll have some DMC'ers make the trip, so we'll put together our own caravan as usual!

[MINImama]

Dan -- any updates on this? Coming up in a month.

[Road Trip Specialist]

and I've been in touch with Steve from NMM this week. We expect to have finals this weekend so please keep an eye out.

Thank you for asking.

Jonathan

[Road Trip Specialist]

We hope you can join us. Please post HERE or in NAM / MINI5280 if you can.

R4TB Run for the Borders is finalized. Here are the details. The only place you need to signup is in the MINI5280 CALENDAR, right here in NAM. See the LINK at the top of the MINI5280 threads. The details:

• This year's event is Friday and Saturday September 25th and 26th
• Motorers will join us from NM, AZ, UT and CO. Join up at whatever point works for you

Details for COLORADO Motorers:

• Leave Starbucks Park Meadows (on Yosemite, S of 470) at 8 am. Southbound towards Colorado Springs we go. If you are coming from NorColo and want to meetup, let us know...we will meet you wherever you like. Then from CSCO to Canon City and a picture trip up Skyline Drive. Then upriver to Salida, CO and lunch at the Victoria Tavern in the Victoria Hotel. This route is about 175 miles from the Denver area. Meetup with the NMM New Mexico MINIs.
• After lunch, we go westbound thru Gunnison and down into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Enjoy the scenic road then out northbound on CO92 thru Hotchkiss and on in to Delta for the evening. Make your hotel reservations at the Comfort Inn, 970-874-1000 or at the Rodeway Inn 970-874-9726 or at the Best Western Sundance 970-874-9781. About 320 miles all day from Denver, more from ALQ.
• For the intrepid...a Saturday evening Sunset Picture Ride up to the Grand Mesa and the Land's End Overlook. You don't want to miss this! Hopefully we will find the AZ MINIs and the DMC folks, plus the Utah folks already there....

For Saturday, a big adventure!

• Meetup at the McDonalds's on Main in Delta at 8 am, depart at 8:30 up to Cedaredge and over the Grand Mesa, northbound. AM viewing on the Land's End Overlook then back north to I-70, west to Palisade, then on to Gateway, CO skirting around Grand Junction along the way. A late AM tour of the Gateway Auto Museum is on tap [url="http://www.GatewayAutoMuseum.com"]www.GatewayAutoMuseum.com[/url] and then the rest of the fun begins. $9 for the museum.
• From Gateway, we head south on CO141 along the Dolores River Canyon. In my opinion, the coolest driving road in all of Colorado. This is the Unaweep - Tabeguache Road, down to Norwood then eastbound to Ridgeway and on to the San Juan Skyway and a hop south to Durango for the evening. About 320 miles all day.
• Make your Saturday hotel reservations at the Holiday Inn 877-863-4780 or the Hampton Inn 970-247-2600 or the Comfort Inn at 970-259-7900 or at any other location in Durango. A group dinner location will be posted.

Sunday, September 27th

• Meetup and good-byes at 8 am. 314 to Colorado Springs, 215 to Albuquerque, 456 to Phoenix, 395 to Salt Lake City.

Questions? Post them here. Also, be sure to RSVP in the MINI5280 Calendar right here in NAM. If you want your information on the contact sheet, then email your Name, cell, and NAM handle to me at [email="MITM@MINI5280.org"]MITM@MINI5280.org[/email] and I will put you on the sheet.

Thanks,

Jonathan

[DogWashMini]

Is anyone from DMC going on this trip?

[MiniBot]

Is anyone from DMC going on this trip?

I'm thinking about it.....

[Road Trip Specialist]

www.GatewayAutoMuseum.com and

www.GatewayCanyons.com and

www.Colorado.com and look for the Motoring Roads in this site.

Also www.fs.fed.us and www.coloradobyways.org #12

Scenic Byways virtual Guide:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/weaver/coovg108/





JPS

[MINImama]

I'd really like to make this trip, but I cannot commit until after August 31... will confirm then.

[danjmcs]

So who all has committed to going? We have some MadMen coming up that want to hook up with those from the DRP making the run. Need to set a meet-up/departure point, etc.

[DogWashMini]

Sadly we aren't going to be able... Sorry!

[atori]

Is anyone from DMC going on this trip?

I'm thinking about it.....

I was thinking about going also but I wont be able to leave until around 5pm on Friday (couldn't get out of work). So I'm still thinking about this trip, I really want to go.

[danjmcs]

Found this note on the NMNini forum, looks like they cancelled the event last Tuesday due to weather concerns.

"Run for the Borders 2009 - CANCELLED- by yelrsub on Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:46 am - Sorry, folks. Due to concerns about weather in Colorado and low turnout, we are putting this one off for the time being." yelrsub on Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:04 pm
http://nmmini.forumotion.net/club-drive ... d-t101.htm