July 31, 2004:

“mini MOT”

Today I joined some other MINIs for a “mini MOT” trip around Worcester, including Wachusett mountain. The day began at Bancroft Tower in Worcester, with MINIs collecting:

At this time we had 11 MINIs but Jeff dropped out and headed home, leaving us with 10 when we arrived at our first stop - “Major Willard Moore State Park”:

A splendid place:

After a pleasant walk around the park, we returned to the MINIs and headed up Wachusett mountain, for some great views and light breezes to help cool us off:


At this point I took the opportunity to snapshot each MINI:

Next stop was Wachusetts Brewery, including free samples (and no, I did not try any!):

Then finally, after some interesting back road driving, we arrived at Mikes house where a BBQ was on offer:

Mikes home is a very nice place, with great landscaping for a very peaceful afternoon. And loads of food!

Eventually I had to leave, along with Jared, Harvey and Jason, heading up 290 and 495 in speedy convoy:

Of course there are many more pictures in my gallery (over 100!) - it was a great day out with great company …
Special thanks to Mike and family for organizing the day, and for providing a spectacular quantity of great food and hospitality!

Thanks also to Jeff for the Friday night personal tour of Worcester, for modifying my EZpass, and for “the eyes”