August 20, 2005:
MINIs at the Movies
About 20 MINIs met up to tour the Budweiser Brewery, enjoy a BBQ on top of Pack Monadnock, drive back roads to Ice Cream, and end the day watching movies at the Milford Drive-in (Derek (MetalMiniMayhem) organized the event on this MINI2 thread)
I joined the other MINIs at Pack Monadnock in Miller State Park, where we filled the parking lot:
The road up the mountain is fabulous, with exhilarating twisty bits and switchbacks in a short run with no scary drops to the side – better than Mount Washington in many ways!
At the top, a BBQ grille was prepared and everyone gathered to chat and wait for food …
The weather was not great, with threatening rain and near zero visibility, but it had no effect on the fun factor of MINI owners gathering …
After lunch, we headed back down the mountain and drove some wild back roads (a little too quickly!), to arrive at Ice Cream!
Then it was finally time to head to the drive-in movie, where most MINIs chose the “scary adult movie” (Skeleton Key):
I and two other MINIs picked the “G” rated “Valiant” instead, which was fun; the drive-in also offered good snacks at a reasonable price. The price of admission ($18/car) is good value so long as you have more than one person in the car, and stick around to watch both movies – (not so good for me, on my own and leaving after the first movie)!
As ever, lots more pics in the Gallery!
ukpylot (2005/08/21 @ 11:30 am)
Awesome that you still have a drive-in movie place near you, not many of them left I don’t think. We have one here but in the summer time its too hot to sit out and watch a movie.
Ian C. (2005/08/21 @ 12:50 pm)
Back here, the drive-in movie house will be closed in a couple of months because it’s too cold
Theo (2005/08/21 @ 3:28 pm)
Looks like everyone had a good time. Sorry Carol and I couldn’t make it. We would have added a MINI to the Valiant crowd! Was it as good a Chicken Run or any of the Wallace and Gromit adventures?
Theo
Ian C. (2005/08/21 @ 4:51 pm)
Nowhere near the quality of Wallace & Gromit movies, but still funny – especially when “mum” offers her son breakfast before he heads off to sign up
Lee L (2005/08/22 @ 9:45 am)
Wow, 2 checkered roofs in that first pick. Mine is the only one I’ve ever seen in person.