June 21, 2008:

MTTS’08 Saturday evening

After a morning meet-and-greet, then driving through town traffic from Boston to Gloucester, lunch in Gloucester, and a spirited ride back to Boston, we spent the afternoon at MTTS’08 Boston driving MINIs on the auto-x and meeting MINI friends old and new, including auto-up MINI circuit fan Mike (left, with Pete):

Throughout the afternoon, it was never busy - maybe everyone was still out stuck in traffic between Gloucester and Boston - so the parking lot was sparse, but with two happy GPs:

At 6pm, the beer taps opened - to the relief of many, including Gerry Matthews and his MINI USA colleagues:

As 7pm closed in, people headed over to the music stage for The Fountains Of Wayne - but with few MINIs in the parking lot, there weren’t many people at the stage either … and many of them were MINI USA or R.A.Events folks, including Trudy, sporting skid marks on her arm

Next came a few speeches - and a proposal! The girlfriend was shocked silent but did manage to say “yes” eventually …

And finally, the music began … closely followed by me leaving(!)

More pictures in the Gallery - a total of almost 200 from the whole weekend!

And that’s the end for me - I’ll spend Sunday not doing MINI stuff, and prepare for another MINI marathon next weekend!

Many thanks to MINI USA (especially Gerry, Jim, Steve and Trudy), R.A.Events (especially Kevin & Ray), to Margaret, George & Jayne, Theo & Carol, Michael & Pam, Richard & Lynne, Ivan & Norrine, Brian & Susan, Sheena, Mike, Peter, Todd & DB (of White Roof Radio), and everyone reading … it wouldn’t be much fun without all my MINI friends!