Author: JBAT

So an impromptu idea, is growing fast. We are planning (thanks Rhonda Johnson) to go to the Christmas Parade in Estes Park on Friday November 28th. Some of us are staying at Hotel Estes Friday night

Hotel Estes

www.hotelestes.com

(970) 586-3382

1240 Big Thompson Ave, Estes Park CO 80517.

 

We will be figuring out a ride up to Estes Park from the flatlands. More to follow

 

Catch the Glow Christmas Parade & Celebration

November 28 and 30, 2014

As dusk falls the day after Thanksgiving, the magic begins to unfold! Bands come down the street playing favorite Christmas songs with tiny white twinkly lights reflecting in the bright polished brash. Dancers sway to music. Floats loom from the night, huge and ethereal, with more and more lights that add to the mysteries and magic of Christmas legends and solstice dreams.

The annual “Catch the Glow” parade the day on November 28 caps a day of full activity in downtown Estes Park. With holiday music broadcast outdoors throughout the town helping set the scene, visitors can interact with strolling animal characters, enjoy free hayrides and visit with Santa Claus throughout the day. Daytime activities begin at noon; parade begins at 5:30 pm. All activities are free.

 

http://www.visitestespark.com/events-calendar/special-events/catch-the-glow-holiday-parade/

Last Thursday Mini of Loveland surprised MiniCOW at our meeting with Sweet Cow ice cream!!!!!!!

 

Bill and Karen Pacheco is planning a fun run to Lingle, WY to include a corn maze, and seeing the Oregon Trail’s register cliffs & Wagon Ruts (http://www.wyomingheritage.org/registerCliff.html). With Lunch in Wheatland, WY. More info to come. Meet at Travel America (TA East of Cheyenne) on I-80 @ 9:00 a.m.

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More info below:

 

9:00 am            Meet at TA Truck Stop, I-80, Exit #: 377

41° 09.522’N 104° 31.129’W

 

Depart TA East on US 30 to Hwy 213 (towards Burns)

41° 09.540N’   104° 20.971’W

 

North on Hwy 213 to Hwy 85

41° 26.500’N   104° 20.772’W

 

Left on Hwy 152 (towards Yoder)           41° 54.873’N   104° 16.003’W

 

Left on Hwy 77 (towards Veteran)           42° 00.108’N   104° 22.882’W

 

Left on Hwy 156 (towards Lingle)            42° 06.143’N   104° 21.108’W

 

Ellis Harvest Home Corn Maze (http://www.ellisharvesthome.com/corn-maze)

Cost: $10 per person. Group of 10 or more = $8 but must pay as one group. Recommend bringing cash for easy payment.

Dirt Road to farm

42° 08.905’N   104° 22.580’W

 

Just over Platte River, take left onto dirt road towards Oregon Trail Ruts 42° 16.184’N   104° 45.204’W

 

Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site (http://go.usa.gov/v5zx) – Free

The Oregon Trail was one of the primary routes used by emigrants heading westward across the American continent in the 1840s. Although many remnants of the trail can be seen in Wyoming, the Oregon Trail tracks here are notable because they were cut into solid rock. A short trail leads uphill to four-foot deep gouges cut by the wheels of thousands of wagons. This site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

42° 15.423’N   104° 44.951’W

Register Cliff (http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/register-cliff) – Free

A short drive from the trail ruts back through Guernsey takes visitors to Register Cliff, which rises one hundred feet above the North Platte River valley. Following a day’s journey from Fort Laramie, emigrants spent the night at Register Cliff and inscribed their names into the rock face. The earliest signatures date to the late 1820s when trappers and fur traders passed through the area, but most of the names visible today were carved during the 1840s and 1850s when the Oregon Trail was at its height. Today, visitors can walk along the cliff base to view the signatures up close.

42° 14.850’N   104° 42.704’W

Depart Register Cliff towards Grayrocks Reservoir 42° 09.070’N   104° 40.428’W

 

Laramie Basin Power Plant (watch for deer next to fence line of power plant)

42° 6.677’N   104° 52.127’W

 

Arrive Wheatland (Lunch at Big A Restaurant)

42° 3.075’N   104° 57.715’W

Ride ends. Participants left to their own accord.

I-25: 42° 2.791’N   104° 57.992’W

 

We would like to invite you to a meeting at Mini of Loveland (4055 Byrd Dr, Loveland, CO 80538) on October 2nd at 6:00 p.m. We would like to hold our meeting and then head over to Mimi’s Café (1450 Fall River Dr, Loveland, CO) for dinner. Please join us and bring your family to enjoy a great meeting, awesome supper and help to plan future events. We cover both Colorado and Wyoming with this organization and have some fun!

We hope that you can come and enjoy meeting other Mini enthusiasts!

The meetings will be the First Thursday of the month at 6pm, alternating between Wyoming and Colorado. We have the Colorado meetings at the Mini of Loveland.
Save the dates:

October 2nd: Meeting at 6pm @ Mini of Loveland with Dinner at Mimi’s Café (1450 Fall River Dr, Loveland, CO 80538)

October 25th: MiniCOW Run to Lingle, WY/ Corn Maze / Oregon trail (Register Cliffs & Wagon Ruts)

November 6th: Meeting at 7 p.m. in Cheyenne @ 2 Doors Down restaurant, 1802 Dell Range Blvd

December 4th: Meeting at 6 p.m. at Mini of Loveland with Dinner TBD (Do we want to take Christmas Pictures with Cars?)

Jan 8, 2015: (due to the 1st being a holiday) at 6:00 p.m. in Cheyenne at TBD

Hi all!

The Taylor’s would like to invite you to a meeting at Mini of Loveland (4055 Byrd Dr, Loveland, CO 80538) on August 7th at 6:00 p.m.  We would like to hold our meeting and then head over to Nordy’s BBQ 4360 St Cloud Dr, Loveland, CO 80538 (http://www.nordysbbq.com/) for dinner. Please join us and bring your family to enjoy a great meeting, awesome supper and help to plan future events. We cover both Colorado and Wyoming with this organization and have some fun!

We hope that you can come and enjoy meeting other Mini enthusiasts!

The meetings will be the First Thursday of the month at 6pm, alternating between Wyoming and Colorado. The current plan is to have the Colorado meetings at the Mini of Loveland in the upstairs lounge area.
One of the items from the last meeting is to have an overnighter up at Elk Mountain Hotel (http://www.elkmountainhotel.com/) We need to finish talking about this and get it going!! Sounds like fun.
Save the dates:

·         August 7^th: Meeting at 6pm @ Mini of Loveland with Dinner at Nordy’s BBQ (4360 St Cloud Dr, Loveland, CO 80538).

• August 16^th: Mini COW Run, TBD (Members, please help with ideas)
• September 4^th: Meeting at 6pm in Cheyenne at Sanford’s Grub & Pub (115 E 17th St, Cheyenne, WY 82001)
• September 13^th: Mini COW run THE MINI RODEO, Bull Dog roping, Pole Bending, and Barrel Racing to name a few events.
• October 2^nd: Meeting at 6pm @ Mini of Loveland with Dinner at Mimi’s Café (1450 Fall River Dr, Loveland, CO 80538)
• October ?: Overnighter to Elk Mountain

Come join us this Saturday for some very interesting roads, some great views, come join us on a Wyoming Backways Mini Run. We then end at a new café, that has a unique desert.

Meet at 9:30 at The Cheyenne Depot (121 W 15th St, Cheyenne, WY 82001)

End at the Cafe 307 (701 Parson St, Pine Bluffs, WY 82082) for lunch.

The map https://goo.gl/maps/fqRd2

Jim and Paula Taylor

Mini’s of COlorado and Wyoming (Mini COW)

We would like to invite you to a meeting at Mini of Loveland (4055 Byrd Dr, Loveland, CO 80538) on June 5^th at 6:00 p.m.  We would like to hold our meeting and then head over to Jimmy C’s in Fort Collins for supper!  Jimmy C’s (http://www.jimmycs.com/) is an British Fish & Chips kind of place. Please join us and bring your family to enjoy a great meeting, awesome supper and help to plan Mini runs for the summer and discuss our next meeting.  Our goal is to cover both Northern Colorado and Wyoming with this organization and have some fun! We plan to meet, alternating each month, in each state.

We hope that you can come and enjoy meeting other Mini enthusiasts!

The meetings will be the First Thursday of the month at 6pm, alternating between Wyoming and Colorado. The current plan is to have the Colorado meetings at the Mini of Loveland in the upstairs lounge area.

Jim and Paula

Members Cindy and Rick waiting for driving weather.

There is the upcoming overnighter ride called the Wyoming Wander. Mini5280 and MiniCOW is taking part. 14th will be a run from Denver to Cheyenne, and the 15th will be a run from Cheyenne to Denver. With a dinner, group photo, and a tour of F.E. Warren AFB as part of the festivities.

See the following for more details:
http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/mini5280/256624-wyoming-wander-14-15-sep.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/161914287333225
https://www.facebook.com/MINI5280

MiniCOW’s First run to Saratoga Wyoming. Great fun, Great Folks, Great Weather, Great Food.