

So, on to this year's event. As usual, we started out at the Lowe's on University Parkway off Hwy 52 in Winston-Salem. When we arrived (I rode in with some SS members) we discovered the Lowe's was really busy. Everyone getting started on their spring planting I guess. It was one of the first really nice weekends we've had around here in a while. Of course, this led to quite a bit of gawking as seems to happen whenever you get MINIs together. The funniest point was when some guys rode by in a PT Cruiser and as they were pulling away, yelled out "Buy American!"

I think we left the Lowe's lot with 32 MINIs. Actually, this year we split into two groups - the *ahem* super spirited group and the spirited group. I went with the super group. We headed up Hwy 66 (which I hope we can one day get dubbed "The Bullfrog" ala the Dragon or the Snake or Hellbender) for some awesome twisty roads, before catching Hwy 89 and Hwy 8 back down to Hanging Rock State Park. Scared myself at one point when a curve caught me by surprise and in my haste to "catch up" with the direction I should be going, the MINI got all out of sorts. Felt like the rear stepped out just a bit on me.

As usual, a great day with MINI friends and some excellent motoring on twisty roads. And, I finally felt like I put together a decent mix of driving music (which I usually just listen to on the way to and from the runs - during the runs I usually keep the radio turned down (the better to hear the tires!)). I'll actually post the list:
Name | Artist | Album | Genre |
Dirt | Death In Vegas | Dead Elvis | Dance & DJ |
How You Like Me Now | Heavy | The House That Dirt Built | Rock |
Life Is A Highway | Tom Cochrane & Red Rider | Mad Mad World | Classic Rock |
Hey, Soul Sister | Train | Hey, Soul Sister | Pop |
Living Dead Girl | Rob Zombie | Hellbilly Deluxe | Rock |
Personal Jesus | Johnny Cash | American IV: The Man Comes Around | Country |
Steam (Live) | Peter Gabriel | Secret World Live | Rock |
Take Me To The River(Live) | Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense | Pop |
Percussion Gun | White Rabbits | It's Frightening | Alternative Rock |
California Love | 2Pac, Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman | The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1 | Hip-Hop/Rap |
I Am The Highway | Audioslave | Audioslave | Rock |
Run Runaway | Slade | Get Yer Boots On | Rock |
Peace Frog | The Doors | Morrison Hotel | Rock |
Forever Autumn | Jeff Wayne;Paul Vigrass;Gary Osborne | War Of The Worlds | Pop |
Killing In The Name | Rage Against The Machine | Rage Against The Machine | Pop |
More Human Than Human | White Zombie | Let Sleeping Corpses Lie | Rock |
Lightning Crashes | Live | Throwing Copper | Rock |
Sorry, not taking the time to link 'em all. It is quite a bit of new music for me. Best buy of the lot imo was Percussion Gun. Really likin' that.
Anyway, as usual, there is a photo gallery for the event. Next up will be a run I'm leading - Covered Bridge Run 2010 in a couple weeks.
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