Journal 2004

011404
I'm very excited. My friend is getting a MCS!!!! Welcome Gridwench to the Owners lounge. Gridwench's MINI "P-Wee" is due this spring.

013104
Got a call yesterday around noon asking if we wanted to go to the Rolex 24hr at Daytona Beach. The invite included Pit passes. Well it didn't take much to say yes. Motoring, racing and friends.....we were on our way!

020804
Another great outing with the AtlantaMINIs. It was cold, but the sun was out. A great turn out. 50 MINIs showed up at Dave&Busters. And finally I was able to make Bean reflect! Watch out you INDI Blues.....you know who you are.

021404
Valentine’s Day couldn’t have been better. Mean Mr. Bean now has a BMP cold intake!!

022004
Mean Mr. Bean finally gets his window graphics!!! E.T. did the design and Clint Berrong at Stampede Productions did the vinyl printing. Thanks Clint!
031304
Stopped out at the AtlantaMINI autocrossing to see everyone. It was a very nice day. Saw some friends and had some good conversation. We are working on our theme for the Dragon Run. Should be a lot of fun!

032004
Went out with a few of our AtlantaMINI friends to eat dinner at the "Noodle" and drinks afterward at the "Vortex". It was a very nice time.

032704
Spent the day out at Road Atlanta. It was great to see Pete Peterson and the Lumberton Lug Nuts. As usual, Pete Peterson put on a great lunch. Couldn't miss that. Even Paul Newman didn't pass up Pete's cooking.

032804
Happy One Year Birthday, Mean Mr. Bean!!!!!

042204
Went to see Weird Al. As usual the show was fantastic. I finally got to meet Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz. I’m looking forward to their next show and the opportunity to spend more time with Jon & the band.

042904
Dragons Run 2004. It was quite an event. We enjoyed meeting other MINI owners that we've been in contact with on the internet. Bean finally got to spend time with his little brother P-Wee. It was good to see old friends and make new friends.
Mean Mr. bean as a Yellow Submarine!

052304
Met with the Atlanta MINIs for another great event. It was a boot gate party at the Atlanta Braves game. We missed you petecrosby & Minimom.

060604
Went back up to Deals Gap to check out a place to stay next year for the Dragon Run. Couldn't pass up the chance to run the dragon a few more times. Any excuss to motor, is fine with me.

060904
Bean has shown up on Killboy.com. His photo is part of the Wednesday - June 9, 2004 journal entry. Also in the gallery 6/6/04.

070404
Planned on staying home July 4th weekend....ended up motoring to Stone Mountain and Brastown Bald, along with a few parks along the way.

071104
Spent the day with fellow AtlantaMINIS at the autocross.
It was fun to spend time with kin folk and meet new MINI owners. A great turn out of MINIs.

071704
Attended a Birthday Party for Stella, CometGirl63's MINI. The time went quickly. It is always a good time spent with other AtlantaMINI owners. Would of liked to have stayed longer, but we had a AtlantaMINI mountain run to attend to the next day. We had a great turn out and the weather was beautiful the day of the run. Lot's of MINIs, curves and conversation.

080804
Spent time watching fellow MINI owners partcipate in an autocross at Turner Field.

081404
Had a great time with the AtlantaMINIs during the Pizza & Ice cream social. Spent Sunday back up at the Dragon. Just had to go for another run.

081804
Made it in killboy's journal again! BertnBean.

082204
Bean played Taxi for Chrisfb1 as we took him to a auto show that his MINI was in. Spent Sunday at the autocross with fellow AtlantaMINI owners...This is begining to be a habit.

091904
AtlantaMINI's Birthday Party.
We had 63 MINI's and about 120 people, and 3 dogs. I had so much fun with the Silent Auction. Minimom, CometGirl63, Jenny and I were bidding on the MINI S convertible weekend. Hmmmm imagine that we one. Now we've become the Topless MINI Club. It was so great to see old and new friends.

100304
Spent the day at the autocross with fellow AtlantaMINIS. Good friends....great time!

101704
Fall Color tour with the AtlantaMINIS. We had a great turn out for the event. We picked up others along the way.

101704
The AtlntaMINIS Steering Committee was formed. I'm proud to be a participate of the committee.

102204
Went up for the Fall Dragon Run. Shared the motorcycle cabin with smccollum and chrisfb1. Met up with PaulD and several other MINI people. I really enjoyed the stay. It was an un-official event.......no time lines to guide the way. Had a blast. It was nice meeting people I only knew on line.

111404
Topless MINI Club Adventure. We took off for Gatlinburg Saturday evening. Minimom, Cometgirl63, Jenny and I had so much fun! I want to do this again.

111604
We have been invited to participate in the children's Healthcare of Atlanta parade on Dec.4th.

112204
Committed to meeting Phil_Kidd & Westcoaster at Mt Rushmore 7/12/05!

11/22/03 My Photof of Nanster is October in the un-official OL calendar

112804
Started working on the parade graphics.

113004
I had a INDI Blue loaner while Bean was in for repair. It was kinda funny....I was taking care of chores outside when the Christmas lights came on. Well I noticed all the reflections going on with the MINI and had to get out my Camera. Okay now I know how BlacknBlue, Phil_Kidd and westcoaster get all those great refective shots. LOL!

120404
The parade was the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta parade. It's the second biggest Christmas parade in the US. The parade route went thru the middle of Atlanta and ended up at Centennial Olympic Park. People were 4 to 5 deep on both sides of the street for most of the route. It was also televised on the local ABC affiliate. Too bad we didn't get much airtime. Bean was shown during the pre-parade show and in the credits at the end of the parade. Minimom and CometGirl most of the credit for the great looking antlers. They are carved out of blue foam, covered with felt and then attached to a felt tube that wraps inside of the car. The two ends of the tube velcro together. Every tube is color matched to the roof color of the car. I'm telling you they are a work of art. Everyone also had reindeer noses attached to the grills. With of course Rudolph having a red one. E.T. and I worked on the design for the graphics.I think they came out quite nicely. Getting ready for the parade with a two week window was a lot of work, but we pulled it off.It was a memorable experience.

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