6,023 miles

Hit the 6,000 mile mark coming home from the doctor's office this afternoon! Unfortunately the road was bumpy so the picture I took of my odometer didn't come out too good.

Took my old boss to Wendy's for lunch. It was nice.... Wendy's that is. I'll update the blog with his picture as soon as I can.

OK... Last Mission? Your MINI in front of a go-kart raceway! I am never gonna get this done. But I do have an incentive, MINI is offering a trip to England for the most creative submission for this mission! Nice twist! Let me see... I do have OctCooperFest coming up, but it is technically not a go-kart race-way. The mind spins...

Moving on, I have started driving around with the top up! This goes against the 'Always Down' philosophy many MINI 'Vert owners have adopted, but I have noticed that driving with the top up does have its advantages. Sure you miss out on the open air experience... and yes the car feels cocoonish inside, but September has been particularly hot, and the roof goes a long way in keeping me cool and hidden from the dangerous sun rays. Incidentally, I haven't been using the air conditioning, just driving with the sunroof open and the windows rolled down.

Last item; a few days ago, I noticed that Bayonne, NJ has been the featured town in the OL! Yeah! Thanks to me, Bayonne is now on the radar screen of MINI owners everywhere! So I figured, in addition to the small write up I posted on the OL -- too bad you can't read it! -- I have also flickr'ed in some pictures of my town. Sadly, I am not a good photographer and my digital sucks, but the pictures came out OK. I will try to take more. I focused primarily on parks and buildings of interest (churches and bars mostly HAHA!)