Join the NWI MINIacs for supper on Sunday December 19th, 2009 at Quaker Steak and Lube Restaurant in Portage, IN. Quaker Steak and Lube is located just north of Rt. 249 and 80/94, next to the Bass Pro Shop. Plan to meet at 3:00 p.m. in the restaurant parking lot. RSVP!! Hope to see many of you there!

Join us for our 6th annual drive out to the beautiful Starved Rock State Park in Utica Illinois. This year we will have an extra special bonus stop;  a visit to the BMW and MINI Distribution Center in Minooka!!!

Here are the plans:

WHEN: Sunday November 22nd,  Plan to depart at 9am

WHERE: Start is at the Meijers Parking lot on Route 59 near Liberty street in Naperville [MAP Link]

There will be a visit at the BMW/MINI distribution Center in Minooka, an early lunch stop at a nearby Culvers, and then on to some really fun back roads to Starved Rock State Park.   This is an all-day drive, and we will get to the park in the late afternoon.

WHO: All Chicago MINI Motoring Club members or other MINIacs interested in attending.

WHAT TO BRING: A full tank of gas, appropriate clothing for the weather outside, a camera, lunch money, optional FRS radio for in-car communication  tuned to Channel#1 SubChannel #1, and a smile.

Check out information from our previous Starved Rock Drives: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

Join the NWI MINIacs as we head out to Rag Tops Automobile Museum in Michigan City, Indiana on Saturday November 21st, 2009. We will meet at Coffee Creek in Chesterton (IN 49 and the Tollway) at 10:30 a.m. and head up to the museum at 10:45 a.m. After exploring the museum, we will have lunch at Shoreline Brewery in Michigan City. Please RSVP to this post. Hope to see you there!

www.ragtopsmuseum.com

www.shorelinebrewery.com

The Blue Top Diner/Drive In, has offered to host a MINIac Halloween Party on Friday October 30, 2009. We will meet at Blue Top at 6:00 p.m.  Blue Top is located at 8801 Indianapolis Blvd. in Highland, IN. There will be prizes for the best costumed MINI, and the best costumed MINI owners. We will also have a 50/50 raffe. Get creative and start thinking about your MINI’s costume, as well as your own. Hope to see you there!!

Join the MINIacs on a trip to Auburn, IN to the Auburn, Cord, Deusenberg Museum.  We will be meeting at Anderson’s Orchard/Winery on Rt. 6 in Valpo at 9 A.M. to head out.  We’ll have lunch at a TBD location in Auburn before we check out the museum.  Please RSVP to Peggy, we’re trying to get a group rate arranged and need a minimum of 12 adults (kids are cheaper).