350 miles....

...a mild sunburn and some itchy bites later...The 4th Annual MINIs on the Beartooth is successfully complete!  Last year I was unable to go because Nigel was in the chop shop getting all the dents from the hail storm taken care of.  And this year the rally was a great last trip for us to take.  Nigel's going to a new home in the near future and a new MINI Countryman will be ours sometime in October.  But that's for later.

Here's the pics from our trip yesterday:

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a grizzly bear!!!  My first real grizzly sighting!

The Bozeman/Western group

Joined by a Lewistown MINI

A couple of rearview mirror shots

the Beartooth Mountains from a distance--we were going to the top of those!

river outside Red Lodge (too lazy to look up the name)

The Red Lodge Lineup from the front

..and from the back

A MINI parade!  yay!

views from the lookout halfway up

absolutely gorgeous weather

MINIs looking out

Peace sign (last time it was a happy face)

the group shot

Near the top

Nigel's on the far left--Betty stood in for me :o)

MINIs on the Beartooth

MINIs, Mountains, and sky

Can I live there?

up, up, up we go!

Views from the top....

MINIs at the Top of the World (holy mosquito hell!)

More beautiful scenery

Main Street Red Lodge

oh, what a drive

I'm being followed...

by a herd of MINIs!

The first turn up the mountain

MINI people are wonderful people.  When they truly love their car, they love to share their motoring with other MINI people.  It was so nice to get a group together again this year and meet new owners, and old friends.  Can't wait to go again next year!