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Meet-n-Eat at the Wig and Pen Pub, Iowa City — Jan 28th
Posted by Gil-galad on January 3rd, 2012
Our traditional first-of-the-year Meet-n-Eat will be held at the Wig and Pen Pub on the Coralville Strip in Iowa City on Saturday, January 28th. We’ll congregate between 10:30 – 10:45 am at the restaurant (in the larger parking lot to the west of the building) with lunch planned for 11:00 am. Looking forward to kicking [...]
Merry MINI Holidays from EIM!
Posted by Gil-galad on December 10th, 2011
(c) Ryan Connors. Used with permission. —————— Your MINI neighbors in Eastern Iowa MINIs send along our sincere wishes to everyone for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! —————— See more Ryan Connors Cat Folk Art at KilkennycatArt
Meet-n-Eat at the Country Junction, Dyersville — Saturday, Nov 19th
Posted by Gil-galad on November 9th, 2011
Our final event for the 2011 season is the EIM Meet-n-Eat at the Country Junction in Dyersville on Saturday, November 19th. Plan on arriving around 11:15 am in the parking lot. Lunch will be at 11:30 am. We’ll have our own banquet room and will be ordering off of the regular menu; separate checks with [...]
GRR SCCA 2011 Soloist of the Year
Posted by Gil-galad on October 25th, 2011
—————— Congratulations to EIM’s very own Steve S. for winning the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Great River Region (GRR) 2011 Soloist of the Year competition in his 2009 MINI Cooper S. Point totals for the year and for each of the contributing events can be viewed here: http://www.sccagrr.com/results/2011/season/grr2011pax_yep.html Chalk up another dominating MINI [...]
9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour
Posted by Gil-galad on October 10th, 2011
Seems like just yesterday when the first sprinkling of local MINI Cooper enthusiasts assembled to enjoy each other’s company and the fall colors — yet here we are in the ninth year of this event! It’s the 9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour which will be conducted on Saturday, October 29th. Organized this year by our [...]
MINIs in the Ozarks 2011
Posted by Gil-galad on October 6th, 2011
Several of our EIM enthusiasts will participate in this year’s MINIs in the Ozarks (MITO) 2011. This regional event takes place in the beautiful Ozark Mountains in and around Eureka Springs, AR from 20-23 October. The national MINI magazine MC2 is one of the MITO 2011 principal sponsors. The fall colors in the Ozarks should [...]
Apple Capital Motoring
Posted by Gil-galad on September 24th, 2011
We were blessed with a beautiful autumn day for our motoring adventure to the Gays Mills Apple Festival in Gays Mills, Wisconsin this past Saturday, September 24th. There is nothing much finer than wonderfully twisty country roads tailor made for a MINI surrounded by majestic bluffs blossoming with a vivid mix of early season color. [...]
Gays Mills Apple Festival Drive — Saturday, Sept 24th
Posted by Gil-galad on September 12th, 2011
Our MINIs are heading back up to the Driftless Region (i.e., “the land the glaciers forgot”) to enjoy some beautiful Autumn motoring and to check out the renowned Gays Mills Apple Festival on Saturday, September 24th in Gays Mills, Wisconsin. All are welcome to join us! No RSVPs necessary…but feel free to let us know [...]
MINIs Make the Scene in Marion
Posted by Gil-galad on September 10th, 2011
For the fourth year in a row, our MINIs comprised one of the highlight entries in the annual Swamp Fox Festival Parade in downtown Marion. The perfect weather brought out the crowds in throngs and made for a most enjoyable day. EIM extends its sincere thanks to Larry H. for once again organizing our parade [...]
