It was fantastic seeing the blue skies and the amazing turnout at the Eastern Iowa MINIs January Meet-n-Eat on Saturday at The Wig and Pen Pub in Iowa City. Congratulations to all of the winners of the MINI Cooper Color Bingo Game (especially to Rebecca D. for the blackout grand prize, and to Gary S. [...]
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 [...]
Eastern Iowa MINIs gathered this past Saturday at The Country Junction in Dyersville for a rousing round of food, fun, and MINI fellowship. Thanks to all who came out and joined us. As we do every November, we presented our annual EIM Recognition Awards as a great way to reflect back on all of the [...]
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 [...]
A record number of Iowa MINIs — 26 in all — enjoyed a great day of motoring together at the 9th Annual MINICooperIowa Fall Tour held on October 29th. The various caravans converged in Pella for lunch followed by country roads, covered bridges, and photo opportunities and culminating in food, refreshment, and fun at the [...]
—————— A contingent from EIM recently returned from Eureka Springs, Arkansas where they represented our group at MINIs in the Ozarks 2011. A total of 131 MINIs and 228 people from all over the U.S. participated in this event. The rugged Ozark mountains with their twisty, steep, and well-maintained roads, the cooperative weather, the palette [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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