1st Sunday Outing

Great gathering of Savannah MINIs this morning with our best turnout yet!

Eight MINIS showed up this morning with their respective owners for coffee and a run to South Carolina. Again, many thanks to the guys for making the long trip down from Charleston. Welcome to Janel and Brent from Bluffton in a great looking Cool Blue Cooper S Convertible and John from Savannah in a nicely modded Chili Red S and Allison, Susan and Josh- our youngest attendee - in a Pepper White S. We had 3 convertibles, 7 Cooper S and one Cooper.

Stephanie had belated Santa gifts and after coffee in Savannah, we hit the misty highway for the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Lots of migrating waterfowl and a couple of red tailed hawks, but the alligators were nowhere to be seen. We had a great photo opportunity and then off to the Squatt and Gobble in Bluffton for an early lunch (Matt was hungry!) We had a nice run back to Savannah just as the sun burned off the final signs of the morning fog and started to shine.

Thanks to everyone for turning out and we look forward to getting together for the next one on February 4th.

1st Sunday Motoring Jan 7th. 2007

With the first Sunday of ..not just the month, but the year coming up this week end we will be gathering for our Monthly Motoring outing.

Stalwarts of Monthly Motoring that gather each and every month will be on hand for our first outing of 2007. MINI owners from South Georgia, South Carolina and North Florida are all welcome - details here.

This month's trip will be a drive around the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, which lies on both the South Carolina and Georgia sides of the Savannah River just upriver from the city of Savannah, Georgia.

The refuge was established in 1927 and encompasses over 28,000 acres include tidal freshwater marsh, wetlands and hardwood forrests. Formerly the rice fields of plantations dating back to the mid or late 1700's, the refuge is home to a large variety of wildlife including: alligators, ducks, geese, wading birds, shorebirds and several endangered and threatened species including bald eagles, wood storks, manatees and shortnose sturgeon. The refuge also provides nesting areas for wood ducks, great horned owls, bald eagles, osprey and swallow-tailed kites among others. On my last visit there, we were fortunate enough to see a Bobcat.

We meet at 10 am at the Starbucks at the 12 Oaks Shopping Center in Savannah - full details here.