HRMINIs the Pungo Strawberry Festival Parade, May 12, 2006
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The HRMINI gang met at Sonic on Nimmo Parkway at 8:30 to get breakfast, touch-up their detailing, apply their graphics, and get organized, in preparation for the twenty-third annual Pungo Strawberry Festival Parade. A little background might be useful here. For last year's parade, HRMINIs was represented by five MINIs. This year, we more than tripled that with our eighteen MINIs and Minis. At 8:30 in the morning, we already owned the longest bay at Sonic...
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...with overflow on a second line. Authorities (actually arrival time, hehehehe) split the Red Mafia this time so the largest contiguous group award goes to the Dark Silver Syndicate.
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You can bet that wherever there are MINIs, there will be an open hood.
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As always, there were MINIs of all stripes (pun intended),
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Even checkered ones,
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...and both open and closed motorers.
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Our latest member joined us for this event.
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We did plenty of what we do best: Yakking and enjoying fellowship.
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And finally, a beautiful '72 Mini joined us at the last minute.
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At 9:30, after getting organized with an order for all the colors, and after packing up...
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...we drove off in a motorcade to the Pungo Coast Guard base to marshall with the parade.
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(Last two pics by Scott Hayne (Propak).
For more, go to PAGE TWO
Images by Bob Womack (2nd MINI) and Scott Hayne (Propak)
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