{"id":45,"date":"2005-09-12T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2005-09-12T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/2005\/09\/12\/a-run-to-the-chasm-at-20000\/"},"modified":"2005-09-19T09:03:11","modified_gmt":"2005-09-19T13:03:11","slug":"a-run-to-the-chasm-at-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jwardell.com\/mini\/2005\/09\/12\/a-run-to-the-chasm-at-20000\/","title":{"rendered":"A run to the Chasm at 20,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20050910-121611\"<\/a> On Saturday, I joined a bunch of the Rhode Island MINI owners<\/a> on a run to the Purgatory Chasm<\/a>. I’ve missed a number of MINI events this summer due to scheduling conflicts so I was looking forward to this somewhat smaller MINI run. Sometimes the smaller ones are better; you get to meet everyone personally and the fun on the twisties is usually higher.<\/p>\n

It was especially timely as on the way down my MINI hit 20,000 miles<\/a>! What a great way to celebrate saying goodbye to childhood by carving up blind corners. I should again mention that I have had no major problems with my MINI. I don’t think many other cars would prove so reliable after being driven like you stole it every day.<\/p>\n

I met about ten other MINIs in Rhode Island, where we headed on local twisty roads northwest back into Massachusetts to the Chasm. We parked in a line (pictured above), and were joined by two others. We ate our packed lunches, and then hiked into the Chasm. it was a great place to hike, with rock cliffs and boulders everywhere, making for some ankle-twisting fun. The weather was also perfect for hiking, warm with no humidity, a rare occurrence around here.<\/p>\n

I was undecided till the last minute about joining–it’s tough to get me to promise anything early on a Saturday morning. But I’m glad I did. I had not met any of these guys before (I had missed a few other RI runs last year) and they’re a great group. I hope to make their upcoming Haunted MINIs Run, which sounds like it will be even better than last year’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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