Surprisingly, there were a lot less potentially fatal accidents this year at State Fair. I almost got one group, but they narrowly escaped. Not that I was aiming for them, no. More like, I was busy doing my parade duties of waving, grinning, steering, keeping an eye out for danger, while they did their anti-parade maneuver of jumping out in front of a moving vehicle. Other than that, the parade went off without a hitch. I feel like the Milwaukee Minis really know what their doing now and could just randomly gather, throw on some decorations and start a parade. We’ll have to start the world’s first MINI motoring band. I promise not to play, drive and take photos. Anyway, view State Fair photos…

John’s Drive-In is the only place I’ve seen carrying the Root Beer Frosty. Basically, it’s a blended root beer float/milk shake made with ice cream and their homemade root beer. It was delicious and they’ll even make it with chocolate, if you ask. The other foods we tried were excellent and of the usual drive-in fare. View photos…

Bessie’s lucky day turned out to be June 20th at the British Car Field Day show in Sussex, Wisconsin. Not only did her number come up for a door prize, she also won second place in the new MINI class! Amazing! The door prize is head light stone guards for the classic BRG Mini, who was also in attendance. Both Bessie and the Classic BRG went through intensive beauty treatments for the show. Check out the Classic BRG’s new mirrors! The usual favorites showed up and quite a few uncommon beauties. View photos…