The adventures of Bessie the Mini
Follow Bessie the MINI on her many adventures around Wisconsin and beyond!
Bessie coasted in for some fun at the Port Washington Fish day. At the world's largest one-day fish fry, Bessie floated down main street in her patriotic parade gear and sailed off with a third-place trophy in the car show. Before you start cheering, she was only one of three MINIs in her class. The
Once again, Bessie was across the country when British Car Field Day dawned in sunny Sussex, Wisconsin. However, her garage counterpart, the BRG Classic Mini (that shall remain nameless for now), was there to represent the Pilgrim family. The BRG Mini is finally legal to drive and is sporting fancy new Maine license plates. I'm
Thunderstorms, floods and tornados did not show up to spoil my day at British Car Field Day. Rather, it was a calamitous fault with my camera, a Canon Powershot S70. It just stopped. There I was, taking photos, looking through the viewfinder, click the shutter and nothing. It was just dead. Batteries were exchanged, buttons
Bessie got decked out as the Rocket Ship, RS Vroom Stick, for Halloween this year. Jenny and I did some adult-supervision for Bessie as Witches. Together, we drove out to the Solid Gold McDonald's for "food, folks and fun." Instead, we got turned away for some bizarre reason. Were we too young, too pretty, too
It was a marvelous weekend for a drive through the Wisconsin countryside. The show had wonderful weather as well and Bessie even got to park in the shade. We all enjoyed seeing the other cars and one van that showed up for International Alley at the Iola Old Car Show. As we walked about the