We went up over Black Diamond to the Elwha River and Coop handled the road beautifully. It's a great paved road up in the foothills of the Olympics where there is not much traffic and the scenery is beautiful.
Then we headed West to Piedmont Road, which is a notorious road in our area for it's twisty & narrow unruliness. Add the facts that it's on Lake Crescent, which is a large lake and people actually live along there, and the road is used as a "shortcut" (which is a relative term around here) from one side of the mountain to the other side, and you have quite an interesting driving experience. The road is closed to commercial vehicles, but that doesn't mean large LARGE 4x4's don't use it, so sometimes it's a squeeze on the corners. Anyway, one of the main reasons we bought a Mini was because it was fun to drive, right? Well, driving at least keeps the driver busy, but being a motoring passenger I found myself closing my eyes with fright in a few places! Needless to say, the driver had himself a lot of fun with that road.
We ended up at Salt Creek, where we paused for a fashion shoot because Coop looked so good. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but he really is purple. The metallic undercolor is blue though, so that color shines through in the sun.
We headed off once again, but East this time. We were not ready to head for home yet, so we motored over Sequim way and explored places we had not seen in quite some time. The whole Sequim/Dungeness area has grown so much over the past ten years, it's hard to find some of the old landmarks we used to navigate by.
As we were on our second adventure with Coop, we began to notice a cool phenomenon. When people see us, they stop, smile and wave. More so than with any other vehicle we have owned. We have also found that when telling people we bought a Mini Cooper, the immediate reaction is a huge smile, then they want to talk about it. It's nice to share the Mini Cooper vibe!
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