I think a great time was had by all at the South Mountain run. My wifeLaurie and I were running late and arrived at the Mystery Castle around10:25am only to find we were early. Why you ask... The Mystery Castledidn't open until 11am. When we turned the corner off of 7th street andstarted down the hill we saw six other smarts waiting. What a coolsight!

The group decided to skip the castle and head up the mountain.On the way up we thought we lost someone in the turn about. Come tofind out he knew a super secret short cut and ended up leading us allaround. The drive up the summit was fun seeing all the smarts weavetheir way up the hill. Hikers, bikers and other adventurers smiled andshot photos as the smart procession drove by. The summit was great. Wegot creative in balancing the color of our parking display. When thephotos post check out the balance.

We then went to Los Dos Molinosmexican restaurant and well... I'll let the rest of our group posttheir thoughts. Once again we changed plans and ended up at Panchosmexican restaurant located less than a mile away. The food and servicewas excellent. As I was sitting at the table I noticed everyone washaving a blast getting to know each other. Our conversations startedsoft and ended up so loud I thought we were going to get escorted out(not really) but we were having a lot of fun.

We all exchanged phonenumbers and email addresses and began to discuss what the heck we weregoing to name ourselves and what our next adventure was going to be. Soget on the poll and vote for you favorite club name and post asuggestion for our next outing.

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written by Honey B, May 11, 2008

Nice write up Dan. I thought you captured the mood of the event. Betty and I enjoyed meeting everyone and having our first opportunity to share SMART experiences with other owners. We look forward to future fun times. Lynn.

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written by Alejake, May 11, 2008

Dan is being too kind. Basically Los Dos Molinos ran off at least eleven (11) paying customers by their arrogant and poor customer service.

No.1: It was an extremely warm afternoon, and although they had the room to allow us to wait inside, they said we were "a fire hazard" and had to wait outside. No.2: One of our participants told them that they had a medically condition that would be eased if they could wait inside, and was told "No", that they were a fire hazard too. No.3: When another member went inside they saw about three employees visiting with each other, but none preparing tables and enough empty tables to accommodate all Smart participants.

Los Dos Molinos loss and Poncho's gain. Great promotion and publicity Molinos . . . Warning you can survive on your reputation for only so long.

P.S. This was a great event, with some very funny, warm and friendly people. We will be attending the nest event and hope to see all who participated and hopefully many new faces.

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written by Peterbuilt, May 03, 2009

Ww would like to join y'all on some Smart trips.
Don and Anna Mansfield
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