MTTS an early start
An early start for MINI TAKES THE STATES at MINI Headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
MTTS Day 1 Jim McDowell at Woodcliff Lake
MTTS Day 1 with Jim McDowell of MINI USA kicking off the event at MINI Headquarters in New Jersey.
MMTS Day 1 Austin Powers
Did you guess who the special guest was? Why isn't that Austin Powers? Oh behave.
Front_pages_at_the_Newseum_entrance
Newspapers from all over the world are dispayed at the entrance of the Newseum everyday.
Pennsylvania Avenue-Newseum terrace
The terrace of the Newseum from which the 4th of July fireworks were viewed by the MTTS participants.
MTTS Day 1 The Capitol from the Newseum
MTTS Day 1 - the Capitol as viewed from the terrace of the Newseum.
Leaving National Harbor and heading towards Charlotte
Leaving National Harbor and heading towards Charlotte.
Michael Johnston, US Paralympic hopeful and MTTS Motorbassador
Michael Johnston, US Paralympic hopeful and MTTS Motorbassador.
California Adventure Plaza Entrance - July 12, 2012
The newly designed entrance to California Adventure from the Disneyland entrance plaza. The style is Art Deco from the 20's.
Disney California Adventure
The new structures in California Adventure can be seen over the top of the Entrance Gate. A replica of the Carthay Circle Theatre where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened can be seen to the right.
The Storyteller Statue on Buena Vista Street
Beautiful life size stature of Wald Disney and Mickey Mouse depicting Walt's arrival in LA during the 1920's
Red Car Trolley coming from Hollywood in California Adventure
Picture Los Angeles today, and most people summon up images of cars and freeways. But if you talk to people of a certain age who grew up in Los Angeles, and mention the words "red cars", you will hear about a time before the freeways, when a network of rail lines and electric streetcars connected L.A., Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. They reached their peak in popularity in the 1920s, then slowly fell victim to Angelenos' love of their automobiles. By the time the last Red Car was retired from service in 1961, only rail hobbyists expressed much regret.
Red Car Trolley
Starting in 1894 Moses Sherman and Eli Clark began acquiring the various cities' horse-car and cablecar systems, eventually forming the Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway. One of the new company's first project was the University Line, which included the University of Southern California. Until this time, all the systems had operated within cities. But in 1895 the first intercity line opened; an electric rail line that linked Pasadena and Los Angeles. This intercity line was such a huge success that others soon followed: by 1896 tracks ran from Los Angeles through what would one day be Beverly Hills, Hollywood to Santa Monica.
MTTS 2012 LA
Six models to choose from; Roadster, Convertible, Hardtop, Clubman, Countryman and Coupe.
MTTS 2012 LA
The hotel strikes me as once being permanent studio apartments that have now been turned into a boutique hotel. The little alcove may once have been a small kitchen area?