•  All events are uninsured informal gatherings. The Les Bois Miata Club assumes no liability. Each driver is responsible for his/her own actions.
  
  
•  We pledge to obey traffic laws, drive unimpaired and responsibly, and have our cars in safe, working condition.
  
  
•  We hope to be top-down participants and we try to stick to paved roads.
  
  
•  Feel free to join or leave the group at your leisure.
  
  
  Nancy 's Tips on Packing a Miata for Road Trips
  Originally published in 1998 September/October Tops Down
  If you are new to Miata touring, you will soon find out the trunk of the Miata doesn't hold much. It takes some special planning for two people (especially if one or two are female) to bring enough clothes and such for a few days and still have room for shopping purchases along the way.
  Any tops down drive you need:
  · Sunscreen ? Sunglasses
  · A hat (neck coverage and a string to keep it from blowing away are good ideas
  · Sun protective shirts andr pants are available at REI.
  · Lots of water, and /or other fluids ,
  · Small cooler - Soft-sided is best.
  · Road maps or GPS, especially if you lead.
  · CB Radio and antenna or FMR to keep in contact with the group.
  · Your tunes ? Camera

  For a longer trip you need to consider the weather and geography. Mountains are cooler than desert. Spring and fall are the most difficult to predict. Plan on dressing in layers. Bring simple, comfortable clothes and shoes. Our club trips are casual affairs. You don't need to bring dressy clothes and you don't need to make a fashion statement for us. Trunk space is too valuable, and we girls want to be able to shop!
  Luggage Use small pieces of the soft-sided kind that can be squished around into the oddly shaped corners of the trunk of the first generation trunk. There are deck bags available, too. We stash jackets under our boot.
  Toiletries Try to keep them to a minimum (we never leave civilization for very long) and use small bottles and packages. If you can leave the hair dryer behind, do, or bring a small one.
  Hair - Everyone on these outings gets either severe hat hair or crazy wind blown hair in the first 15 minutes of driving with the top down. We're all in the same boat, so don't worry what your hair looks like. If you can't help worrying, my advice is to get a cute hat you can wear all day. It's probably a good idea to bring a good conditioner for your hair to revive it after a day of sun and wind.
  For a mid-summer trip, weather likely will be hot most of the time.
  · Shorts for the days, but pack a pair of jeans for cool evenings
  · Jacket, sweater, or sweatshirt for cool mornings and evenings.
  · Lightweight tops. A lightweight long sleeved shirt is nice to put on when you've had too much sun.
  · Swimsuit. That pool looks very inviting after a day in the hot sun!
  For spring and fall trips, mornings and evenings can be cold and the days are shorter.
  · Warm coat that will break the wind ? Gloves
  · Warm hat and/or ear muffs ? Sweater or sweatshirt.
  · Long pants, but you may want to throw in a pair of shorts in case an afternoon gets hot.
  · Blanket to have in the cockpit, ready for your passenger's legs. It gets colder in the passenger seat than in the driver's.
  Car Stuff, just in case.
  · Cell phone ? Emergency tool kit.
  · Rag or two to clean up a mess. ? Car duster to get some of the shine back.
  · Tie down for the trunk lid just in case something is just too good to pass up.
  · Umbrella. ? Car Cover
  · Your Les Bois Miata Club Membership Directory - to look up cell numbers of your companions
  Hopefully you can get all this in the car with no trouble. Don't forget to use those little nooks and crannies. Don't cram the trunk! Leave room for treasures you find along the way

  
  
  

Don't take the fun out of the run - Drive responsibly!