"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote
It sounds right as long as you have VFR conditions at the MDA
and remain in VFR conditions to your destination. You can't fly
along within 700 feet of the surface in IMC in Class G airspace,
FAR 91.177 still applies in Class G airspace.

But with regard to the original question, wouldn't the following
apply:

(a) Operation of aircraft at minimum altitudes. Except when necessary
for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft under IFR
below --

Bob Moore