Jeep Trail Ride Somewhere in Rock Tavern, NY
Posted: March 4, 2012 Filed under: Jeep | Tags: Hudson Valley trails, Jeep in the mud, Jeep in the woods, Wrangler 9 Comments »Saturday March 3rd, me, Laurie and Maddie went to a Jeep event hosted by one of the guys on the Wrangler Forum He owns about 20 acres or so and was nice enough to let about 10 of us Jeepers to slip around on a muddy mountain.
Good times had by all.
Here is a slideshow of the pics I took:
This video was posted by one of the Jeep guys, “TwoZeroFD is his handle on the forum. Thanks for filming me!
This is me, Maddie and Laurie climbing up the muddy mountain.
Jeep Meeting and Trail Ride
Posted: February 20, 2012 Filed under: Jeep | Tags: Catskills trails, Hudson Valley trails, Jeep on the trail, Wrangler 5 Comments »On February 18, I hosted yet another Jeep Meet and Greet. The first one was a big success but did not inclue a trail ride. I met some awesome people and decided to host another one. What the hell is a Jeep Meet and Greet you ask? See, I belong to the Wrangler Forum. A place where Jeep enthusiasts nerds such as myself gather to exchange information, argue over which model is better, exchange modification ideas, (where the hell can I mount the CB??), and trail locations. Star Wars nerds have their conventions, we have the Forum. Specificily, the Hudson Valley thread on the Forum.
Long story short, I post a date and time on the Forum and people show up because people like beers and Jeeps. Actually Jeep upside down and backwards IS beer. See:
At 1 pm, people started to show up with their Jeeps. Here is a quick photo of my driveway right before we headed out:
On the way to the undisclosed trail location (did not think it was going to be that easy did ya?), we pulled over to watch a hang glider guy slowly descend to his death. Honestly, those guys that do that are crazy. And thin. I am jealous.
This sign was on a random tree in the middle of the trail. I think NY State was trying to be funny.
Eventually, we traveled down the path and came to this:
Cross the streams
As soon as we pulled up to this obstacle, I immediately thought of this:
I am also an idiot.
Lined up at the stream
Mike F takes the spotting dutiesMe at full protonic reversal. (Crossing the Stream..oh nevermind)
After the babbling brook, we went for another mile or so until we came to a stream that about 10 feet straight down. No way to cross it, plus it was starting to get dark, and fixing a flat in the dark, in the mud, in the cold snow, especially with no spare tire, is not a fun task. We decided to turn around.
Ohhh that is why you are smiling. Ahhhh...
Move it on out! Noah
I followed Noah and decided to film alot more on the way out then I did on the way in. The first obstacle was the a very deep, narrow trench. Does not translate hot steep it was on the video, but it was unnerving especially with no spare. I am a dumbass.
Made it no problem. The more I drove the Jeep, the more confident and impressed I was at what this vehicle can do. Even stock, fresh out of the factory this is a very capable offroad vehicle.
Captain Obvious
Good times had by all!
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New Jeep!
Posted: January 15, 2011 Filed under: Jeep | Tags: lifted, Skyjacker, Wrangler, YJ 8 Comments »After years of saying:” We need a four-wheel drive vehicle” and years of calling out when there is 1″ of snow on the road, we went and bought ourselves another Jeep. Some of my long term readers (Hi Mom!) will remember our old Wrangler. CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR OLD JEEP
We lasted two winters without 4WD and we can not take it any longer! So…we went out and bought this:
Now, we can’t wait for it to snow!
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Rhode Island Visit
Posted: March 22, 2010 Filed under: Madaghan | Tags: ATV, kyte flying, little mac, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Rhode Island, Wrangler 6 Comments »We traveled to my brother Keith’s house to visit the latest edition to the family, his new baby daughter Julia.
The weather was sooo nice we decided to walk around the block to teach Keith’s oldest daughter, Alexa, how to ride an ATV:
Rev the engine, then down-shift.
After the on road off roading lesson we decided to hit the beach.
Can you take the picture from any further from the water?
Keith showing Madaghan and Alexa how to fly a kyte.
Go fly a kyte!
We got back on Sunday and we took Madaghan’s jeep out for a spin:
Can this driveway be any longer?
After only a few minutes, the battery quit. I am not sure why, it was fully charged. I hope it kind of got drained from not being used in a couple of months. I plugged it in Sunday night, so hopefully it will work for more than 5 minutes next time.
Since the Jeep quit, we thought it was a good day for Maddie to start on her bicycle:
Little Mac in training. (Mike Tyson Punch-out reference)
See:
OK, not exactly…Madaghan is not a big Black man and Laurie is not wearing a pink hoodie. But you get the idea.
