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Maiden Voyage





We've had our jeep for almost 2 months now, and this weekend was it's first off-roading trip. I say "it's" because I haven't been able to figure out it's vehicle gender yet. YES, vehicles have gender assignments, they just aren't as obvious as human ones (however, these days that can be difficult too--but we wont untangle that ball of hair today). We started out the trip the way every good adventure starts, by hitting up Maverik for some beverages. Then, we started driving west and just kept going....and going....and going. One minor pit-stop for everyone to pee by a tire and let the dog run around for a minute, and then more heading west. We found some skeletons hanging in a tree, an LDS ward building literally in the middle of nowhere (seriously, not a house within 25 miles....If they build it, they will come???), and a really big rock mountain in the middle of the desert--Utah is weird like that. After spotting strange rock mountain, we (by "we" I mean "Chris", he was the driver this time) got a bit dusty, and did a little rock crawling. It was a very novice ride, (it was actually a scouting trip for our upcoming gambler 500 adventure), but it was fun nonetheless. I didn't get any actions shots, but in the moment I wasn't thinking "let me out to take a picture", I was thinking "holy corn dogs--this is a blast!". I'm sure I'll get better as we go along. Our JKU Sport is still stock for the most part, aside from a few cosmetic changes, and I was excited and impressed at its rock crawling abilities. After a few mods this winter, we'll be all set for Moab in the spring.... stay tuned.














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