Like many of you, Cindy and I spent the better part of last week attending the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari out in Moab, Utah. Of course, our adventures really started the week before that as we decided to first make a stop down in SoCal, visit our friends at Off Road Evolution and have their all new EVO cage installed in Rubicat. Being that much of what we did over the last 2 weeks was work related, we weren't able to take as many pics as we would have preferred but here are a few that highlight some of the fun we had. I hope you enjoy.
Shootin Down to SoCal
Rubicat all packed up and ready to head down to SoCal on a chilly Carson City morning.
It's hard to believe that the hills and mountains beyond were still covered in snow this late in the year and all the way down to Bishop.
Taking a break at one of our favorite rest stops down in the Owens Valley where amazingly, it felt like summer.
Yup, we're down in SoCal.
Getting right to business, our first stop was over at Bottle Logic where we attended the SoCal Suds-n-Grub!
After a great night with friends and libations, we made our way over to Off Road Evolution where we spent the day and had one of their all new EVO cages installed in Rubicat.
Oh yeah, now we're talking or should I say, seeing over the dash bar.
Headin Out to Moab
Did I mention that on our way down to SoCal, our rear driveshaft started singing at us like a chorus of angry squirrels? As we would come to find, the double cardan was toast and I had to pull it to have it rebuilt. Fortunately, our old driveline shop, Powertrain Direct was near by and they were able to help us out. After 2 days of driving all around SoCal in front wheel drive, we got our shaft back and did a parking lot install.
On the road and on our way out to Moab at long last! Bummer that it's looking more and more like a storm is coming in.
Making a well needed rest stop along the way.
Winding our way through the Capitol Reef.
And here we are - the promised land! Time for a local brew and some grub.
CHEERS!
After dinner, we checked into our condo and took a stroll down to where we knew we'd find some cool concept Jeeps.
Never really noticed it when this came out the year before but as you can see, this concept rig called the Shortcut featured a grill that looks a lot like what we're seeing on the all new JL Wrangler.
Here's the JT that came out to Moab back in 2007 and was the very first Wrangler based concept truck.
Of course, one of my favorites - the Chief.
And finally, here's probably my all time favorite - the Nukizer 715
Shootin Down to SoCal
Rubicat all packed up and ready to head down to SoCal on a chilly Carson City morning.
It's hard to believe that the hills and mountains beyond were still covered in snow this late in the year and all the way down to Bishop.
Taking a break at one of our favorite rest stops down in the Owens Valley where amazingly, it felt like summer.
Yup, we're down in SoCal.
Getting right to business, our first stop was over at Bottle Logic where we attended the SoCal Suds-n-Grub!
After a great night with friends and libations, we made our way over to Off Road Evolution where we spent the day and had one of their all new EVO cages installed in Rubicat.
Oh yeah, now we're talking or should I say, seeing over the dash bar.
Headin Out to Moab
Did I mention that on our way down to SoCal, our rear driveshaft started singing at us like a chorus of angry squirrels? As we would come to find, the double cardan was toast and I had to pull it to have it rebuilt. Fortunately, our old driveline shop, Powertrain Direct was near by and they were able to help us out. After 2 days of driving all around SoCal in front wheel drive, we got our shaft back and did a parking lot install.
On the road and on our way out to Moab at long last! Bummer that it's looking more and more like a storm is coming in.
Making a well needed rest stop along the way.
Winding our way through the Capitol Reef.
And here we are - the promised land! Time for a local brew and some grub.
CHEERS!
After dinner, we checked into our condo and took a stroll down to where we knew we'd find some cool concept Jeeps.
Never really noticed it when this came out the year before but as you can see, this concept rig called the Shortcut featured a grill that looks a lot like what we're seeing on the all new JL Wrangler.
Here's the JT that came out to Moab back in 2007 and was the very first Wrangler based concept truck.
Of course, one of my favorites - the Chief.
And finally, here's probably my all time favorite - the Nukizer 715
