What’s up everyone?
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| Serenity on the rocks |
It’s been awhile since I have posted and once again I have to apologize for it. It becoming a habit that we’re gonna have to break. Weather, that won’t make up its mind, and crazy work schedules have left us guarding the homestead instead of adventuring out into the great wilderness. This has created a slight void in what we have talk about. With Spring finally here, hopefully the weather will upturn for the better and we’ll finally be able to enjoy the outdoors once more. With that all said let get back to this weeks post.
As I stated above, winter is over and spring is taking its place. During this time of year, my thought tend to fall upon one of my favorite holidays, Easter. Not necessarily Easter itself, even thought I enjoy the holiday, but the week leading up to Easter.
Every year during the week of Easter, the small little town of Moab, Utah fills to the brim with Jeepers and four-wheel drive enthusiasts. Moab is the host of the annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari. It has been this way since it was conceived in 1967 in an attempt to bring in more tourists and believe me it work. My family has been participating in the Safari since ’89, that almost thirty years in the off road game. Its hard for me to picture an Easter before we started going there. I have watched the Safari grow and grow without any stopping in sight. Which is awesome to see. Like mind people being able to share and enjoy in an activity that they love. Passing the time telling stories of their adventures or just talking about the upgrades of their rigs.
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Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to participate in the Safari in some time now. In the past it hadn’t bothered me all that much, but for some reason this year it has really been bringing me down. It could be that it was one of our family traditions that I looked forward to every year or maybe I’m just suffering from a bad case of cabin fever and I really need to get out of this house. STUPID WEATHER!
I think its probably seeing all these Jeeps running around here and it’s making me miss mine. When we decided to move out to the Chicagoland area we elected to leave it in Salt Lake. To be honest, I didn’t want to drive it all the way out here. It might have been a mistake on my part to leave it behind but it made sense to me at the time. Some of you may or may not know, but Illinois is fairly flat with nothing that I would consider worthy of using four wheel drive on. I am still relatively new to the area and not too familiar with what is possibly around us in terms of play areas for off roading. I did recently found out that there is a Jeep or 4x4 club out here. I haven’t had a chance to look into them yet to find out what they are all about, but hopefully I will be able to contact them and get more information on where to play in our new home. I’ll have to keep you guys up to date on that if it and when that develops.
I have made a new friend out here, that has be hounding me to bring my Jeep out here. He is a fellow enthusiast and has started a Blazer project of his own. He is fairly new to the off road game and he is always asking me question about my rig and excited to hear my opinions on the subject. I find it funny that whenever we get together our conversation, regardless of what we are talking about, eventually lead to off roading. I know his wife has had enough of it, since every time we talk he gets more excited about it and wants to work on his project to get it going. I think that its refreshing for him to be able to talk to someone that has the experience that I have. I’m not an expert in any way, I just want to make that clear, but I do know a few things.
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In response to my friends hounding, I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a new Jeep. I have really fallen in love with the new design of the 2018 Wrangler. It would have to be the Unlimited Rubicon though. There is a high probability that our little family unit will be expanding and having the 4 doors of the Unlimited would be a must have. With the Rubicon variation it would save on upgrades in the future. The more I toy with the idea the more I’m not sure I can do it. Buying a new Jeep would mean that I would have to sell my old one. I’m not sure if I quite ready to do that yet. I’ve had a lot of good times and awesome adventures in her. It would be like getting rid of a family member. An end of an era. Either way, I don’t have to make that decision now and it is always nice to dream about what could be.
Wherever your travels may take you this Easter Holiday season, I hope that you have a safe and wonderful time. Enjoy the traditions that you have created and enjoy the company that you keep
From our family to yours. Happy Easter! Until next time.
Josh and Erin
