After spending the summer working on Capitol Hill, Justin Kalemkiarian wanted to unwind with a wheeling trip before he headed off to school for the fall. He & his dad (Brent) drove Ol’ Red, while I (Obi-Wan) brought my family…
Tuttle Creek ORV Park, 21-22 Sept 2002 near Randolph, KS
Matt was selling his Jeep and wanted to make a farewell run to Tuttle Creek to pass the torch to the new owner. A small group of Lincoln Wrangler owners accompanied him for a weekend of camping and wheeling. Since…
FSJ Invasion – Yankee Boy Basin, 17 Aug 2002 near Ouray, CO
We’d grown tired of the daily commute down the scary Hwy 550 from Ouray to Silverton, so we decided to spend the day on a shorter, closer trail. Yankee Boy Basin is just 8 miles southwest of Ouray, and doesn’t…
FSJ Invasion – Placer & Picayne Gulches, 16 Aug 2002 near Ouray, CO
We jumped in with a small group (five Jeeps including us) on Friday. Since the picnic was scheduled for noon-4pm near Eureka (just south of Animas Forks), we decided to run some trails close to the area that morning —…
FSJ Invasion – Corkscrew Gulch, 15 Aug 2002 near Ouray, CO
We intended to head to Minnie & Maggie Gulches, but we took a wrong turn after Silverton (despite Gary’s GPS), and ended up doing Corkscrew Gulch instead. Oh well, it was still fun. Dennis stalled just before the summit and…
Badlands Off-Road Park, 8-9 June 2002 near Attica, IN
A handful of us from the JeepOffRoad (JPOR) Mailing List finally decided that we needed to get together and meet each other, so we planned a trip to the Badlands. It turned out to be a longer drive and…
5th Annual Flatlanders 4×4 Fest, 4 May 2002 near Randolph, KS
The 5th anniversary 4×4 Fest, sponsored by the Flatlanders Jeep Club, probably saw the best weather of any of them: 75 F, 50% humidity, 5 mph winds, and only a few clouds in the sky. The morning started out a…
5th Annual Flatlanders 4×4 Fest Advertisement
5th Annual Flatlanders 4×4 Fest Saturday, 4 May 2002 It’s time once again for the 5th annual Flatlanders Jeep Club 4×4 Fest. The 4×4 Fest is traditionally held on the first Saturday in May in the thriving metropolis of…
Chalk Creek Canyon, July 1972
These photos were taken at a family gathering at Love Ranch in Chalk Creek Canyon near Salida, Colorado. The date on these prints was July 1972. I was only 17 months old at the time, so this was almost certainly…
Nebraska National Forest, September 2001 near Halsey, NE
We’d been wanting to visit the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey, NE, for some time. Jim Davis finally decreed that there would be a Just Jeeps trip out there over Labor Day weekend (31 August – 3 September 2001). The…