IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

Some pictures from Saturday 🙂

….and the party at night

Some pictures from Friday at WinterFest

I was invited by a friend to check out an offroad park in Iowa that I had never been to before, because it is getting closed down by the DNR on March 1st. I figure I’d check it out before it was closed, and went there today.

Perfect wheeling weather for a Jeep with no doors or top. I should also mention the wind was brutal

an XJ that showed up, caught up by his diff

Some of the group

The friend who invited me, climbing up out of a wash

oops……he didn’t see the large drop off and sped into it…..his rear tires came up off the ground a few feet, and then came back down

Surrounding creek

Another hill climb.

….and my day ended early when my alternator crapped out on me……and I really have no idea why, as I didn’t go thru any water or mud today….

Overall, it was a fun little park. I had a good time. Just wish it was a little warmer.

OK, so after hitting the trails at TRL WGN’s place in the morning, I drove over to Rockport to hit some trails in the afternoon. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anyone there to wheel with, so I headed off on my own. Since it had rained the night before, I stuck to the medium-type trails. Rockport was very muddy and slick from the rain/ice the night before! I did manage to cover quite a bit of the park myself.

Here’s a few pics I snapped.

an easy leisurely drive

oops….slid off the trail. had to winch myself back on and up over the hill….you can see my slide tracks below

up at the top after winching

kinda like this one

played in the rocks before the day was over

i wasn’t supposed to slide over like that

Since I was down in Springfield this weekend, I decided to drag my XJ along and do some wheeling. I met up with TRL WGN and What Rd from NAXJA. TRL WGN has some private trails on his land that he showed me around today. We had a great time. It was your normal type terrin for Illinois wheeling.

Here’s a few pics.

ready to hit the trails

What Rd dropping into the creek

in the first section of the creek

did i mention there was a rain/ice storm the night before. made things extra slick

TRL WGN giving it all he’s got on “winch hole” (we all had to winch up it)

dropping in the creek again

clearing a tree that had fallen across the trail

we even cut a new section of a trail

super tall rigs need not apply

…and the last climb out of the trail system before we headed out