Camp Jeep 2003

[Wayne Sihler]

Had a Liberty behind us on trail 6 Fri afternoon.When we stopped at the first down hill obstical(sp) I asked where his tow hooks were,"Don,t have any"-- O great I thought ,He only had a problem with one up hill section and that was because of the rutts,he made it on the third try.If it would have been wet ,It would have been a long day------
Wayne

 

[REDXJ4FUN]

trust me As a guide i was so thank full that it didn't rain Camp jeep only requiers tow hooks on jeeps running the harder trails but soom of the eaiser trails ened up being realy bad and since they didn't have hooks it made our jobs that much harder wer going to make sure every run has some wrecker hooks to make thing easier when winching. its very rewarding to be there and teach and look after people who are new to wheeling and show them what a jeep can do and talking people though rough spots. There were a couple of realy cool things i got to see.. one was people actualy using thier WJs and beeing inside with their AC on they didn't seem to mind beating on them and not being afraid to keep thier foot down to make a tough spot. another was a friend was thier with her little TJ so i wnet on some rides with her and with only the swaybar off and her 225/75/15 GSAs air down she made all the hard trails except for one realy bad rock gardens thatvery few jeeps even hevily modified like some scramblers for JPs off road who compete couldn't make But one of my friend who is a guide make it i his XJ on 37s.but seeing her smile when she made it is what guding all bout since she was the one behind the wheel.

 

[sidriptide]

damn!! sounds like a good time. i had to cancel at the last minute... S%@T happens i guess....
mike

 

[gixer]

Well my buddy John was a guide so I went with him. Man was it hot. We ran trail 12 it was suposed to be an easy trail. 1 river crossing was cool but when the water was over the top of the stockers tires people were a little worried but the mud section was a killer. Every one was asking were we got all the mud from. We straped about 15 people threw the mud. Once people saw every one with mud from trail 12 we filled up quick. They had to change it a few times because people could not get threw the easy trail. Man was it fun though. Even though I was not an official trail guide I helped them out when asked. Even the sunk Grand who hydroed the motor. 03 with 3500 miles. Pulled the plugs and got the water out and she ran like a top after that. You really have to love the 4.0. We were running a green XJ with 32's and had a blast. Dont forget is some thing happens to you tell the trail guide they will call chris or carla and they will tell the safty patrol and the safty patrol will come and get you.
LOL
Steven

 

[REDXJ4FUN]

Hey Steven i think we actualy met on thrusday night at the little party the guides were haveing. if I remember John and i spent some time talking about turbos and stuff.

 

[gixer]

Yeah that was me. Didnt see ya at the staging area we must have been running at different times. Yeah that party made us a little late the next day. Then again we didnt stop drinking when the party was over.:arrowr: :arrowr:

 

[njjeepthing]

Hey Dan, I met ya on a Thursday afternoon's trail ride, I was the guy in the Silver XJ right behind ya. Great to meet ya, and thanks for showing us around, we will be back next year.

Jamie

 

[Hunter-LynchburgVa]

CJ 03 sounded like a good time. unfortunately the closest i got to camp jeep was pounding beers at the hotel the guides were staying at, work and a bad phone system at the holiday inn express kept me out this year. i do look forward to next year when i can plan a little better and hopefully CJ will come back to this area.
oakridge has a major advantage over any other camp jeep venue and thats the well developed group of trail guides, trails, and of course chris and carla who keep everything on the up and up no matter what happens. they really do deserve a lifetime achievement award or something on the same level!

Hunter

 

[REDXJ4FUN]

hey hunter its a shame i didn't get to meet you there, I was looking forward to seeing a bunch of the guys and did meet a few. Your right Chris and Carla deserve somuch for what they do and it pissed a buch of us off when the VP of jeep was saying all of these name and how importan some of these people were and didn't even come close to saying chris and carlas name. It will be back next year so I am so excited but its going to be alot of work to get there but when your there its simply increidable.may be i'll see ya at the annual ride. And one that i tried to do the most was every XJ owner i got to talk to I talked about and that when it came to XJs that it can't be matched.
Danny

 

[Barger]

We Had a great time at CJ 03 I apparently had horrible timing I saw some killer rigs but never found an owner, and we were a little tardy to the staging area so I didn't get to do much wandering around. Talked to a lot of great XJ'ers and suggested they look up , as you guys have saved me a ton of time, money and headaches.Thanks to all the trail guide the trails were great. Look forward to meeting everybody trying to figure out how to get to Moab this fall.
Barger