We had a great Jeepin' weekend with friends and we we worn out by the end of it as both days were pretty much all day events.  We started with National Topless Day on Saturday.  Rain threatened but after breakfast with friends, the radar started to look a lot better so we headed to the starting point in Overland Park, KS.  From there, we headed east on a planned 142 mile ride.  We were a bit behind schedule and I think we shortened it up just a bit but it was a fun day with us even getting a little sunburn by the end of it.  We finished in a field a half hour to the north of our house where we spelled the word "Jeep" with our rigs and then did a drone shot from above.  After the photo, we all went to a BBQ restaurant for dinner and then from there we went to the ice cream shop, getting home about 7pm.

The next morning, we were up at 5am so we could meet our friends at Quiktrip to Convoy over to Cabelas to meet up with a couple others for a convoy to Tuttle.  We had 5 rfigs going with a 6th meeting us there.  It's just under two and a half hours to Tuttle from our house but it is so worth it.  When we arrived, we aired down and headed out on the trails.  One of the couples that is going to Colorado with us has a Rubicon on 35's but had never been off road so this was their first time and they not only loved it but did great on the trails.  

We didn;t get much video because I forgot to charge my GoPro's the night before but we got a little.  The funniest thing that happened was when we came out of the hills and into the lake bed, we ran across a Jeep Cherokee stuck in the mud.  It was a soldier and his family from nearby Fort Riley who had just transferred from Georgia.  Apparently they were alone but a couple other vehicles had stopped, none equipped with a tow strap or winch.  The Cherokee didn't even have tow points so we wound up running tow straps through his wheels and used two rigs and winches to pull him straight out.  Then, the Durango driver who had stopped to offer moral support (that was all he could do) decided he would show the guy how it was done.  Yeah, that didn't work too well as he was now stuck too.  Now we have to rescue him too.  While doing so, one of my friends said that someone needed to show them how it was done.  Challenge accepted!

The child's voice at the end of the video saying "He made it!" was the 4 year old son of the soldier who was stuck.  Everyone thought that was funny.  

We wheeled for about 6 hours going up ledges, steep inclines, through the many creeks and we all avoided trail damage.  It was a blast.  I kept taking the more difficult routes instead of some of the bypasses which had Jodi a bit worried but we had no issues.  I did get hung up on one set of ledges and it took multiple attempts and some extra skinny pedal to clear it but I made it. I'll have to post the video later but this is where it took place.