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  1. Desert Rose JK

    Starting JEEPER's out young

    HEADLINE Florida... "Teachers turn COVID-19 desk shields into Jeeps: 'Playful, not imprisoned' 'It's a way to make them feel playful rather than imprisoned,' one teacher said" Article about a school teacher's idea for kids to be more comfortable with the 'plastic enclosure'. See the full...
  2. Desert Rose JK

    2019 EJS Moab and then San Rafael Swell

    We did our normal week at EJS this year but since I just retired and don't have to rush back to work, we added another week to the Jeeping week and explored a new area... But first EJS...... The week at EJS as great, got to see the new JT trucks, and ran some great trails. From our RV site, we...
  3. Desert Rose JK

    Santa brought us a new toy

    Santa added to our collection of Jeeps by bringing us a new 2019 WK Grand Cherokee. It has all the bells and whistles for the wife to enjoy as her daily driver. It has the 5.7 hemi and trail rated package and a number of other packages to make for a trouble free mall crawling experience. We...
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    Jeepers that go to a 'Crazy Hat Party'

    Well, for this past New Years eve, we got invited to a party that involved the wearing of a 'crazy hat' contest. We had never been to one, nor heard of it before so we googled it and...wow, lots of crazy hats but nothing that I liked or wanted to create and I even searched areas like 'jeep...
  5. Desert Rose JK

    All 4 Fun 2017 Leadville Colorado

    Well we just finished up a week's stay in Leadville Colorado attending the Mile High Jeep Club Summer event call 'All 4 Fun' which was their 51st year of putting on this event which rotates around 4 or 5 location each year. Since I've been working on a project in Montrose Colorado for the past...
  6. Desert Rose JK

    Opening of Engineer Pass 2017

    Well, I'm still in SW Colorado finishing up my construction project and really looking forward to enjoying another great summer here four wheeling and not fighting the heat back in Arizona... My wife got the notice on Friday that Engineer Pass was just opened after plowing all the snow and that...
  7. Desert Rose JK

    Colorado Fall Colors Part 2

    Seems like everyone liked the first part so is here is the second part.... So after driving up Kebler Pass and down Ohio Pass we went out and hit Owl Creek Pass on the way back from Gunnison. Owl Creek Pass goes through the heart of the Cimarron mountain range just East of the San Juan's. Above...
  8. Desert Rose JK

    Fall Colors Trip in Colorado

    Did a run out to see the changing fall colors of Colorado while I'm up here... Wasn't any four wheeling, just had to avoid the other 10,000 drivers who wanted to do the same thing. This is Kebler Pass road in SW Colorado. Hope you enjoy...more to come as we are heading out again...
  9. Desert Rose JK

    Ophir Pass Colorado

    Well a couple weeks ago we heard that they had opened up the mountain pass call Ophir Pass which lies between Silverton and Telluride. This was a wagon route developed in 1881 to run supplies between the two towns and the many mines in between. But what we heard when it opened was that the...
  10. Desert Rose JK

    Ouray Colorado trails for Memorial Weekend

    Since I'm up in SW Colorado for work and had to put up with winter conditions for the past 7 months (which was tough for a desert rat who is use to 70 degree winters), we decided to get out and start checking out the trails. Let me tell you... this ain't the desert anymore! We spent the long...
  11. Desert Rose JK

    MOAB EJS...You never know what is going to show up

    Well, Just as in Eddie's big encounter with the Jeep Concept rigs, I too had a encounter of a different type. On our EJS trail run this morning 'Jax Trax' we had this new Bentley join us for half of the trail run... yes it is four wheel drive, locking diffs, W12 engine, 600hp, adjustable ride...
  12. Desert Rose JK

    Checking out the Snow around Ouray Colorado

    A couple weeks ago, took the wife on a tour of the new neighborhood around Montrose and went up to Ouray to walk and shop the town and then a drive up to Red Mountain Pass to check out the snow and beauty. Great views with in the town of the mountain peaks. Rental Jeeps 'in storage' Just...
  13. Desert Rose JK

    Top Gear (USA) does Rubicon trail

    My wife is heavy into the multi-media and a large number of Jeep based site which she showed me one about... Nena Barlow, who runs Jeep rentals and tours businesses in Sedona, Moab, and Rubicon, a picture and statement about the Top Gear production company and hosts (Adam, Rutledge & Tanner)...
  14. Desert Rose JK

    W.E. Rock kick off event in AZ 3/7

    W.E. Rock crawling event is this weekend in Congress. Rock crawling on Saturday and dirt riot race on Sunday. We'll be heading out to watch the crawling on Sat. mornng, and staying all day. Went to it a few years ago and was pretty neat watching all the custom rigs doing some serious rock...
  15. Desert Rose JK

    South West Colorado road trip

    This posting is a couple weeks late but I got busy and I've been slow getting the photos down loaded off the cameras. I work construction management and finished up and turned over a job at the end of August and was to start a new one right away but the permits got held up for a couple of...
  16. Desert Rose JK

    WayaLifers Hits the Whitewater of the Grand Canyon

    Thought we would share some photos of our summer vacation that occurred last week... A 8 day, 7 night trip through the Grand Canyon from Lee's Ferry to Whitmore Wash a total of 188 miles of Colorado River floating and Whitewater rapids running. No there's no Jeeps in these photos (thou we did...
  17. Desert Rose JK

    Old mines in Western Arizona

    Made a long day trip out in to Western Arizona north of Wenden to check out some old mine sites from the 1800's and turn of the century. Didn't get to as many site as we wanted but, heck guess we'll just have to go again! The first site, lots of gray waste tailing in an area of granite. We...
  18. Desert Rose JK

    Trans-Siberian Orchestra Jeep Display

    Check out this Jeep parade with lights... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC76JzL_g_Q
  19. Desert Rose JK

    Moab and Loop around Utah, part 1

    With the short week, we decided to make it a full week and 'get away' from work. It started with the first few days at Lake Powell then went on a road trip to check out Moab and maked a scenic adventure by looping around Utah. First stop at Goulding Trading Post in Monument Valley More...
  20. Desert Rose JK

    Give a Prayer to Ariz Fire Fighters

    Please send out your prayers toward the 19 fallen firefighters and hope that our own fellow jeeper 'firecrew1' is well and safe along with the other brave responders fighting this blaze in his backyard. Link for info...
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