Wheelin last weekend

Well Sean has been wanting us to get in to this wheeling thing as a family and we have checked into some clubs in our area that cater to families with kids. He has been talking about trading in our blue Nissan to get me a Jeep of my own and this past Thursday he did it. We were planning on going wheeling this weekend but I was just going to be a passenger and that all changed very quickly. On Friday night I was very nervous because I had just driven the Jeep for the very first time and had never driven the times we'd gone wheeling before. We got up Saturday morning at 5am and got loaded and headed to meet everyone in Buckley. We were headed for the trails at Evans Creek which I had never been to. It was a lot of fun and I was very proud of myself! My husband was proud of me and I'm pretty sure the other guys were quite shocked. I did really good for being the low Jeep on the totem pole and I enjoyed the challenges along with the mud and the beautiful scenery. It was a long day and we saw every kind of weather, sunshine, black clouds, hail, rain and even lightning struck a tree right next to us. It was a crazy fun filled day and we are already planning the next trip in November! We got back that night at 9:30pm and we were some hurting units for the next couple of days but it was well worth it! Enjoy the pics!



Pink sunrise on our way to the meeting place.

My Jeep was all clean at the beginning.

All the Jeeps on the way to the trail. Tom was in front, then Patrick, then Sean who's the tallest, then me and Todd and his girlfriend Chris were in the back taking pictures.

Some of my first mud :)

Sean testing his new axles

Sean's Jeep made the terrain look easy

My first big hill. I bounced off the rock and bent one of my wheels but I tried again and made it with Tom directing me through.

Tom got stuck in the big puddle.

Sean setting the winch up

and he's out

At the top of one of the big hills.

The view was spectacular!

Close up of the ice, it was blue, I was amazed how blue and beautiful it was!

They were all explaining to me how to get over and through this. So much fun!

Sean looking at my next obstacle on the "new" trail

I was doing so good and then I got my tire caught up on a root and off it came. The next dilemma was how to change the tire in the mud. Do we winch her back end up in the tree or do we dig down in the mud to find hard ground to put the jack?

We finally reached the end of the "new" trail and the sun was almost set. Time to head down the mountain to go home. My Jeep is no longer white and it has a few new dents :)

Back at the gas station to air up for the drive home.

The next morning Sean was out pressure washing the mud off the Jeeps.

Sean's Jeep minus its back fender flares. It got a little hairy there at the end. Til next time......