With the new year, we are excited for our new adventure in Colorado's back country!!! Our new hobby; to discover the Colorado forest road system.
We just invested in our first off-road 4x4; a 2012 Jeep Rubicon. We sold our trusty Ford F150 King Ranch for a more versatile off-road vehicle for which we hope to turn into a weekend hobby. I have a feeling our jeep will remain packed and ready for a regular weekend trip. I just spent a couple of hours researching local 4x4 clubs and am excited to join a group of people who are more experienced than ourselves to help us get started in this new adventure.
I've also completed a wish list of items we'll be needing to get by spring in order to hit the trails. Besides a few normal rescue items such as a tow line and first aid kit, water reserve and the such...I've also priced items such as a wrap-around net to keep our valuables inside (such as Rock Dawg), a pulley system to hoist the hard top off and keep it safe above the floor, door hooks to store the doors when they are not on the vehicle a doggie seat belt for a more rough ride and a bike rack for our mountain bikes.
Santa brought us a couple of trail books as well this Christmas and we've been scouring them for green and blue trails to start on as early as May. I found several along the front range area I am eager to visit. Although May is still a bit cold at 8,000 feet, we probably won't be camping, but more likely to do day trips.
I am also eager to rip the hard top and doors off, much to Co Jeep Dude's dismay.
Rock Dawg is getting very excited for this summer's adventures as well and keeps asking if the weather is good enough yet to go....but it will be a few more months...in the meantime, we'll be busy preparing.
Until then...
