Where is everyone from?

[JeepJunkie]

how long do you think it would take to get there from sacramento? and how exactly do i get there...

[king4wd]

Hi from Hesperia!

Hi all! We're here in bustling, metropolitan Hesperia, California (ha ha). We've got a mostly stock '98 TJ 4-banger. With a rear E-Z locker and 30"mud rovers, we can go almost anywhere that doesn't beat up the skid plates to badly. Unfortunately, I work nights and weekends, so it can be tough to schedule some wheeling, unless I do so far enough in advance. Also, a newbie question: Does anyone here bring their kids wheeling with them?

Happy Jeeping,
Tom & Sandra

[Chris_L]

Originally posted by JeepJunkie
how long do you think it would take to get there from sacramento? and how exactly do i get there...

About an hour up highway 50. Exit ice house rd. Head north east until the road ends at loon lake. drive past the damn and thats were the trail starts.

[sarah]

Re: Hi from Hesperia!

Originally posted by king4wd
Also, a newbie question: Does anyone here bring their kids wheeling with them?[/B]

you bet they do! be sure to bring them along! only on a few occasions a year we go kid-less.

[JeepJunkie]

Originally posted by Chris_L
About an hour up highway 50. Exit ice house rd. Head north east until the road ends at loon lake. drive past the damn and thats were the trail starts.

wow...im not sure why i didnt know that, ive been up to icehouse many times.

[sarah]

Originally posted by JeepJunkie
wow...im not sure why i didnt know that, ive been up to icehouse many times.

silly! from icehouse, it's right under your nose!

[qwiksilver]

Ok, I call downtown Hollywood home. No joke. I am stuck right behind that horrid Hollywood/Highland Complex. Grauman's Chinese Theater is around the corner. No stars, just junkies. Although when there is a premier, I have to drive through the Hollywood Hills to get home. That can be dicey driving on 1 lane roads that are considered two way streets.

The potholes and broken road qualify the roads here as 4WD terrain. I nearly destroyed my 2002 VW New Beetle on those roads. That's why I bought a Jeep (well, that and the fact that my lifestyle changed suddenly).

I thought I had a 4WD buddy, but she wimped out when we went to Oceano. She spent her entire trip in my passenger seat and got nauseus from all the bouncing. Her truck, with its 31' tires, stayed parked. Otherwise, I know no one to drive with and spend a lot of time alone in my Jeep. (All of my friends own cars like Hondas and Toyotas) Even my brother (who used to own a CJ7) won't go wheeling. He says his 4WD Chevy Blazer is a yuppie car and won't take it out.

[NAILER341]

well, you certainly came to the right place for wheeling companionship when you showed up here . you found your way to a place filled with jeep junkies. see you on the trail!
it must be hell getting any sleep where you live... i dont think i could do it. i need silence!

[qwiksilver]

Originally posted by NAILER341
it must be hell getting any sleep where you live... i dont think i could do it. i need silence!

I learned to live with it. It was noisier 10 years ago with all the helicopters, but the crime has come down since the complex opened. I lived through 2 years of 24/7 construction while they were building the complex. The gunfire has ceased too. So I consider it pretty darned quiet now.

[JeepJunkie]

Originally posted by NAILER341
well, you certainly came to the right place for wheeling companionship when you showed up here . you found your way to a place filled with jeep junkies. see you on the trail!
it must be hell getting any sleep where you live... i dont think i could do it. i need silence!

yes jeepjunkies....that we are or most of us at least

[qwiksilver]

Originally posted by JeepJunkie
yes jeepjunkies....that we are or most of us at least

As I am finding out.

I view my Jeep as a horse replacement. I can't afford to keep a horse over in Burbank (tried - damned expensive). The Jeep is the closest thing I can get. It goes on trail rides like a horse. It just doesn't need a trailer to get there. When in it's "stable" (read parking space) it doesn't eat or leave droppings.

Hey, the Jeep may be better than a horse! Except it doesn't walk up and breathe down your neck and scare the bejeesus out of you to say "I love you, now feed me.". Or get you home when you're drunk.

Until I can keep a horse, I will have to keep a Jeep.

BTW my Jeep is named after a friend's late Tennesee Walker. There is an old saying about TN Walkers: "Ride one today; you'll own one tomorrow." That's what happened to me with my Jeep. I was sold before I got out of 1st gear.

[JeepJunkie]

Originally posted by qwiksilver
As I am finding out.

I view my Jeep as a horse replacement. I can't afford to keep a horse over in Burbank (tried - damned expensive). The Jeep is the closest thing I can get. It goes on trail rides like a horse. It just doesn't need a trailer to get there. When in it's "stable" (read parking space) it doesn't eat or leave droppings.

its just too bad them jeeps need gas ehh? gas is pretty darned expensive.

[qwiksilver]

Originally posted by JeepJunkie
its just too bad them jeeps need gas ehh? gas is pretty darned expensive.

Yeah, but when you put the horse in a stable and don't ride it for a few days it still needs fuel. At least with the Jeep you can leave it at home and bum rides to work.

You know how much hay is going for these days? Ouch! Makes a gallon of gas positively cheap.

[CMeTopless818]

I'm stuck over here in (818) Tarzana, CA "The Valley."

Azusa Cyn. CA




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[NAILER341]

CMeTopless818
welcome to the board! hope to see you on the trails some time