Facebook knows all, or at least that seems to be the place that people post things that they want the world to see. The 570 World Wide Jeep Club, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to responsible off roading and community support, has organized a covered bridge Jeep ride.
Jul is staying with mom today, Sunday, and Bill, Andy and Candy, are joining us for a day of Jeeping. We aren’t expecting a wild off road adventure or anything, just some great comradery on an absolutely gorgeous December day.
Hmm. As we look around at the Jeeps we are noticing a theme among a great number of them. Most of these people have named their Jeeps. Yeah, they named them like you would a boat. They also have decals and the like on wind shields and fancy tire covers. We have owned our 2004 Jeep since 2012 and never named her, never put a sticker on her and never thought to decorate her. I’m not sure what this says about us. Bad Jeep parents?
Our friend Steve Benton has dubbed her the Green Lizard in reference to our love of off roading and crawling over rocks. So I guess we’re kind of okay, right? We just didn’t realize it was a thing.
We have never gone on an organized Jeep ride or anything so we are not sure what to expect. But it is kind of cool to travel down the road in a long Jeep line.
We were broken in to several “sections” and it was fun to drive through a small residential area and see all the people coming out of their houses and gawking at all the Jeeps going by.
Covered bridges tend to be on back roads, away from the mainstream so we are getting a lot of “wilderness” scenery. I love switchbacks. It is cool to look over and see the line of Jeeps ahead of us.
The covered bridges were constructed before heavy vehicles and their weight limit allows for only one Jeep at a time to cross so we are getting bottlenecked at each bridge.
We aren’t sitting long enough to jump out and take pictures or anything and the whole line is moving along nicely. Our turn.
After we cross the bridge I look over and see the line of Jeeps in our group. That is so cool to see so many people who love the Jeep thing.
I don’t know how many covered bridges we have crossed between Danville and Bloomsburg but I had no idea there were this many functional bridges in the area.
Oh look, our first water crossing. Right before we got to this spot we noticed a several Jeepers, jump out of their vehicles and lock their hubs. First of all, why do you have manual locks? Second of all why are you doing this? As we come around the bend we see why. A little stream crossing. Okay.
The water only looks about six inches deep and it is a rocky bottom. We don’t even need 4-wheel drive for this. Listen to me, I’m such a high and mighty Jeep snob.
Later I read some comments on Facebook about the ride and learn that for some people this was their very first stream crossing and they didn’t know how Jeeps handled in this type of terrain. Now I feel bad for being snarky.
At the end of the ride there is a guy staging his Willy for those who are interested in learning a little Jeep history. I love the Willy and so does Andy. Time to stop and chat.
This has been a very nice, relaxing, Sunday. A beautiful day for a drive.
