By Tori Te lle m
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- Busted trail carnage (we do like the
gnarly breakage) - Family-vacation-in-a-Jeep experience,
espe cially if it ’s vint age or parked in front
of a monument or noteworthy thingy
(like, a giant ball of whatever) - Vintage military Jeeps, especially when
they’re old-timey with your old-timey
relatives - And, of c our se, sunk /s tuc k /rolled /
drowned Jeeps
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“Sideways” as the subject line.
2 for 66
“For as
long as I
can remem-
ber, it has
been on
my bucket
list to travel
as much of
Route 66
as I could.
My grand-
son—he is
about 11 in
this picture—
and I have
done some
wheelin’ and
other adven-
tures, but 66
was callin’
now that he
was begin-
ning to b e a
pretty good
copilot.” Marvin Skaggs and the young one took almost a week to cover 900-plus miles
on Route 66. “Went to the top of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, went in Pop’s Soda Ranch
(over 700 different sodas), traveled the ‘Old Road,’ and went over the last remaining
Marsh Arch Bridge built in 1923. But the real highlight was the World’s Largest Rocking
Chair in Fanning, Mis souri!” W hat ’s nex t for this grandfather- grandson duo? “Mayb e
the Chicago to St. Louis leg of 66?” Oh, and here’s your P.S. tearjerker: “Josh is almost 14
now, working on his Eagle Scout, being my best friend, and, best of all, maybe a CJ or TJ
project in a couple years.”
“Dragging” a Jeep
“Afterover10yearsofasking,Ifinallyconvincedmylandlordtogofour-wheelingwith
me,” says Andrew Franz. T he landlord was an “old hot-rodder from the ’5 0 s and ’6 0 s but
had never been off-road.” Fun fact: They left the pavement on their way to a roadster
show. That’s when Andrew found out this: “My ’05 TJ was no match for quicksand!”
Three vehicles later, the Jeep was out. Therein lies the difference between hot-rodding
drags and four-wheeling drags—one is literal dragging. Sadly, the landlord “has since
passed, but he told everyone he met, from that day on, about our road trip.”Keep Calm and Snow On
“Our Jeep’s longer wheelbase and Gobi
rack make a good platform for weekend
c amp trips. Some times we s t ay at real
campgrounds; other times we prefer
more desolate spots.” When things like
this can happen. “While we are not full-on
overlanders, our camping journeys have
made for some wonderful memories,”
says Shawn Walker.NOVEMBER 2019 jpmagazine.com Jp 73