kiese02
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Just got back from a 3,500 mile road trip from Illinois to Arizona and back with our 2020 JLUR with the 3.6. I took my family of 4 plus our dog and we pulled a SPACE trailer to a cabin in the mountains outside of Payson Arizona. The cabin was our basecamp for the week!! Our cabin was so remote in the mountains north of Payson that we did not have cell service except to text which i loved, the teenagers, not so much(or so i thought)!! The trailer was around 900lbs loaded and the JLUR pulled it very well especially in the mountains. I averaged 17.1 mpgs overall and I was very happy with those results. Before we left home i challenged my family that they needed to take at least 3 pictures on their phones everyday of something that they thought was cool or interesting and every night after supper we gathered in the cabin and checked out each others photos and discussed them. Below you will see several photos taken from not just me but my family. This trip is a very memorable one for sure but it was the moments after supper each night that we spent browsing over not just the 3 photos each had taken but several that choked this dad up!! I know the role electronics takes in everyones life now a days and i don't like it even if i have to use them as well so i wanted to use the electronics in a memorable way. We all think it was a success!
Now on to our trip:
We started in central Illinois on Christmas Day and headed towards Payson. We split the drive up and reached the cabin by the end of day 3.
We explored around the Payson area and hiked in the Tonto National Forest a couple of days.
The highlight of our trip for all of us was heading to Sedona to tackle Broken Arrow and Schnebly Hill trails. We headed straight to Broken Arrow first and i will admit we had never taken our Rubicon offroading before this. Our Rubicon "Maggie" handled the trail with ease. My family had a blast and we had several people who were on "Pink Jeep" tours come up and comment that they were envious they weren't able to drive these trails in their own Jeeps!! Broken Arrow gave us our first taste of offroading and i believe the first of many more experiences!! We had a blast in Sedona for the day and we all still talk about the turn at the top of the "steps" looking down.
Unfortunately my small dash camera malfunctioned and we lost the video recording of the Broken Arrow trail. Schnebly Hill trail was fun as well with beautiful scenery everywhere.
After we drove Schnebly it was time to start heading back to our cabin. The next day we spent around Payson driving several Fire Roads and finding a couple trails to explore.
After several days enjoying Arizona we unfortunately had to head back to reality. The drive back was pretty uneventful except for a surprise snow/ice storm between Oklahoma and Missouri!
Our "Maggie" was a great travel vehicle and handled everything we threw at her. The only gripe we all had was that after being in the jeep for the 24 hour drive home we were ready to be out of the seats. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as my family enjoyed taking them and sharing in this beautiful country we live in! We are already making plans for our next vacation!!
"Life is way too short, go enjoy it"
Now on to our trip:
We started in central Illinois on Christmas Day and headed towards Payson. We split the drive up and reached the cabin by the end of day 3.
We explored around the Payson area and hiked in the Tonto National Forest a couple of days.
The highlight of our trip for all of us was heading to Sedona to tackle Broken Arrow and Schnebly Hill trails. We headed straight to Broken Arrow first and i will admit we had never taken our Rubicon offroading before this. Our Rubicon "Maggie" handled the trail with ease. My family had a blast and we had several people who were on "Pink Jeep" tours come up and comment that they were envious they weren't able to drive these trails in their own Jeeps!! Broken Arrow gave us our first taste of offroading and i believe the first of many more experiences!! We had a blast in Sedona for the day and we all still talk about the turn at the top of the "steps" looking down.
Unfortunately my small dash camera malfunctioned and we lost the video recording of the Broken Arrow trail. Schnebly Hill trail was fun as well with beautiful scenery everywhere.
After we drove Schnebly it was time to start heading back to our cabin. The next day we spent around Payson driving several Fire Roads and finding a couple trails to explore.
After several days enjoying Arizona we unfortunately had to head back to reality. The drive back was pretty uneventful except for a surprise snow/ice storm between Oklahoma and Missouri!
Our "Maggie" was a great travel vehicle and handled everything we threw at her. The only gripe we all had was that after being in the jeep for the 24 hour drive home we were ready to be out of the seats. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as my family enjoyed taking them and sharing in this beautiful country we live in! We are already making plans for our next vacation!!
"Life is way too short, go enjoy it"
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