All Things Jeep Blog & Musings

Posted on behalf of the National Off-Road Association.

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On Thursday, April 23rd the California Water Quality Control Board is having a public hearing in Rancho Cordova to finalize their decision on closing the Rubicon Trail.

We are asking all NORA supporters within driving distance of Sacramento to attend this important public hearing.  Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts need to show the Water Board the overwhelming public support to keep the Rubicon Trail open year-round.  NORA's goal is to have over (500) OHV enthusiasts present at this public hearing. 

This is serious.  On April 1st of this year, the United States Forest Service issued a 2-year temporary closure of the very popular Tellico OHV Area in North Carolina.  Help Rubicon from turning into a Tellico type situation, by showing your support on April 23rd.

Assemblyman Ted Gaines and a representative from Congressman Tom McClintock's office will be in attendance, as well as Off-Road Hall of Famer, Mark A. Smith.  Local Sacramento news media will also be covering this historic event.

Please call or email Erin Lara, Member Services Director at NORA to let her know if you are able to attend as we are trying to obtain a head count.  She can be reached at (530) 333-1487, ext. 1 or info@nora-usa.com. 

Meeting Place and Time

Location - 11020 Sun Center Drive # 200; Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

Date & Time - Thursday, April 23rd @ 12:30 PM

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We drove the infamous Rubicon Trail for the first time last summer. Sincerely hope it is not the last time.

Today we ran a Jeep Poetry Contest on Twitter. (Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/allthingsjeep. We are allthingsjeep.) Twitter gives you 140 characters - just a sentence or two for each message you post. So Jeep fans had to be creative. Here's the posted entries:

Jeepsterette: I love my Jeep, it's so cheap to keep! It knows me well, so don't you ever tell me it's a heap cuz I LOVE MY JEEP! beep beep!

poetrysue: There are some Peeps Who are into Jeeps But also I find and It boggles the mind The Number of Tweeps Who are into Jeeps

joshpfeffer: I'm @ school; Cold out 2day. Wanna get out, not 2run or 2play. Not any sports, that'd be a dud. Out N a Jeep. Dirty N mud!

lorrie116:  My Jeep haiku: "new spring Jeep untried .. nature and off roads compel .. impetuous pair!"

jeepsrcool:  Jeeps r white Jeeps r blue wish we all had Rubicons & no roads or rules

ColMatt:  Easter time, Peeps time, Always Jeep four wheel time. I'll be Jeepin' and eatin' Peeps, While doin' the Jeep wave at Jeeps.

featherplucker:  2000 wrangler renegade! So beautiful! What shall I call her!

And then we had an entry from my friend, Ben, over at http://www.blaircandy.com/ (yum yum). He didn't play by the rules (I hear he's known for that) but I'm including his entry here because he obviously took an hour or two off from his job to write this masterpiece and his boss will think he's a slacker unless I post it here to show that he was doing something productive with his time. (Hi Pam).

Ben's Jeep poem:

Jeeps, Jeeps, everywhere,

Driven here and driven there.

On the road or on a trail,

Jeeps can carry any sized tail.

Lifted, lowered, tinted, tuned,

Moderate or aggressive from old to new.

From Willys start and sight with no end,

You'll always see Jeep features in Motor Trend.

So forget the MK, the XK, and the KK,

Bring back the CJ, the XJ, and even the MJ.

On May 9th, it's the only way

All Things Jeep - Go Topless Day!

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So, I'm evaluated all poems based on nothing but my opinion, and they are all great. But the one I think was the most clever, the one that captures the essence of Jeepdom is Josh's poem.

Congrats Josh. You win a $25 Gift Certificate to http://www.allthingsjeep.com/. Email me at jean @ allthingsjeep.com for the gift code.

AND, I also loved Lori's Jeep Haiku. I completely "get" the feeling of the combo of nice weather and a Jeep calling you out of work. Calling you to come play. Taking your focus off work and instead, daydreaming of when you can get in the Jeep and take a drive. Lorrie - email me also. I want to send you some goodies too.

Thanks everyone. If you follow us (allthingsjeep) on Twitter, you'll get daily updates on products, offers, specials, etc.

Hello Jeep Blog Readers -

It's April Fools Day and in honor of all us fools, we are giving away a free Jeep T-shirt with any $25 purchase at www.allthingsjeep.com.

You spend $25 with us, and we throw in a fun Jeep Tee Free!

You can even pick from 6 different shirts so if you don't like one, there's another you might adore.

So go shopping today. While this offer will last a few days, the tees may not. Hurry. And when you are done, you can go set up a whoopie cushion under someone's seat cushion, or tell them there's an elephant in the backyard. Happy April Fools Day.

On Friday, I came home and was walking into the house when I was intercepted by the CEO of this company (whom I happen to be married to). He asked me to come into the barn and see something. He then said, "I bought a Jeep". My first thought was "Another one? Don't we have enough." I mean, I am the co-owner of a Jeep company, but c'mon,  we already have a yard full! In any case, I held my tongue and said, "Let's see." This is what I found in the barn.

A beautiful '73 Jeep CJ5 barn find. Only 12,500 miles. All original. I can't wait to take a drive (after we take off the plow).

"It was a deal I couldn't pass up."

 THIS time, I agree!  If you like CJ5s, visit www.allthingsjeep.com to view our Jeep CJ5 Posters!

We now offer free shipping on all Jeep Decals and Stickers. Order one or order 20. (I'd prefer you order 20 if I had my choice.) Standard Shipping in the USA is still free. These are my 10 personal favorites. I bet they'd look great on your rig.

1. Chicks Dig Body Damage
2. Daily Driver...If I roll it I'm Screwed
3. My Mom Thinks I'm At the Movies
4. Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads
5. Paved Roads Decal: Another Fine Example of Unnecessary Government Spending
6. It's a Rock... Get over it
7. You can follow me...But it's gonna hurt
8. Where's YOUR Playground?
9. Warning: Insanity has replaced reason in the modification of this vehicle
10. Bad Ass Girls Drive Bad Ass Toys

Just came across this forum thread:

http://www.dachsie.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=54726

No Wonder we've run out of these Jeep Harnesses.

No get your mind out of the gutter and go back to work.

BTW - I think those little hot dogs are adorable! (And my daughter wants one. Least I'll then have a dog we can dress up. Our black lab Sierra always looks humiliated when we put t-shirts on her.)

If you're a Premium Member of http://www.jeepforum.com/, you'll want to take a gander over there and start entering their new contest. All they want you to do is visit their site:

 Jeep Forum Vendor Giveaway

and sign in for a chance to win some great giveaways. Aside from the AllThingsJeep.com Gift Certificates we donated, there's some great giveaways. A Warn M8000 Winch, a Tuffy Security Console, a set of Sway Bar Disconnects and a bunch more. I could win everything and dole the stuff out here and it would be gone in about 2 minutes.

So what's the catch? There really is none. You just have to be a premium member of jeepforum.com.  If you aren't already, it's under $20 a year and the info you can learn over at the forum about your Jeep, wheelin, parts, etc. will be worth way more than that. Promise. So what are you waiting for, jump in and enter right here:  I wanna win the JeepForum.com Vendor Giveaway!

Browsing the web, came across this image. Think it's my favorite Jeep Photo for the day.  'Course they used our name in their description, but that's okay. While All Things Jeep is a clever name, it's not unique. If we wanted unique, we shoulda gone with Ebenezer's Jeep Supplies, or something like that. Anyways, here's the photo and the link to other fun photos of this Jeep graveyard. 

Back on March 1st, I posted about a daughter who was buying her dad some Jeep Gear for his birthday. He was also getting a Jeep for his birthday, lucky dog! I think it may have been his first Jeep (and he had always wanted one).

I was polite but did inquire about his age, as I love hearing that someone gets their first Jeep at age 40 or age 50. Well... this new Jeeper was getting his new Jeep at the youthful age of 91! (I am not ashamed to say that it made me get kinda teary-eyed!!)

Here he is, sporting his new Jeep Vest, his lovely wife, and his new Jeep. John, I hope you get many years use out of the new Jeep!

How not to pull your Jeep out of the mud

(subtitled: That poor poor Jeep Cherokee ) We are in pain watching this sad event! ; )

Posting a great link of this below so you can be entertained by the posted comments. But if you have no time for that, just watch the video!

http://jalopnik.com/5168043/how-not-to-pull-your-jeep-out-of-the-mud