T'was a good day.

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   I took my jeep on its longest journey to date. A 243 mile round trip drive that took me to one national monument and one national forest. The plan was to go to white sands national monument and come home. It did so well we decided to head up towards cloud Croft, NM and stop at the "apple barn" which is a country store that has amazing fresh made fudge. 
Finished up some hot dogs and fudge and decided to push further up the mountain and actually hit cloudcroft at just about 9K feet elevation. 
Made it successfully up the mountain with no overheating. Puttered about town for a few minutes and saw two older guys staring at me and looked like they wanted to check out the jeep. I slowed down and pulled over to talk and discovered one was the judge for the town. He and his buddy were out recruiting for the local VFW and a golf tournament. He saw my vet plate and begged me to join their post. 
I want to join, just not at a post 1.5 hours away in a modern car. 
After that encounter we said to heck with it and pushed further into the Lincoln national forest and headed to Sunspot since my girlfriend had never been. 
Sunspot is a solar observatory built in the late 50's and is still in use today. The workers were making preparations for the upcoming eclipse. 
Clouds started to roll in so it was time to head home. Made it safely back home with a great trip under our belts!

Edited by clayvt - 05 Aug. 2017 at 1:11am

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clayvt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25 July 2012 Location: New Mexico Status: Offline Points: 176	Post Options Post Reply Quote clayvt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: T'was a good day. Posted: 05 Aug. 2017 at 1:08am
	I took my jeep on its longest journey to date. A 243 mile round trip drive that took me to one national monument and one national forest. The plan was to go to white sands national monument and come home. It did so well we decided to head up towards cloud Croft, NM and stop at the "apple barn" which is a country store that has amazing fresh made fudge. Finished up some hot dogs and fudge and decided to push further up the mountain and actually hit cloudcroft at just about 9K feet elevation. Made it successfully up the mountain with no overheating. Puttered about town for a few minutes and saw two older guys staring at me and looked like they wanted to check out the jeep. I slowed down and pulled over to talk and discovered one was the judge for the town. He and his buddy were out recruiting for the local VFW and a golf tournament. He saw my vet plate and begged me to join their post. I want to join, just not at a post 1.5 hours away in a modern car. After that encounter we said to heck with it and pushed further into the Lincoln national forest and headed to Sunspot since my girlfriend had never been. Sunspot is a solar observatory built in the late 50's and is still in use today. The workers were making preparations for the upcoming eclipse. Clouds started to roll in so it was time to head home. Made it safely back home with a great trip under our belts! Edited by clayvt - 05 Aug. 2017 at 1:11am

SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 3 Joined: 22 Jan. 2016 Location: S.E. Kansas Status: Online Points: 3190	Post Options Post Reply Quote SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug. 2017 at 1:50am
	Nice looking rig! Sounds like it was a really nice outing. For your information, almost ALL VFW's allow anyone with a current membership card from any post into their post canteen. If you are considering joining, please do. Your membership in the VFW helps to send the word to Washington about veteran's concerns...and it's a great place to meet other veterans and socialize if you are into that. Ed Jones Life member VFW Post 1186 Army, Vietnam, 1966-68
	46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub) U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer(ret.) U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and damned proud of it.

wadoyado Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member Joined: 29 Sep. 2016 Location: Mi. Status: Offline Points: 728	Post Options Post Reply Quote wadoyado Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug. 2017 at 10:48am
	Cool story, in a very snazzy jeep. Thanks for sharing. Joe
	"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the jeep you've been driving all your life" (Mickey Mantle paraphrase)

Flatfender Ben Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 13 July 2014 Location: Nyssa OR Status: Offline Points: 2657	Post Options Post Reply Quote Flatfender Ben Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug. 2017 at 2:46pm
	Awesome trip Great looking jeep. Thanks for the story and pictures.

Willy M Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 July 2017 Location: Dyer, TN Status: Offline Points: 233	Post Options Post Reply Quote Willy M Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug. 2017 at 2:49pm
	Great trip! This is the kind of stuff I used to do in my old daily driver CJ5. Just hop in it and follow the front bumper. If anyone asked where we were going, "the Jeep knows the way".

SlowPocono Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25 Feb. 2014 Location: NEPA Status: Offline Points: 346	Post Options Post Reply Quote SlowPocono Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Sep. 2017 at 1:34am
	Nice dog too!

ndnchf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 2 Joined: 22 Sep. 2017 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 2177	Post Options Post Reply Quote ndnchf Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Sep. 2017 at 3:01pm
	I just joined up, this is my first post here. I just wanted to say how much I like your jeep. Clean, simple and reliable. I don't own one yet, but getting interested and starting to look around. 30+ years ago I had a Willys wagon, but its long gone now. Steve