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I wish I could! A little too short notice for me, plus I don't have any cold weather camping gear. I think I'll leave the overnight or weekend trips for after it warms up a bit :) I might be up for a day-trip somewhere, though. I think the NJ Overland FB group has something planned for Sunday...

I have a good friend who's a ham in Ft. Lee as well (Alex, K2BB). He's not into overlanding, though, but he's big into moonbounce. Probably about as expensive. If you're ever up for a short trip please keep me in mind. I'm always looking for an excuse to get some dirt under my Falkens.

I don't think I want to push it. A hydrolocked engine would be the end of my daily driver and Jeeping for me in general. I have to play this ultra conservative. It's why I deeply regret buying a WK2 and not a used JK or JL Rubicon. But like I said, that ship sailed in 2019.

Manual says 20 inches so for safety I'm saying 16-18, tops. The intake looks higher than 20 inches, but the alternator is lower and probably other things.

My only concern is deep water. I'm already pinstriped so a few more won't kill it, but flooding the engine worries me. So long as I can get to a do-it-yourself car wash to clean off that sugar-sand completely I'm good. Better in the summer when I can pressure wash it in my driveway.

Well here's to Justin at least opening the border—that'll be a start! I will certainly ping you here once we're ready for a trip down east.

That might be pushing it for time for us, but a week in NL, 4 or 5 days on Cape Breton and 3 or 4 days on PEI (plus travel time to/from home) would be doable. We love PEI (I used to holiday on the north shore with my parents in the 70s) and I adored my time in Cape Breton, but we only spent two...

Can't say I've ever heard of Norvin Green. I'll have to look that one up. We did Ramapo last October with one of my clubs and it was just perfect. A nice mix of easy trails, climbs and technical stuff. Probably my favourite so far, in fact. I'm not sure of the legality but it seems to be a...

My biggest fear would be taking a trail that looks safe but I end up breaking a CV joint or hydrolocking an engine 10 or 20 miles into the bush, and unable to get help or get out. The WK2 is a great vehicle, but it's absolutely not as simple to fix or as versatile for rocks and water as a...

I think your point number 2 is a big one and that's one of the big things I want to do--meet up with experienced overlanders in both cyberspace and meatspace who are willing to point an overwhelmed n00b in the right direction, or away from bad advice. Finding legal trails that a WK2 can handle...

Yeah, maybe someday we'll hit Tuk or Dawson City. But back to my east coast working stiff reality. Let's talk about my intended 3-5 day trip to VT or NH. Assume we have all the camping gear we need in terms of shelter, sleeping bags, foam mattresses, chairs, cooking supplies and food, along...

Just amazing!!! Yes, I'd like to drive north at some point, but bear in mind that we also need to get to and from B.C. itself. Since we're just outside of New York City, going across the continent east-to-west, then the same distance or more south-to-north, then back, north-to-south again, and...

That's what I'm hoping to achieve here. As for getting my fix, I will hit Rausch Creek and AOAA a few times a year, and I'm a member of the New Jersey Jeep Association that goes on private rides as well, but that's not the same as heading out to some secluded place that involves a few somewhat...

Well of course ol' Justin will have to open the border first, so we can't do anything until that happens. That trip (NS & NL) will be a 2-3 week adventure. We'll probably do some B&Bs and some overlanding. Our first road trip will just be to Toronto to check in on friends we haven't seen in 13...

I'm also originally from Quebec (the West Island; Pointe Claire to be precise). Moved to Toronto in 1979, and here to the U.S. in 2000. I've only been out west once, and only to Calgary for 2 days, and Yellowknife for 3, for a friend's wedding back in the early 80s. I've desperately wanted to...

I think you misunderstand. I am not into crawling! I'm saying the local clubs near me, that's their focus, and if I want to be part of a Jeep club, that's what I have to deal with. And in addition, my Jeep would not be easily modifiable (if at all) for crawling. It's a fine off-road and...

Might be a little ambitious for a noob, eh? It's on my list of places that would be amazing to see, but honestly Dawson City is about as far up as I think I'd want to go. I also want to head off the other way and visit Newfoundland. My wife and I have been talking about visiting the rock for 20...

I suspect that travel will open up a bit by April/May once the current spikes have gone back down and vaccines are in wide use, so I don't think this year will be a total loss. We originally planned to do VT (my wife's favourite state) but our county has been prohibited from going there since...

The Trailhawk WK2 uses air suspension like the new Land Rover Discovery (and others). There is no practical way to lift it short of replacing the entire suspension, which I can't afford. I have the biggest tires on that will fit without severely modifying the front end--again, it will be on-road...

Hi all, and I hope the Holiday Season was kind to all. One year ago I bought my first Jeep-branded product, a 2018 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk edition. As this awful year progressed I put a set of rock sliders on it, a 3/8" steel sump plate, transmission armor (to go with the factory armor already...