Hello from Arkansas!

[Jim N5JE]

Good morning, everyone!
I'm relatively new to the overlanding experience, but definitely not new to the outdoors. I come from the ultralight backpacking side of things, so I'm into more of a minimalistic approach to overlanding. Bring what's absolutely necessary and look for items with multiple uses, but, with the exception of tools, recovery, and medical, not much else.
Last October, I purchased a 2011 4-door JKU Rubicon and have had a great time off-roading in Arizona and here in Arkansas. I live in North Central Arkansas on Greers Ferry Lake, right in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. We are fortunate to have a tremendous amount of off-roading opportunities here and I hope to take full advantage of it.
I look forward to learning from and sharing experiences here on this great platform!

 

[Jim N5JE]

Jasper's an awesome place. We're around 2 hours E/SE of there on Greers Ferry Lake. We recently went with the 501 Jeep Club to that area. We made sure to include Car Wash Falls in the trip.

 

[Dave Snyder]

Nice Jeep. Welcome to Overland Bound.

 

[roots66]

Hello Jim, welcome to the OB family.

 

[Kent R]

Good morning, everyone!
I'm relatively new to the overlanding experience, but definitely not new to the outdoors. I come from the ultralight backpacking side of things, so I'm into more of a minimalistic approach to overlanding. Bring what's absolutely necessary and look for items with multiple uses, but, with the exception of tools, recovery, and medical, not much else.
Last October, I purchased a 2011 4-door JKU Rubicon and have had a great time off-roading in Arizona and here in Arkansas. I live in North Central Arkansas on Greers Ferry Lake, right in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. We are fortunate to have a tremendous amount of off-roading opportunities here and I hope to take full advantage of it.
I look forward to learning from and sharing experiences here on this great platform!
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Welcome To Overland Bound Jim
A great local contact in AR is @BlueLineOverland in Ozark.
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
You can use the Member Map to find other members and events in your area. You can also send a message directly from the map to other members.
RESOURCE MAP
Adventure and Expedition Tutorials
Overland Bound One App Adventure and Expedition Tutorials
You are in the Southeast Region, local information can also be found in the “Overland Bound by Region”
OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY
Check out the four Overland Expo events https://www.OverlandExpo.com
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Online Courses - Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course
If you have any questions don't hesitate to message me, hopefully I can get you going in the right direction. @Kent R or Kent@OverlandBound.com

 

[BlueLineOverland]

Good morning, everyone!
I'm relatively new to the overlanding experience, but definitely not new to the outdoors. I come from the ultralight backpacking side of things, so I'm into more of a minimalistic approach to overlanding. Bring what's absolutely necessary and look for items with multiple uses, but, with the exception of tools, recovery, and medical, not much else.
Last October, I purchased a 2011 4-door JKU Rubicon and have had a great time off-roading in Arizona and here in Arkansas. I live in North Central Arkansas on Greers Ferry Lake, right in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. We are fortunate to have a tremendous amount of off-roading opportunities here and I hope to take full advantage of it.
I look forward to learning from and sharing experiences here on this great platform!
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Welcome Jim!!!!! Please let me know if you need anything!!!!

 

[Jim N5JE]

I will. Thank you!!

 

[Jim N5JE]

Welcome To Overland Bound Jim
A great local contact in AR is @BlueLineOverland in Ozark.
Check the forum calendar and Meet-Up page for events, and the Trip Planning page for trips being planned by members. These pages can be filtered by region.
Overland Bound Meetups
Overland Trip Planning
You can use the Member Map to find other members and events in your area. You can also send a message directly from the map to other members.
RESOURCE MAP
Adventure and Expedition Tutorials
Overland Bound One App Adventure and Expedition Tutorials
You are in the Southeast Region, local information can also be found in the “Overland Bound by Region”
OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY
Check out the four Overland Expo events https://www.OverlandExpo.com
Quick adult & youthTread Lightly online awareness course.
Online Courses - Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly! Youth Online Course
If you have any questions don't hesitate to message me, hopefully I can get you going in the right direction. @Kent R or Kent@OverlandBound.com

Thanks, Kent.
I really enjoyed hearing about your CDT trip last year. That would be an awesome trip to do one of these days.

 

[Kent R]

Just get in touch if you want any info

 

[Jim N5JE]

I will. Thanks again.

 

[Joe Wolf]

Good morning, everyone!
I'm relatively new to the overlanding experience, but definitely not new to the outdoors. I come from the ultralight backpacking side of things, so I'm into more of a minimalistic approach to overlanding. Bring what's absolutely necessary and look for items with multiple uses, but, with the exception of tools, recovery, and medical, not much else.
Last October, I purchased a 2011 4-door JKU Rubicon and have had a great time off-roading in Arizona and here in Arkansas. I live in North Central Arkansas on Greers Ferry Lake, right in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. We are fortunate to have a tremendous amount of off-roading opportunities here and I hope to take full advantage of it.
I look forward to learning from and sharing experiences here on this great platform!
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Jim
Glad to meet you, we are in LR.

Joe

 

[Jim N5JE]

I'm in the Higden area on Greers Ferry Lake.