What a great day out at the Alberta Safari Park with the EJC group. Incredible weather, and great discovering what my Rubicon can do…. I definitely chickened out on a few spots – the hill to the left for example (Widow’s Hill)…but hell, I don’t have 4000K on this thing yet!

I learnt quite a bit – finally had the Jeep in 4-Lo, locked front and rear, and sway bar disconnected – and about using reverse when you don’t make it to the top of a hill – instead of neutral and brakes ;^) (thanks Steve!). And also learnt how effective using 2nd can be when trying to get up some of the hills.

The only downside I experienced today was the damn batteries to my digital camera dying on me prematurely. Shan managed to get a number of shots while we were on the early trails, I might have gotten a couple more shots – and then the battery died – even after swapping in a battery that I charged up last night… oh well – next time!

Here some video from OilTownXJ – was a shame he busted things up early – of a few of the folks that attempted the hill:

EJC Newbie Run – January 17, 2009

One thing that this run has done, is change my thoughts a little on the accessories that I want for the Jeep.  I think that a winch will be a sooner rather than later acquisition – hopefully with a new front bumper, and lose the factory plastic one…

Still have to keep the safari cage rack on the list in the short term though – as I think that this is important for fishing this spring!

Thanks to Snow Dog Marc for these photos!

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