Thursday, July 27th - To Snowshoe, WV

This morning we traveled down to Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia. Cell service is virtually non-existent, therefore, we will be somewhat out of touch for a few days.

We got the coach set up and then went thru a technical inspection of our Jeep. We have a totally stock Jeep, that is, no modifications for off-roading. Because of our experience with two previous Jeep Jamborees, they rated us to be able to ride on the medium difficulty trails.
So, at the trail sign-up, we registered for "Eagle Trail" on Friday and "Yoyo Trail" on Saturday. On a scale of 1-to-10, Eagle is a 5-6 and YoYo is a 3-5. Going in to this Jamboree, MA said that she wanted to really test ourselves and go on the hardest trails that the trail guides would permit. There are 227 Jeeps attending this Jamboree from 27 states. Almost all the Jeeps are muscled up with 31" - 33" or larger mud tires, 4" - 6" lifts, winches and other stuff to be able to better master these trails. We have 30" highway tires by comparison.