Sun, Jeeps and the Shadebrigade
Product Reviews September 19, 2018
Installing a SpiderWebShade Mesh Top on my TJ Jeep My family loves to wheel our Jeep top down with the sun shining brightly and the scenery passing overhead. Unfortunately over time the sun has taken a toll on some body parts. But rather than give up on top down,... Read more
Purposeful Volunteerism: How Jeepers Do More With More
Land Use Updates September 18, 2018
Only by escalating to more offensive strategies will we win the battles for access. Do not just volunteer; but rather up-purpose your volunteerism! In today’s world when we are all torn in many directions by multiple jobs, kid’s school games, community involvement, paying bills, family commitments and more, we... Read more
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[Audio] Off-Road Poetry; Cowboys Like Campfires
Land Use UpdatesLifestyleUncategorized September 15, 2018
This Saturday poetry from our own Del Albright is right up our jeeping alley, as we all love campfires. We think the bottom line message really brings it home for us and our ModernJeeper Adventures. Check this out and be sure to hear the audio. The Editors Cowboys Like... Read more
Cowboy Poetry: My Retreat from Rhyolite
Lifestyle September 8, 2018
As we continue our series of off-road and cowboy poetry, author and ModernJeeper Del Albright takes us back to the mining days of Death Valley in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Characters were abundant and according to Del, “More money went into the ground than ever came out;... Read more
Imagine a Cure for Sign Blindness
Land Use Updates September 4, 2018
Getting Folks to Read the Signs and Follow the Rules You’re driving to your favorite trail and whipping right on by the kiosk or starting place with all the signs of do’s and do not’s. We all do it. And we do it because we know our trail and... Read more
Cowboy Poetry: Highway 50
Lifestyle September 1, 2018
Special to ModernJeeper: Cowboy Poetry Part 3 Highway 50 By Del Albright Highway 50 is said to be the loneliest highway, Where the pavement stretches far across the desert skyway. Where you can see the snow-capped mountains across the distant plains, and anybody who drives out there must not... Read more
ModernJeeper’s Cowboy Poetry: Ol’ Shep and the Wolf
Lifestyle August 25, 2018
We continue our series on Cowboy Poetry, reflecting on the western ranching lifestyle. The ModernJeeper likes to think that Cowboy Poetry could just as easily be called the Jeeper’s Poetry – associated with the lifestyle of the off-roader. Enjoy this series of our favorite cowboy (ModernJeeper) poetry every Saturday.... Read more
Tree Carving Stories of the Spanish Basque Sheep Herders The camp was like many he had enjoyed over the few years since he had immigrated from Spanish Basque Country to the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Shade was cool and refreshing, water was abundant and the sheep... Read more
ModernJeeper’s Cowboy Poetry: The Sweetwater Mountains
Lifestyle August 18, 2018
Cowboy Poetry is defined as “a type of folk poetry associated with the lifestyle of cattle ranching in western North America.” The ModernJeeper likes to think that Cowboy Poetry could be just as easily called, the Jeeper’s Poetry – associated with the lifestyle of the off-roader. To that part, we... Read more
Death Valley Trails to the “Rim of Hell”
Lifestyle August 3, 2018
A Taste of Desert History It seemed like months of baking, desert sun since he had tasted a decent drink of water. His tongue was swollen and dry. The sun felt like it was burning a hole through his old miner’s hat. His lips were long since chapped beyond... Read more