Back home.
Sorry I did not post more while at the event but I was busy having a complete blast! The BN Staff,
@Laura,
@cam.hunter, Jordan,
@TK1215 and the Off-Rodeo peeps who were there like Blake and Dani were awesome as well! If I missed any of the staff my apologies but just know that you were just as awesome!
They fed us like kings! I had brought a bunch of food to last the 4 day trip and did not eat any of it.
Thursday:
Arrived and set up camp. Met a bunch of new and cool people and we had Pizza for dinner. Hung out by the camp fire later in the evening as more Bronco owners arrived and set up camp.
Friday:
Woke up and had some coffee. Went on one of the trail rides, this particular one was classified as easy. It was a very easy trail but it had some very nice views. This trail ride was from 9am to 1pm. These trail rides were led by Off-Roadeo instructors. There was another trail ride in the afternoon, a moderate trail, but I decided to do the moderate trail on Saturday as I wanted to do one trail ride a day then hit the expo after the trail rides to explore.
Sorry I didn't get any photos inside the expo but I did remember to take some photos of a camper trailer that
@Sven had asked me to take. Edit, see his above post.. He ordered it! Nice score
@Sven!
Got back to basecamp after exploring the expo and had dinner. After dinner we all just hug out by the fire and talked about the events of the day and got to know each other. There was a movie night but I went to bed as I was tired. I am sure it was fantastic but I was snoring away while it played.
Saturday:
Woke up in the morning and had some coffee. The trail ride I went on was a moderate trail with a few difficult and tricky obstacles. Dani, from the Las Vegas Off-Rodeo, was my trail guide for this trail and she was beyond awesome! This trail ride was from 8am-1pm
Only 3 of us on this ride attempted one of the more difficult obstacles on this trail but all 3 of us made it with the help of Dani's excellent spotting. The other Broncos decided to take the bypass and avoid that particular obstacle. No shame in that at all. Heck we even had a Sport with us on this trail that did fantastic.
Side note: If you hear any rumblings that the reason I was the only one to make it up and over that difficult obstacle w/o causing any damage and/or bottoming out was because of my shorter wheelbase 2DR then do not believe it. My story, and I am sticking to it, is that I was just a better driver. 😜 😜
Seriously though, aside from meeting the BN staff and everyone who attended basecamp, this was the highlight of the trip for me.
Got back and had lunch, sandwiches, chips and drinks courtesy of BN then hit the expo again. After that I relaxed by the fire and enjoyed the conversations with fellow Bronco owners. Dinner was BBQ that was again provided by BN!
Sunday:
Woke up, drank some coffee (see a pattern here?) and broke down camp. I then went to the campfire area where I relaxed with other owners until the Expo opened at 9am. I went back into the expo to check out a few other areas. After that, I went back to basecamp and said goodbye, for now, to all the BN staff and BN members I could find. Hopped in the Bronco and headed home.
If you have never attended one of these events then I highly recommend it! It was such an awesome time and I can't really put it into words.
@Laura pulled off the event w/o a hitch, the rest of the BN staff was fantastic, and the Off-Roadeo staff that was present was an added bonus. They were also fantastic!
I don't have many photos to share but here are a few more.
Easy trail ride:
Moderate Trail Ride: (
@cam.hunter can I get the photos / video you have of me going up and over the beastly obstacle?)
