Splishes and Splashes

On Saturday a convoy of 11 Jeeps headed into the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area. On this ride we took the Secret Service-esque Dixie Jeep, which sports a black paint job, black tires and black wheels, and black tinted windows. Dixie started out as the pilot as we ran full bore into fairly deep mud puddles. About 10 minutes into the ride the electronics under the hood had

enough water and shut the machine down. In the middle of a puddle . . . of course. I got out and slogged through the much so that we could be towed to higher ground. After a couple of minutes the Jeep healed itself and we were on our way. After breaking for lunch we switched seats. I disengaged the 4 wheel drive and spent the last half of the trip sending rooster tails of mud 40 feet into the air (and onto the hood of whoever followed too close!)

It was all fun and games until Sunday . . . . . or clean up day, as it were. For some unknown reason Dixie took ill and was unable to clean her Jeep . . . . . but I felt fine. Funny, eh? AND to show that I am the nicest boyfriend on the planet, after cleaning her Jeep, I installed some beefy metal plates on the side of it to prevent rock-rash on the body panels. The mad shuffling of Jeeps made for an interesting sight in my driveway. (Note how the black Jeep shines!)