2026 Epic Adventure to Black Bear & then the Trifecta: Rubicon-Fordyce-Barrett

After 5 to 6 months of JT Rubicon Axle swap, Genright legend, double triangulated rear, Genright legend three Link front, Bilstein 2 1/2 inch coil over, 38 inch trail grappler on method 105 Bead locks, with RCV, Axles, and PSC Ram assist steering… I head out on an epic adventure driving my freshly built, 2004 Jeep TJ from northeast Arkansas, to Silverton, Colorado to wheel blackbear and Poughkeepsie, then off to California to do the trifecta Rubicon-Fordyce-Barrett Lake. Did I mention how epic it was!  Shout out to: ‪@GenRightOffRoad‬ for answering my 101 questions… and for making such awesome products… This machine is way more capable than I am! Was constantly amazed at how it walked through everything!! Chris Collard of ‪@Gone_Jeepn‬ for helping us with Chuck’s Axle and… Wheeling with us on the way into Fordyce! Dino Darling and the crew for such a beautiful wheeling experience out of Silverton, Colorado! Was a great shakedown run for the Jeep ! ‪@SummitMachineTool‬  ‪@BeamanBuilds‬ for taking a stranger in late at night, helping him set his coil overs and giving him a place to sleep!!!  you guys are so awesome! ​⁠* my buddy Gordon… For coming over and putting in hours of work helping me get this thing wrapped up at the last minute! my buddy Chuck, who grew up on the Rubicon Fordyce and Barrett Lake trails for showing me such an amazing epic adventure! my buddy Tim Williams… Who helped me get that front axle gear to 488 after my numerous attempts and failures !! You rock!!! *the tire guy named Arkansas - that helped us change the flat tire on the trailer in the middle of nowhere Nevada. He wasn’t the brightest tool in the shed… And really wasn’t very good at changing tires… But he didn’t have any quit in him!!! Andrew, our other compadre on the Rubicon oh and his dad… (for using up all my mechanics, hand towels… Even though his hands weren’t dirty lol)… Wish you could’ve wheeled with us on Fordyce & Barrett! You would’ve had a blast! But that LJ is just way too pretty to ding and dent up!!!