It’s so picturesque that you can’t go wrong with any of the natural backdrops that Moab has to offer. I just couldn’t believe the colors and the sheer walls that were around every other corner. Uneven TerrainĪs we moved further along the trail our group became more spread out, which was idea. I was quickly beginning to see what all the fuss was about this place. You can bet I shot a feature on this awesome thing, so keep an eye out for it. She was driving a Bruiser Jeep conversion, which is a Jeep truck with an LS6 motor. That was due to the sheer number of Jeeps it was like a traffic jam at every obstacle.Īlso on the same group drive was TV personality and all around awesome racer chick Jessi Combs. The beginning of the trail was fairly mellow, but the main issue we were running into was traffic. At this point I had no idea we were about to embark on a 10-hour journey through some of the toughest terrain I had ever seen.Įaster Jeep Safari is a annual thing, and this year marked its 50th anniversary. Along with organized expeditions, there was a large rock crawling and four-wheeling convention.Īlso along for the ride was my buddy Matt Chapman. Going anywhere in Moab with Casey is like hanging out with a celebrity, but being the Easter Jeep Safari – when thousands of Jeep fanatics drive from all over the country just to hang out with one another – his status was elevated even further.īefore we headed onto the trail it was time to air down. My first day on the rocks started out at Moab Diner. They build these things for comfort power windows, A/C and even a nice stereo – it’s all there.

The thing is, the group I was with basically had the most capable Jeeps out there, and they could go on the hardest trails. There were definitely some tense moments, like when one of the guys in our party almost drove off a cliff. I’ve been around off-roading more and more as you guys can probably tell, but I’ve never experienced anything like this. Over the past few years I’ve been frequently crossing paths with Casey during his racing exploits, and lately he’d been bugging me to go to Moab with him. This past Easter I finally found a few spare days to take him up on that offer. Well, that one day for me happened recently when Casey Currie and his family invited me to join them in Moab, Utah, for a few days of epic four-wheel adventuring – in Jeeps, of course. It’s one of those places you’ve heard about, and you know you want to go and check out in person one day. You know what I mean, a bucket list item kind of like Pikes Peak, Nürburgring, Bonneville or Le Mans.

To me, Moab was one of those automotive destinations.

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