In early 2008 I was dabbling with the idea of buying a light duty wheeler to cruise around in the summer with, a project I would dub "Project Built to Cruise".  In hindsight I should have named it "Project Bought to Cruise" because after a lot of searching I came to the conclusion that I'd rather buy an already built wheeler than spend another summer in the hot garage trying to build one up in my fleeting spare time.

I eventually settled on this well cared for Wrangler Unlimited that Jack jokingly noted was more of a medium duty wheeler.  It was definitely built a little more than I was after but in the long run it was cheaper to go this route right off the bat. Since then I have been enjoying the ability to hop in and go wheeling with little prep, a total disregard for the weather report and no need for a truck and trailer. The trails may be "easy" but they are a different kind of fun compared to the technical crawling and waterfall shooting my buggy was typically used for.

Don't get me wrong, this will never replace or match the thrills my buggy can supply but at the same time it fills a void that a full on rock crawler creates with it's ability to run trails that don't start and end in the same location. Oh yeah, and did I forget to mention the ice cold a/c :)  See you on the trails.