The Smith family’s public thank you to the Jeep community and Jeep Jamboree USA (JJUSA) family for their support of Mark A. Smith’s efforts to promote recreational off-roading took place on Sunday, August 31st at Henningsen-Lotus Park, Lotus, California. The Jeep Girls drove their 2015 Firecracker Jeep Wrangler to say good-bye to an old friend and
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Greetings from California, a home to the “happiest place on earth!” For the summer, the official start of 2014, we left the heat behind and headed further west to southern California. Ashley and I discovered along the way that the drive from Phoenix to San Diego can be described in one word: hot. The region,
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  In an effort to chase the full “Flower” moon, Brittany and I went on an “overlanding” adventure! We didn’t know what to expect, but as any adventurer will tell you, that’s part of the adventure.I made a road trip mix, grabbed a couple of dusty sleeping bags, and our new tent. We busted out
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“We are the only people in the United States to have done this!” I told Ashley as we boarded our non-stop flight from Anchorage to Honolulu. “They do run a daily service for a reason,” she dryly retorted. Nonetheless, our excitement and conscious decision to travel from Alaska (No. 49) to Hawaii (No. 50), in
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It’s no secret that Ashley and I have spent some time seeking out the legend of the Jeep® spirit. We find it everywhere. As we like to say, it is present in people, places, and things that make America great! Every once in a while we find one person who can empower people, better a
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Jamboree founder Mark Smith, standing with Chrysler Group employee Michele Callender, died June 9. He was 87 years old. The passing of Mark Smith marks the end of an era in four-wheeling and the beginning of a lasting legacy. Smith, 87, was a true friend of Jeep®, having founded the Jamboree movement that is to
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When plans to build the 2014 Jeep® Cherokee began taking shape, opportunity came knocking for the powertrain group with a one-of-a-kind challenge: The Cherokee’s all-new architecture would require creating a whole new powertrain architecture, as well. That call for innovation began the journey toward the award-winning Power Transfer Unit, or PTU powertrain system – unique to
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