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This was my 12th Jeep Jamboree. They all started when I bought my 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee back in late 1994. The reason behind my first jamboree was to see what my jeep could do. I found out it could do a lot, and I became somewhat hooked.
This trip took me to Moab, Utah. This was my first repeat Jamboree. My last trip to Moab was a number of years ago, so I decided to go back again, and the pictures should give you a good indication as to why.
I have enjoyed these trips, although in recent years, my anxiety over driving in close proximity to significant drop offs is getting more severe, and less enjoyable.
However, the scenery was spectacular! When I started these trips twelve years ago, my aim was to see what my jeep and I could do off road. In the latter years, the primary reason has shifted from bravado to being able to view the great scenery close up. I was able to do just that on this trip.
The goal for the second part of the trip was to get to the Pacific coast around Los Angelos, and then follow it up through San Francisco and across the Golden Gate bridge. I had never been across that bridge so that became a "must do" goal.
I made it to the coast at LA. However, it became difficult to follow the coast road. I ended up on highway 101, which runs mostly inland and has been mostly "upgraded" to a freeway.
All this became a little disappointing to me, so then my goal was to get to SF and across that Golden Gate. This I finally accomplished. Hurray!
At this point I had been on the road for about 9 days, and the hotel life was getting to me. My main goal changed again and that became getting home as soon as possible. I reprogrammed the GPS to get to I-5 and then home. I managed to make it in two days.
Taking into account the anxious parts of the off road, as well as some frustration along the coast, there was the scenery, which ranged from nice to fabulous. All in all, this was a good trip. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
For those that are interested...
These pictures were taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ10 digital camera. It has 4 mega pixels with a Lumix lens. The camera is circa 2004. It has a 12x optical zoom and a 36x digital zoom. I have the digital zoom turned off. The millimeter equivalent of the optical zoom is about 35 wide to 450 telephoto. It is a continuous zoom, all with the single lens. It really pulls the images in close.
The resolution of the pictures when taken was 2304 by 1728. However, those chosen for this Internet show were reduced to one quarter their original size. This reduces the quality a bit, but the download time is reduced considerably. I still have the original versions on my computer.
This web page was created by hand, including all the sub-window processing. I did not use any web creation tools. After all, web programming is my profession.