This was part of a 5000 mile odyssey that took us up through the Canadian Rockies, the Olympic Peninsula, the Cascades, Oregon Coast and finally the Rubicon Trail in California.

We did the Rubicon in one day with no major problems (and we didn't take the by-passes.) We did it the day before the Jeep Jamboree (I'll be damned if I'll pay $500 for the family to go on one of those when I can do it just fine by myself, thank you!)

The trail was officially "closed" for the Jamboree, but who cares. We did get to see a few other Jeeps on the trail and watched as they, with their groups, took the bypasses while we took the fun routes. At the Big Sluice we were entertained by the guy in front of us rolling over on his top and breaking (among other things) his jar of Jalepenos.