Boys Weekend: Jeep Wranglers on the Rubicon Trail - Automobile
These are my oldest and best friends: Jason Bennett, Jason Henrichs, and Casey Phoenix. We’ve bickered together, gotten stupendously drunk together, cried together, and driven our girlfriends (and, later, wives) crazy with our silliness. “Wine tasting in Sonoma. ” quips Henrichs, née Jason No. 3. (I’m Jason No. 2. ) Not likely. This year is my turn to host our annual Boys Weekend trip and I’ve kept the location secret, telling them only that we’d be gone Thursday to Sunday and to bring sturdy boots. It’s a road trip, and two Jeep Wrangler Rubicons are in the airport parking lot, freshly scrubbed. My guys are off-road virgins and we’re headed to rough roads indeed. There’s a photo of a Jeep atop a high boulder and the text reads: “Bucket lists. For some, it’s the Rubicon Trail, 20 miles of tears and heartbreak through the High Sierra mountains, over boulders, bigger boulders, and death-defying boulders. Only the most experienced drivers in the biggest, baddest 4x4s would even ever ATTEMPT it. Well, those guys and us. In stock Jeeps. This is about the coolest thing you can do in a vehicle, and many would give their left leg to try it. Hopefully we won’t have to. ” Casey is the one who looks worried. Yet somehow he’s also the one most uncomfortable with risk—hell, he’s uncomfortable being uncomfortable. Source: www.automobilemag.com
