If you have never been to West Virginia before then plan a visit and it won’t take long to understand why those that live there enjoy it so much and why many others choose to vacation there. After a short time I began to understand the reasoning behind the song that John Denver made famous “Country Roads” and found myself traveling along with it rolling through the back of my mind as I too traveled those country roads. 

The Jeep Jamboree USA trip held in the mountains outside of Charleston at the Snowshoe Ski Resort and hotel is an extremely popular event. The trails wind in and out of the ski runs, up hills and down into valleys where the scenery is equally exciting yet very diverse. The tops of the hills provide breathtaking views that go on for miles, in the mornings the clouds hang low in the hills and create islands of mountain tops surrounded by seas of cloud. The temps are comfortable during the day while out on the trail and in the evenings the local pubs and stores are open for shopping, dinner and or drinks with new friends that were made out on the trails.    

The trails are comprised of many different types of terrain that will keep wheelers entertained as they traverse through thick vegetation, mud pits, rock gardens, stumps and fallen trees as well as up ski runs. The thing that makes it a challenge is that traveling through the mud and vegetation makes the obstacles that much tougher when the tires get wet and the obstacles are covered with mud. 

This jamboree is one of the bigger events and always seems to have a large turn out for registration and participants for the weekend. Aside from the fact that it is a great location for so many reasons, the trails and crew make it a must attend; at least once event. If you live in this part of the country or have time and willingness to travel and are looking for a great jamboree to attend, whether it is your first jamboree or just another one on the list that you want to hit, this is definitely one worth checking out…… Look at the pictures and you’ll see that even the guys from Coca-Cola wanted to get in on the action and did their best not to be outdone by the attendees in their Jeeps!

As always any information on this or any of Jeep Jamboree USA’s events across the country can be found on their website at http://www.jeepjamboreeusa.com/.