The jamboree held at the “Inks Ranch” in Llano Texas this year was another great event, the attendance numbers were down but there were still more than 140 people that made it out to the event. Llano is located just north west of San Antonio and is close to the Enchanted Rock National Recreation Area.

Typically the fall temps in the area are still in the 80’s and 90’s with dry conditions but this year the conditions were far from normal or typical. With almost a week’s worth of straight rain the dry, sandy creek beds that were normal parts of the trail became water crossing obstacles while other spots and areas became impassable.

The wheeling in Texas is not what one would necessarily think it would be, even though most of the state is relatively flat there some extremely large areas of granite rock that jut out of the ground and dry plains that make for some very extreme wheeling. The granite face of the rock makes for great traction most of the time and provides some very exciting and challenging climbs, throw several days of rain into the mix and take wet, sand covered tires up to the face of an obstacle that has been run or climbed several times before and suddenly the dynamics of the climb change immediately and it becomes more of a safety issue than a challenge. 

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/.