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Welcome KE6IRJ
Dec 14, 2010 06:23 PM #1
Welcome KE6IRJ, Glad you found us! Lets see some pics
Dec 14, 2010 06:59 PM #2
Thanks for the welcome. A littel about me...
My name is Brian and I live in Prescott Valley. I am a 4-wheeler by borth, with off road and campin gin my blood. As a kids, we camped a lot, and now as an adult and family man, we try to camp as much as possible. From the 4x4 side of my driving, I started beating a Bronco II which was my Dad's in the mountains of Big Bear, CA all through my first driving years. Then, I drove a 97 Ford Escort (yes, a car) to death on the back roads of Prescott area while I was without a 4x4. Finally, after I got married, I got my first 87 Toyota 4Runner and beat it up, then made an SAS crawler out of it. After having our first son, my wife expressed an intrest in Expedition style wheeling so teh crawler, tow rig, adn trailer went away for a 98 4Runner built and protected for any long distance trips. It was great. Finally, just recently, I had the itch to get back into crawling and replaced the 98 with a 95 4Runner SAS crawler which performs well beyond my recent experiences. As you can tell, I am a Toyota guy, and this being a Jeep forum, I am treading on thin ice, but your Smasher pictures showed a Toyota, so I figured I was safe. ;-)
On a more personal note, I am a Facilitator for the United Christian Off Road Alliance (www.UCORA.org) which is a group of clubs nation wide who strive to show the love of Christ in this hobby we all love so much. We are guys who love the 4x4 events and gatherings, but not always the after trail ride experiences and camp behaviors, if you know what I mean.
I was also the origional founder (one of them) for the Arizona Christian Wheelers until that group all lost intrest, money, and support and we closed up shop a year or so ago.
I am hapily married for 8 years (nearly 9) with 3 kids, ages 5, 2, and 1 and my famil yalways come first. I am a flight service weather briefer, and love my job and where I call home, the scenery is unbeatable.
Now the fun part, pictures...
The 98 4Runner on DeSoto
The 98 and the 95, trade day...
The toy crawler...
The other vehicle shots are on my computer, not Photobucket, so more to come later. Since I posted from my phone, I will call that enough.
God Bless.
My name is Brian and I live in Prescott Valley. I am a 4-wheeler by borth, with off road and campin gin my blood. As a kids, we camped a lot, and now as an adult and family man, we try to camp as much as possible. From the 4x4 side of my driving, I started beating a Bronco II which was my Dad's in the mountains of Big Bear, CA all through my first driving years. Then, I drove a 97 Ford Escort (yes, a car) to death on the back roads of Prescott area while I was without a 4x4. Finally, after I got married, I got my first 87 Toyota 4Runner and beat it up, then made an SAS crawler out of it. After having our first son, my wife expressed an intrest in Expedition style wheeling so teh crawler, tow rig, adn trailer went away for a 98 4Runner built and protected for any long distance trips. It was great. Finally, just recently, I had the itch to get back into crawling and replaced the 98 with a 95 4Runner SAS crawler which performs well beyond my recent experiences. As you can tell, I am a Toyota guy, and this being a Jeep forum, I am treading on thin ice, but your Smasher pictures showed a Toyota, so I figured I was safe. ;-)
On a more personal note, I am a Facilitator for the United Christian Off Road Alliance (www.UCORA.org) which is a group of clubs nation wide who strive to show the love of Christ in this hobby we all love so much. We are guys who love the 4x4 events and gatherings, but not always the after trail ride experiences and camp behaviors, if you know what I mean.
I was also the origional founder (one of them) for the Arizona Christian Wheelers until that group all lost intrest, money, and support and we closed up shop a year or so ago.
I am hapily married for 8 years (nearly 9) with 3 kids, ages 5, 2, and 1 and my famil yalways come first. I am a flight service weather briefer, and love my job and where I call home, the scenery is unbeatable.
Now the fun part, pictures...
The 98 4Runner on DeSoto
The 98 and the 95, trade day...
The toy crawler...
The other vehicle shots are on my computer, not Photobucket, so more to come later. Since I posted from my phone, I will call that enough.
God Bless.
Dec 14, 2010 07:08 PM #3
Welcome nice looking yot
Dec 14, 2010 07:41 PM #4
No thin ice, your group affiliations are in good order ;)
Welcome. Thanks for the pics
Welcome. Thanks for the pics
Dec 14, 2010 10:57 PM #5
See... I knew letting Sy into the pictures would be as bad as letting mini-vans into the calendar. Next thing you know, whamo! All Toylets all the time. Sheeeesh.
8) Great pics, man, and welcome. glad you found us and look forward to running with you sometime.
8) Great pics, man, and welcome. glad you found us and look forward to running with you sometime.
Dec 14, 2010 11:55 PM #6
Welcome Brian! I do believe I've seen pictures of your 95 before. Glad you made it to the site
Dec 15, 2010 01:56 AM #7
Welcome. Nice rig
Dec 15, 2010 05:10 AM #8
Welcome!!! Nice Toyota and nice to have another HAM among our ranks :)
Dec 16, 2010 02:34 AM #9
Hey Brian good to see you again! Definitely a good idea to get ride of that old ifs junk!
Caleb
Caleb
Dec 16, 2010 07:39 PM #10
AZCA. Not sure I would ever classify IFS as junk, it did great for what it was intended. We Di 180 mile dirt road trips and stuff like expeditions with it that I would not do in the 95 yet.
Avis. Yup, I know u as well I am pretty sure.
Everyone else, thanks. We are forming a reunion run for an old friend to table mesa, so maybe we will cross paths.
Avis. Yup, I know u as well I am pretty sure.
Everyone else, thanks. We are forming a reunion run for an old friend to table mesa, so maybe we will cross paths.