I'm with ya and even further away, a couple years ago one wasn't "quite" as far away... I pretty much just offroad with my friend group that can get pretty expansive in some times... all my friends are old enough to appreciate anything anymore, there's usually some really cool stuff, stock stuff and stuff inbetween... some of the most fun I've had is stock suburbans with like 33" tires...
maybe next year, If I stay at my current job. I will be able to take the time off. Well see I guess.
I'm pretty much the only one left in my group of friends. I'm going to try the bronco group next. All my friends have moved away. I cant say much. I moved away for a while and came back home after a few years. and I've been working out of town so I'm only home half the year. I agree, the funs times i had was with my bronco II on bald 31s and my buddys xj with ok 33s. haha just out of high school and broke. lol
There have always been groups that put down outsiders, 90% of the time it's just playful banters but there are the 10%ers. I suppose it's more than 10% these days with the Jeep and Toyotas owners but I think it's more of a "look how much $$$ I put in my rig to wheel" and if your rig isn't newer and have tons of aftermarket parts on it then your lame kind of thing. Meh, maybe I'm wrong. But with all the types of rigs I wheeled and wheeled with this seems more prevalent.
Nice work on the rig BTW.
It just bothered me, because I spent $120 bucks to go to this event, and I new better, the other one was $40 buck another hour away and I really should of went to it, but with taking my little guys there, I just decided on the closer one, and they were more of an overland thing, not an off-road park were there was going to be full on rock bouncers at. Its much more of party hard place. I was worried about my little guys running around. but I should of just went to that one, because I understand why they spilt now. Olwell i know now. I defiantly 100% agree with you. I don't know how people do it. With what I did with my ranger over the last 2 years I bought stuff on sale, but I wasn't going to live with it. I opened the check book, put probably close to 5k into it in just parts and if I hadn't done all the work myself it would of been double that at lease.... Idk, Ill never understand it I guess. Its why I like my RBVs. lol There just aren't many of us left.