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MOAB 2022
Moab 2022 was a resounding success with 12 Jeeps challenging and (mostly) conquering some of the world’s toughest runs. Participants included Mike and Lisa, Rick Hodson, Wayne Schandor with Shotgun Robert, Robert and Leslie, Jon and Jen Woods, Dennis Pahuta, Lisa...
Hemet Jeep Club Adopt a Trail Clean up
On April 16th, members of The Hemet Jeep Club traveled to our Adopt A Trail, 4S21. We set out at the bottom and worked our way up clearing some much needed areas of the trail. A perspective member eager to help brought a cordless chain saw others had tree loopers,...
California 4-Wheel Drive Association Hires New Natural Resource Consultant
Rose Winn is pleased to join California Four Wheel Drive Association as a natural resource consultant. Rose’s experience includes advocacy for preservation of citizen rights within public land use, land management, and access for outdoor recreation. Areas of focus...
BEE CANYON CLEAN UP
Bee Canyon Clean-up – Cari DeVore Have you been up Bee Canyon lately? If you have, you've probably noticed that all the canyons people use for target practice have been surprisingly clean over the last year, but not perfect. This year the club once again took part in...
Quartzsite 2022
Quartzsite 2022 – C. DeVore Are you interested in an experience of a lifetime? Do you want to see all walks of life selling and buying basically anything you can think of? You have to experience Quartzsite. The sheer mass of people that were camped in this middle of...
The Hemet Jeep Club Gives Back To The Community
Hemet Jeep Club donates money to Valley Wide for families in need Melissa and Travis Mercer came up with a last minute idea to help gather donations while promoting and planning the light tour, and for a last minute plan, getting over $1000 to families in need, is...
Hurkey Creek 2021
I want to thank all for coming and the people who help put this on. Friday The event stated with the margarita bar with everyone socializing , then the food started to come out ,oh so so good .you guys rock. Saturday There was no run this year because they closed the...
HI Desert Round Up 2021
Well, Hi-Desert Round up 2021 is officially in the books and spite all the ‘other shoes’ I awaited to drop and either ruin or make life unfair, didn’t happen and we actually had a great event! It takes a lot to put on an event like HDR and most don’t realize what goes...
Split Rock Run – March 20-21, 2021
Mike and I pulled into Blair Valley primitive campground on Thursday afternoon. Mike Hardy and Lisa Sines were already there and greeted our arrival. We camped in the club’s usual spot, which is a little alcove surrounded by rocky hills just inside the campground...
Celebrating Graduation The Best We Can!
With Covid showing its evil head, we did the best thing we could do for those young adults in the club who are graduating High School - We brought the part to them and drove by while honking the horn! A staple that has been all to copied now a days as we yearn for a...
Hurkey Creek 2019
Like always, Hurkey creek is a favorite among the members and guest of the Hemet Jeep Club. Once a year in late September we venture up to cooler weather in the mountains of Idyllwild California and invade Hurkey Creek Campground. This year was no different and a...
Trip to the “S”
Just like that, Summer is almost over so I wanted to get one last trip up the mountain with everyone to see the “S” and the valley with the summer sky's and summer sunsets one last time and this trip did not disappoint. We had a total of 15 (Well, we started with 15,...
The great weather balloon Search, Operation “Weather Balloon” – Cari DeVore
It’s not too often that we off-roaders get to take our vehicles out on a mission to help others retrieve items lost in the desert. Operation Weather Balloon was one such instance that getting out in the desert meant more than a good time with good friends; we were on...
Lone Pine Camping/Jeeping Trip 2019 – Donna D.
The weekend of July 26th through the 28th a small group from the club ventured up to the Lone Pine area. Donna De Vore had destinations on her bucket list which she finally had the opportunity to cross off. With the help of Mark De Vore, Bob and Lei Lani...
Calico 2019
When I first started attending meetings with the Hemet Jeep Club, I would hear members talk about runs they would attend and runs that they would put on. One of those runs was the Calico run that Tonya Bouchard used to put on and at the time I thought man, that is far...
4th Of July Parade 2019
Every year we get the great opportunity to be apart of the town of Idyllwilds 4th of July Parade and This years 4th of July parade was amazing like usual. There was some concern about getting up the hill due to the ongoing construction on the highway from the floods...
HI Desert Round UP 2019 – Have you registered yet?
Held on Memorial Day weekend, this will be HDR 48, and we have had a lot of changes over the years. We have held the event in a few different locations, but the best one so far (in my humble opinion) is at the Slash X Ranch in Barstow. We also do some things the same...
CALICO 2019
When I first started attending meetings with the Hemet Jeep Club, I would hear members talk about runs they would attend and runs that they would put on. One of those runs was the Calico run that Tonya Bouchard used to put on and at the time I thought man, that...